Buying a house in 2023? Here are 10 x URGENT CHECKS you can carry out TODAY! These home buying tips will save you TIME and MONEY and can often reveal the REAL REASON the owners are SELLING the house.
The house buying process in the UK is slow and expensive, by using the house buying tips in this video you can avoid expensive conveyancing fees by spotting any issues long before solicitors get involved.
I recommend carrying out these checks before viewing a house or making an offer on a house as they may highlight deal breaker issues for potential home buyers.
These checks will also help you to narrow down what to look for when viewing a house as you can focus on all of the bits that are important to you.
If you are buying a house in the UK, I would recommend the following checks:
• Find Your Local Council: https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council
• Internet and Mobile Checker: https://checker.ofcom.org.uk/en-gb/broadband-coverage
• Buy Title Plan and Title Register: https://search-property-information.service.gov.uk/
• Rightmove Sold History: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices.html
• Zoopla Sold History: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/house-prices/
• For Planning Permssion, Building Control and Local Plans: http://www.google.co.uk
Whether you are a first time buyer buying a house for the first time or you are selling and moving at the same time, these checks will help ensure your dream property doesn't turn out to be a nightmare.
Do you have any house viewing tips for UK home buyers? Please post them in the comments below!