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nelly_2

popertysnake although rightmove have neutered it a lot though the !!!!!!

Canucklehead

olly300 wrote: »

It would be a good site if more council's signed up for it like the ones in my local area. :mad:

Good evening: The fact that your local council has not joined the Planning Portal doesn't negate the value of the site. Most councils have developed websites where citizens can access this information...if yours hasn't , call your council member and suggest it

Canucklehead

Snow_Dog

This site allows you to check the council tax band for all of the properties in a street so you can directly and easily compare the one you want to buy with others. Also it indicates if there is a revaluation due which generally only happens when there is a blanket revaluation or when the house changes ownership.

I found this particularly interesting since there is great store put by EA's and solicitors during the purchase process as to what the current tax band is, usually asking the current owners, forget that, this site tells you what it is and if it is likely to rise when you buy, which the current owner will know nothing about.

This situation crops up more often than people realise, I know for a fact that my sis in laws place changed when they sold and she knew nothing about it. Ours was due to change but in the PIF we didnt declare that as it just asked what was the current band.

PS- Yes, our resident troll is getting annoying now.
Interestingly our solicitor wasn't aware of this reference site for tax bands.

http://www.voa.gov.uk/council_tax/cti_home.htm

franklee

My favourite site for the land registry house prices is http://www.houseprices.co.uk/ it's fast, flexible with a clean layout.

Very good house price graphs: http://www.houseprices.uk.net/ Specially like the regional interactive one: http://www.houseprices.uk.net/articles/odpm_regional/

Like the fool mortgage calculator: http://www.fool.co.uk/mortgages/CalculatorRepay.aspx

Good explanation of the main House Price Indices: http://www.houseprice.org.uk/indices.htm

Flood maps are particularly topical: http://flood.firetree.net/

And there's always: http://www.homecheck.co.uk

Another subject that may become more topical, reposession: http://www.home-repo.org/

Hot exactly housing but it's useful to see pictures of the area which you can get at http://www.geograph.org.uk/ It collects photos and allows you to search them for every square kilometre of the UK.

Of course you may want to buy land: http://www.uklanddirectory.org.uk/

And if you want to get away there's always: http://www.escapeartist.com/

jay7_2

I like the way properties are presented on a map on www.ononemap.com. Now Tesco came with a similar way of displaying property search results but I prefer Ononemap's interface.

There are a few online calculators around, this one compares mortgages and rents:
www.allagents.co.uk/calculator/mortgage-rent/
It's a very simple calculator, doesn't take lots of factors in account (e.g. interest from your savings, etc.) but gives a basic idea of how the 2 options compare.

olly300

jay7 wrote: »

I like the way properties are presented on a map on www.ononemap.com. Now Tesco came with a similar way of displaying property search results but I prefer Ononemap's interface.

ononemap.com unfortunately are now not allowed to use data from the environment agency but is still a good site.

olly300

Canucklehead wrote: »

Good evening: The fact that your local council has not joined the Planning Portal doesn't negate the value of the site. Most councils have developed websites where citizens can access this information...if yours hasn't , call your council member and suggest it

Canucklehead

Actually it is not just my local council it is a lot of the local councils in the area I live. So out of 5 local councils only one has planning applications on the web. My borough borders 5 other councils and in larger planning decisions residents from neighbouring boroughs are consulted.

BTW myself and a few other local people suggest things to the council all the time including using the local MP's to get messages through. The council have a habit of not responding it is not on their agenda.

Canucklehead

olly300 wrote: »

Actually it is not just my local council it is a lot of the local councils in the area I live. So out of 5 local councils only one has planning applications on the web. My borough borders 5 other councils and in larger planning decisions residents from neighbouring boroughs are consulted.

BTW myself and a few other local people suggest things to the council all the time including using the local MP's to get messages through. The council have a habit of not responding it is not on their agenda.

Good morning: Sorry to hear your council is not receptive to citizen's ideas and unresponsive to new initiatives...keep plugging away! I should mention, other than viewing planning applications (in many parts of the UK), the Planning Portal site also has a useful tools section which is applicable to all http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/england/genpub/en/1026377885328.html

In particular, the interactive house feature ie 'Visual Guide for Householders' can answer many of the questions posed by MSErs time and again.

HTH

Canucklehead

Pobby

Doozergirl wrote: »

Martin, we do keep asking but could you please ask someone to do something about our troll? He's getting very offensive towards some people by pm also

What old brolly bum Bruno.He sure doesn`t like me.Ah, but his PMs are so charming----lol!

Guy_Montag

I wish I could nominate PropertySnake, but rightmove sent a cease & desist e-mail to the owner preventing him from using their listings.