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The service charge is the number everyone nods at on the way out of a viewing and properly reads six weeks later. Here's how to get a flat's accounts in your hands early, which lines deserve a second look, and what a thin reserve fund is really telling you about your future outgoings.
Estate agent lighting is a professional skill and most of us are amateurs on the day. Here is a calm, systematic list of what to look at, what to photograph and what to ask before you put an offer in.
The 'forever home' has had a good run, but 2026's mortgage, work and lifestyle realities ask more of buyers than a one-and-done purchase. Here is why a ten-year lens is smarter, and how to audit a property for the next decade rather than the next three.
You have found the flat. Now check the street, the school run, the flood map and the local plan before you fall for the kitchen. A practical 2026 audit for UK first-time buyers who want to pressure-test the postcode, not just the property.