Viewing first house tomorrow

Jrose1927

Take a look at the windows and around the edges

See if the seals are all good and if the windows haven't blown (condensation within windows)

Always look at ceilings as much as other things, alot of people hardly look up at viewings.

Obvious ones apart from the actually house is the area research it before making a decision

Housebuy12345

Put a link up

Thrugelmir

View a fair number of properties. Then you'll be able to make comparisons. Viewing online or looking at printed details is never the same as being inside or at the locality itself.

Davesnave

Thrugelmir wrote: »

View a fair number of properties. Then you'll be able to make comparisons. Viewing online or looking at printed details is never the same as being inside or at the locality itself.

Hurrah! Only a dozen posts to get to the right answer.....:rotfl:

Hopefully, you're not going to be buying a house tomorrow, so it doesn't matter if you meet the EAs mortgage advisor or ask the 'right' questions this time. From what you've posted, you're not ready yet. There's nothing wrong with being inexperienced, but making big decisions without preparation is irresponsible. You get to be a first time buyer once; mess it up and it'll affect being a second time buyer too.

You need to read around the subject, so get a basic book on house purchase and read our sticky here too:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4930313/house-buying-important-threads

You've lived in property all your life, so you've some idea of what you want. By going out to view property and speaking to independent mortgage advisors, you'll know whether what you seek is realistic and what the best/worst properties appear to be in your area and price range. I say 'appear to be,' because there are legal and structural problems that are possibilities which few people would see on a viewing. They may become apparent later, through a surveyor's report or your solicitor's enquiries.

Last time my wife and I bought, we were in the market for a very different type of property than we'd owned before. It was like starting all over again, so we needed to view dozens of properties before we could choose one. Looking back, some of those we considered were totally wrong for us, but we simply had no idea till we researched more and compared with others. That's where you are now.

Good luck


NB This is not intended as a put down to those who gave helpful advice above.:)