Put an offer subject to a structural survey. This way you don't have to visit every flat with a builder.
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Put an offer subject to a structural survey. This way you don't have to visit every flat with a builder.
In a highly competitive Southern market that offer would be flat out rejected.
Tbh, every offer is subject to survey. Any solicitor would advise the client to get a survey. Especially if you buy a house.
There are different levels of survey though. Structural is quite invasive.
Absolutely, but since the talk in this thread is mostly regarding houses, structural is usually required.
It's the buyer's right to inspect the property how they want. And, if the agent has something against it, then probably there's something wrong with the house.
Everyone should just move into one of those Castle's the Queen owns. They seem plenty big enough and I am sure she would let you all crash there until you got your finances sorted.
A doer upper as they say
I renovated a house once and never never again... it just eats up all your time and you are living in a construction site for a couple of years
That said if you don't get caught out with any big unforseen bills and you can stick to your budgets and are in a rising market... ker-ching
the last 2 houses i have brought have been new builds... so much easier
Yeah that cottage was sold for £380k a few years back, been neglected ever since and so it's going to sell for ~£180k. It probably needs £50k minimum spending on it but still some massive returns there for someone.
I sort of wished I'd learned a trade rather than dicking around on computers.
The gap between north and south growing as well. I went home at weekend, seriously tempted to cash the equity in on my house and move back north, the only issue is selling the idea to my missus.
You guys pay insane high propriety taxes like here in NJ? That's a killer when looking for a new house.
Nothing up to £125k, 2% of the amount between £125k and £250k, 5% between £250k and £1m, 10% of anything above that.
You don't have to learn a trade. This is my third tile job and I learned just from watching reno shows on TV, reading and watching YouTube vids. Turned out pretty good. Although I'm fecking knackered today. Tiling is really hard on the back.
Stupid fecking cnuting pic keeps saving upside down.
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I wish I could do some renovation, love to do diy like that, but the wifey won't let me.
Get her on board maybe. My wife cut all the slabs for the patio last week. She was brilliant. I was basically just a laborer.
What is the hole in the groundYou don't have to learn a trade. This is my third tile job and I learned just from watching reno shows on TV, reading and watching YouTube vids. Turned out pretty good. Although I'm fecking knackered today. Tiling is really hard on the back.
Stupid fecking cnuting pic keeps saving upside down.
Gotcha. I'll add this of things to look out for.