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scottish home report
janey_1971
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I am trying to put my house on the market. Two local estate agents have been and expect me to get £160 to 165K. However, the surveyor who did a home report last week has valued at £155K and despite a call from the estate agent refuses to budge from this. He has based this on prices from houses in a neighbouring st which are smaller than my house and all mid terrace (mine is end terrace) and the house next door which was sold after repossession. I can't afford to sell at 155. Can I ask for a second opinion?
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Of course you can.
Pay another surveyor their fee, same as you did for the first, and they'll be happy to provide you with one.0 -
It's money making farce. I have a two EPC for the same property, 4 months apart. The first one was c's and d's, the second one is e's and f's.
The second EPc was included with the home report. The estate agent said to me, if I was at the property when he was doing the report, and gave the guy £50, the report would be more favourable.bam bam bammy Shore by The Revellers...do do de de do.0 -
janey_1971 wrote: »I can't afford to sell at 155. Can I ask for a second opinion?
Yes, but you'll have to pay a second surveyor..
And make sure that this time, you deal with a surveyor who your solicitor knows and can recommend that will give an accurate price, and that they tell them all about the differences between the properties being used as comparables.
An end terrace is generally worth more than a mid terrace, so the first surveyor sounds like a right muppet.
Where in Scotland are you?“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
Thanks for the adivice. Am in Paisley0
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I had three Estate Agents give me a property valuation. Two insisted that my Home Report was invalid as soon as the property stops being advertised for sale for more than two weeks. Insisted I would have to buy a new Home Report.
The third Estate Agent, said the one I had was fine and a refresher home report ( £100 ) would have to be done with a buyer comes along.
The two estate agents who insisted I pay for another Home Report were both adamant that the HR I that had done June 2010 valued at £105'000 was way over priced and I need a new one to reflect the fall in house prices.bam bam bammy Shore by The Revellers...do do de de do.0 -
http://www.homereportscotland.co.uk/faq.aspx#SQ11
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/research/briefings-09/SB09-25.pdfbam bam bammy Shore by The Revellers...do do de de do.0
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