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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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AML Check Fee
Hi, Our estate agents have just sent my wife and I a link each for some software called https://iamproperty.com/product-updates/unlock-additional-revenue-with-compliance/ It required us to fill out our details and then upload a passport picture. My wife completed this and then paid £36 which I was confused about as I have…
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Renegotiation of house price - What does the Estate Agent need?
Hi, I have had a offer accepted on a house and we were quite far through the process until the survey came back with a few red flags. We have since got a couple of quotes to fix these issues and then submitted a new price to the estate agent, however, the estate agent wont pass these onto the seller until we provide them…
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Selling a Retirement Flat
Hi, just looking for some advice / suggestions My Mum passed away in 2022. We listed her flat in late 2022 - it was originally purchased for £330,000.00 - as it's a retirement flat in a really nice complex, it was more for her safety and security than an investment, so no problem at all with the value dropping. It's still…
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Should I find another solicitor or am I being impatient?
I'm selling a rental property in the role of executor to the current tenants. They've been really keen to buy the property but it took them a while to solidify their finances in order to buy. A few weeks ago I got quotes from local solicitors to do the conveyancing needed for the sale, found one that seemed to give me a…
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Land Registry Property Alert Service vs RX1
Hello, I am due to complete and my solicitor has included optional completion of an RX1 on the final statement for me to pay. I will be living in the property on my own. Can anyone explain in simple terms what the difference or advantage of an RX1 form has, vs the Property alerts service at HM land registry? My solicitor…
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Buying house deemed as high risk for subsidence
Hi I am in the process of buying a period house in dulwich (se london). We found out after initial enqueries the house had been underpinned 21 years ago after some subsidence with a central wall in the middle of the house. About 5 years ago the house was extended and the wall that was underpinned was removed and the…
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Land Registry being expedited
We made an offer on a 2 yr old new build house and then found out a month into the process that it had yet to registered on the land registry. The estate agent had not done appropriate checks prior to putting the house on the market. It was then put it for being expedited 2 weeks ago and this expedition has been accepted.…
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Full land search not available in Hackney, should I put down a new offer?
I'm currently in the process of buying a flat in Hackney, but Hackney Council is not able to process full land searches due to a cyberattack affecting their land charges processing system. Here's a link for more details: See local-land-charges-search on hackney council website. Can I use this to renegotiate the offer?…
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Gifted deposit and residing in the property
Problem... First time buyer My mother wants to move in with me.... I have said yes ( I always wanted to live with her in her later years) All is well. She suddenly says I have some money for you. Its a good sum and she is ready to do the gifted deposit letter etc. I have told the solicitors that mum will be living with us.…
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Tenant question about mains smoke alarm battery responsibility/help
Hi, hope all are well. I'm a private tenant and I've lived in the same flat for nearly 11 years. I have to interact with a letting agency; I've never spoken to the landlord directly. I returned from a week's holiday on Saturday to find the smoke alarm in the kitchen beeping intermittently (maybe every 30 seconds or so). My…
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On a first time buyer mortgage wanting to rent with my BF in another city
Hello MoneySaving Expert, I got myself in a bit of a pickle here and would really appreciate someone sharing their thoughts on my situation, please! Last year I bought my first property and I have been living in it with a lodger until now. I have a 5 year fixed term mortgage and so far everything is fine. Just after buying…
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Surveyor says house is uninhabitable
I am selling my Dads house who died last year. It was advertised as needing re-wiring and we accepted an offer based on that. The buyers intended building an extension, completely changing the whole of the downstairs including moving the kitchen and re-wiring at the same time. Their builder has already been round.…
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Letting agent holding deposit
Hi, I have moved out of a flat in the UK more than 3 weeks ago. As I moved back to France, a friend kept the keys and gave them to the letting agent on 01/05. The inspection of the flat was done on that day. Despite me chasing her, she didn't send me the report before 07/05. She sent the report only, without any deductions…
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House not on land registry
Hi all, was wondering if anyone had any experience in terms of time scales with this situation. We are in the process of buying a new house, it’s a year old and we are about 8 weeks into the process. The sellers solicitors hadn’t yet sent the contract to ours and it transpires that Barrett homes didn’t register the…
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Buying ex-council Flat
Hi everyone, I've found a flat that I'm hoping to purchase - nice area, good size. It ticks a lot of boxes for me but it's ex-council. My main concerns are being hit with high maintenance costs and how easy it would be to sell on in a few years. I'm a first time buyer so I'm trying to keep quite risk averse. I've generally…
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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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Unusual SDLT situation
My query relates to whether the higher rate of SDLT should apply to our upcoming purchase of a property in the UK. We are New Zealanders resident in the UK and British citizens. In 2015, my husband and I sold our home in NZ and left NZ. We have not returned to NZ since 2015. We have rented the same house here in the UK…
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Broken Lift, 5th Floor flat, disabled
Hello All, I reside on top/5th floor with my family. Just before May we had 2 electric outages which left the lift broken. It was reported to the LL (Housing association) on the 1st of May. No news until when chased up the LL agents said the lift was fixed on the 10th (it wasn't) and the case closed. When this was pointed…
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Assistance Required for Unresolved Repair Issues and Tenant Rights Inquiry
Hi, I have been renting a three bedroom, top floor flat for six years now in England. Just so you know, there is a letting agent, landlord and a block management company involved. Eighteen months ago we had a considerable leak in one of the bedrooms, affecting the next door bedroom as well but not as badly. This led to a…
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Service charge for communal Flora areas
I've been recommended to post here also. My Mum has rented a council house for over 40 years now, I was brought up there. Recently the housing association has added a 'service charge' to maintain the so-called bushy areas on the road. The road is now pretty much privately owned, I think out of 40 houses there may be 8 that…