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propertypriceadvice.co.uk - anyone used it?

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europa16
europa16 Posts: 39 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
Has anybody tried this website to get a free valuation of their property?

I found it through a link on the smartnewhomes website, and thought I'd give it a try. But I've tried 2 homes now (ours, and my parents - they're planning to move, so I'm not after the inheritence yet, lol!!!) and the result comes back complete gibberish - no prices, just a string of info.

Perhaps I'm missing something :rolleyes:

The link is:

http://www.propertypriceadvice.com/home/

Regards

Dawn
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  • nickforhire
    nickforhire Posts: 14 Forumite
    I just tried it and got a proper results page. Has to be said that the results are pretty far fetched. We've just bought our first place and it was up for £140,000 (which I thought was very fairly priced) and they accepted our offer of £132,000. I thought we'd got a good deal, but clearly didn't realise how much of a bargain it was, http://www.propertypriceadvice.com/home/ values it at £240,000 as an average! Which is strange as it asks for your post code but none of the houses on the street have sold for that much!
  • Greensprout
    Greensprout Posts: 1,476 Forumite
    This site was spot on for the house I've just bought, the websites valuation was only £1k away from what i paid.
    I would have used my own initiative if someone would have told me to!
  • Greensprout
    Greensprout Posts: 1,476 Forumite
    Why not use HousePrices.co.uk This shows how much people have sold/bought houses for on your postcode.

    Gives you a good idea of the value if there are similar houses which have recently sold on your street.
    I would have used my own initiative if someone would have told me to!
  • becky004
    becky004 Posts: 5,166 Forumite
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    It was spot on for me, upper valuation was 170000 which is what the house we are buying was originally marketed for. Lower valuation was 145000 and we are paying 146000 am happy for seeing it as I was worried we were paying too much but I love the house.
    I love this board, have "virtually" met so many lovely people, people I am honoured to count as friends.
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  • tallnposh
    tallnposh Posts: 25 Forumite
    I tried with a house that I put an offer on and it was bang on what I offered! I'm going to try again with some others that I like, what an interesting site :)
  • amazon_spice
    amazon_spice Posts: 1,639 Forumite
    I tried it and it was pretty much spot on.
  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 49,531 Ambassador
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    For my property that we are selling we are getting the lower valuation.

    For the one we hope to buy we are buying it below the lower valuation!
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  • ethank
    ethank Posts: 2,197 Forumite
    Holiday Haggler I've been Money Tipped!
    I don't think it likes flats!
  • Ian_W
    Ian_W Posts: 3,778 Forumite
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    What a GREAT site!! :T

    Just tried my house and the lowest valuation was £20-30K more than I think its worth, the higher one over £100K more. :j

    Hey, but what do I know!! ;)
  • MDL74
    MDL74 Posts: 70 Forumite
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    An old thread i know, but has anyone tried this recently - is it worth using when submitting an offer as part justification??
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