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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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Two identical houses - two different sized gardens - price difference?
If there were two identical houses on the same street - same size - same internal layout - same condition - pretty much same everything - but different sized gardens - would the smaller garden have no material impact on the price, a negligable difference or a reasonable difference? The house price is £250k. Property A…
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Private rental: Estate agent requiring tenants to earn certain amount to rent. How to get around.
My landlord is selling the property. Trying to find new flat is made impossible by estate agents wanting me to earn over what I do earn. I get that there are risks having someone that does not earn a certain amount, but I have been doing this for over 7 years and can provide proof. So I come here to see if anyone can give…
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Seller pulled out...mortgage offer delays HSBC
Hello, Our offer got approved on a property. We applied for the full mortgage, and it has been 3.5 weeks, HSBC has been asking questions and questions. This will be our second home, the first one to go on consent to let. No chain. The seller somehow got frustrated and pulled out of the deal and sold it to another buyer who…
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Brand new washing machine shakes the whole kitchen
We had to move to the ground floor while our upper floor flat in a converted house was undergoing some renovations for 2 months. We had to take our Hotpoint washing machine with us as there was none downstairs. When we moved back in, it turned out our machine was too deep for the new kitchen cabinet. so one of its doors…
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Landlord Insurance guide discussion
Landlord insurance guide. Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works, read our New to Forum? Intro Guide.
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For what reasons do people buy woodland?
What would be the main reasons or motivations for people who buy woodlands? E.g. the parcels of land sold on this site: https://www.woods4sale.co.uk/woodlands/south-west-england/2207.htm If anyone here has or does own such a piece of land, I'd really like to hear of your experiences and what you got out of owning land like…
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Social housing - how long after offer did you move in?
Hello all If you were offered a council house, how long after did you move in? Did it need major repairs/work? We were offered around 3 weeks ago, but no timeframe given as of yet due to replacement of kitchen/bathroom
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No suitable homes for sale?
Anyone having any luck? I can't remember the last time an estate agent rang me or emailed about a suitable upcoming property? Everything posted on rightmove in my search areas is ex rental or probate and needs too much work, or would be fine as a 6 month rental, but not as a home (i.e. no parking nearby, busy road, cramped…
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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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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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Contract Renewal - Landlord insisting on 1 year.
Good morning, Our contract is expiring next month and Landlord has sent out a new contract that includes an 8% increase in rent and another 1 year tenure. However, we would prefer an initial 6 months as we are looking at relocating from the city depending on job opportunities. This was communicated to the Landlord and he's…
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Neighbour dispute renter v leasehold owner
To put my question simply: Can I as an a leasehold owner be in dispute with a renting tenant of a neighbouring flat? Or would the dispute have to be between me and the other leaseholder who owns the flat? My neighbour beneath me in rents his property from the housing association who is also the freeholder of the whole…
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Environmental searches - flooding
Going through the house buying processes and the moment and i've just received the results of our environmental searches. All was as expected, until the flood risk section. Initially it reads - "Data provided by the Environment Agency indicates the property and the building footprint (as determined by current OS mapping)…
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Selling marital home. Are both signatures needed ?
Hello I'm separated from husband, he's living in marital home. We've agreed to sell it and move on. We're both 100% owners (according to land registry) and he's had estate agent around who took his instruction and images of property. Agent asked for my email address, and I was expecting a message asking when convenient to…
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Desperate advice on awful tenant in property I'm the executor of
Very long story short. For reference, I live in Manchester, property is 250 miles away in Plymouth which makes things difficult: - Partner's Dad passed away October 2023, suffered significantly with mental health - Property he owned was split into two flats with separate entrances. Tenant 1 upstairs, Tenant 2 downstairs -…
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Reserving a new build as a 2nd home
Hi, I'm looking to reserve a new build but the developers have a criteria that in order to reserve you either need to have your house Sold STC or be able to prove you can afford the property. I don't want to move out and rent so my plan is to reserve on the basis that we can afford it as a 2nd home (finance checks already…
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Charging Orders and Remortgaging
Not sure I have the right section! Anyway Years ago my ex had three charging orders placed on our house at Land Registry. We jointly owned the said house at the time. Let's fast forward a few years! He was made bankrupt not too soon after the said orders were placed on the house so I bought his beneficial interest off the…
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Landlord of Leased block of flats is disappeared
Hi, We live in a block of flats. I purchased the flat almost 1.5 years ago. When we purchased the flat there was some pending work e.g. garden and front. The landlord at the time of purchase told us that the work will resume soon as the work was paused due to the adverse weather. The landlord stopped replying to our calls…
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Building Work Guarantee Transferable?
I moved into a house 18 months ago and it had a conservatory built a little over 3 years ago. The other day the handle on one of the doors snapped off. I tried to find the same handle online, but no luck. Most of the sites did say that handles come with a 5 year warranty. I found some paperwork regarding the conservatory…
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Buying Garden Land from a neighbour
Hi, our garden is a quite irregular shape, as is our neighbours. There is a long relatively narrow area, at a guess 3-4 metres wide by about 6 metres that is adjacent to our garden. This shape narrows our garden and offers little useful space for our neighbour (in relation to the rest of his garden and proximity to his…