First flat advice

Froom2

Hello everyone!

I have had an offer accepted on a flat, and everything is moving along well so far (fingers crossed, I know it's way early days yet!) I am certain something will go wrong, better expect the worst and be pleasantly surprised if it all works out.

Anyway, how much do people generally go back and visit their potential purchase once offers are accepted?
I have seen it twice inside, and have been to visit the area quite a bit (I have a few friends that live very nearby and all the other estate agents are only 5 minutes away, so I keep just swinging past it whenever I'm there - I can't help myself!)

Can I ask to go when the solicitors arrange their visit? And again when the survey gets done?

ACG

Solicitors dont visit the property.
Surveyor might not even go into the property.

It should only take around 6-8 weeks from application to completion. Just be patient someone still lives there andthe last thing they want is you walking around.

I tried to buy my house without even seeing the inside but estate agents forced me to. Literally spent 5 mins there from making an offer to getting the keys.

Froom2

Oh it's empty I will try to be patient!

How can they do a homebuyers report without going inside?

Snakey

I couldn't keep away from mine, it wasn't far from where I was renting and it had been empty for a year. I would walk past whenever I possibly could, and kept on looking at the floor plan on the internet. I didn't go inside it though from acceptance to completion, mainly because my previous purchase (where I had gone back to see it, with the estate agent) had fallen through at the eleventh hour and I didn't want to jinx this one.

Never mind about co-ordinating with other visits, just call the estate agent and ask if they'll show you round again. They shouldn't mind too much assuming they're 5 minutes away, although they'll probably be more keen (and less inclined to rush you once you're there) if you are happy to go during their quiet times.

There's no harm in being completely open and just saying you want to see it one more time, but if you're not comfortable doing that you could say you need to measure for curtains or whatever, which should also reassure them that you aren't having second thoughts about the purchase.

princeofpounds

It is not common to do another viewing once the offer is made but before exchange. It's not banned or anything - sometimes it happens for measuring up or evaluating a point raised in survey - but a viewing implies you are still making up your mind. So if you asked for one, as a seller I would be wondering why.

Try to do the viewing you need before making an offer or between exchange and completion if the vendors are ok with being disturbed. No-one really wants you floating and gloating around once business is done.

Your survey gets done whenever you book it. The mortgage valuation survey happens whenever the mortgage company get around to it, and as stated may only be a drive-by.

Solicitors do not visit and so you must inform them about any oddities you see on the ground, don't assume they know. For flats less of an issue, given boundaries are walls!