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Why's that? A caught-short race down the stairs of a morning?
Buying a home and don't know how anything works
- Thread starter miss direct
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Why's that? A caught-short race down the stairs of a morning?
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
If you need to get up in the middle of the night for a piss (or anything else
) then a trek down the stairs and through the house is not desirable, especially on a cold night!
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
1 - isn't really in Heeley, it's right next to the united ground. PLus, that cladding.What do you all think of these homes?
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These two below are in an area I know and would prefer to be in. Can walk or cycle everywhere from here.
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2 - Ecclesfield, not the best spot and miles out.
3 - well located, but very busy.
4 - best of the lot. Langsett Road is v busy, parking would be a pain, but its a good spot.
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miss direct
misfungled
Looks like the house sale will take a while to go through. Plus my job now looks like it may not even be going ahead. May have to put this whole thing on hold for a month or two. Pretty much resigned to it. Reorganised my bedroom today so I now have a seating area...
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Sorry to hear that. But it is worth looking still, if only to work out what you like and what you dont, what you think you really need etc etc
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
One of my main memories of house-buying (nearly 14 years ago now) was that some vendors were far worse to deal with than estate agents!
We had one really good estate agent in the area we were originally looking - really helpful and knew the area and the market like the back of their hands. (This was Crystal Palace in SE LDN so no good to you unfortunately). I would recommend a small local independent estate agent if possible, as IMHE they are far better than the high street chains.
Had vendors pulling out after we made an offer, only to put it back on the market at a higher price. Luckily, the people we bought our house off were really good, not like some of the piss-takers we encountered.
We had one really good estate agent in the area we were originally looking - really helpful and knew the area and the market like the back of their hands. (This was Crystal Palace in SE LDN so no good to you unfortunately). I would recommend a small local independent estate agent if possible, as IMHE they are far better than the high street chains.
Had vendors pulling out after we made an offer, only to put it back on the market at a higher price. Luckily, the people we bought our house off were really good, not like some of the piss-takers we encountered.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Keep looking.
Sorry to hijack your thread a bit miss direct
Maybe I should start a selling a house and don't know jack but anyway...
We're considering putting my late dad's one up for auction. The estimation was actually higher than for a regular sale. The auction house advised getting a survey done first, so bidders have that. I know that's a little unusual but does it sound way off?
Also how much does that sort of thing cost?
House is not falling down, touch wood but needs a lot of work to bring up to spec. Is 130 year old Victorian terrace job. Cash buyer, not mortgage most likely.
Maybe I should start a selling a house and don't know jack but anyway...
We're considering putting my late dad's one up for auction. The estimation was actually higher than for a regular sale. The auction house advised getting a survey done first, so bidders have that. I know that's a little unusual but does it sound way off?
Also how much does that sort of thing cost?
House is not falling down, touch wood but needs a lot of work to bring up to spec. Is 130 year old Victorian terrace job. Cash buyer, not mortgage most likely.
hash tag
Books, not bombs
It's all down to the fees which you negotiate with the auctioneers and/or valuers. I would imagine you are looking at a few hundred for a homebuyers report and maybe 2/3% fees to auctioneers?.
You could negotiate a fee with an estate agents who will handle negotiations and viewings.
Thanks.
Yeah I suspect the estate agent knows someone who would buy it for cash already. Their estimation was significantly lower than the auction guy. We, my sister and me, are inclined to go with the latter. Even with fees and whatnot, would seem to make more sense.
hash tag
Books, not bombs
Ideally, you should get 3 values from 3 agents. It is for you to instruct them how much to ask for it. If over priced you won't get any viewings but there are many ways of doing it. An agent could invite sealed bids, ask for offers in region of or offers in excess of.
Leafster
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I don't know for certain but it would make sense to have a survey done if you're putting it up for auction. If you sold it in the normal way, a buyer would arrange a survey after their offer had been accepted. That wouldn't be possible if it's sold via an auction.
hash tag suggested a few hundred for a homebuyer's report but I think you should check with the auction house to see what sort of surveyor's report they'd suggest. Something more detailed than a homebuyer's report might prove to be considerably more expensive. I had a full building survey when I bought my house and that was just over £1,000.
two sheds
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I think you can put a minimum price on it at auction (but you get fees if you don't sell?). I've always been tempted by auction but have needed a mortgage and by the time you get surveys for places you don't know whether you're going to be successful on or not I decided against.
I also heard that prices at auction are good if house prices are generally rising and not so good if they're generally falling.
miss direct
misfungled
I really like this house that has gone up
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equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
That's really nice. But, kitchen is clearly tiny and dated, and I suspect bathroom is the same. You can quickly and cheaply update doors in a kitchen which would be doable if no other issues. I do like it the best so far though.I really like this house that has gone up
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baldrick
hmmmmm
No wardrobes in the bedroom makes me think there's no room for storage. Very different from the others you've posted, but I can see why you like it. New houses always look attractive.I really like this house that has gone up
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Doesn't really apply to what you've said but when my house is sold it will doubtless say "requires modernization". It "required modernization" when I came here which is why I decorated but did nothing else like that to it
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belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
I’ve done paper deliveries in that street. It is the edge of the dreaded Pitsmoor, but it is quite fine really. It’s the edge of the (light) industrial bit too, so not mad at night. I’ve been in houses of the same design on other streets and they’re pretty good if they’re well maintained.I really like this house that has gone up
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2 bedroom terraced house for sale in Woodspring Court, Grimesthorpe, Sheffield, S4 for £100,000. Marketed by haus, Sheffield
it’s not great for public transport or shops, but that’s it main downside.
miss direct
misfungled
I've got a friend in pitsmore, its not so bad..i just dont like the rubbish on the streets, but this road looks clean. It'll probably be gone by the time I'm ready to buy but good info. I used to deliver papers. You know all the streets when you do that..
moonsi til
worked it out now!
