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Sellers solicitor holding things up
My son is buying his first home, a flat in Birmingham. The process began end of October but is still being held up by the sellers solicitor. He accepts that the extra searches re leases, cladding safety etc for flats takes a bit longer but we feel this is getting ridiculous. The latest feedback from his solicitor is that…
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Managing Agent not consulting or advising Leaseholders
Background I am a Leaseholder in one of two blocks of flats, the Managing Agent, who is notorious for failing to act in the best interests of the Leaseholders, or to keep Leaseholders or their Recognised Tenants Association timeously informed of management events, or their actions. The Agent is currently overseeing a…
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Leasholder charged £40k for 'decorations'
I am a leaseholder and bought my house around a year ago. Mine is the only house in the complex and is next to a set of apartments which are in a Grade II listed building. My house is not listed. I and the other leaseholders in the complex have recently receievd a Section 20 notice from our freeholder housing association…
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Land Registry questions
Hi everyone The Land Registry is here on our Forum to help answer its customers' questions. If you have a question pop it on here and it will do its best to help. Related on MSE: 50+ House Buying Tips Free First Time Buyers' Mortgage Booklet 2018 Remortgage Guide 2018 Ultimate Mortgage Calculator
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Going from renting to buying, struggling to get mortgage
Just wanting some advice. We did a voluntary surrender with our property back in 2018 due to a long process of the lender not accepting any offers that we had. We ended up moving into rented accommodation with the local Housing Authority were we have been since. We enquired about the Right to Buy Scheme but found that it…
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Misinformation in Planning Application
A planning application has been submitted for a new build preschool. Old prefab preschool had capacity for 30 - new build 42. Applicant compares our village population of 750 to suburban area of up to 100,000. Applicant states they will employ 5 staff - legally a minimum of 9 are needed. At the last committee meeting the…
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Giving notice for a rental that started before the law changed
I rented a property a few years ago under an assured shorthold tenancy. It's renewed as an assured periodic tenancy from then on with a rent increase each year. I had no rent rise early 2026 but the landlord has now proposed one, with proper notice, for this summer onwards. My landlord has been fine and there's been no…
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Renting a house to family while overseas
We are moving to Switzerland this summer and our daughter and son in law are selling their property and moving in to ours. We are not charging them rent (savings their mortgage is a gift to the newlyweds) but wondered about the best arrangements for bills etc. We are in our mid/late 50's, mortgage free and owned the place…
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CGT on family home
Hi All, About 20 years ago my mother who had split with my dad died and left half the family home to me and my sister with my dad remaining in the house. Around 10 years ago he died leaving the house to me and my sister. We decided to rent the house out to the same couple until we decided to sell the house. Sale completion…
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Redrow won’t submit a Section 38 to the council, so they can continue charging maintenance fees
I live on a Redrow development. For the past five years we’ve been paying ever‑rising maintenance fees to a company called FirstPort, who in turn hire Community Property Care to carry out the general maintenance. Overall it’s little more than a shoddy grass‑cutting service, but that’s a story for another day. We pay just…
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Garages
Hi, I live in a block which has a small number of garages, so only some flats have a garage. On reading the lease it states that where a garage is demised to the flat it includes the garage door and such parts thereof as are not stuctural. Am I right in saying that the MA should not be charging all leaseholders for…
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Buyer pulls out on completion day.
We are in the process of selling a house and our agreed completion day was today Friday 8th May, our solicitor asked us to send an email to them confirming to go ahead with the sale which we did, apparently this email has to be sent on completion day. An hour later we got a call from our solicitor telling us the buyer had…
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Services charges on an over 55's flat
A friend is buying on these - how can they be sure that the service charges won't go increase a lot in 10-20 years?
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Tenant obstructing access rights.
Posting for a friend. Two adjacent terraced houses, both tenanted, different landlords. One is an end of terrace and the mid terrace has a right of access to their own back garden, through the back garden of the end of terrace. This is written in the deeds of both properties. Tenant of the end of terrace has started to be…
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Can I charge my property management company?
I have informed the property management company that manage the shared outdoor spaces around my property on a few occasions that I don’t want glyphosphate weed killer spraying near or on my property. They went against this last year and I made a formal complaint, I had CCTV footage of it taking place. They have only gone…
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Really struggling whether to do a loft extension or buy a bigger place. Need the opinion of others!
Husband and I are both 38 and have two children 7 and 9. Live in Havering and have a joint income of just over £8,300 a month, save £2,000 a month and after everything goes out, have around £1,000 each in discretionary income (on paper anyway. Children, needed house repairs and more often take a good chunk out of this).…
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Could my friends car, parked on my drive stop me from selling my house?
Hi, I would like to sell my house, but my friend's car is parked in my driveway. He has been working on the vehicle for over the past four years, doing very little to it. I did tell him I want to sell my house, and could he move his car off my driveway? I'm starting to lose my patience with him as I now want to move this…
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Converted outbuilding
We have jut bought a house which has an outbuilding. From the outside it looks like a stone built property. Inside it has been made into a studio with electric heating (all checked last year for safety). The work was completed 13 years ago by the previous owner. (email from previous owner confirming this) I am looking to…
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Tenancy guarantor - insurance
We find ourselves in a position where we have no choice but to act as guarantor for all the tenants living in the house our daughter is renting a house with (post uni so not students). Until she reaches a salary of £33k we have to do this otherwise she won't be able to earn anything at all. We don't know the other tenants,…
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Capital Gains Tax do we need to pay anything.
Finally we have sold the house and exchange contracts, unawares to us the house was in my father in laws name and when he passed in 2016, we automatically assumed my mother in law inherits all. But she had dementia so my wife got the letter of admin to handle her father’s estate, on behalf of her mum.She has now passed so…
