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Lack of planning permission/building reg/completion certificate
I am thinking of put my house on market for sale, but bit tricky with the above as subject, hoping to get some advice from here. It was built in 2005 and it comes with a NHBC warranty for 10 years from 2005, however on the local search regarding 'Planning and building regulations ' (f) building regulation approval, (g)…
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Shower off of Kitchen?
Saw a flat the other day which had a shower directly off of the kitchen and a separate toilet in another part of the flat. I haven't seen that same arrangement before and I was just wondering if it would something else to put people off if it came to selling it.
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Offer accepted (Right or Wrong)
I have just accepted (4 weeks ago) an offer on my house and now we are getting close to the exchange I have found this website for the first time and am getting cold feet. In 2007 (assumed peak of market) my neighbour in and identical house sold for £320k, In Nov 2009 another neighbour sold for £307k and I have been…
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Man and van?
Well hopefully we should be moving on Friday 13th (subject to completion and exchange which is a pain in the bum due to our solicitor). Anyway, do those with experience think it's worth hiring a man and van? We can't afford the whole we pack for you deal, and were planning just to borrow my brothers big van and do many…
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conveyancing charges
Hi There I am looking to sell my house and buy a new one. I have today spoken to a solicitor who has informed me i have to pay him a fee for selling and a fee for purchasing. £525 and £1200 respectivley. can anyone shed any light on why i need a solicitor to sell and what for £525 do they do. It seems to me the cost of…
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Talk me into it?
Ok. I'll start from the beginning.. Overview: Now 27 years old. Wife left Dec 2008. I moved back in with parents. Paid off nearly £20k of debt. Got divorced in the process. Found a new girlfriend. Lived happy for 6 months. That went a bit pearshaped through no fault of either of us, and we remain great friends, and just…
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Mundic block
OK, after some opinions - if you were a cash buyer would you consider buying a house with mundic block?
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Can you Speed up the buying process?
hi all i have to be out of my current rented property bu the 17th of september and i have had an offer accepted, mortgage approved etc on a house. im worried that i wont be completed by the 17/9 though as the mortgage co have only just charged me for the survey. anyone got any experience and do you think i'll comp[lete in…
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Finally completed - now what have we forgotten...?
We finally completed on our new home today - vey exciting (though the mortgage is less exciting!). So my question after the many months of waiting is, what are the obvious things we've probably forgotten to do? We've gone through all the internet checklists we can find, but each one seems to come up with something else. So…
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Notice to quit server by LL and penalty? Small shop in Scotland
Hallo I know it is not right place but I just do not know what to do. I have small shop in Glasgow and just received NOTICE TO QUIT from the LL. The reason for this is a fact that in lease rent should be paid quarterly and we recently changed it to monthly and we are one month behind because of very bad market. I…
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How do you assess a development opportunity?
Here's one for the experts! I spotted a house for sale on a very large plot for £600k in a village. The house is nice in itself, but the key point is that it's set very well back on a plot of 1.25 acres. There's room to put 3 houses directly on the road frontage without disturbing the main house. In fact, looking at the…
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Some people just don't want to sell.
Viewed 3 houses last week. Each have been 80 mile round trips. 1st - Buyer going through bitter divorce and now has to sell the house he bought to pay off the ex - not my problem but went on and on about he would only accept asking and nothing less - not worth asking and had already rejected £235 on £245 which if I had…
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Tenant's Deposit. Please Help
Hi Everyone, I am a long time user of this wonderful site and I have learned a lot. This is my first Thread. I do apologise for the long post but, any of your valuable suggestions are most welcome. Please somebody help me. The details are as under. I rented a property privately through an estate agent and lived there for…
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Got to be a scam - what type?
I'm puzzled by this listing, any ideas? http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-27094348.html#mapandlocalinfo Buy an Amazing 3 bedroom in Holborn for 30 k YES I'M SERIOUS £30,000 (5 % Deposit) 8 minutes walk to Chancery Lane Station. 10 minutes walk to Farringdon Station £500,000 FIXED PRICE LOCATION. . .…
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1st, 2nd, 3rd offer... how many before you call it a day?
As per the title It seems that noone ever expects the first offer to be accepted, but how many times is 'acceptable'? In the past, it's always been my 2nd / 3rd offer to be 'accepted' so have never had to contemplate going in for a 4th. C*F
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When should a buyer reasonably expect property to be taken off the market?
We are attempting to buy a house at the moment. Originally the agent, during negotiations, suggested all viewings would be cancelled and the house taken off of the market once a satisfasctory offer was received. Once the offer was accepted, he then stated it would remain on the market until the survey was booked-in by the…
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Very odd layout indeed
Can't help but think this house is very oddly laid out - master bedroom in the basement, other beds on first and second floors. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-25904801.html Firstly, do people want to have their bath actually in their bedroom, rather than an en-suite? Secondly, it's a 4 bed house. A…
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Double Comms
Hi all, I was hoping to find out a bit more about EAs double commission payments for my sister who's sold up in the Peterborough area. I don't deal with sales at all so its a total mystery I'm afraid. To outline what happened: She listed their house with EA1 who spent the whole sole period of their contract doing a viewing…
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'Pre house buying agreement'
My girlfriend and I are looking to buy our first house together. We have seen one we want, have met the owners and looked round and are thinking of making an offer. However, we were looking to get a 15% deposit, of which we are a few thousand pounds short (we have be gifted some by parents already). We know the sellers…
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Estate agent terminology
A few notes I have made whilst currently searching for my next home. 'Individually designed' = Chuff me are the owners colour blind and have had a good taste removal operation. "Internal Inspection recommended" = As the house has the curb appeal of a steaming dog turd. "Architect designed" = Which one?, the architect with…