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At some point I’ll have to sell my parents’ house and it will only sell to a developer. There’s too much wrong with it - not through neglect but it’s just not at all modern - that nobody will buy it to live in. After you’ve costed up what it will cost to modernise you might as well knock it down.
In the circumstance where it came to a developer / buyer like you describe it would go to the developer because I know it wouldn’t make it through a sale at the offer price if the offer was made by someone looking for a home.
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Particularly with the uncertainty at the moment, there's a non-negligible chance of a mortgage falling through for various reasons.
Howard
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@hugo7
Makes sense. Probably overly cynical and making judgements about all developers based on the couple I know/dealt with.
Taking the builder round did make me think that that would negate a survey.
I guess our experience of buying was that the solicitors were so fucking painful that the survey seemed like the quickest part.
On a feely level it's a bit of shame as you know exactly what a developer is going to do, and with so little stock I doubt they'll find a place that ticks all these boxes.