Property condition

Active or historic movement, underpinning, lender rules and insurance — what to expect when selling a house with subsidence, and how to sell faster.

Clearance costs, what surveyors cannot inspect, insurance and lending problems, and how to sell a hoarded property without clearing it first.

What lenders and insurers do after a house fire, how the claim affects the sale, and whether to restore or sell in its current condition.

Where asbestos is found in UK homes, whether you must remove it, what it costs, and how it really affects mortgage lending and price.

Mining reports, subsidence claims and how they affect a sale in the Valleys, Swansea and Neath Port Talbot — plus what a cash buyer will still pay.

Newport sits on the Gwent Levels and the tidal Usk. A Flood Zone 3 search result frightens buyers and complicates insurance. Here is what actually affects your sale, and what does not.

Cardiff Bay and city-centre flats caught up in the cladding and fire-safety review are still hard to mortgage. Here is what an EWS1 form actually does, where Cardiff stands in 2026, and how owners are getting sold.

Concrete houses are hard to mortgage and slow to sell. Here is how PRC, Airey, Cornish, Woolaway and Wimpey No-Fines homes actually get sold in the UK — what they are worth, what lenders say, and the fastest route to a certain sale.

Rising damp, penetrating damp, condensation — how to identify each, treatment costs, and lender attitudes.

What lenders actually require, RICS categories, treatment vs excavation costs, and the resale reality.