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ONCE IN
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Home sweet home!
Now that most of the hard work is over,
you deserve to sit down, (if you have
furniture that is) and relax. At least
until tomorrow.
Once you’ve moved in, sort out any
issues with utility providers as quickly as
possible. It’ll help you feel more at home if
you have your usual facilities available.
Check that all of the fixtures within the
property are working, including heating,
hot water system, kitchen appliances,
lighting and showers. If there is anything
wrong, contact your solicitor immediately
as you will have 5 working days to raise the
issue with the sellers. Also make sure that
anything you negotiated as part of the sale
is actually there, like curtains and blinds.
Unfortunately, there is no law to make
sellers leave a property clean and tidy.
However, they do have to remove all their
own possessions. If they don’t do so, and
you incur costs in doing this yourself, you
can speak to your solicitor about claiming
the costs back.
If you’ve bought a new build property,
there may be minor defects in the
construction, called “snags”. Create a
list of these and submit it in writing to the
developers. You can do this as often as you
like for the first two years.
Depending on what type of property
you have bought, another imperative job
might be to change the locks. If you have
purchased off an owner-occupier then this
is probably an unnecessary precaution, but
if the property had been tenanted or vacant
then it’s could be a wise move.
It’s a good idea to introduce yourself
to your neighbours as soon as possible.
Leaving it late might be a bit of an
awkward task!
Next you have to think about changing
your address. This can be rather frustrating,
but we’ve taken care of that for you by
creating a helpful list of companies to call.