Any valuers/surveyors in the pub?
Any valuers/surveyors in the pub?
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Pot Bellied Fool

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2,261 posts

266 months

Wednesday 17th August 2005
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A long shot perhaps but always like to cross a PHer with a bottle for a favour rather than someone I don't know :)

I need a rental valuation doing on a property that I own - I'm not going to hold anyone to it, I just need to prove a point as part of a general re-jigging of self-cert finances and if possible, I don't want the hassle of dragging local rental agents out of their cozy offices to see/vlaue a place that they'll never have placed with them anyway. Wastes their time & more importantly, mine. :)

It's in the North West (Nr Ormskirk). I can email photos/details through (I'm not asking anyone to gimme a blind opinion, after all, I may be wrong!).

It was valued last year at £185k and with yields according to ARLA being of order 5% (although some saying higher at 6.9%) then the figures work out fine for what I want to show,

(I can't simply point to past income as proof as I've got a relative in there on peppercorn rent but I want to be able to demonstrate the market rate).

So anyone with a suitable background want to do a quick ballpark valuation & earn themselves a bottle of something tasty?

mutt k

3,964 posts

267 months

Wednesday 17th August 2005
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Bit too distant for me, and I'm commercial anyway, but have a look at www.ukpropertyshop.co.uk/s/Lancashire/letting_agents_Ormskirk.shtml

Should be able to get some comparable information through this without dragging anyone out. Cheers

Pot Bellied Fool

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2,261 posts

266 months

Thursday 18th August 2005
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Thanks Richard, not seen that site before but tried the same with fish4homes and difficult to find a suitable comparison on either with not many being listed or all being the new build estates in neighboring areas. (This property is a nice old cottage, near a canal, with a lovely garden, exposed beams etc which I think will carry a bit of a premium)

Houses are the ideal thing to advertise on the web but it seems that a lot of agents still haven't worked out how to get their lists online in a timely fashion. Ho hum... back to plan b

Cheers anyway!

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

284 months

Thursday 18th August 2005
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Happened across www.upmystreet.com the other day.

Any good...?

If you register, you can do a postcode based search on actual property sale values in the area.

>> Edited by mybrainhurts on Thursday 18th August 11:58

Pot Bellied Fool

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Thursday 18th August 2005
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mybrainhurts said:
Happened across <a href="www.upmystreet.com">www.upmystreet.com</a> the other day.

Any good...?

If you register, you can do a postcode based search on actual property sale values in the area.


Ta, I know upmystreet, it's quite a handy site. There's another one www.ourproperty.co.uk that's good for seeing sale prices too.

I know what the house is worth as it was valued last year but I'm after an appraisal of the rental it'd fetch.

Cheers anyhow!

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

284 months

Thursday 18th August 2005
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Pot Bellied Fool

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266 months

Thursday 18th August 2005
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Dash it! The site's down...

I'll try it later.

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

284 months

Thursday 18th August 2005
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