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Can't sell? - Take a look next door
https://www.themovechannel.com Can’t sell? - Take a look next door If you're having trouble selling your near-perfect home, you could blame the neighbours - as the state of their home, not yours, could be putting off potential buyers. According to Yorkshire Bank's latest housebuyers survey, one in three people (34%) would…
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Is Stamp Duty payable ???
Hi We are selling our house as part-exchange to a developer. We will be buying 2 properties at £120,000 each. I believe there would be no stamp duty to pay as the properties are below the starting limit. However, Ive had one solicitor (out of 3 phones for quote) tell me that there WOULD be stamp duty as the part-exchange…
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Buying & Converting Loft
I recently purchased a top floor flat and I have a share of the freehold on the property (There is a total of 3 flats in the property which were converted some time in the 80's). There is a sizeable loft in the property which only I have access to, and has no shared facilities in it (water etc.). However the loft is not…
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do we accept the offer?
Hi i have been a avid reader for a while now, but only now i have a question of my own and wonder if anyone can help? We are selling our one bed house for £109950. we have seen a house we like for £144950. we can only afford £141000. we dont want to loose this house as it is perfect and when i say perfect i mean prefect!…
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Credit score on reposessed property
Hi folks, I couldn't decide which category to put this question in, apologies if it should be somewhere else. I am in the early stages of purchasing a reposessed house. As an enthusisatic user of 0% balance transfers I like to maintain a healthy credit record. Has anyone any experience of adverse credit record after moving…
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First time buyer - advice please!
Hi all, first time buyer and first time poster!! OK the background, My wife and i have purchased my wife's parents home. The property is valued at £100K and we purchased for £91.5k and the mortgage is for 85k (3 bedroom semi). As i am in the forces we are intending to let the property until i retire in 10 years and then…
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We want to sell - EA or "Jump" property retailer?
Hi everyone, We want to move and we've have 3 EAs round and Jump who say they are a 'property retailer'. They seem to have different ways of working, and i was wondering if anyone on here has any experience of Jump and what are the pros and cons of using an EA or property retailer. Jump told us a figure which they said we…
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mortgage advice needed
Hi, My hubby and i are trying to buy a house which is in need of modernisation, badly rundown and is an ex council property. We got a survey and valuation done through an estate agents which cost us £360 and then we had to pay £500 to get a full survey done and we are still no closer to getting a mortgage than we were 3…
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Help needed re house purchase/redrafting lease agreements
hi, i could really do with some advice regarding my purchase of a 2-bed flat. the flat is is on the top floor - there are two other flats in the block and it is SoF. The leasehold agreement that my solicitor received yesterday shows, however, that each owner is responsible for the external areas around their flat. This…
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Hi i am soooooooo nervous! I am getting a 100% mortgage to purchase a house at £102,500. I have been offered a fixed rate repayment mortgage with Mortgage with 'Accord Mortgages' at a rate of 5.39%. On the fee page there are the folowing: 1) product arrangement fee £495.00 (which is added to the loan) 2) Basic valuation…
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tracing a possession order
I have seen a property that looks in a bad state of repair. On speaking to the neighbours I understand that the previous owners are facing repossession. I have left a note for the owners, but there has been no reply. Actually, I get the feeling that they have left the property, although this could be temporary. At the…
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First time buyer site
I help run an international property portal and I am thinking about setting up my own project. At the huge risk of losing my idea to somebody, I would like to have your opinions on the project as I know there are different age groups and different methods of thinking here. I've noticed that there is a huge gap in the first…
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Planning Permission was refused. Now what?
I hope its okay to post in this area. I recently found out our planning permission was refused for a 3 bed chalet bungalow. The plot was part of my parents garden, which is big enough. The reasons the local council gave was that it would "intimidate" the close behind us (which the driveway would lead onto) and that it…
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housebuyersuk.com are they reputable
I was wondering if anyone knows anything about housebuyersuk.com, are they reputable, any help please would be appreciated as my elderly parents are considering using them
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Full Survey
I am (I hope) in the final stages of buying an LA maisonette under RTB. I had a my cost a full survey done about 6 weeks ago which reported no prooblems. I have now notice patches of damp/mould on a couple of downstairs walls and the laminate I put down a few months ago is starting to buckle and discolour as if it is also…
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PrivatePropertyMarket.com?
Has anyone had any experience with this company - they are regional I think, so in the local paper where I see their advert, if i take my own photos which isn't a problem I can advertise my house for sale with them for £169 for six months. Had my property on the market for about that long anyway and its going to cost me at…
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Multi Agent
Hi all, I've been currently trying to sell my 4 bedroom house in Gravesend Kent. It's currently on the market with a few agents for 195k. I was wondering if i should use more agents to try to sell it? Is there a limit for the number of agents i should use if i go multi agent. The current agents i'm using have said i…
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How long is usual for offer to be accepted / rejected?
Hi, We put in an offer on a house had it rejected, waited about 5 days and put in another higher offer. This was 8 days ago, how long is reasonable to wait for an answer from the venders? When we put the offer in the EA called me straight back to say the venders husband was away for a few days and needed to talk it over…
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Help Please Dilemma With Our House
Not sure really how to start but here goes!!!! Put the house on the market 4 months ago, first EA said it will definately sell at £475,000, after 8 weeks not a single viewer. We then took on a joint agency, the second estate agent said the reason for having no viewers is, the house is marketed all wrong, he then reduced…
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Homebuyer report and damp/timber surveyor saying different things
We're buying a house that was built in 1938. Our Homebuyer report said the biggest problem with it, which is listed under 'Urgent Matters', is damp, wet rot and beetle infestation. So we instructed a specialist (made sure he was a member of BWPDA) and he found NOTHING! :confused: Luckily the ea has commissioned one of…
