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Sacking your EA
Does anyone have any tips on how I should go about sacking my EA? Is a letter the normal thing to do and if so what should it say? I've got as far as something like: "as per our contract I am now terminating our contract with you". Any other thoughts? If it makes a difference we are going to put the house straight on with…
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Shared Ownership Schemes
Hiya! Has anyone taken part on this government scheme - shared ownership? How did they do it? I'm not a key worker and most of the properties are given to the keyworkers. I am keen to get one myself as I don't think I can afford to get an open market property. :p
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Downstairs Loo Permission
Does anyone know about permission/regs for a downstairs loo?We put one in to our biggish hall cupboard 10' x3'6 as the pipe work was already there boxede in.We didn't get regs or anything and now we are selling The buyers solicitors haven't mentioned it but the buyer himself asked me when he last came round and I told him…
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Would You Touch It with a Bargepole
:rolleyes: I have an offer on my house and the purchasers are pushing to move in. We have found a property we like and have had to go to the full asking price. We contacted the local council on monday (outside of our area) to enquire about the possiblility of adding a conservatory. We then discovered that the vendor had…
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Nail biting!
As someone who formerly didn't control their debt, I'd avoided buying property. Now with things managed, we attempted to buy a place in January. After our offer was agreed, we were gazumpted, we moved for another property and now our mortgage is with the final underwriters, a decision is due any time now, they've taken the…
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Grief from the buyer... AFTER the sale!!!
Hello all. I recently sold a property in Luton which I had previously rented out. I got my tenants out and then spent a month having the place fully refurbished (new kitchen, bathroom, decoration etc). I lived in it on and off when I was working in the area for about six months until the sale finally went through. The…
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Tips on choosing a good removal company?
We're getting some quotes for our removal. We're moving 20 miles down the road from a 3 bed terraced to a 3 bed detached. Two quotes have come in so far - one twice the other :eek: both from local companies. A third quote should be coming in tomorrow. How do I pick the right removal firm? I mean, the cheaper of the two…
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Can property prices be estimated if previous sale figure is known?
New to posting on this forum but have been reading it for about a month now! Very usefull. Seriously considering buying my first place. Viewing a property tomorrow and have found out it was bought for £157,250 on 27-Aug-2004, apparently its now worth £169,950. Does this sound about right, is there a way to calculate the…
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Advice needed
Hi there Thinking about buying a slightly run down property at a bargain price(been on the market a long time) tarting it up and selling on quickly. Any one else got experience of doing this or know where to go for advice I would only want a interest free mortgage as i would only own for a few months. I have a mortgage at…
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How much to expect from an EA?
Am hoping to get some advice from other people who are buying/selling or even ex/estate agents themselves. Not really sure how much to expect from people. I work in a similar type of industry and I know I provide a much better service than I have been receiving, so it makes me even more angry. Today I called and let rip…
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Right to buy council house
Hi, I purchased our council house 2 years ago along with my Mom and Step dad. Due to council laws all 3 of us have to be on the mortgage, but after 3 years (I think) the property can be transfered solely into my name. After the property has been transfered into my name can I become a landlord and obtain rent from the…
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What can I do with this nightmare property . . . . . ?
Hey guys Just wanted some advice about a property . It was left to me by relatives, a few years ago. Since then I have used it as a temporary residence, between jobs, as my job involves a lot of moving about. It is a 2-bed flat on the 13th floor of a council tower block. However, I do actually own the property now ,…
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firsthouse ponder
Hi all, this is one of my first postings on MSE, though I have been a member for months. I am in the middle of searchin for my first property. I have found a suitable home, and I went in with a strong bid of around 5k over the asking price. However, another bidder has bid 2.5k more. News today announced a ban on new house…
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question for brokers!!
hi guys, need your help<again>my buyer has a problem with his mortgage offer,so ive been told, its not the mortgage offer itself its a clause on itabout it being redeamed? which the broker and buyer want removed, they have sent it back to have this clause removed to only have it sent back with it still on!! its been sent…
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Buying a second home and reting out current home
I currently live in a flat joint owned with my partner. What Id like to do is rent this one out and buy another too live in? What would be the best way to do it? What issues are there? Capital Gains? How much will a lender give us if are letting out another property? Cheers
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Complete on the 31st - when will first mortgage payment be?
Obviously I could ask the mortgage lender this but the woman at Abbey dealing with us is a pain to get hold of... We are due to complete our house purchase on the 31st, we are ftbs so haven't done this before. When we applied for the mortgage we said we wanted the direct debit to go out on the 1st of the month - does this…
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stupid question. Keys?
I know this sounds really stupid but me and my boyfriend are FTB and our completion date is next Friday. I'm actually going to be in away until the Sat but my boyfriend will be there. Where will he need to get the keys from? Is it usually the esate agent? Also, apart from changing address, taking meter readings and getting…
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OUCH!!! - that house is too CHEAP ??
A house just over from me went up for sale on Saturday last and now has a SOLD board up. In todays market I would have thought a buyer would still be in a good bargaining position and wanted to negotiate down. Seems to me the agent has undervalued and the first person to see, made an offer and snapped the vendors hand off.…
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estate agents
how long should i give them to contact me back with info. i phoned yesterday morning requiring inportant info about my buyers, they said they would contact his broker, she phoned me straight back and said no reply but left a message, today i phoned up at 10am and said any info! and she said she will get back to me when she…
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Totally Despondent (and out of pocket!)
I'm not the first and sadly I won't be the last to say the system for buying and selling houses in this country stinks ! In the same week we were due to exchange contracts, the owner of the house we were buying has decided to pull out (having withdrawn from purchasing 2 previous properties). :mad: It makes me so sad that…
