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Sold and offer accepted - what now?
I have sold my house and have put in an offer on another property that has been accepted - all good so far :T It's 6 yrs since I last bought a house and I was a FTB then, so need to get some idea of timescales, who to chase etc from now onwards. Situation is as follows: Got a FTB for my property. He offered and had a…
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oH, HOW I'VE SEARCHED..AND SEARCHED..AND
to find where, on the www all of these properties are being sold. Someting on the box last night referred to a huge percentage of properties being sold via the internet. In fact stated that MOST people search on the internet for their new home before going to an EA. BUT WHERE? Any sites that I have found have only a couple…
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Is the lower-end of the market worth bothering with?
I'm looking at buying a one bed flat in the Reading area at the moment and I have to say i'm wondering if it's even worth bothering because i'd be better off staying in the rented sector. Flats in the 100,000-120,000 range are selling for little more than they did 1 to 2 years ago and I feel that investment buyers are…
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Potential planning permission for Potential house?
Apologies if this is glaringly obvious but I've never had to do it before so don't know! We've seen a house we like that has no garage but potentially has space at the side for one. We wouldn't be interested in the house though if planning permission isn't granted, as we need a garage. Is this something we could find out…
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where to start....
hello everybody ill start at the beginning...my partner and i both live seperately with our parents which is getting a bit silly now. we are looking to move out and get our own place. my problem is that neither of us know where to start. i have been on the www foe weeks trying to find ftb advice and am sooo confused.…
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sold prices web site
I was browsing the other day and came across a post, advising of a website address which was free, which advised the amount houses had sold for, now I can't find it. Can someone help me please? Thanks :wall: :wall:
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shared ownership???
Considering buying a shared ownership house (through Housing Association). Has anyone experience of this and what's the downside?
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Gas & Electric
Hi All i am a FTB and just brought a new 3 bedroom house. i need to get all the services connected again such as gas and electric. I am will be living on my own and my energy comsumption will be low. I don't know which supplier will give me the cheapest rates. As i don't know what my usage will be and i don't have a…
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Solicitors/Directors
my sister is selling her old family home to a development company , one of the directors on this development team is a solicitor who will be doing the legal work for the company, he is also a director of the legal firm is this not a conflict of interest, what would be the implications ?wonder which company he would be…
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What does share of freehold mean?
Apologies if this question has been asked before... We are buying a BTL share of freehold flat. Can anyone explain what this means. My understanding is that we own both the LH and FH part of the flat i.e 50% as the ground floor flat is owned by the other person. Our solicitors have not made this clear. If it was advertised…
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Expensive leasehold
Hello all. We are a couple of FTB and are looking to get your valued opinions in our situation. After looking around for a while found a place we really loved and made an offer, subject to information about the leasehold ie how much to extend as was only at 69 years. After our offer was accepted (187, 500) the EA and…
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Inside Track - Anyone been on the courses?
I've heard about a company called Inside Track (here) who have advertised on various radio programmes and property magazines about teaching people how to invest in property and how to build up property portfollios. Has anyone any experiance of using them? Are they any good? What is the outlay?
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How can I sell a house.
My wife bought a house with her ex-partner. They got a joint mortgage togeather, of which he has contributed nothing. They obviously split up, he dosn't live in the house although he is very unco-operative when we approach him. He is of no fixed address and the solicitors don't seem to care. We would like to make a fresh…
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How much is this garden land worth?
I am interested in extending my garden and have approached the local hospital to sell some garden land next to me. The land would only be used for garden land. It is apprxoimately 9m x 15m and wouuld not have any access apart from through my property. No road access. Basically it is taking some garden land off some offices…
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Moving house but want to rent old house&get new morgage?!?
I'm moving to Oxford from London in the Summer. I'm moving in with my Amazing Girl Friend (Wish me luck) She would like to keep her house in London and rent it out! The money made from this would help pay for new property, and I won't be renting any more saving £700ish +rates alone! But we don't know if it will be possible…
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House Now Let
Ive just looked on the letting agents webpage and the house we are going for now says now let, but they havent contacted us yet. do you think this is a good sign? our application was put in on saturday
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Reserved new build: If we delayed we'd lose incentives, but now they're delaying..
We've reserved a house with Persimmon to be moving in May/June time. So far we have reserved and paid £500 reservation fee. We were meant to sign on 28Feb. We understood that we would lose all incentives (excellent discount, free caprets,stamp duty paid) if we didnt do this by 28 Feb. However, Persimmon are STILL sorting…
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Any suggestions welcome!
Hi! I am new so be gentle. I have recently moved area due to my job and put my house on the market last October. I had a buyer about 2 months ago who offered less than I wanted (£131K it was on the market at £139,500) I accepted as he was a cash buyer and we had a 28 day completion. 28 days came and went, he was a complete…
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Surveys - do sellers get to see a copy?
Can i please ask: When a buyer has a survey done on the property your selling, do you as a seller get a copy also?
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How to purchase a dark unused basement
Hi I would like to purchase an old, dark, unused basement (under a block of flats) and make it into a flat. Not my dream home, but I have to start somewhere. I found one that would work in a leasehold building. Can anyone advise on how I should proceed with this? I am weary of asking an estate agent to help me because they…
