Anyone recommend a trustworthy, impartial IFA in Manchester/Liverpool area?

[original PM]

I have been sniffing around this area for a BTL as both Liverpool and Manchester are Uni Cities and that area is the commuter belt. For general house purchase suggest they look in Runcorn/Widnes areas as housing is very competitively priced. If they only then need a mortgage for less than 3X the sole income do it that way via a traditional lender, who as has been said are finding the market a little challenging at the moment.

Both tulip holes

and also not that cheap mate of mine bought a house there - 3 bed semi new build best part of £230k

and it was leasehold not free hold and the lease was around 3k a year - which seems high may need to check that

[Phil Rouge]

Trustworthy? In Liverpool :

[original PM]

Trustworthy? In Liverpool :

Hey hey hey calm down

[NigelJK]

Both tulip holes

Odd as I thought the bit of Widnes near the station looked ok?

3 bed semi near station £150K asking price

[original PM]

Odd as I thought the bit of Widnes near the station looked ok?

3 bed semi near station £150K asking price

The house looks ok of course - and there are some nice houses in and about Widnes....

but have you ever been to Widnes town centre on a Saturday night?

[d000hg]

Runcorn is something like 3rd on the list of worst performing UK towns however it's always bad to label an entire town as a dump - find a house on the outskirts and you might be fine.

[LondonManc]

Runcorn is something like 3rd world.

FTFY

I know a lad who has done a lot of business mortgage dealings such as helping finance house builds. He's based in north Manchester and has his own small BTL portfolio too. Not sure of his availability.