House Buyer Mistakes to Avoid, in 2023

This is great. Thanks for producing!

Genuine question. Why do you always buy furniture, why don’t you move with the old one??

£709 for a sofa? Someone needs to be introduced to the British Heart Foundation furniture store.

You're star

Very helpful video, thanks for posting

Yes, but how often are you inside on a weekday during playtime?

Great advice and some really useful tips! Thanks

Thank you 😊

Very good advice. I am beginning to view property (first time buyer) and your insights are invaluable.

Excellent advice! As an agent, I know see how valuable this would be for buyers entering the market for the first time. Subscribed!

‘Nobs with loud exhausts’ 😂 Regarding furnishings, though, you really don’t have to spend a lot to get quality stuff if you buy second hand.

Leasehold - as a contractor I used to cross out lines on my contracts and sign 'subject to cross outs and amendments' is this possible with a leasehold contract?

Excellent.

Thank you for valuable information!

Buying a house before the crash very bad idea wait until 2024

I like your videos - they are full with excellent information. I have fallen into a few pitfalls you mentioned and working on lessons learnt

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Brilliant breakdown and information, really well done and easy to follow. Thank you so much!

+1 on the neighbourhood. It's just as important as the property itself.

I always check crystalroof for the noise factor.

Never use Premier Properly they were hell just as you and cost me stress and lost my sale.And they were terrible.

Thanks 😊

Same in Portugal, so noisy all the time ! Never buy anything above a bar, a restaurant and on a football field, unless you love noise .....

Would you use a mortgage advisor?

Hi Mat great video thanks for the tips, when I called a solicitor earlier this week. They told me that I would only need to contact them once I’ve had an offer accepted? Any advice

Thanks

Two additional tips: my late aunt was an estate agent who loved aphorisms. One excellent one (in my view at least) was: "Always buy the cheapest home in an expensive area and never the most expensive home in a cheap area." It makes excellent sense re: desirability when you come to sell.

Advice number 2 is born of something I experienced first hand: be very VERY cautious about buying a listed building. I once bought a thatched grade II listed barn conversion in Kent. It was gorgeous but even back in 1993 re-thatching cost around £60,000. Any alterations HAD TO BE carried out in accordance with the listing and by National Trust accredited contractors. Planning permission to build a garage took forever, cost a fortune and the building had to be thatched and built from seasoned oak. We couldn't possibly afford it. Eventually we moved because just the mechanics of living there cost a king's ransom. If you've got that kind of money, terrific, but if not, you'll find living in a listed property cripplingly expensive.

Check Radon levels in the area.

With Leaseholds it's also worth checking if the management company looks to of abused the use of section 20's in the past. It's caused me a nightmare in the past and caused our offer to fall through at the last minute of the buying process.

Oh Premier property sorted my mortgage about 5 years ago and lost the signed docs I sent. And yes it was a headache.

Excellent video, I am subscribing.

RE; Conveyancing, I found that my online solicitors were much more competent than the sellers local Solicitors who really held up the process of buying

About old houses, don't forget about asbestos. Don't get exposed to dust

Lol at Sizewell being mentioned

I was telling people months ago, don't buy now. also been telling people to sell a few months ago and rent until the crash.

Haha "knobs with noisy exhausts" the worst noise pollution ever....wankers! 🤣🤣

Keep up with the great videos!

Aren’t they gonna specify a epc of C and above now? Why aren’t people thinking about this?

Super useful, thank you!

Just exchanged with Premier Property Lawyers. Absolute waste of money

Hi my house is currently marketed with strike, there conveyancing company are always ringing, emailing ect wanting to get started. They sound desperate.😁

you can replace classic single glaze with double glaze its just very expensive...

Mistake #1: buying a house in 2023. Housing bubble is popped. UK is going down.

Good point on the lawyers, all estate agents up sell them as they get kickbacks/finders fee. In terms of the trust pilot reviews, the reason they are so high is they work/pay Trustpilot and any negative reviews trust pilot seem to get remove as "you don't work with them to resolve this issue". BTW working with them seems to be spending month to eventually get to a point where you are offered £100 refund on £1000 bill and have to agree they have no legal liability for the messup...

Thanks for the video, I have saved it and it will help one day I’m sure

You are a God send!
God bless you sir for saving future people from these mistakes with your experience x

Survey was a massive waste for me, didn’t even point out important faults I discovered has the new owner.

Fantastic video mate

Thanks, solicitors have to be qualified though don't they? I'm inexperienced but hear they work on a different timescale entirely, take weeks just to answer a letter & send superfluous letters as they are paid by the letter. Have not heard a good thing really. It's an archaic system which they massively benefit from - law needs to be updated in the interest of competitiveness.

By miles the best advice for someone venturing on a house ownership journey.

Rich people problems.

Find my street is really useful to check if the street has been adopted by the council so will be maintained. Avoid leasehold like the plague. No leasehold in Scotland.