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Fourteen questions, about five minutes. Enough for me to tell you what buying here will really cost, and whether it makes sense at all.

This is the short version on purpose. I’d rather ask you 14 questions now and the detailed ones on a call, where I can explain why I’m asking.

If you don’t know an answer yet, pick “not sure”. That tells me where to start. Your answers save in this browser as you go.

Please check the highlighted answers below.
Section 01

You

First names are fine for now. The formal details come later, at offer stage.

Please tell me who I’m speaking to
Please enter a valid email address
Please enter your WhatsApp number
Please tell me where you live now
Section 02

Your situation

These two answers change every figure I give you. Everything else can wait.

Your best honest guess. Nobody holds you to it.

Please select an option
Why the next one matters

If you hold a work permit and live and work here, most banks treat you much like a resident, and the 50% deposit rule for non-residents doesn’t apply.

A buyer who doesn’t live or work here can usually borrow locally only as much as they bring in, which caps finance at roughly half the price. If this answer is wrong, every figure I give you later will be wrong too.

Please select the option closest to your situation
Section 03

Money and timing

Rough figures are fine. This stays between us.

Please enter the bottom of your range
Please enter the top of your range
Please select an option
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How the timing works

Registration, the point at which the house legally becomes yours, usually takes two to four months after your offer is accepted, and very little registers over December and January. So an offer needs to be accepted about three months before your date.

Section 04

Roughly what you’re after

A sketch is enough. We’ll sharpen it together once you’ve seen a few places.

Tick all you’d consider, or leave blank if you’re open.

Consent & permissions

Nothing you share here is passed to a bank, attorney or anyone else without asking you first.

I’d rather spend five minutes on this now than send you to 20 houses that were never right.

✓

Thank you — that’s enough to start.

I’ll read this properly and come back to you within a working day with your cost note, setting out what buying here will actually cost over and above the price.

One thing that would help enormously
WhatsApp me three listings you’ve saved and three you rejected, and tell me why in a voice note. The houses you’ve already reacted to tell me more than any wish list can.

— Hannah