by Ian | Sep 6, 2019 | Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Conveyancing, Estate Agents, Home Buyer Surveys, House Prices, Legal work, Making An Offer, Mortgages, Selling your home, Valuations
The Importance Of ‘Buttering up’Achieving a successful purchase isn’t just about money and lawyers. Applying a little psychology can make a huge difference to whether a transaction succeeds or stumbles at one of the many hurdles along the way.So it’s...
by Ian | Jun 17, 2019 | Building Surveys, Buying a home, Conveyancing, Estate Agents, Home Buyer Surveys, Home Condition Reports, House Prices, Selling your home
Interpreting surveys Surveyors are sometimes regarded as the ‘Doctor Deaths’ of the property world, with barely a positive word to say. But it’s important to bear in mind that the surveyor’s job is to highlight defects and flag up future maintenance...
by Ian | Jun 10, 2019 | Building Surveys, Buying a home, Conveyancing, Estate Agents, Home Buyer Surveys, Home Condition Reports, House Prices, Selling your home
What type of surveyor? Surveyors come in assorted shapes and sizes. Anyone can call themselves a ‘surveyor’, a title that’s sometimes adopted by double-glazing salesmen for enhanced credibility. Qualified surveyors, however, are always the chartered variety...
by Ian | May 2, 2019 | Building Surveys, Buying a home, Home Buyer Surveys, Home Condition Reports
The only law that applies when buying property is the law of the jungle – better known as “Buyer beware”. Why book a survey? If you buy a cereal bar and it turns out to be stale or mouldy, the full force of the law will be on your side. You can...
by Ian | Oct 15, 2018 | Building Surveys, Buying a home, Home Buyer Surveys
Finding the right property Choosing a new home sounds like fun. Snooping around other people’s houses promises at the very least to provide hours of cheap entertainment (judging by the number of TV shows devoted to the subject). But the potential for enjoyment is...
