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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 student house for son and 1 tenant friend - what tenancy??
We are fortunate enough to have been able to buy outright a 2 bed house for our son to live in at Uni, together with 1 friend. Son will pay a contribution to bills (from his student loan) but no rent. The friend will rent the second room. The house is in my name. I am not sure what sort of tenancy agreement we need for the…
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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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Rodent droppings on second viewing - happy to pay and renegotiate price?
Hi all! I found a doer-upper of a house that had been tenanted for 20 years until it was put up for sale October 2023. A previous purchase fell through (apparently due to funds/chain issues), and it was remarketed in February 2024 - my offer was accepted that month £25,000 below asking price. I have not viewed the house…
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Stamp Duty Question on replacement main home
Hello, I live in a flat on a crumbling cliff - at some point it will be uninhabitable and it won't be possible to sell it so I am looking to buy a second property to become my main home. I am assuming that because it's a second home I will still have to pay stamp duty despite the circumstances as I need to buy before it…
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For those wondering why many want S21 banned.
Here is a situation I have come across today. Tenant been tenant for 19 years 7 months. No missed rent payments, no late rent payments, no pets, quiet, pretty much perfect tenant. However during this time the landlord has insisted on a guarantor every single year, and last year they wanted the guarantor to also send photo…
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How to avoid a bidding war?
Me and my partner are first time buyers and found a house a few months ago that we are very interested in. The beneficiaries of the house sale are charities. The house went on the market a week ago. We viewed it just before it went on and registered our interest. It has been extremely popular with 5 offers so far, all…
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Moving home tips - anything over and above the usual?
There are plenty of lists of 'what to do' and 'don't forget' when you're moving home. All the usual - take readings and inform energy suppliers - book a good removal company - get plenty of boxes and packing tape - make sure you know where the kettle is - don't forget the teabags etc etc etc. But aside from these 'everyday…
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Help deciding whether or not to replace conservatory??
Hi all, ..just looking for some opinions please... Background:- 20 odd years ago we added a conservatory to the back of our house. It is all wood, (too the floor), top 2/3rds glass, bottom 1/3rd wooden panel, with a traditional "plastic" roof. Usual problem, of too hot in summer and too cold in Winter...and it is now…
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Using The Same Solicitor for Buying & Selling / Quote
Hi all, I hope someone can give me some advise. I originally got a solicitor on board for just selling my leasehold flat as I was going to move in with family and buy 6 months later. I have now changed my mind and asked for a quote as I have a property I want to buy, actually had an offer accepted on yesterday :) . Does…
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Nationwide Undervaluation
Good morning, I have had continuous back and forth between myself and the valuation team at Nationwide. I have had an offer accepted on a flat for £285k. The vendor is set on this price and will not negotiate further. However, the property has been valued at £260K, making Nationwide unable to offer any higher than £260k.…
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Guarantor Debt
Hello, I wasnt sure where to post this so I could be in the wrong place. Before I ask for your help, I would like to just point out that my step son, who this post involves, knows he's been naive, foolish, unwise and all the rest! ( his dad has pointed this out to him now) OK so my step son acted as guarantor for his…
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Finance options to buy out siblings of our inherited ihouse
Myself and 2 younger brothers have inherited our mothers house. We disagree on selling strategy, one wants to wait till the market improves, one lives there wants to sell but not cheap and I'm prepared to take a bit of a hit to get it sold. We're in our early to late 50's, mortgate not an option, I got one quote for…
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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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Additional survey request from buyer
Hi all, This is my first post, been an anonymous lurker for quite a while :smile: I accepted an offer on my Victorian Terrace recently, which I have lived in for 12 years, it was just over the asking price as I had 3 offers the day after it went on sale. I accepted the highest offer from a cash buyer who wanted to rent it…
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Where would you live?
We're looking to move to a house. No kids. Work would be a 25 minute drive from Hawarden or a 35 minute drive from chester. I a week we would travel for pleasure to Chester, Liverpool amd Manchester.
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Should I buy house with a garage under a coach house?
I’m a first time buyer and have found a detached home that would be ideal for what I need. The house has a garage, however it is detached from the house and has a coach house above it. I’ve been warned by family members that I should steer clear as I likely wouldn’t own the garage (it’d be leased from the coach house) and…
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Wanting to buy a house not yet on the market
Me and my partner are first time buyers. We have recently been made aware that a particular property will be on the market soon. The owner recently died and had no family so the house will be sold by solicitors. They are currently in the process of being granted probate. We have been able to view the property through…
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Gifted Deposite needs to change after mortage application
Hi my mortgage broker applied for mortage application to Leeds Building Society, And I have 30k gifted deposite from my sister from Australia,she signed and provide all the evidence and send it to solicitors and builder but my mortgage advisor didn't ask for any evidence and when I checked in Leeds Building Society website…
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Depressed our chain broke and now house not selling
Hi all. I really hope to receive a response because I need to know if there is hope. We had our house on the market last year. It sold fairly quickly. We found a house and was all good to go even with a completion date , but then our buyers buyer chain fell. Then they found a new buyer. Again all seemed well but they found…
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Scaffolding on Right of Way
We own and live at the end of a private access road. Driving onto the
private road from the busy main road the entrance is very narrow with
no splay area and buildings on both sides. On the right you pass two old
cottages (one after the other) and on the left a single storey old stone building (gable
end on the main road…