Is There Still Time To Avoid Paying £’000s in extra Stamp Duty Tax in 2025?

Is There Still Time To Avoid Paying £’000s in extra Stamp Duty Tax in 2025?

by | Dec 30, 2024 | Building Surveys, Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Estate Agents, Finding a property, Finding the right property, Getting A Mortgage, Home Buyer Surveys, Home Condition Reports, House Prices, Making An Offer, Repairs and maintenance, Valuations

Get A Professional Home Survey Assessment   Property Tips by Chartered Surveyor Ian Rock FRICS  –  from the Haynes House Manual series     The Stamp Duty Deadline is Fast Approaching – Act Now To Avoid Losing Out   Stamp Duty  is a tax paid when...
The Dangers of Spray Foam Roof Insulation

The Dangers of Spray Foam Roof Insulation

by | Nov 20, 2024 | Building Surveys, Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Estate Agents, Finding a property, Finding the right property, Getting A Mortgage, Home Buyer Surveys, Home Condition Reports, Home insulation, House Prices, Legal work, Making An Offer, Repairs and maintenance, Valuations

Get A Professional Home Survey Assessment     Why Spray Foam Roof Insulation Can Make Your Home Unmortgageable   Rightsurvey Chartered Surveyors and the RICS have been warning about the risks of spray foam insulation for many years, but the product is still...
Can you make a claim against the seller if the house you buy turns out to have serious defects?

Can you make a claim against the seller if the house you buy turns out to have serious defects?

by | Nov 13, 2024 | Building Surveys, Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Estate Agents, Finding a property, Finding the right property, Getting A Mortgage, Home Buyer Surveys, Home Condition Reports, House Prices, Making An Offer, Repairs and maintenance, Valuations

Get A Professional Home Survey Assessment     The Strange Case of the Buyers Who Claimed £36m Compensation for Moth Infestation   In a recent legal case a couple who in 2019 paid £32.5 million for a seven bedroom Victorian house in London’s Notting...
How To Make Sense of Your Survey

How To Make Sense of Your Survey

by | Oct 30, 2024 | Building Surveys, Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Estate Agents, Finding a property, Finding the right property, Getting A Mortgage, Home Buyer Surveys, Home Condition Reports, House Prices, Making An Offer, Repairs and maintenance, Valuations

Get A Professional Home Survey Assessment     Property Tips by Chartered Surveyor Ian Rock FRICS  –  from the Haynes House Manual series     Decyphering Survey Reports  –  Understanding ‘Surveyor-Speak’   Survey reports rarely...
Why it’s important to check your property’s EPC rating – Energy Performance Certificate

Why it’s important to check your property’s EPC rating – Energy Performance Certificate

by | Oct 1, 2024 | Building Surveys, Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Estate Agents, Finding a property, Finding the right property, Getting A Mortgage, Home Buyer Surveys, Home Condition Reports, House Prices, Making An Offer, Repairs and maintenance, Valuations

Get A Professional Home Survey Assessment     Property Tips by Chartered Surveyor Ian Rock FRICS  –  from the Haynes House Manual series     Have you checked your home’s EPC rating?   Anyone planning to sell or let a property must by law get it...
What happens if your property is ‘downvalued’ by the mortgage lender?

What happens if your property is ‘downvalued’ by the mortgage lender?

by | Sep 5, 2024 | Building Surveys, Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Estate Agents, Finding a property, Finding the right property, Getting A Mortgage, Home Buyer Surveys, Home Condition Reports, House Prices, Making An Offer, Repairs and maintenance, Valuations

Get A Professional Home Survey Assessment Property Tips by Chartered Surveyor Ian Rock FRICS  –  from the Haynes House Manual series      What can you do if your mortgage valuation comes in lower than the agreed sale price?   Surveyors carrying out mortgage...