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1. Home Buyers Survey: RICS Guide to Levels, Costs and Choices
In 2023, 3.8 million dwellings in England, 15% of the housing stock, failed the Decent Homes Standard. A home buyers survey exists to identify whether the property you love carries...
2. How to Value Your House in London
You've checked your Ealing house on three property websites and received three different figures. That's normal. It doesn't mean the tools are useless, but it does mean one click isn't...
3. Valuation for Insurance: What You Need to Know
An insurance valuation is not a market value estimate. It calculates what it would cost to demolish and rebuild your property from scratch, including site clearance, professional fees, VAT and...
4. Getting Home Ready to Sell: A London Seller’s Guide
Staged homes in the UK sell in roughly half the time, around 24 days compared with 69 for unstaged properties, and can achieve 8% to 10% more. That depends on...
5. Drainage System Inspection Guide for London Homebuyers
You're buying a Victorian terrace in Forest Hill, or perhaps a converted flat in Bermondsey. The survey mentions an inaccessible manhole. The estate agent says the drains have always been...