Buying a house - First time buyer

Few things. Buying 1st house is scary and it sways your thinking, this calms down soon.
You have a report with actions recommended on it so act on those via the solicitor or agents but make sure THEY. foot the bill or you walk. All repairs and work required are done before purchase, or you walk. They want to meet because the reports all come in saying the same and they want to show you how nice they are and the house is. Go, but don't get fleeced.
It's a nice garden.

 

Lovely looking house, and a bargain too - - 3 bedrooms, in nice condition (love the log burner!), all for around £130k!!!! The two bed semi that I am renting is valued at nearly three times that, and its quite a bit smaller than yours.

Hope you have many, many happy years there

 

Want to reiterate - don't underestimate the reports. The work required may be negligible but it could be hugely expensive so get it checked REALLY well.
The house looks nice, and I've saved the address so we can all come for Christmas if you buy, but go in with open eyes.

 

The liner will remain in the lum though, so if you want to buy one in a few years time......

Looking forward to seeing all the garden piccies too!

 

It's as one sided as you want. Everything is negotiable. My personal approach is to act as if you're not bothered and hammer the message that you want it but you're not stupid enough to pay for work required. You can always agree a price for a contractor to complete the work and take it off the house price...

 

All the advice so far seems good.

I can't talk about how or what may need doing as I'm useless at anything DIY but I do know how estate agents/ solicitors/ surveyors/ finance institutions work.

That survey is not a sufficient one. It's the one that the bank/building society have done as a valuation survey. All they're interested in is whether they can get back what they're lending you, if you default on the payments. You're, obviously, having to pay a percentage of the cost and they're only interested in the amount they lend you. That's why they don't have a full structural survey done. It's also why he doesn't seem to be sure whether anything is really wrong or not. He has only done a visual valuation.

For example: if you were buying a property for £200,000 but only borrowing £100,000 then the bank are only interested in whether it's worth £100,000.

If you know people that are able to check things properly then that's the way to go. Otherwise you need a full structural survey done.

With the extension, you need to see paperwork that shows it has been done to Planning Permission conditions and Building Regulations. There's a possibility that it may not have needed planning consent (is less than 10% of the original property and not having a number of other restrictions) but would still need to comply with Building Regs.

The price seems good but I haven't the faintest what property in your area is going for. It may be cheaper than others around because of the condition or it may not be any cheaper and the drop in price you have already obtained may be because of the work that may need doing.

In my area, down south, you couldn't buy anything for that price as the land price would be that high!

 

My last experience of French plumbing was - well it was in the navy. Err.. sooo, um.
I liked it lol