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How Safe Is Your New Home?

Matt’s old school friend Mike had a lucky escape when a falling chimney pot narrowly missed him as he was getting out of his car at home. We discovered that the home is the most common place for accidents to occur. In this week’s blog we look at some of the potential issues at stake.

What do Survey Condition Ratings Actually Mean?

Home surveys have been around for a very long time, but the way that they are presented and the condition ratings provided within them can sometimes cause confusion. Here we look at the condition ratings contained within our survey reports and examine what they actually mean.

The Benefits and Pitfalls of Shared Ownership

Are you considering the purchase of a Shared Ownership home? They can be a great way to take that first step on to the property ladder but there can also be some downsides to sharing ownership of a home with a social housing provider or housing association. Here we look at both sides of the Shared Ownership offer.

I’ve paid for a mortgage valuation, isn’t that a survey?

It is very common in the property industry for mortgage valuations to be mis-named and called surveys, but there is a very big difference between a valuation for mortgage purposes and an RICS Home Survey. We look here at the difference between the two and learn why you shouldn’t just rely on your lender’s valuation.

How is my house built and why does it matter?

When inspecting houses and flats across Peterborough and the surrounding areas we encounter so many different types of construction which even to the trained eye can look similar at first glance. Here we learn why knowing how your house has been built can be more important than you would first think.

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