buying a house

Hi, we are a fair way through the process of buying a house. We have just found out that the loft conversion, conservatory and re-roof were completed without building control approval. Initial applications were put in but the certificates were never obtained. The sellers have lied about this...

Hello, I am looking into buying a town house (ground, first and second floor) and during the viewing I noticed that there rust on the lintel of the first floor window. There is also a crack under the window of the second floor but I am not sure if these two issues are relevant. Is this...

Hello, I am looking into buying a town house built in late 60s. It has an extension (1st floor) built in 1980 and another one on top of it built in 2000. During the viewing I noticed that there is a crack between the main building and the first floor extension. The second floor looks okay...

Hi. We sold our house last year and are living with my parents with our young daughter (4 months now!). We've viewed 50 houses now as didn't really know where we wanted to live and nothing very good has been on the market long, due to our budget and limited family homes in my daughter's...