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I am currently looking at buying a house and the person who lived there before was disabled. so the house needs alot of work. for e.g. theres a stair lift, lift in the living room to the bedroom and also needs a new bathroom fitting.

she is asking £100k for the house just wondered if you think this will effect the value-ation.

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  • Incisor
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    LS13_G wrote: »
    .... I am currently looking at buying a house and the person who lived there before was disabled. so the house needs alot of work. for e.g. theres a stair lift, lift in the living room to the bedroom and also needs a new bathroom fitting.

    she is asking £100k for the house just wondered if you think this will effect the value-ation.
    So offer what you could sell the house for when the adaptations taken out, less the cost of taking them out.
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  • lincroft1710
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    Surely it would be better to buy somewhere else and let this be bought by someone who needs these facilities - they're very expensive to install.
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  • SquatNow
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    Surely it would be better to buy somewhere else and let this be bought by someone who needs these facilities - they're very expensive to install.

    But that wouldn't satisfy the human need to make a profit at the expense of another welfare.
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  • skint-78
    skint-78 Posts: 49 Forumite
    I see what you intend doing and understand that we all need to secure our own place and this is usually at the expense of the seller.
    However I wonder if the local authority may want to take the equipment of your hands to use for thebenefit of someone else as a through floor lift costs in the region of £12000 and a stairlift £3000 so its alot to pull out and dispose of in order to get the dream home for yourself.
  • Doozergirl
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    It won't devalue the property, in fact could increase it for some slightly albeit a pretty niche market.

    You'll be able to sell the stuff and I'm sure the money will cover the remedial work. Otherwise you make the vendors take it out, take the profit, sort out a few holes and get a better price from you :confused:
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  • LS13_G
    LS13_G Posts: 82 Forumite
    ye it would be better for the lifts to be given to someone who needs them. i was thinking of keeping the living room lift. good idea to get me up stairs after a session down the local
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  • maninthestreet
    maninthestreet Posts: 16,127 Forumite
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    A stair lift could come in useful for when you come back from the pub p*ssed and can't walk up the stairs.
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