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Questions to ask when you are viewing a property

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  • 19-04-2018 2:55pm
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    Raoul
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    Anyone got a good list of questions?

    I could make a list here that may be helpful for others too.

    Edit - When looking to buy.
    • Refuse collection options.
    • Broadband suppliers in the area.
    • Is there any current offers on the property? (cause they usually wait till they see you really like the place, then tell you there's lots of other offers on it etc...)
    • Ask questions around why are they selling.
    • Why are they selling?
    • Is it currently rented or owner occupied? (If rented, has a notice been served to the tenants)


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    Caranica
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    Raoul wrote: »
    Anyone got a good list of questions?

    I could make a list here that may be helpful for others too.

    To buy or to rent?


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    Raoul
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    Caranica wrote: »
    To buy or to rent?

    To buy.


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    handlemaster
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    Raoul wrote: »
    To buy.

    anybody been murdered here


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    spurious
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    Refuse collection options.
    Broadband suppliers in the area.


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    DublinDilbert
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    Is there any current offers on the property? (cause they usually wait till they see you really like the place, then tell you there's lots of other offers on it etc...)


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    myshirt
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    Ask questions around why are they selling.

    Once you understand why they are selling, you can construct your offer to meet their needs. For example, and maybe it's not nice, but a property we bought in the past the seller admitted that the bank had them by the short and curlies. Found out what they owed, what they wanted to walk away with, and took that problem off their shoulders for them.


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    Samuel T. Cogley
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    The questions you ask are less important than who you ask. Local security and pharmacists are a wealth of local information. Walk around, go up in your car at various times including 1am of a Saturday night and hang around. Get a good feel for the area.


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    Bob24
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    Why are they selling?
    Is it currently rented or owner occupied? (If rented, has a notice been served to the tenants)


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    Alkers
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    Don't believe the answers to any questions you ask!


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    Gumbo
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    spurious wrote: »
    Refuse collection options.
    Broadband suppliers in the area.

    Both of these can be checked online before even viewing the property.


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    ted1
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    Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »
    The questions you ask are less important than who you ask. Local security and pharmacists are a wealth of local information. Walk around, go up in your car at various times including 1am of a Saturday night and hang around. Get a good feel for the area.
    Pharmacists ?


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    Cash_Q
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    Bob24 wrote:
    Why are they selling? Is it currently rented or owner occupied? (If rented, has a notice been served to the tenants)


    Notice - has the vendor's solicitor checked the validity of this notice so that it is not open to challenge

    Has the vendor issued a Statutory Declaration to inform the tenants of the sale of the property? If not, tenants can challenge the notice and their notice period will start again


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    Graces7
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    Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »
    The questions you ask are less important than who you ask. Local security and pharmacists are a wealth of local information. Walk around, go up in your car at various times including 1am of a Saturday night and hang around. Get a good feel for the area.

    Wise man ...


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    4ensic15
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    Don't ask questions. If the answer would be favourable to you, you can be sure the information will be volunteered without you asking. If the information is not favourable, you will be told lies!


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    hmmm
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    myshirt wrote: »
    Ask questions around why are they selling.

    Once you understand why they are selling, you can construct your offer to meet their needs.
    This. It helps so much in any bidding process to understand the motivation of the seller - in particular, how quickly they are looking to make a decision. An EA is usually happy to give you this information.


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    Samuel T. Cogley
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    ted1 wrote: »
    Pharmacists ?

    Yep. Who knows more about the locals than the person you buy your pills and ointments from? Obviously you have to be a bit tactful in what you ask.


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    PhoenixParker
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    Estate agents typically know little.

    Open your eyes and really look at the house.
    How old is It, how does it differ from what was originally put in. Look at the Fixtures, fittings, radiators, plugs, kitchen layout, bathroom layout etc.

    Has central heating been installed? Roughly when?
    Has it been rewired? How many plugs are in each room? Where are they? Have bathrooms been added/moved or is everything original? Has the hot water cylinder been lagged replaced? How old do electric showers look? How about the boiler?

    Run a few taps. Look at the roof. Any evidence of cracks or crack repairs . . .

    For the area I always like to keep an eye out for easily stolen/vandalised items in good order on display. Window boxes, doormats and pot plants in doorways for instance. In a good area they'll be around, in bad areas they get damaged/stolen so people don't bother.

    The noticeboard in the local shop can give a nice sense of an area a too.


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