There is the adage of ‘buy the worst house in the best street & not best in house in worst street’ - I really do think that’s decent advice. I also would shy away from a terrace with downstairs bathroom unless you were able to be converting a room upstairs & having 2.
I’m not long out a mid terrace with x2 rooms downstairs & used to have a bathroom off the kitchen. I moved bathroom upstairs to the box room & turned downstairs one into dining area with bi-fold doors straight to garden. My terrace had mega steep stairs which I would seek to avoid again. I had my smaller front room just for TV & back for music.
I do however love terrace houses & did think my next home would be a semi detached version with less steep stairs but I found a an old small detached that gives many of the features I like in a terrace such as 2 rooms downstairs & open fires.
You may also get lucky & get a chain free purchase. I completed on my house sale as covid had dragged it on & the buyer needed to move in. New place was in hand & I thought 6 weeks max so took up generous offer to stay with a friend but was also aware it took me out of being in a chain & the people I’m buying from were not either.
Sheffield has always sounded like a great city , you could rent out a room to help or even the house if you get work abroad.
I’m not long out a mid terrace with x2 rooms downstairs & used to have a bathroom off the kitchen. I moved bathroom upstairs to the box room & turned downstairs one into dining area with bi-fold doors straight to garden. My terrace had mega steep stairs which I would seek to avoid again. I had my smaller front room just for TV & back for music.
I do however love terrace houses & did think my next home would be a semi detached version with less steep stairs but I found a an old small detached that gives many of the features I like in a terrace such as 2 rooms downstairs & open fires.
You may also get lucky & get a chain free purchase. I completed on my house sale as covid had dragged it on & the buyer needed to move in. New place was in hand & I thought 6 weeks max so took up generous offer to stay with a friend but was also aware it took me out of being in a chain & the people I’m buying from were not either.
Sheffield has always sounded like a great city , you could rent out a room to help or even the house if you get work abroad.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
scrubland(ish) between that street and the next.
Which I know because you are really giving away explicit details about where you might live, miss direct
Hellsbells
World's best procrastinator
Nice garden and living room windows. Definitely the best so farI really like this house that has gone up
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bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
Too tip. Review your credit scoring
I had an absolute nightmare yesterday. My mortgage lenders told me due to credit scoring I would not be eligible for a remortgage
there was something heinous on my credit score
I’ve only recently looked at Experian and I was in good shape on it. No problems
Someone said I should check Experian which I had’t looked at since 2006
Experian had my address as my family address from the late nineties and Iwasn’t registered to vote there. So I was a big red NOT ON ELECTORAL ROLL
I phoned Experian up and they said change details and it will register change by 0900 today
and fuck me it has. Gone from zero to hero with no wait, no effort other than a long time on the phone to fix a problem I never knew I had
Absolutely knocked the wheels off my plans while I worked out what was wrong
I had an absolute nightmare yesterday. My mortgage lenders told me due to credit scoring I would not be eligible for a remortgage
there was something heinous on my credit score
I’ve only recently looked at Experian and I was in good shape on it. No problems
Someone said I should check Experian which I had’t looked at since 2006
Experian had my address as my family address from the late nineties and Iwasn’t registered to vote there. So I was a big red NOT ON ELECTORAL ROLL
I phoned Experian up and they said change details and it will register change by 0900 today
and fuck me it has. Gone from zero to hero with no wait, no effort other than a long time on the phone to fix a problem I never knew I had
Absolutely knocked the wheels off my plans while I worked out what was wrong
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spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
I don’t like the architecture especially* but this looks like a total bargain compared to the others, if you don’t actually need two beds and an office. I think you’d struggle to attract many lodgers with that second bedroom though, which is worth considering. It’s so cheap though. Is it much further out of the centre/transport links?I really like this house that has gone up
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*Ignore this bit in terms of advice. It’s just my personal issues with the architecture looking for affirmation...
I have a weird thing about kitchens being the front of a house. I totally thought the lovely bright living room was the front when I saw the first picture. Also, stairs that go from back to front is weird, right? Anyone?
So then I saw the kitchen and I was thinking “why the fuck is the kitchen so small when the lounge is so much wider? What else is at the back of that house? Is there an L shape? Could you extend into the void?
And then I looked at the floor plan and the upstairs rooms only sit on the front half of the house. Which seemed weird, because you expect to see that if there’s been a ground floor extension, and nobody would build an extension for a kitchen that small. And then I realised the bedrooms / first floor are over the kitchen end. Which I still thought was at the back because kitchens-should-be-at-the-back and normal-stairs-go-from-front-to-back. So I’m imagining there’s a sticking-out ground floor at the front of the house. Which wasn’t what I’d remembered from the photos.
So I go back to the photos, work out the kitchen is at the front. Then check the back and see that, in an incredible choice to minimise living space on a plot of land, they’ve sloped off the back of the house so that you have a pointlessly small upstairs and the back wall of the living room has a funny little almost-dormer thing going on that basically just makes it harder to put up any curtains with a decent sized header / pole. And just to really keep the house small, the sloping roof is going to make it really hard to extend either storey into that temptingly, wastefully big garden.
Is it just me? It’s like the architect of these houses had only ever seen a house once and was putting it together from memory.
Edit: to clarify - none of this (or very little) would have a negative impact on living in the house. Which is lovely and bright and very cheap. And you could probably open plan the kitchen sideways into the entrance hall and cupboard quite inexpensively.
Edit again - not sure that garage is the best use of space either. But assume no street parking available on the development?
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