The House Viewing Checklist

What a Designer Looks For Before You Buy

Most people view a house in twenty minutes and fall for the kitchen.

This free checklist helps you look past the styling and the agent's patter, at the things that are expensive or impossible to change: the light, the layout, the condition and the potential.

What Is Inside

• Before You Go: what to take and how to make every viewing count

• Light and Layout: the two things that are hardest to change, and what to check first

• Damp and Warning Signs: the clues to ask about and point out to your surveyor

• The Expensive Fixes: the jobs that change what a house really costs, and what you can change easily

• Questions to Ask about the house and the move, with advice on buying an older Cotswold home

• A Viewing Scorecard to compare up to three houses side by side

Who This Is For

• Anyone buying a home, especially a first home or an older property

• Buyers planning to renovate once they have the keys

• Those viewing several houses who want a clear way to compare them

Why This Guide Is Different

Created by G R Design Studio, it shows you what a designer looks at on a viewing. A tired house with good light and a good layout is usually a better buy than a freshly styled one with neither. You can change the kitchen. You cannot change the sun.

It helps you decide whether a house is worth pursuing, but it does not replace a professional survey.

A free 8 page PDF. Just check out with your email address and it will be ready to download straight away.