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Hi all, we've written a new 50 House Buying Tricks guide with help from your 'what I wish I'd known before buying' tales.
How did you find the info? Do you have any other tips you'd add? Did your new home come with any hidden catches that others could learn from?
Thanks for your help!
MSE Jenny
How did you find the info? Do you have any other tips you'd add? Did your new home come with any hidden catches that others could learn from?
Thanks for your help!
MSE Jenny
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Make sure you are comparing like with like and there are no hidden extras.
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.
Some property buyers live far away from the area they want to live in, and maybe the cost of travelling/accommodation (etc) is something else to 'factor in'?
An extreme example: I live in Sweden and have been looking for property in the UK for some time now. I've been paying airfares, hire car costs and hotel accommodation.
Just a thought
(Yes I know anyone with a modicum of intelligience would know this but it's amazing how many ill-mannered thickos there are out there.)
Another problem was that the back gardens were not truly aligned with the row of these houses, and boundaries were very vaguely drawn on the deeds. Eventually new neighbours were difficult about my access to my own garden, and put a new gate and an aggressive dog in my way. Just another thing to think about.
Was Greenmoneysaver. . .
As to trees, the trees I mentioned are in neighbours' gardens and I didn't notice when I viewed my house. If you even think about thinning a large tree, the owner/neighbour must agree, and might not, and then the local authority may have to send an arboreal person round who may say that nothing can be cut off it. We need trees and hedges for wildlife but if they're too big, they cut the light and cause other problems.:)