Know before you move — schools, safety, prices, transport and more, from official UK data.
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A single letter on a listing, describing one assessor's visit on one day, using standard assumptions about a household that is not yours. Here is what it does tell you, and what it certainly does not.
An asking price is an opinion. A sold price is a fact, but only if you know what the record leaves out. Here is how I read sold prices on a street before making an offer.
Estate agents show you a house. Nobody shows you the street it sits on. Here is the check I run before I bother booking a viewing.
Band D is the figure everyone quotes and almost nobody pays. Here is what the bands mean, why they are based on 1991 prices, and how to work out what you would actually pay.
Flood maps show the risk to an area, not to a building. Here is how to read them, what surface water flooding is, and why insurance is the question that matters.
