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Finding old/cached adverts for properties?
ConfusedofYorkshire
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I am trying to find pictures of a house that was last sold in 2010 because the new advert says that it has been fully renovated so I want to see how much they have done.
i've seen historic adverts for houses on zoopla before but can't find one for this one. does anyone have any tips?
thank you:beer:
i've seen historic adverts for houses on zoopla before but can't find one for this one. does anyone have any tips?
thank you:beer:
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I googled the exact address and found some old pics for my block. Took a while though. It depends whether there were any.
If you know which estate agents the property sold through would help too.0 -
If you go to sold prices on either Zoopla or Right move and put in the street name it will give you lists of the houses sold on that street.
If an old advert is available the address of the property will appear as a hyperlink.
We did the same for a house we have just had an offer accepted on and we were able to find floor plans and narrow down when the kitchen and bathroom were last done. Really useful.0 -
The historic adverts only appear on Zoopla for houses that were advertised there.
Google address, town, etc with 'for sale', possibly also with 'PDF' in the search terms. Unlikely to still be around from 2010, but nothing ventured, nothing gained.0 -
Thank you.. I had tried this but no signs of it, can only find s the new advertising with new pics.
I think I know which agent it sold through but I doubt they'd help me, and googling address with agent name doesn't bring it up. Ah well0 -
I just searched for mine (bought Oct last year) and i can only find the previous ad in 2006Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.0
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Download Firefox and use Property Bee, if it still exists?
I haven't heard it mentioned on here for a while, TBH.I am a mortgage broker. You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.0 -
kingstreet wrote: »Download Firefox and use Property Bee, if it still exists?
I haven't heard it mentioned on here for a while, TBH.
I've got property but as far as I know it only shows me detail about the current advert. Do you know how I'd look up an old one?0 -
Not a clue, I've never used it.
I just heard it mentioned on here a few times when people wanted to find historic data on properties.I am a mortgage broker. You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.0 -
I found several old ads for my house.
Try putting specific words in quotes to search for that exact term.
eg
"Acacia Road" Walthamstow "for sale"
or
"Acacia Road" E17 "for sale"
or
Acacia for sale Walthamstow
(They might have abbreviated road to Rd for example, or they may have used E17 and not mentioned Walthamstow, or vice versa.
Jx2024 wins: *must start comping again!*0 -
All that E17, you'll probably get images of Brian Harvey when he ran over himself!I found several old ads for my house.
Try putting specific words in quotes to search for that exact term.
eg
"Acacia Road" Walthamstow "for sale"
or
"Acacia Road" E17 "for sale"
or
Acacia for sale Walthamstow
(They might have abbreviated road to Rd for example, or they may have used E17 and not mentioned Walthamstow, or vice versa.
Jx
I am a mortgage broker. You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.0
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