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Our rightmove ad and the correct price?
Hi again, http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-29560394.html Many thanks for all those who have pointed out many things that could affect the sale of our house and any potential viewings in my recent thread. As we have opted for an online EA and have currently set the price of our house a little higher…
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RedRow have changed the price ? Can they ?
Hi There , me and my fiance are buying a house with homebuy , we got the letter of approval yesterday and I thought everything was fine , today Redrow phone and say they have made a mistake with the price of the house and its £7000 more , can they do this ? Is this normal practice , they say its an error on their part and…
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Collective Enfranchisement
Hello, I live in a block of 72 flats and we are planning in buying the freehold. Substantial increases in services charges, plans by the freeholder to remove our reception area and replace with two more flats, inadequate maintenance are just a few things that got us view this option. I have been to the leasehold advisory…
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Foriegn Students
I am about to rent out a room in in my house on an ad hoc weekly basis to foriegn students through a local language school. Do I need to inform my mortgage company and/or insurance company?
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What a nightmare this is turning out to be
Hi all, Just got an email from my solicitor saying the following needs to happen; "we are going to contact his solicitor to request the undertaking to discharge the Matrimonial Homes Act Notice and unless we get the undertaking we can not proceed." trying to get through to her to ask what does it mean and how long will it…
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Thinking or selling and renting due to health issues need advice please
hi im new to this board... Ok, here it goes.... i lost my job last sunday, i only worked sundays, i was dismissed for having unacceptable level of absence after 16 yrs with company. Its not the end of my life really, i started up a business last yr, and although ive put a lot of money in, ive made a small profit so not a…
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please help i am desperate tonight.
hi mse, Please can anybody help me i am so stressed. My dad died 5 weeks ago leaving farmland and property to my mum. Mum cannot manage the land so needs to sell quickly. my problem is tonight she has been approached by a property developer who firstly offered her a house and extra cash for the farm which she declined as…
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urgent advice needed please
hello,first of all im a tennet ive been renting this property for about 4/5 years i got some what behind on rent,so my land lord/estate agents have issued a section 21 which ran out today.I was hoping to get the arrers sorted before the sec21 ran its course but i couldnt,Ive been trying to phone citizens advice for a…
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planning permison next door
cant find the correct section so here goes anyway the land next door has put in planning permission for a convienant store/take away/another small shop of some kind.. must addmitt not to keen on the idea,but is it really worth appealing against it or would i just be wasteing my time.i know the rest of the neighbours are…
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Possible to Own 2 Homes?
Hi guys, Let me tell you my predicament and see what you think. Recently we decided we need to get out of our 1 bed flat and get something bigger as its been holding us back from starting a family. My wife and I moved into it 5 years ago and paid £82,000 for it, now after that time the mortgage remaining is £73,000 (we got…
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LLoyds TSB Bankers Draft
Me and my other half have been cleared to move into a flat this saturday however we where wondering if anyone knew how long a lloyds TSB bankers draft takes to get sorted, basically can we walk in there on the day and get it ? Thanks for your help,
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On market 1 week ago but no viewings yet
Hiya, Looking for some advice from seasoned buyers & sellers. Our house went on the market 1 week ago and have had no interest so far. Spoke to EA yesterday and they said the last 2 weeks have been particularly quiet but they are hoping it picks up soon (they're not the only ones!). I want to do all I can to make house…
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Stamp Duty Question
Hi, I'm new to the forum, I've currently bought a place and paid out the stamp duty as it was over the £175,000 threshold. I believe that they have raised a threshold to £250,000. As a first time buyer it would be nice that I could start to do the place up. Is there a way that I can obtain this money back as it seems…
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Tax on Renting a property.
Hi One of my friends is renting a property and has not been paying any tax on the income. He asked me if i could find out how he could or does he need to pay any tax. Expenses are as below per month: Rent £400 Mortgage: £315 House Insurance: £18.00 Boiler Insurance: £17.00 Mortgage protection: £21.00 Can anybody please…
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Help, Bailiff letter, student house
Hi, Firstly apologies if this is in the wrong forum thread, I'm in a bit of a panic. I've just come home from a couple of days away to find a Bailiff Removal letter from Equita. It's not addressed to me, it's to my one of my house mates. There are five of us renting a student house but only he has got the letter. However,…
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Just wondering if I am right re renting/giving notice..
Hi everyone, I would be very grateful if someone who knows their stuff would have a look at this wording and tell me if I am correct in what I am thinking. We are intending to give notice soon on our rented property. We signed a 12 month contract on 4th Sept 2009 but asked for a break clause at 6 months. The wording that…
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My Homebuy Direct offer - advice needed!
My partner and I are hoping to buy our first house. In the area we are in (Sheffield) we can afford about £750 per month for the monthly payment on a mortgage. However we only have enough deposit to borrow £90k (to buy a £100k house) You can't get anything for that amount of money here. We have been renting for 3 years and…
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Avoiding 3% SDLT by buying garage separately
Hi all, hoping for some advice. Just put in an offer on a property and after some negotiating a value of £265,000 was accepted. Obviously I'm keen to get below the 250k 3% threshold. I'm not a first time buyer. I've looked at the 'fixtures and fittings' route, but don't think I can fill in the SDLT form to show 15k's…
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Complaining to George Wimpey
I'm not sure if this is the right forum, but I need to complain to George Wimpey and wondered if anyone had an email address I could use. We have had no success with the customer care email address on the site, the woman we have dealt with has refuted our claims and so I want to take it higher. Many thanks!
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Buying my First house - What Offers to make?
Hi guys, Just trying to get my first house with the miss's but have no idea what im doing when it comes to putting offers in (as in whats good/bad, how long to leave it) Its was up Start of March for £139,950 (personally think it was over priced) Then start of April they Dropped it to £134,950. I put an offer in Last…