Category Archives: General

But it’s my dream house! This is something I frequently read when people are asking questions. They’re usually really important questions like: What does this mean in the surveyor’s report: subsidence is ongoing… Or The surveyor has undervalued my house … Continue reading →

Should you buy a one bedroom property? It’s an interesting question and one maybe someone who is single would ask. I don’t think it’s a very good idea at all. I think one bedroom properties might have some demand as … Continue reading →

Just going through some listings and found a phrase that sticks out as a warning sign to me… next to the river … I immediately think about the flood risk. Similarly when people say it’s close to “major routes” … … Continue reading →

Frank Dobson, part of the previous Labour government who was responsible for the massive rise in provate sector rents (Partly due to the LHA system they introduced) complains he can’t afford to live in a rented property in the private … Continue reading →

Using rightmove you can put in places or postcodes to centralise the search for your dream home. Sometimes you have to research the area to fine tune this and this is where their map area search comes in. You can … Continue reading →

When you’re buying a listed building how can you be sure the owners have not done work without geting the proper permissions? You can look up on the council’s building control site and see if there’s anything there but there … Continue reading →

Just read a listing that mentions “Barton style range of farm buildings” … What does this mean? A quick search has found nothing useful… But more indepth has led me to believe it might mean two equal size barns at … Continue reading →

House prices in Ireland have fell off a cliff with drops of over 50% from the 2007 peak. – Property prices in Dublin drop by 46% and house prices outside the capital are down by 36%, the Central Statistics Office … Continue reading →

How house prices have changed since the Monopoly game was invented. see this interesting article Mayfair and Park lane are at the top still but now Coventry Street and Vine street are at the bottom!

Doing a search on rightmove today I noticed a new contender for the most expensive house in Devon. This one – I assume a slip of the keyboard has meant the price has been put in wrong.