The Most Important Thing You Need For a Development…💯

Do you like DIY? Back in the day when I first started in property I was: A terrible kitchen fitter – well putter upper...

Do you like DIY?

Back in the day when I first started in property I was:

• A terrible kitchen fitter – well putter upper of flat pack kitchens
• An awful painter – never get the cheap paint, 3 bottom coats rather than 2!
• A cleaner – I don’t think my Mrs has seen me use a vacuum cleaner more

I quite enjoyed doing all that, it was part of the adventure of starting out in property and trying to make some money.

You know what, don’t tell anyone, but it was a complete waste of time! My time was better spent elsewhere, my skill set isn’t really on the tools… there are more opportunities to use my time elsewhere.

You know what though, you do need to know a little about developing properties since your property at one point will need a facelift or touch up.

Builders are builders, paperwork may not be their thing so when you get a quote it might be on the back of a fag packet…plastering, painting, carpets, electrics, full refurb – £10k.

What does that mean though?

When it comes to viewing the property afterwards what was the scope of the work – what’s genuine snagging and what’s not included?

The best way to find out is to ask for a detailed quote or schedule of works – detailing everything room by room, what the builder will and won’t do. So you can go back to this when signing off the final development. This allows you to both “not to argue the toss” and either destroy your relationship or one of you feeling unsatisfied.

When we also visit a property for remote landlords, we do a video walk-through to show landlords what is required. It’s sometimes hard to conceive the level of work without seeing it first.

Anyway, I thought I’d show you a video below of a property we took over, from cowboys – who left a landlord in a right mess. It’s not nice having a property left half-finished, since builders don’t generally like taking over another person’s project.

• They don’t know if it’s you being awkward, and will be so again?
• Also, it’s a total nightmare dealing with bodge’s after bodge’s

So definitely try and get reviews, we’re on “My Builder” where you can find a builder and also see reviews, which are incredibly useful:

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See the video below of a recent job we had to sort out – what a nightmare!