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Property buyer guides and tools
Practical information for researching a home, checking the asking price and preparing to make an offer.
PRICE & OFFERS
Buyer guide
Is this house overpriced?
Assess an asking price using previous sales, comparable homes, size and market evidence.
Free tool
House offer calculator
Build a cautious offer range from comparable evidence, works and negotiating context.
Buyer guide
How to find sold house prices and compare properties
Find recorded house sale prices in England, match the correct address and build a useful comparable-sales shortlist before making an offer.
PROPERTY RESEARCH
Start here
Check a property before you buy
The main price, property and local checks to make before committing.
Buyer guide
Check planning before buying
Understand nearby planning activity and what it could mean in practice.
Buyer guide
Check radon before buying
Understand broad-area radon potential and when a property-specific check may help.
Buyer guide
How to check an EPC before buying a house
Find the right EPC, check its date and floor area, and turn energy recommendations into useful questions before buying a property in England.
LOCAL RISKS & SURROUNDINGS
VIEWINGS & BUYING
Buyer guide
House viewing checklist: what to check and ask
A house viewing checklist for buyers in England, with a free printable PDF for first visits, second viewings and follow-up questions.
Buyer guide
Questions to ask an estate agent when buying a house
Ask useful questions about the seller’s position, price changes, alterations and missing evidence before and after a house viewing in England.
Buyer guide
Property searches vs a survey vs a property report
Understand what a property research report, a building survey and conveyancing checks each contribute when buying a home in England.
Buyer guide
How to compare houses before buying
Compare shortlisted homes with a practical evidence table covering price, space, condition, location and unanswered questions.
Buyer guide
Building regulations checks before buying a house
Buying a house in England? Check alteration records, completion certificates and missing building regulations documents with this practical buyer checklist.
Buyer guide
How to check property boundaries before buying a house
Check a home's title plan, garden boundaries and shared access before buying in England. Use this checklist to organise questions for your conveyancer.
LOCAL BUYER GUIDES
Area guide collection
Find the right local buyer guide
Choose a guide for Gateshead, Heaton or Gosforth and build an address-specific research checklist.
Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
Buying in Gateshead: coal mining checks
Buying a house in Gateshead? Understand coal mining maps, conveyancing searches and survey questions, with a practical document checklist.
Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne
Buying a flat in Heaton: a practical checklist
Research a flat in Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne: check the exact address, tenure documents, alterations, comparable sales and the surroundings.
Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne
Buying in Gosforth: conservation-area checks
Buying in Gosforth, Newcastle? Check the conservation-area boundary, past alterations and proposed works using council records and a buyer’s checklist.
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