What does this mean

Property is being sold ``As Is, Where Is``. Property will not be dewinterized.

Good Question....perhaps it is a mobile home or something. Really not sure. Where did you see it?

I would assume the "as is" part means that you can't complain about anything after the sale is closed, should you discover the house is melting into the ground or something.

The "where is" part .. dunno? "We don't deliver" perhaps? Funny though, the amount of times I've seen houses on the back of lorries defies belief. People love their homes so much they move it to a new location instead of buying another one.

Just gazing at houses like you do ......found a house in New Brunswick that I liked and that was stuck at the end of the description....it was the "dewinterised" bit I really wondered about ....does that mean its wrapped in woolley jumpers all the time

It is to do with the plumbing and the furnace. Unoccupied houses in a snow zone have to be winterized for insurance purposes. Stops burst pipes and the like.

http://homebuying.about.com/cs/homem...erize_home.htm

As is where is means that it can be moved (i.e. freestands on foundations) but you get what you pay for - so it could fall down around your ears. There is no real property survey here, in the depth that you are used to in the UK. Property Inspections can pretty much be done by anyone and are not worth the paper they are written on if you try and make a claim later on for non-disclosure.

Have you tried browsing http://www.mls.ca/map.aspx

Found it to be a great source of info on housing cost and styles

The ceiling in one of our bathroom collapsed two days after we moved in - we complained and were told tough, we had taken possesion, it was now a civil issue.

Follow the building inspector around and ask questions, lots and lots and lots of questions.

Once you've taken ownership, you can't argue .....