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What to check before making an offer on a house

Use this checklist to organise the research worth doing before you make an offer on a UK property. Tick off what you have already checked, see what is still outstanding, and use BeforeYouBuy to bring many of the property and area checks together.

This is a research checklist, not a substitute for a building survey, conveyancing advice, mortgage advice or other professional checks.

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Price & market

Price & market

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Property

Property

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Planning & development

Planning & development

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Environment & ground

Environment & ground

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Location & connectivity

Location & connectivity

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Your finances

Your finances

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Researching a particular property?

BeforeYouBuy brings price evidence, property information, planning, environmental checks, schools, connectivity and finance tools together in one property report, where the underlying data is available.

Professional checks such as a building survey, legal enquiries and mortgage advice remain separate.

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