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Knocking and asking the neighbours to find out about area
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Yes definitely a good idea. f I went to a council area I would definitely do some research. Go at different times to see what goes on in the area.If you find something irritating in my post or that you disagree with,then please don't jump on me ,just please ignore my post.I have come to the site for useful information and not to argue. thanks.0
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Very important to to talk to the other flat owners particularly when buying a conversion, and really vital if a shared freehold.
See my long post on this thread:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2295549RICHARD WEBSTER
As a retired conveyancing solicitor I believe the information given in the post to be useful assuming any properties concerned are in England/Wales but I accept no liability for it.0 -
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some very good points here. Especially the one about the back gardens by Mr Webster, its something i was glad i did when viewing houses!
I viewed one where the next door house looked lovely on the face of it, the people looked a bit grumpy when i saw them in the street but when looking out of the back upstairs window i saw what i can only describe as a scrapyard in their garden!! The guy liked to hoard parts of cars and it was a complete mess.
Well kept gardens show people that care about their home, these kinds of people are usually ok. A garden really does say alot about a person imo
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