The process of buying a home in england is the most stressful experience we will encounter in our lives, after death and divorce. When the market is relatively slack, as it is now, the problems are less evident. But once the market picks up again, as it will in the next few years, the media will once again be full of horror stories - if nothing is done to improve the process in the meantime. The problem is with the curious doctrine of caveat emptor, or buyer beware. This applies uniquely to English home purchases and is completely at odds with the principles that govern the purchase of any other commodity. To suggest that someone buying a washing machine should have no protection if the goods are defective would be laughed out of court.
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