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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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Buying property with VERY short Lease & Section 42 Notice Assignment
Situation I am looking at a leasehold property with a VERY
short remaining lease of less than 12 months. The asking price reflects the very low lease. I dont need a mortgage. Section 42 Notice has been served by the
vendor, who has owned the property for more than 2 years, and the rights under
the notice will be assigned…
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Certificate of Compliance - Management Company question
We have recently purchased a property in a Gated community containing 4 Free hold properties. In order to maintain the communal areas and Entrance Gate. One of the property owners have set up a limited company. Each property owner is a director of the company and chips in £31 per month to the company. The money is used for…
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Negotiating price after survey
Hello, New to the forum and would appreciate feedback on this. My wife and I are in a completed chain and agreed a price of 375000 for a house with off road parking in a very busy area close to the city centre. The estate agents and vendor said, and I have in wrting, that the whole driveway belonged to the house. After…
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Question about buying a flat
Mum is buying a retirement flat. The vendors removed the free standing fridge freezer after we put offer in plus the other furniture. However where the FF was is a big hole in the kitchen flooring where it's either damaged when they were removing it or it was covering up the existing damage. Are we able to question this.…
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Over paid rent. Do I have a case for refund.
During a non related conversation with the Estate Agent, who we paid our rent to, ie the Letting Agents, she informed me our landlord was thinking of selling the property we had rented for over 6 years. This was in Dec 2023. I asked obvious questions & was told we would probably not be required to move until late Feb 2024.…
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TA7 Form and Share of Freehold
Hi I'm a first time buyer and have been reading the forum for guidance and reassurance and it's proved to be a useful resource but I have ongoing queries regarding share of freehold that appear to be difficult to find answers for. This for a 1 bedroom flat in a building with another flat. I've received the contract…
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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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Approx costs for EICR, gas safe check and boiler service
Hi, I'm moving house in a couple of weeks and want to get the following done at the property: Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) Gas Safety Certificate Boiler Service It seems to make sense to have this all done by one person at the same time, rather than calling out different people, although I'm not entirely…
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First Time Buyer Getting Spooked - Daylight in Loft / Plaster cracks
Hello everyone. This forum seems really useful and hoping to get some of your opinions on a few things to do with a house I am looking to put an offer in on. I know things like these would come up on a survey but I want some informed opinions to see if I even want to get to that point as not looking for a project or a…
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Bank of parent capital gain worry.
So, 5 years ago we, civil partner and I bought a house for partner's son to live in, on the basis that he would buy it from us in a couple of years at our purchase price. We were, in effect, holding it for him. No rent expected or paid. Then Covid intervened and a couple of years have turned to 5. His income still limits…
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Buying with tenants in situ BUT leaving prepaid rent to previous owner to boost offer
My brother and I are working in London and have found a nice flat we would like to buy. The flat asking price is 675, we have offered 620 which was rejected. The flat is currently being rented with the tenancy expiring end of September. We are happy to wait until Sep to move in. As we are FTB we do not want to go above…
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Another buying a share in parents house thread
I'm looking to purchase at least a 50% share in my mid 80 year old mothers house, in view of purchasing the other 50% on her passing. I live with my mother, the only attorney for both POA's, and only executor of her will, in which we all have an equal share, with the exception that I have been given the house for up to 24…
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Is pending LISA bonus good enough for mortgage checks?
Hi everyone. We're first time buyers and I'm using a LISA. I've deposited money in March and April, so I'm expecting the top-up from the government soon. The problem is that I need this top-up to reach the deposit that's stated on our agreement in principle. However, I guess because of the time of year, the bonus is taking…
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Mundic block test
Hi my buyers mortgage lenders have asked for us to have a mundic test done. Fair enough but there was a test done 20 years ago and the house was found to have no mundic. The lenders know this but are still insisting. Basically the buyers won't get their mortgage without the new test, however it's totally unnecessary to pay…
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Property has suffered some movement & trees within the influencing distance
Hi, I am planning to buy the property. Its the end terrace property. Year of construction is approximate 1900 as per the bank valuation report Below is the report which I received from the bank (a) Is the property in an area that (to the best of your knowledge) has suffered flooding or is at risk of flooding? No (b) Is…
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2 weeks and noone has viewed the house
We have had our house up for sale for 13 days now and not one viewing, is it the house, the estate agent, or just the uncertainty of the housing market at the moment. Our estate agent was full of promises when she came around to value, saying she already had a cash buyer and another buyer who was extremely interested in a…
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Bought an apartment, found after 1 year there was an £800 bill comming
Hi all I bought an apartment end June 22, and as normal there were £300 left during 1 year to cover for unexpected bills coming after the sell. I am a first time buyer, so please bear with me but my solicitors, PCS legal (I would recommend to avoid them), explained this process which sounds very reasonable. I was passed a…
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Share of freehold: 3 flats, 5 people
We found ourselves in a pretty weird situation. We live in a flat in a converted Victorian house; There are 3 flats in total - ground, first and top floors. It's Share of freehold. In 2022 there was 1 person in the top floor flat, 1 person on the first floor and 2 people on the ground floor (4 in total). We (me and my…
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General tips for improving a house's saleability (or even value)
Hello. I have very limited experience of moving house and would be really grateful for any advice on what can make or break a sale (and perhaps anything worth doing to improve a house's value). I am looking to try and be in a new property within the next 18 months and any personal pointers would be appreciated. One example…
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Window opening on to our property
We are the landlords of a commercial property which has a drive at the back for vans to access to deliver supplies to the shop. The property at the back of the drive have now installed new windows that open on to our land, we have told the owner that its not acceptable as the vans cars etc going up the drive will break his…