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Bouncy floorboards. You don't want bouncy floorboards. Touch the walls, there's been a fair amount of rain recently and it's been cold, so an un-lived in house probably won't have dried if there's active damp. Costs-wise, it could very easily be in the 10s of £ks to sort out. But on the other hand you might be able to just move in and live with it. If you are interested - get a full buildings survey, about £1k, and if possible get a knowledgeable friend or builder to have a look. Best of luck!
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Would appreciate any hive advice please. FTB viewing this tomorrow
Not going to speak about if it is a good deal (seems way overpriced IMO), though a nicely done up one in the area, with loft conversion for 3rd bedroom easily 380k and this is on one of the nicer roads in the area.
Looks like nobody has lived there for a while. What should I be looking out for and as a FTB who has never done any house buying or much home DIY? And any advice on getting an accurate view of how much it is likely to cost to do up? I read about taking photos of electrics to see if it needs a rewire and if serious going back with a reputable builder/electrician to confirm.
I rent a room 5 mins away at the moment, 1 month rolling. Extremely naive but was thinking:
1) Electrics, New Kitchen (maybe/definitely knock through and make kitchen diner), do up bathroom a bit, Paint/furnish bedroom, move in.
2) Non essential bits: Floors (mainly wood), see about a lounge fireplace/logburner, paint whole house with mates, garden, new period correct front windows, new front door, remove ghastly pebbledash, bike shed out back, finally converting the loft. Someone pointed out this isn't a given and needs permission but every other house in the area is identical and seems to has it done.