Know Your Neighbour Report

The decision to buy a house is more often than not, based on its locality, how many bedrooms it has and at the top of most homebuyers list, the quality of the kitchen and bathroom. The ability to target an ideal property in an ideal locality can often be obscured by the desire for an extra bedroom.

Its only when your client moves into their new home, do they begin to investigate the quality of the local amenities available to them and realise they have made a good investment, more by luck than judgement, or not, by finding their new home is just outside the boundary of their desired school catchment area.

Many different search providers are able to offer a solution, with the provision of a comprehensive report prior to the purchase of the property, detailing a wealth of information on the local area and its amenities.

Council Tax, local schools, hospitals, health care, law enforcement and crime statistics are among the issues detailed, together with current and historical property prices.

The Know Your Neighbour Report also offers a unique insight into the development potential of the land and properties within a 250m radius of the subject property.

Listed, are details of all applications submitted to the council for properties and land within this area, including home extensions, together with residential and commercial developments. This will provide your client with a clear insight into a possible future development, which may surround their new property.

The Know Your Neighbour Report also contains an aerial photograph, providing a positional guide of the properties exact locality.

Know Your Neighbour Report is not a legal requirement of the conveyancing process, however, with your clients best interest in mind, a quality conveyancing practice should extend the offer of this report as an optional supplement to their clients purchase.

The Know Your Neighbour Report will prove an invaluable source of information to your client at an additional cost of just £29.38 (Know Your Neighbourprice check date:01/01/2007)