Should I jump? FTB in need of advice

TBagpuss

A surveyor looks primarily at the building. They aren't qualified to asses things such as the electrical wiring and system, or the gas, so will typically recommend that you get separate surveys for those.

If the surveyor spots problems or potential problems with damp or with timber they may suggest further assessment of those.

AlexMac

Forget the detail (helpful tho' all the advice above is) - if you are even vaguely inclined to jump...
Jump!
You are obviously well-organised, so can probably cope; and pouring dough into a house is a kind of enforced savings scheme (and tax free)...so

Go for it

I never regretted it- and having bought a wreck in 1975 for £10k (minus roof, central heating, kitchen, bathroom, decent floors....) I only wish I'd done it a few years earlier so that my £10k woulda multipled by more than the 100,000 times it has (yeah- over £1mil) .

So go for it

tara747

TBagpuss wrote: »

A surveyor looks primarily at the building. They aren't qualified to asses things such as the electrical wiring and system, or the gas, so will typically recommend that you get separate surveys for those.

If the surveyor spots problems or potential problems with damp or with timber they may suggest further assessment of those.

Oh right, I thought they would look at damp etc, so thank you.

AlexMac wrote: »

Forget the detail (helpful tho' all the advice above is) - if you are even vaguely inclined to jump...
Jump!
You are obviously well-organised, so can probably cope; and pouring dough into a house is a kind of enforced savings scheme (and tax free)...so

Go for it

I never regretted it- and having bought a wreck in 1975 for £10k (minus roof, central heating, kitchen, bathroom, decent floors....) I only wish I'd done it a few years earlier so that my £10k woulda multipled by more than the 100,000 times it has (yeah- over £1mil) .

So go for it

I don't think this house is ever going to multiply in value by that much :rotfl: but thank you for the enthusiasm. I have a tendency to overthink in general, and this is such a huge decision!

Rain_Shadow

AlexMac wrote: »

Forget the detail (helpful tho' all the advice above is) - if you are even vaguely inclined to jump...
Jump!
You are obviously well-organised, so can probably cope; and pouring dough into a house is a kind of enforced savings scheme (and tax free)...so

Go for it

I never regretted it- and having bought a wreck in 1975 for £10k (minus roof, central heating, kitchen, bathroom, decent floors....) I only wish I'd done it a few years earlier so that my £10k woulda multipled by more than the 100,000 times it has (yeah- over £1mil) .

So go for it

£10,000 x 100,000 = £1,000,000,000.:cool: