{"id":2549,"date":"2015-04-14T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/how-your-useless-broadband-could-cost-you-10-of-your-homes-sale-price\/"},"modified":"2018-02-22T09:47:17","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T09:47:17","slug":"how-your-useless-broadband-could-cost-you-10-of-your-homes-sale-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/how-your-useless-broadband-could-cost-you-10-of-your-homes-sale-price\/","title":{"rendered":"How your useless broadband could cost you 10% of your homes sale price"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.jpeg-optimizer.com\/uploaded_images_final\/it_photo_121933__1397469582_158.58.167.82.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"none\" \/><span face=\"Georgia, serif\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span face=\"Georgia, serif\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">What is important to you when you buy a <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"homes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/housing-estate\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/housing_estate;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01rtvp;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Housing_estate\" >home<\/a>? Location? Size? Or your ability to get online?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span face=\"Georgia, serif\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span face=\"Georgia, serif\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you&#8217;re bothered about the speed of your broadband connection then you are not alone. The Government has estimated that 90 per cent of Londoners now consider good <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"homes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/home\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/home;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01l0mw;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Home\" >home<\/a> wifi essential for work and entertainment. And, more and more buyers are including the speed of a broadband connection on their checklist when buying a home.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span face=\"Georgia, serif\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">Keep reading to find out why good broadband is important and why a poor signal can impact on the sale price of your <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"property owner\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/title-property\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/title_property;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01gzht;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Title_(property)\" >property<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span face=\"Georgia, serif\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span face=\"Georgia, serif\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Broadband now the fourth utility<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span face=\"Georgia, serif\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">Increasing numbers of people consider a good wifi connection as important as good water and electricity supplies with broadband now the fourth utility. However, while new fibre optic broadband is making connection faster and more reliable than ever, many <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Home insurance\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/home-insurance\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/home_insurance;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0313mp;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/Home_insurance;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Home_insurance\" >homeowners<\/a> are still plagued with slow broadband.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span face=\"Georgia, serif\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span face=\"Georgia, serif\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>The Independent\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/span><span face=\"Georgia, serif\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">reports that residents in some <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/london\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/london;http:\/\/sws.geonames.org\/2643743\/;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.04jpl;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/London;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/London\" >London<\/a> apartment <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"City block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/city-block\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/city_block;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.03sjz2;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/City_block\" >blocks<\/a> have complained of broadband speeds as low as 1.2 megabits per second with long cables between apartment blocks and telephone exchanges often the cause.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span face=\"Georgia, serif\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span face=\"Georgia, serif\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">The newspaper also reports that London homes worth 1 million or more can have up to 10 per cent of their <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Value (economics)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/value-economics\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/value_economics;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0bhr4z;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Value_(economics)\" >value<\/a> wiped off if broadband speeds are too slow for home working, streaming films or controlling domestic lighting and heating remotely. Lack of satellite TV, cable TV and mobile phone connectivity also make properties less attractive to potential buyers and tenants.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span face=\"Georgia, serif\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span face=\"Georgia, serif\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Watch out for mobile phone blind spots<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span face=\"Georgia, serif\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you&#8217;re looking at a specific property you can head online to check the local broadband speed. Comparison websites such as Broadband Choices and USwitch give information on broadband services in specific postcodes, as do some <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/property\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/property;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.05wrt;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Property\" >property<\/a> search sites. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span face=\"Georgia, serif\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span face=\"Georgia, serif\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">It is also worth checking whether you can get a good mobile signal when you view a property. Guy Meacock, of buyers agency Prime Purchase,says high levels of building density can turn neighbouring properties into blind spots for mobile phone <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Use (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/use-law\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/use_law;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.05r4j5;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Use_(law)\" >use<\/a>, while many blocks of flats don&#8217;t have cable TV because older residents don&#8217;t want it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is important to you when you buy a home? Location? Size? Or your ability to get online? \u00a0 If you&#8217;re bothered about the speed of your broadband connection then you are not alone. 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