Buying
New build or older house: two different cost curves
One front-loads certainty and pays for it in price; the other front-loads risk and pays for it in maintenance.
Buying
Offers, chains, timelines and the order the decisions actually arrive in.
21 articles · updated August 11, 2026 · page 2 of 2
Buying
What the lender does after your offer is accepted
An accepted offer starts a second process you cannot see. The lender begins assessing the property as carefully as it assessed you.
Buying
Buying a renovation project without underestimating it
The purchase price is the smaller number. What decides whether a project works is the gap between that price and the finished cost.
Buying
Buying a property that already has tenants in it
A tenanted purchase transfers an agreement as well as a building. What you inherit is decided before you exchange, not after.
Buying
Probate and repossession sales run to a different rhythm
Both are sales where the seller has no personal attachment and limited information. That changes the timetable, the disclosure and…
Buying
The questions to ask before you make an offer
Almost everything that decides whether a purchase runs smoothly is knowable before you offer. Very little of it appears on the…
Buying
Choosing an area with the same rigour as the house
You can change almost everything about a building and nothing about where it stands. Most buyers research the house far harder than…
Buying
Buying abroad: the assumptions that do not travel
Almost every step of a purchase works differently in another country. The dangerous parts are the ones that look familiar.
Buying
Moving day, and the week either side of it
Completion is a banking event with a removals lorry attached. Almost everything that goes wrong on the day was scheduled wrong…