Advice
Buying and selling
Written for the fortnight between reading a home report and your solicitor asking what you want to do about it.
- Buying a houseBuying a house with dry rotDry rot is the one timber problem worth taking seriously in a purchase. What it costs, what a lender does, and what to settle before missives conclude.
- Buying a houseSelling a house with dry rotYou can sell a Scottish house with rot, but the home report gets there before any buyer. Whether to fix it first or price it in, and what you must declare.
- Buying a houseShould you buy a house with woodworm?Woodworm in a home report is usually old, dead and worth little off the price. How to tell which case you have before missives conclude, and when to walk.
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