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Martin Lewis Blog: 'House offer accepted, now they want £20,000 more! What should I do?'
A passer-by stopped Martin in the street recently to ask his opinion on her house buying dilemma. You can check out his view in a video he posted: Martin Lewis: 'House offer accepted, now they want £20,000 more! What should I do?' What would you do? Stand your ground? Walk away? Pay the extra? Negotiate? Tell us your…
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New to the House Buying, Selling & Renting board? Start here
✅ This board is for... * Questions about buying or selling a home * Questions about renting a home * Questions about being a landlord 🚫 This board is not for.. * Debating the state of the economy * Debating house prices in general * Political debates Note: In order to help keep the Forum a useful, safe and friendly place…
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Tenancies in Eng/Wales: Guides for landlords and tenants
post 1 This thread is intended to provide information to both landlords and tenants relating to Assured Shorthold Tenancies (ASTs) in England and Wales. Updated April 2020 to include the Coronavirus Act 2020 and July 2020 to include the Electrical Safety Standards Regulations 2020. Topics covered: Post 2: Repairing…
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Lost building control completion certificate for house we are selling
We're selling our house and it is under offer. During the process of responding to conveyancing queries, we have discovered that we have mislaid the building control completion certificate for the loft conversion we had done in 2004 to create a master bedroom en suite. Our solicitor has offered indemnity insurance but the…
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Garden sold off.
Really nice house for sale in nearby village. Went on the market 2 weeks ago for offers over £650,000. Today, reduced by £50,000 to £600,000 We really like the house, BUT, 3yrs ago they sold off three quarters of the garden for £175,000, and 18 months ago a very large 4/5 bed executive house was built. PP was initially…
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Advice please, poor survey on a property I was hoping to buy.
Hello, I've just received the survey report on a property I was hoping to buy and to me, it sounds like there are too many negatives to it, lots of 2's and 3's in the report and only a couple of 1's, although I don't know if I'm being overly fussy about it, I've never done this before. It's a 1960's built bungalow which to…
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New build signed off by NHBC but active construction site and access always being blocked!
Hi We have just completed on a new build house which we love. It was signed off by the NHBC and we have their warranty certificate. It is in the grounds of an old hotel so there are seperate designated car parking spaces which are a walkway away from the house The hotel is still being renovated and is an active…
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New "Have a Look at This" thread
The other one has disappeared and any posts I have made are not listed in either my posts or thanks. This thread is for things like: . Spotting pets in properties . Anything awful - decor, extensions etc . Quirky properties . Timewarp properties . Properties in serious repair and anything which is different and of interest…
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Auction property
Hi This is my first post so please be gentle. I am due to view a property this week and it's currently being marketed pre-auction. It is a cash purchase only (non-mortgageable) with a high buyers fee. It has been converted however it doesn't have any planning permission or alterations certificates. This would be my forever…
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Online conveyancing
Has anyone got any experience with online conveyancers? I got some quotes through Best Value Conveyancing and they seem too good to be true to me. We have a quote from a local conveyancer which was £1,650 plus disbursements, whereas the lowest quote we got from online was £795 including the disbursements. Any comments…
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Selling and renting back
An acquaintance of mine ( friend of a friend) is in dire financial straits and is planning to sell her mortgaged flat to someone she barely knows with the promise that she can remain living in it and rent it. Obviously she loses her 'security' but I gather she's running very close to risk of repossession anyway. I'm just…
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I caught someone fly tipping
I caught on my camera my neighbour son emptying his car and leaving the bag of rubbish outside my house on my camera. I get in with my neighbour and don't want to cause arguments but I dont think this is right! Should I leave a note on his car to give him the chance to remove it? I do t like confrontation
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Charges for not selling .
A bit of advice please looking to sell my house after phoning a few agents settled on one but received the contract to sign and there is a clause to say that if we agree a sale but decide to cancel or pull out we will be charged half the selling fee ( .5% of the value of the property ). Also it says there is a a 6 month…
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House Buying, Disabled, Benefits.
Hi all, There are 4 of us, all with disabilities, 2 with wheelchairs. We all get some kind of Benefit Support. Even as ex forces with a war pension, there are no suitable homes to be able to rent, so we are looking into trying to buy somewhere to get adapted for us. Is there somewhere we can turn to for advice, and…
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Barrett–Redrow freehold property on land maintained by FirstPort: what rights do homeowners have?
I have lived in a freehold Redrow house for about eight years. Around six years ago, once the housing development was completed, we received a letter informing us that FirstPort would be taking over the maintenance of the estate. This included the roads, pavements, green spaces and the small park. When we bought the…
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Advice from private landlords on set up
Hi all, Using a new profile as I can't access my old account but I'm new to the rental boards after years on debt-free and mortgages instead. Situation has changed a little over the last few years and I am hoping to get some advice for my mum and myself on whether what we are looking at is reasonable/will be affordable for…
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Periodic Tenancy Agreement Template (private landord)
Hi all, Could anyone advise me on where to obtain a Periodic Tenancy Agreement Template for a private landlord, please? Also, where can I download a Right to Rent document? Many thanks Bruno
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Leaseholder's family.
We recently formed a company and bought the freehold to our flats. Eleven of us are now shareholders, but three leaseholders did not want to buy a share of the freehold. Relatives of one of the remaining leaseholders are demanding that the Company provide a dedicated Disabled parking bay to enable them to to visit their…
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Has anyone had a solicitor treat Moneybox LISA Gift Link contributions as gifted deposits?
Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone with conveyancing or mortgage experience has come across this before. I'm buying my first home in Scotland and using a Moneybox Lifetime ISA. My LISA balance is around £11,000. Of that amount, £2,000 was contributed using Moneybox's official Home-buying Gift feature, which allows friends and…
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Capital gains tax question
I have a property on a BTL mortgage. I know if I sell it I pay CGT. If I make a will that says property to be sold and proceeds given to person X, does X pay CGT? Or does my estate pay it before they get their bequest? Or is it not paid because X didn't buy it in the first place? Thank you
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Do I need a solicitor to change name on house deeds?
Hi all. As the thread title states, do I need a solicitor just to change the name on the house deeds? The property is fully paid (no mortgage) and it's less than a £100,000. It's a small terraced house. The name change would be from my sibling to myself. That's it. Thanks.
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Micro housing ?
Why has our planning system in the UK focused on massively expensive bricks and mortar homes ? With modern materiels and bulding technology now it is easy to create a comfortable home on a permenant or non permenant basis on small holdings, unused agricultural land, repurposed land ect there are plenty of ways to do this…
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Tenant agency won't accept Notice to Quit (England/London)
Hi, Long story short, my partner had a joint tenancy agreement with his ex-wife on a flat in London whilst they were married. When he got divorced, she kicked him out of the flat. They have 1 child together, and she currently stays with the mother. He's having difficulty to remove his name from the joint tenancy agreement…
