by Zen | Oct 2, 2020 | Building Surveys, Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Home Buyer Surveys, Home Condition Reports, Home insulation, House Prices, Repairs and maintenance, Selling your home, Valuations
What The New ‘Green Homes’ Grant Actually Pays The Government have now released details about the much trumpeted ‘Green Homes Grants’. You can check if you’re eligible and see what improvements can be made to your home on the...
by Zen | Sep 18, 2020 | Building Surveys, Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Home Buyer Surveys, Home Condition Reports, Home insulation, House Prices, Repairs and maintenance, Selling your home, Valuations
Help To Buy – what happens if house prices drop? Help To Buy was launched by the Government in 2013. The idea behind it was to help people buy a new home without having to save a huge deposit, typically 20% or more of the value of the property. It’s only...
by Zen | Aug 27, 2020 | Building Surveys, Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Home Buyer Surveys, Home Condition Reports, Home insulation, House Prices, Repairs and maintenance, Selling your home, Valuations
How Risky Is The New ‘Green Homes Grant Scheme’ ? Last time the government subsidised a national home insulation programme the quality of workmanship in many cases left a lot to be desired. In fact a whole new industry has since been spawned to...
by Zen | Aug 17, 2020 | Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Conveyancing, Estate Agents, Home Buyer Surveys, House Prices, Legal work, Mortgages, Selling your home, Valuations
You’ve Moved In To Your Home… …But There’s Still Post-Completion Legal Work To Do At long last you can start enjoying your new home, and perhaps start arranging that house warming party! Or you might want to swing into action...
by Zen | Aug 3, 2020 | Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Conveyancing, Estate Agents, Home Buyer Surveys, House Prices, Legal work, Mortgages, Selling your home, Valuations
Completion Day – Arriving At Your New Home Assuming the completion money has been successfully transferred, upon arrival you should now be proudly grasping the keys to your new home. With a bit of luck the removal van’s satnav will have directed them to...
by Zen | Jul 22, 2020 | Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Conveyancing, Estate Agents, Home Buyer Surveys, House Prices, Legal work, Mortgages, Selling your home, Valuations
New Planning Rules – Is The Freedom to Add 2 Extra Floors To Your House A Good Idea? The BBC have announced that the government are intending to relax ‘Permitted Development’ planning rules so that homeowners in England will be...