Have you checked your property’s EPC ? – Energy Performance Certificate
Why you need to check your home’s EPC rating By law, anyone selling or letting a property must get it professionally assessed so it’s marketed with an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) in place. This is normally something estate agents offer to...
Exchange of Contracts – What You Need To Do Now
Exchange of Contracts – checklist Under the crazy English homebuying system, until you reach Exchange of Contracts, both buyers and sellers are entitled to change their minds and pull out for any reason. This can happen after many months of apparent...
Moving House – Getting Removal Quotes
Getting quotes for removals – before you exchange contracts Unless you’re seriously considering doing all the heavy lifting yourself, now’s the time to obtain quotes for removals. In most cases this needs to be done before exchange, because by leaving it...
Home Buying: Getting Ready to Exchange Contracts
Preparing for Exchange of Contracts – Who is responsible for insuring the property? It seems to have taken forever – but at last you are almost at Exchange of Contracts – the stage when your purchase is safe. Your coneyancer-solicitor should...
Last Minute Issues with Flats and Leasehold Properties
Last minute problems with flats and leasehold properties Flats and leasehold properties are a lot more complex than Freeholds legally, as well as from a surveying perspective. The following issues can commonly cause problems as you approach Exchange: ...Save money by cutting out the banks
By arranging your home survey directly online - rather than via a mortgage lender - you can save the large chunk of the survey fee that the banks normally keep. They may still want to instruct a valuer to carry out their mortgage valuation, but don’t let them try to sell you an expensive Homebuyer or Building Survey from one of the large, target-driven, corporate firms on their 'panel'.
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