Buying advice (house)

I remember buying my first house in a decent part of town £11k ok it was 40 years ago. I went into work the next day and the boys in the office threw their hands up with horror at the vast sum I paid. How times have changed!
 
Woots said:
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One bit of advice I would give is not to go with an internet conveyanceing firm,they might be cheaper than a solicitor ,what you tend to have are unqualified people doing the work.This can lead to some horror stories or at best long delays.When you are buying a house money is tight ,this is one part of the process I would not cut corners on.
 
maxman said:
Woots said:
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Now the fun of solicitors and surveys can begin!
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One bit of advice I would give is not to go with an internet conveyanceing firm,they might be cheaper than a solicitor ,what you tend to have are unqualified people doing the work.This can lead to some horror stories or at best long delays.When you are buying a house money is tight ,this is one part of the process I would not cut corners on.
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Same can be said for local ones too.

We went for one located 5 minutes away and we kept getting silly emails asking us to basically do their job for them.

Turns out the employee sending these emails was learning to do the job, so wasn't actually qualified yet. This was due to another solicitor being on maternity leave :headbang:

They wouldn't accept the conservatory didn't need planning permission (we bought it with the conservatory already installed) and in the end we had to pay £90 odd for an indemnity policy for the buyer. Not much in monetary value, but the hold up almost caused the seller further up the chain to pull out, meaning we almost lost our dream home.

It wasn't a nice experience!
 
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