Category “Property”
What Is The Validity Of The Predictions About House Prices In Light Of The Regional Changes?
If we refer the report published by the BBC about the real estate prices, some unique and interesting things come out. The report is quite comprehensive and covers the factors after removing the disparity caused by the rate of general consumer inflation. Hence, it becomes more realistic and objective. The report may be a surprise … Read More »
Not getting impressive leads from the real estate website? Look at these aspects
Why do 95% real estate websites do not turn into business making tools in the real sense? Only five percent of them become successful in attracting sales leads. What is so special about them? When you evaluate the performance of your website and blog and find it not a business generator, you ask your peers. … Read More »
Renovating Your Home To Maximize The Value? Here Are Some Smart Tips!
Reports say the people spend millions of pounds each year to renovate their properties. Interestingly, a large chunk of it belongs to homeowners who sell the renovated property within one year of renovation. It means people believe that renovation helps in enhancing the value of their property. Whether it is a massive rebuild or just … Read More »
Bearish Trend Seems To Prevail In The London’s Real-Estate Market
Do you think the effects of Brexit will be long-lasting in the UK? Well, they are certainly. You can see the market scenario even today after a considerable time has passed after Brexit, the trend looks to be bearish. Property rates have been tumbling at quite a fast rate as compared to the massive crash … Read More »
Being A Buy-To-Let Landlord, You Should Know These Important Rules And Regulations!
Market dynamics change according to the change happening in the surroundings. In light of the new regulations, lending rules, and tax scenario, the buy-to-let market expects several changes. If you are a landlord (or potential investor), then it is all the more essential to minimize overheads by cluing up on the obligations. Pursuing knowledge about … Read More »
A Survey Of A Drainage System
The value of a drain scan can be seen by a recent survey carried out on a property locally with misaligned joints and rats within the drainage system. In addition, it became clear that there were no traps within the drains which were not immediately obvious from the outside. In addition, the rainwater drainage system … Read More »
A Building Survey of Stone Built Cottage
A building survey that we undertook this week was a stone built cottage which probably dates back to about 1850 with a rear tenement type extension which was probably completed around 1900 along with further additions in the 1960s. The main original roof appeared in reasonable overall condition with no slates notably slipped or missing. … Read More »
‘Unique Selling Point’ (USL) and Building Survey in 2010
We started undertaking “look see” drain scans on properties in 2010 initially as a ‘unique selling point’ (USL) but have long since realised the benefits of these scans to find very significant defects even when there are no blockages evident. This was certainly the case on a recent property where we undertook a Building Survey … Read More »
Descriptions of Building Materials Services and fittings for Properties
It is important for surveyors to be accurate in their descriptions of building materials along with services and fittings within properties. To this end, it was noted recently that some composite slates look extremely similar to natural slates as can be seen on the Photograph. The first thing to notice is that all of the … Read More »
‘Guidance for Valuers’ from HSBC states for Open Market Value of the Property
Recent ‘Guidance for Valuers’ from HSBC states that they will no longer lend on a number of non-traditional construction types such as wimpey no-fines and in addition pre-1960s timber frame construction. Of particular concern to property owners in Cornwall and parts of South Devon is that they will also no longer accept mundic properties grade … Read More »
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