Questions to ask at viewings

jay-jay

Never really thought about it like that, must admit I too thought you were joking. Definately makes sense though!

barnaby-bear

jay-jay wrote: »

Were viewing properties at the minute, what sort of questions should I be asking the vendors to get the most from each viewing. Bought our first house after 4 viewings so havent got much experience.

THanks

Check out how *serious* they are, ask why and where are you moving. The whole sale, your survey fees, you mortgage application fee and offer, your time can go down the pan if the vendor was just seeing how much house was worth. So many airheads selling houses trot out phrases like 'we'll move to rented' before twigging this will involve two moves, taking kids out of area losing school places, storage for furniture - so they either try to tie in to another sale at which point you can be dependent on all number of folk or often pull out when the reality of how much hassle moving is.... if there isn't a driving reason to move and chain or sale gets hassle someone uncommitted to moving may well pull out - especially if they haven't shelled out (HIPs may help this one issue)

PJD

How long is the lease? (if applicable)

kingkano wrote: »

What would happen if they were rotten neighbours, and the buyers solicitors found out you had made complaints to the council. Im guessing at the least the buyer would be peeved you said they was fine.... I guess most people rely on honesty too much lol.

In that case, they could take legal action against you if that wasn't declared (as the question about problematic neighbours always gets asked by solicitors, - consequences are high if you choose to withhold information).

Saying that, the buyer might get along with the neighbours much better than the seller did. Also, - neighbours, dogs, noise etc etc can all change in time... - unless you're detached, there's always a risk of having problems from neighbours regardless of current or past problems - i think it's quite hard to safeguard yourself when living so close to other people (sorry for digressing!)

sortofok

PJD wrote: »

In that case, they could take legal action against you if that wasn't declared (as the question about problematic neighbours always gets asked by solicitors, - consequences are high if you choose to withhold information).

Correct PJD. Beware of this.

Liz1966

If it's important to you then find out if the house can receive broadband, mobile phone services, sky/cable. It can be a real pain if you are used to broadband speeds & you have to go back to dial up or you can't use your phone. May not be a deal-breaker but a factor in how much you want that particular property.

rainbowstar

We've been renting a 'new build' flat for about 3 weeks now and in that time, several things have went wrong with the flat. We have informed our letting agency but they told us that since it was a new build, we need to contact the builders as it's up to them to fix it.
So, for the past 3 weeks I have been liaising with the builders trying to get everything sorted (leaking pipes, broken boiler, badly fitted carpets, etc, etc).
Does anyone know if this is correct procedure? Is it really up to us to do this?
I have agreed to it up 'til now as I have the feeling if I left it to the letting agency, I'd still be waiting on repairs.
What do you all think?
Many thanks

olibrofiz

How your neighbours and their house looks is no indication - people I bought from appeared nice & respectable but turned out THEY'D been the neighbours from hell, the old boy next door (sweet, if smelly, 81 yr old) had reported them to the RSPCA cos they left their dogs out all the time - he likes me, always knocking on my door to reminisce about the war and the time he jumped off the landing craft on D day and his arches dropped and giving me graphic details of how he got shrapnel in his a*@!

BettiePage

rainbowstar wrote: »

We've been renting a 'new build' flat for about 3 weeks now and in that time, several things have went wrong with the flat. We have informed our letting agency but they told us that since it was a new build, we need to contact the builders as it's up to them to fix it.
So, for the past 3 weeks I have been liaising with the builders trying to get everything sorted (leaking pipes, broken boiler, badly fitted carpets, etc, etc).
Does anyone know if this is correct procedure? Is it really up to us to do this?
I have agreed to it up 'til now as I have the feeling if I left it to the letting agency, I'd still be waiting on repairs.
What do you all think?
Many thanks

You may need to start your own thread, but I'd say that YOUR contract is with the letting agents, not the builders. Therefore it is up to the LETTING AGENT to do any chasing.