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Not the most fun experience, is it?
Good luck. Moving far?Not the most fun experience, is it
Absolutely shite. I still get enraged when I think about my homes previous owners…wankers.Not the most fun experience, is it?
I can defiantly relate to this, I've been in my place over 3 years now and still every time I try to do the slightest little job I find some shit the previous owners did that turns it into a major headacheAbsolutely shite. I still get enraged when I think about my homes previous owners…wankers.
Edit: I moved 5 years ago.
Yes, my first house was brand new and despite the criticism of new build homes we had no problems with ours.Absolutely shite. I still get enraged when I think about my homes previous owners…wankers.
Edit: I moved 5 years ago.
He probably wears a Stetson.When I moved into my first house, the very first day I was there, two door handles just came off in my hand and the garden fence fell down.
I later found out from a neighbour, it was always doing that and the previous owner just had it pulled together with bits of string.
Everything was wrong with that house. The guy I bought it off was a builder.
How large is the extension? It doesnt come in under permitted development, does it?He probably wears a Stetson.
Lad and his wife moved into their first home about 3 months ago. Solicitors couldn't find any paperwork for the extension the previous owner did (he wears a Stetson too). My worry is they bullshitted about having planning permission and although the seller paid for indemnity insurance, something just doesn't sit right.
Not particularly, but the worst thing is the MP's Andrea Leadsom!Good luck. Moving far?
I'm not sure on the legal bits NW, it was flagged by my lads solicitor which held things up for about a month while the indemnity was sorted out, so fingers crossed it won't be an issue. He's extended on the side about 2m (basically the path up the side of his house) as a long utility room and continued down the side and ended up about 3m into the back garden, widening it out to include a small dining room. We had a simiar thing when we had a conservatory about 15 years ago, the builders measured up and took the front porch into consideration, saying as long as it didn't extend more than x meters in total, we didn't need planning permission.How large is the extension? It doesnt come in under permitted development, does it?
This is the thing, I guess. You pay them as the supposed experts to sort all this out for you. Very frustrating that you have to put your trust in a 3rd party with something so valuable and you feel you have to double check their work. Good luck with it though, I'm sure it'll be worth the stress in the endNot particularly, but the worst thing is the MP's Andrea Leadsom!
Anyway, first have to get to the literal moving, currently at the hurdle of solicitors. Changed for this one from my previous who was pleasant, but painfully slow. This lot are far faster and more efficient but... they seem to be keener that I check everything's in order than they do(!)
England really needs to adopt the Scotland approach where once an offer is accepted it's contractual
I was a nervous wreck when I bought my house. The sellers could have pulled out at any time and after costing thousands in conveyancing and survey fees that cant be recovered. Then again I could have pulled out too so they may well have been equally nervous!
Needs a rethink either way
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Think you're right in saying the survey is the responsibility of the seller in ScotlandIt’s interesting. Used to listen to a podcast who also suggested putting the burden of stamp duty/surveys/searches on the seller. It’s an intriguing concept (think part of it also applies in Scotland already).
Solicitors are fucking useless, not pro active at all.Surveys are annoying. The house I bought a few years ago was only purchased by the seller 6 months earlier and had a completely up to date full survey ready to go. But of course it can’t be used because people need to make their money.
Same one where there was no certificate of installation for the boiler and the solicitors wanted indemnity insurance to cover it.
So I went online, 2 minute google search. Found the certificate. £5. Emailed it over.
Doing the job for them.
Managed to get a voicemail from my surveyor saying to ring him about a couple of 'issues I might want to take into consideration.' Bearing in mind it's now Easter, I don't know until Tuesday if said 'issues' are ones I noticed, or if the bloody house is falling down.Surveys are annoying.
Managed to get a voicemail from my surveyor saying to ring him about a couple of 'issues I might want to take into consideration.' Bearing in mind it's now Easter, I don't know until Tuesday if said 'issues' are ones I noticed, or if the bloody house is falling down.
Already tried to buy one of those, don't fancy another one falling through(!)
Seems stupid.Surveys are annoying. The house I bought a few years ago was only purchased by the seller 6 months earlier and had a completely up to date full survey ready to go. But of course it can’t be used because people need to make their money.
Same one where there was no certificate of installation for the boiler and the solicitors wanted indemnity insurance to cover it.
So I went online, 2 minute google search. Found the certificate. £5. Emailed it over.
Doing the job for them.
Good idea but that might require landlords to keep their properties maintained so it's a non starter.Why not just have the housing equivalent of an MOT, required every 10 years or so.
Seems stupid.
Why not just have the housing equivalent of an MOT, required every 10 years or so.
So much was missed when I bought my house. Everyone I've spoken to about it since seems to have a similar story so its pretty clear the current system doesn't work and you're paying for pretty much nothingI was more talking about the local area part of it. I doubt the radon gas levels have changed in 6 months and there’s no sudden river within 500 metres. All they do is fire the exact same documents out each time.
When we sold our last house the lady who bought it got the solicitor to do all the searches for some reason I saw them and they were all copies of the ones we had paid for three years before and still had my signature on them.
He probably wears a Stetson.
Lad and his wife moved into their first home about 3 months ago. Solicitors couldn't find any paperwork for the extension the previous owner did (he wears a Stetson too). My worry is they bullshitted about having planning permission and although the seller paid for indemnity insurance, something just doesn't sit right.
Won't fall under general permitted development (not requiring planning permission) - only applies to REAR extensions. We had to get planning permission for a smallish extension at the rear because the original permission on the house carried a condition which prevented use of general permitted development in respect of extensions, roofline and additional windows.He's extended on the side about 2m (basically the path up the side of his house) as a long utility room and continued down the side and ended up about 3m into the back garden, widening it out to include a small dining room.
Either give them to the current householders or donate them to the county archive - I'd go for the latter.Random question - just found a set of old deeds from 2 houses ago. What do I do with them?
You would, wouldn't youEither give them to the current householders or donate them to the county archive - I'd go for the latter.
I agree.
I was more talking about the local area part of it. I doubt the radon gas levels have changed in 6 months and there’s no sudden river within 500 metres. All they do is fire the exact same documents out each time.
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