Questions one should ask the seller before purchasing a house

Doozergirl

rammster wrote:

Without being rude , my point is that you are doing business . And the person with greater research/ knowledge will always get a better deal. Thus the point of this thread.

You're right. I do my research and I always get the best deal when buying.

I can tell you now that does not involve asking a complete stranger a question about debt. I am also what you could call a motivated seller when I am selling and would not even entertain a question like that.

Please don't ask it. Your chances are higher of offending people more than they are getting any decent information about whether you should buy the house.

olly300

The easiest way to get answers out of someone is take someone with you who can speak to anyone. They will then get the person to give you the history of the house plus their life story

Also if you know something about the area which is not 100% positive then ask them a question about it. Depending on their answer you will know how truthful they are likely to be about everything else.

rammster

ok the debt question will be left out of the question list. Any more thoughts about any other questions that you will ask.

Who was previously living in the property

Why are you selling this property

When do you want to sell this property

Have you fixed yourself a time frame to sell this property

Has there been major maintenance done to the property in the last 10 years.
If so what

Would it be alright if my builder analyzed the property

what is the council tax for this property

Did you get building regulations for that? Can I see the certificate?

Would you want me to purchase the property in a set timeframe

What would be the desirable qualities in the purchaser that you will look for

Are neighbours owner occupied or are they privately rented/housing association.

whether there will be a chain and whether they have found somewhere suitable

The New & Updated List is out with a few nips and tucks.

Ready for another overhaul!

mountainofdebt

rammster wrote:

Are neighbours owner occupied or are they privately rented/housing association. so you'd be happier with the neighbours from hell that were owner occupiers rather than lovely neighbours who rented the place

whether there will be a chain and whether they have found somewhere suitable Again a fair question

The New & Updated List is out with a few nips and tucks.

Ready for another overhaul!

To be honest I still think your list contains questions that would make me wonder about you but I would be seriously interested to hear about the reactions you got if you were to ask these questions for real.

Woby_Tide

you missed off the last 3 questions

Where is my coat?

Is this the way out?

Please don't hurt me.....

MJMum

Please don't hurt me.....

:rotfl:

Honestly, I would never be so rude as to ask half of these but I, like others, can't wait to hear what happens if you do.

tomstickland

You can't really go along and read a robot list of questions. You need to get chatty with the seller and get a feeling for the situation, maybe slipping some questions in depending on how it goes.

roswell

Id say the most important questions other than whats on the sheet from the estate agent and peticulars like parking would be
" How are the neighbours, have you had any trouble with the neighbours"
" Have you had any problems with crime / anti social behaviour"

they could lie but they could lie about any other questions so far but hopefully they would be a little honest eg, next door had the lawn mower stolen after leaving it on the front lawn over night .. and bob in number 30 occasionaly invites his biker friends round on friday nights.

I must say most of the questions above wouldnt be something id like answering and id kindly show you the way to the door.