New Home Record Sheet
Capture the things you need to know about a new property while you are still paying attention, rather than at two in the morning during a leak.
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Moving and buying · MB-03
House Viewing Comparison Sheet
A free printable house viewing comparison sheet — three properties side by side, with rows for aspect, parking, heating, damp, noise and broadband.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Compare properties on the same points instead of on whichever one you saw last, and remember the things that are easy to ask about on the day and impossible to check afterwards.
Who it is for
Buyers and renters viewing several properties, especially anyone viewing three or four in a single afternoon.
How to use it
- Print one sheet per set of three viewings and fill in the address column first.
- Fill in each column while you are still outside the property, not that evening.
- Ask the awkward rows out loud — heating age, damp, noise and broadband are the ones people forget and then regret.
- Keep the sheets together so you are comparing notes rather than memories.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: Three properties side by side, with rows for the things you forget to compare once you have seen four in a day and they have merged into one.
What you can see in an hour. A viewing is not a survey. This sheet compares what you can see and ask about on the day; it says nothing about whether a property is sound, and it does not replace an inspection by somebody qualified to carry one out.
Also printed: What to compare · Property 1 · Property 2 · Property 3 · Address or area · Asking price · Date viewed · Type, age and size · Aspect — which way it faces · Parking and access · Heating — type and age · Glazing and draughts · Damp — smell, staining, mould · Broadband and mobile signal · Noise — road, rail, neighbours · Storage and loft space · Outside space and boundaries · Water pressure and hot water · What needs doing · Would you go back?
Questions
Does this replace a survey?
No. It compares what you can see and ask about in an hour. Whether a property is structurally sound is a question for a qualified surveyor or inspector, and the answer is worth paying for.
Why is aspect on the list?
Because it cannot be changed and it is very hard to judge from memory. Which way the main rooms and the garden face changes the light and the heating bill, and nobody remembers it correctly by the fourth viewing.
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