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Remote purchase: Can you buy a house you haven t visited?
Since the start of the Covid crisis, there has been a lot of talk about remote purchase as a solution to limitations on movement. Some hoped that virtual viewings and remote purchases would be a lifeline to the industry under lockdown and beyond.
At Aykroyd & Co, we have had some significant successes with remote purchases and virtual viewings, employing online viewings among other digital tools, however, for us to feel comfortable advising a client to purchase a property we would always physically view it ourselves. Here are a few simple things to keep in mind to help acquire a property remotely.
This is what you should be drinking on St Patrick s Day
Tomorrow is St Patrick’s Day, and while Boris didn’t actually order the closure of pubs until 20 March 2020, for most of us this will be the second year in a row that we mark the event at home. This is no time to crowd into a bar with your mates, swilling Guinness while shouting along with songs from The Chieftains, The Pogues, or The Dubliners. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t get into the spirit of the occasion. And the spirit of St Patrick’s Day is Irish whiskey.