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1. 7 Specialist Property Surveys for Better Decisions
You're standing in a Victorian terrace in Forest Hill or a converted flat in Peckham. There's a damp patch by the skirting, a crack above a door and a chimney...
2. Negotiation Price for Property: How to Use Survey Findings
Only 39% of UK homeowners who bought a property negotiated a price below the asking figure, and the most common reduction was up to 5%. That's the sensible starting point...
3. Stamp Duty Changes in 2025: What London Buyers Must Know
You've agreed a price on a London home, lined up your mortgage and started planning the move. Then the Stamp Duty Land Tax figure arrives, and the budget no longer...
4. Homebuyer Survey Comparison: RICS Levels 1, 2 and 3
You've found the flat you want. The seller wants an answer. Your solicitor wants an instruction. And you're staring at three survey options, each one looking like a compromise if...
5. Vertical Cracks in Walls Explained for London Homes
You've just noticed a fresh vertical crack in the wall of your Forest Hill terrace, a 1930s semi in Bromley or a converted flat in Bermondsey. It may be nothing...