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Reports & Refresher Fees
Anybody in Scotland and England wanting to sell their house must, by law before putting it up for sale, get a
Home Report (called Home Information Packs in England)
This involves a survey and assessment of its green credentials and costs vary roughly from £300 to £2000 depending on the valuation
placed on the property by a surveyor. With this in mind: the cost of a
Home Report cannot be known with certainty in advance.
If the property doesn't sell in three months a Refresher
Assessment is required costing a further fee (Refresher
Fee).
Without achieving a sale these fees are lost
even if the occupant stays in the house for the foreseeable future.
In today's financial climate selling a house can be difficult enough without these fees!
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Introducing For Sale Soon!
The idea of this new site is prior to putting a property
on the market, a listing of the property with description can be placed on
this website including pictures.
The
website serves to connect potential sellers with potential
buyers BEFORE putting a property up for sale: in this way,
there is no risk of "pouring money down the
drain" on Refresher Fees whilst wait for potential
buyers to get in touch!
Clearly the price of the property cannot be quoted
on this website - as we do not list properties that are
for sale, only those which MIGHT be for sale soon - but a mobile telephone number or email
address can be included so that anyone with an interest in hearing of a future sale can make contact with the potential vendor and be informed if and when it
goes on the market.
If no one shows an interest then there is no point in purchasing a
Home Report. But if a potential purchaser(s) is identified a
Home Report may then be obtained. The idea of the site is to save unnecessary outlays and yet to assess the market interest in a property.
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Based On A Prize Winning Idea
This website is based on a prize winning idea recently published in the Inverness Courier, reproduced below.
"Sir,
I recently received a flyer from Highland Solicitors Property Centre saying it is now the law that every home advertised for sale must have a Home
Report. Many times over the years I have put a property on the market only intending to sell if a suitable offer came along and otherwise to stay put.
In difficult market conditions, introducing the requirement for an additional cost - up to around £800 - by requiring a report which may be out of date by the time the market recovers and a buyer is found seems absurd. Would it not be possible to avoid this expense by having a page of adverts in the Inverness Courier headed "Properties which might come on the market in the next six or 12 months"?
If approached by potential buyers, the owner could then get a Home Information Pack which would be timely and relevant. If no potential buyers appeared, the owner would have avoided an unnecessary outlay.
Buyers are not always focused on double glazing, central heating and solar panels since, as we all know, it is most often a choice based on location, location, location. If that interpretation is right, the purchaser could, after buying, improve those features highlighted as deficient in the home report.
I will be very interested to know if readers agree with this suggestion.
Yours etc.,
Dr D.W"
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