House buying dilema . . . . HELP !

Mehullakhani

There is a room at the front of the house, which could be used as a study - it has a desk etc installed ; which is on the floorplan.

Any tips and advice on admission criteria for the local schools ? - i have done my research, but it is very confusing.:mad:

Thanks

Mehul

Mum_of_3_3

The best thing to do (after reading Ofsted reports) is probably decide which school you would like your children to go to, go have a look around and as the head what their admissions policy is, how easy it is to get a place, what the catchment is etc.

If one of your reasons for moving is to get your children into a good school then I would check on catchments and availability spaces in your chosen schools.

M_o_3

neverdespairgirl

silvercar wrote: »

[STRIKE]If you like the modern look, the house is very nice.[/STRIKE]

"If you like naff mock-tudor with tudor-style integral garage"

there - put that right for you!

mrcol1000

DVardysShadow wrote: »

Any penguin will tell you it is North.

Its outside of Zone 6 it must be in the North.

poppysarah

In my book detached is when you can't touch both houses! HOW MUCH!!!

Do you know how much house you can buy everywhere else in the country?

Strings

Go in at £925k and see what they say.
You are already paying over the top for it as it is, so at the end of the day 50k is not that much

whitesatin

I would imagine that some of the responses on here are quite unhelpful (if not even hurtful) to the OP. OK, we know that we have to pay through the nose for our houses in the South East, don't you think we would prefer it to be otherwise? But some people have to live and work here (to keep the country civilized :rotfl:) and do not have the real option of moving somewhere cheaper. As well as having to try to find work, one might have to leave family and friends to relocate.

The OP's house is not to my taste but it is not me that is buying it. Re the poster's question, I would advise using the surveyor's report to try to reduce the price a bit.

Doozergirl

What concerns me is that even with a very low LTV your surveyor has come in low. That's a massive alarm as surveyors will be more generous when they are comfortable that their valuation is never going to come back and bite them on the bum. And your surveyor wasn't comfortable.

And you offered the full asking price?

The price you are paying makes that house the most expensive ever sold in the street. :eek:

silvercar

Mehullakhani wrote: »

Any tips and advice on admission criteria for the local schools ? - i have done my research, but it is very confusing.:mad:

Thanks

Mehul

I could write an essay, but I won't.

Primary is easier to sort: ring the school give them your address and ask if they would have a place. It does depend on whether you are joingin from the start or whether you want to join an existing class. Some schools will require you to be at the nursery to get into reception class; even if Hertfordshire policy states this isn't essential.

If you don't like or can't get the local schools then look at the faith schools in the area, they tend to have a wider catchment area. (And vice versa)

For secondary schools its more difficult, the good schools are massively oversubscribed. Read the entrance criteria for Watford Grammer and see which zone you fit into. There is a consortium (at least that is what it used to be called) exam for entrance to some of the main academic schools. Its all on the Hertfordshire council websites, so you can read at your leisure.

I don't know if you are already in the area, but if not you will probably be surprised at the distances pupil travel to school and the network of coaches that deliver children to schools. Getting to the schools isn't a problem, getting a place can be.

Chinkle

Wish I was the lucky vendor, rubbing his hands with glee that you're still considering paying asking price!