Estate Agents

Whiff, please note I did not mention you personally. I said (if I remember right) "Bungalows tend to be bought by old people".

Caleo I know you didn't mention me nor did I take offense . It's just the idea only old people buy bungalows and that may have been the case years ago but a lot of young people buy bungalows. They tend to be more expensive to buy but have cheaper running costs. And tend to have big lofts which can be turned into another room. My 2 bed bungalow has plenty of room to do that if I wanted . Plus I know some have extended their backs and join up into the garage to make 2 extra rooms. And still have some garden.

Whiff , I have not asked any estate agents about this and my opinion is based on my daily study of Rightmove in my area. I'm particularly interested in small bungalows. I have noticed bungalows that still have the owners' furniture in the pictures are old lady type furnishing and decoration. I expect you are exceptional, and if I ever did move to a bungalow I'd like to meet a neighbour like you.

If they’re obliged to be truthful, Daisymae, it’s certainly news to me! I have personally encountered (proven) decidedly dodgy dealing, and have heard of plenty more - a developer friend of a friend (not ours!) openly boasted to me of his ‘arrangements’ (i.e. brown envelopes) with his local EAs - they’d fail to pass on offers so he’d get the properties cheaply to do up and sell on - with a cut to the EAs.

I’m not tarring them all with the same brush, far from it, but nowadays, unless I already knew them to be trustworthy, I would always take anything they tell me with a couple of barrels of salt.