About to buy my first property with the mrs. Need to find someone to do a full survey on it as offer has been accepted and DIP has been agreed with HSBC. Any advice on things to look out for, rough prices to pay for service etc? Property is Victorian, well kept and maintained by looking.

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House agreed at 330k. Think we're going to extend our free valuation with our lenders to a full survey now

Just out of interest… What evidence is there to suggest the market will be all over the place?

im Offering my opinion as someone in the ground with lots of experience

I think it's a double edged sword though because if the gov wangle a deal (unlikely) or get another extension there might well be a little price bump

My sis is looking to buy a house in Manchester while she's doing a few years medical work in there.

We are looking for areas that are cheap (150-200k), easy access to Manchester Piccadilly but decent in or around Manchester, any suggestions? Gorton keeps popping up so we're guessing it's one to avoid.

Does anyone here have and operate a Hive heating system?

I've inherited a Hive heating system from the previous owner of the house and have purchased a Hive hub that I've registered to me. I'm having difficulty installing the thermostat (old V1 thermostat) to the hub so I can remotely control it using the mobile app.

It works with the receiver + thermostat. However, when I try and add the hub into the mix it just doesn't work. Followed the online instructions but no luck. Short of contacting their support and being put in a queue, can anyone here shed some sage advice? Apart from smart devices aren't that smart…

I wouldn’t want to live in Gorton. Levenshulme would be a better shout. You could get a flat in a nice part of Whaley range/Chorlton border within that price range.

Anyone with a nest know how long it takes to self learn a schedule? Got one installed last Sunday and it doesn’t seem to be learning, got a mate to install it and it took him a while and he struggled with it a bit but the heating and water is all working fine so I don’t think it’s that.

If I set a manual schedule for the heating it follows it but it doesn’t do anything for itself, as far as I was concerned I just turn it up when I get up in the morning and turn it right down when I leave the house and same again when I walk through the door and when I go to bed and it should then pick that up and do it for itself?

Levenshulme seems to be where young folk who are priced out of Chorlton go to buy. Good transport to city centre.

Other southern suburbs like Didsbury, Heaton Moor / Mersey are really pleasant but expensive.