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    Home insurance quote for new-build with flat roof and tenants ?

    > However you will have to declare the roof as being "non-standard" if the proposal form asks the question. This is the interesting thing, from looking at sites online they all seem to ask about different things, so some specifically ask 'is your roof greater than x% 'non-standard'...
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    Home insurance quote for new-build with flat roof and tenants ?

    Hi, I'm buying a new house and assumed that it would be simple to get a quote online for insurance. The house is 3 storey and has a flat roof which seems to be quite comon on new-builds nowadays (eg image below). When looking at the fine print on many of the sites though I see that many refuse...
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    Grounds for objecting to a development next door ?

    Hi, I'm looking at buying a house with a smallish East-facing garden. About 1m over the back wall there is a single story commercial premises (looks like a warehouse). The house is near enough Dublin city centre and the site behind is quite large and I imagine very valuable so it wouldn't...
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    What kind of interest rates would a bank charge a property developer ?

    What, you mean they specifically wont lend for property development ? Why not, as I say, at the moment it seems like a license to print money, although if the banks have a specific policy against lending this may explain why we have a crisis on our hands, but maybe that suits the banks ?
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    What kind of interest rates would a bank charge a property developer ?

    Hi, I'm looking for a ballpark idea of what kind of interest rate a typical bank would charge now-adays to a small property developer. eg. Buy a single derelict property in Dublin city centre completely renovated it and flip it. With the way the property prices are at the moment it seems like...
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    When to expect a response from an EA after making an offer on a house ?

    Really ? I would have thought professionalism, not to mention common courtesy would dictate that an offer deserves an acknowledgement. It has now been 3 weeks and 3 open viewings yet not a peep from the EA. I understand the vendor may want to hold out for more but I'm failing to see what...
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    When to expect a response from an EA after making an offer on a house ?

    Hi, I made an offer on a property on the 30th April (ie over 2 weeks ago). It was a cash offer of 95% of the asking. I've heard nothing from the EA since, is this normal ? There have been two open viewings since I made my offer and even if they weren't going to accept my offer I would have...
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