Buying your house off plan

Unless you’ve set your heart on a shiny new build, don’t buy off plan at the moment. Several builders have gone out of business, and even the well established ones have curtailed their building until things improve. You could be waiting years for your home in the sun.
If you do buy off plan, ensure your builder is well established. NEVER BUY FROM A BUILDER WHOSE HEAD OFFICE IS A PORTAKABIN. It’s likely he hasn’t bothered to obtain all the necessary building permissions, and by the time you find out, he’ll be miles away with your hard-earned cash. Do your detective work and visit other sites operated by your chosen builder to verify the quality of build. You may get a 10 year builder’s guarantee on completion, but that’s not much use if he goes out of business, is it?