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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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Turning our house into a rental, where to start.
Our house has been on the market for 3 months and hasn't sold. We want to move area (around a 40 minute drive so nothing drastic) and the original plan was to rent in the new area for 12 months then look to buy. We have £115k left on the mortgage and the estate agent valued the house at £250k so we have a fair amount of…
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Survey Before Buying.
Hi, we sent an offer for a property and stated it was subject to survey. We then had the offer accepted however the estate agent wrote “Unfortunately, the vendor has made it clear that they will not entertain renegotiation based on any survey results. The low pricing of the property reflects its evident need for a complete…
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Moving into renting short term
Hi Everyone. New to this Board as MSE didn't exist last time we moved house!! We've sold ours (Subject to contract 🤞 ) and have just secured a new build but we are likely to have to rent for about six months. Any suggestions how best to manage things like mail redirection and telling banks? Don't really want to have to pay…
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Bad survey
I recently viewed a house after the owner sadly died. The people selling the house aren’t living in it and have their own property. The house was in perfect condition or so I thought. I had a survey done on the property and they found that there was a ridge board not fixed properly and advised getting a structural engineer…
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££ laundering rules - help me categorise the deposit!
Son and girlfriend buying a house and have a deposit each. Looking at the mortgage application and the solicitors questions we have to categorise where the money came from and then prove our ID’s. son - portion 1 - accumulated birthday and Christmas money over the years and grandparents funding. Saved in a Lifetime ISA.…
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EIRC
Hi, We'll be putting our flat on the rental market and we had our EIRC done today. Although it's a pass and he commented on how good it is, he said that the certificate will only be valid for 3 years instead of 5 because the fuse box is made of plastic and not metal. I was wondering what does that have to do with its…
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Death of a tenant in common
Nine years ago, my MiL gifted her property to my wife and her two brothers. The older brother passed away recently. When my MiL arranged the transfer, she stipulated to her solicitors that the transfer was to be for the benefit of her children - something which the solicitors concerned agree upon. Following the death of…
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Partial payment after exchange
I have had an offer accepted (£460k) for a house which turned out to be an unmortgageable house. My mortgage application was declined and the reason is "due to the nature of work required to complete the extension". A 80 m2 extension, interior needs completing, half of it plasterboarded, and the rest remains uncompleted.…
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Off plan new build sales
How early before practical completion do the big developers generally start selling their developments off plan? As soon as they get planning permission? After demolition? After foundations laid? Etc.
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Solicitor held my money for 20 years should I get interest on top of the capital amount
My solicitors who acted in conveyance for me in a sale of my property just contacted me. They found they had accidentally withheld a significant amount of money on my file/account - unbeknown to me. They rang me to ask for my details to pay me the amount. After confirming it was the solicitors and not a scam they took my…
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Does selling online work e.g. Purplebricks?
We have had to move my mum into care and are selling her home. Her house in London needs considerable renovation (not been touched for over 40 years) and we have dropped the price to reflect this, however, after trying two estate agents we have not sold the house. We have had some negative feedback concerning our current…
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House Buyers Want to Bring Architects In
I am in the process of selling my empty house. I have had an offer from a buyer & even before a Memorandum Of Sale has been issued the buyers have requested that their architects are allowed access. I find this a bit disconcerting to be honest. Should I wait until Exchange of Contracts before allowing this ?? Any comments…
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Condensation issues, I have been recommend to fit a PIV ( Positive Input Ventilation) Unit
Has anyone had any past experience with a PIV unit to help combat condensation? My tenant of the past 4 years is about to leave, one thing he has done and it can be seen on the estate agents inspection reports, is that they have been drying clothes on radiators etc. Which has caused condensation which has led to black…
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Landlord not following legal notice?
Hey all, I'm really sorry to be a bother but I'm very much struggling at the moment and I'm looking to anywhere I can for support and advice. My Landlord has decided to sell up this year. That's completely understandable and I've been very accommodating with viewings, EA visits etc. I wish it wasn't happening, but here we…
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Service Maintenance Charges on New Builds
New Builds not stating all the charges relating to service charges and maintenance charges. A number of people very unhappy with these charges. Especially when costs are so high .
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Impact of small deposit on offers accepted
I have two offers on my property at the moment; the first and lowest acceptable offer came a few days back from a couple who have a buyer for theirs, no others.in the chain. I had accepted in principle to their offer but whilst waiting for them to sort and confirm their end I've had another viewing and much higher offer,…
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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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What's the legal situation
Hi all, We rent out a property and did do so for the initial 12 months to a pair of nice young men from abroad through an agency. At the end of the 12 months One of them had to go back home so another man replaced him but now 4 months into the renewed 12 month contract the new man has moved out. The remaining young man…
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Estate rent charge vs Rent charge
Can anyone please explain the difference between the two? TIA :smile:
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Council house - Due a new kitchen but previous tenants had fitted there own
Hi all, We completed a council house exchange last year and when we signed we had to take on responsibility of the previous tenants kitchen as they had supplied and fitted it themselves. A couple of months ago we received a letter saying we were due a new kitchen but yesterday when they came out to go through this with us…