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electoral roll and property
if you change the address where you are on the electoral roll, do you know how long it takes to appear on credit and ID searches?
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Completing Next Friday
:j at last we're due to complete on 7th April Rang solicitor yesterday who confirmed our cheque for the stamp duty etc had been cashed and all is in line from our perspective to complete.... is the rest smooth sailing? i was assured it'll all go fine with no need to chase people up - "just wait for the phone call" we're…
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Can anyone recommend a large (7.5T) self drive van hire company for moving house?
As per title really - looking to hire a 7.5T (max available on standard pre 97 UK license) van - preferably in Sussex/Surrey area? Cheers, Andy PS - Considered putting this in "I wanna buy it or do it" - thought here was more appropriate.
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Mortgage Offer - Delay WOOLWICH
Our chain is allegedly being delayed by the issue of a mortgage offer, the buyer at the bottom of the chain is syaing that the Woolwich will not tell them when their mortgage offer will be issued - is there any way anyone else can "chase" the woolwich i.e. an estate agent or a solicitor from further up the chain? we have…
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Urgent - Solicitor in Peterborough
Hi I have sold my house :D Now I need to sort out a solicitor - we want to put an offer in on a property today. Live in Peterborough and I know there are a few people on here that live around this area. Can anyone recommend a good solicitor? I am tempted to just go with the estate agency conveyencing firms, as they use…
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Change of address - who to tell ?
I'm sure this has been covered on the forums before but I've just done a search and can't find anything. Does anyone have a list of all the people you're supposed to tell about your change of address when you move house? Thanks Vic
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Can't believe my own stupidity
So we decide to be completely honest, and put down on the solicitor forms that we had the kitchen door (leading to an external covered alleyway - terraced house) moved about 6 inches along when we refitted the kitchen. Thought at the time it didn't need building regs, certainly the kitchen's contractors did not advise us…
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'Bemused'....or should that be 'Gutted'
Brief background......have sold our property STC, and buyers are pushing for completion. We found a property we really liked, approached Moneyquest who put to us what seemed a realistic quote, and decided to push on with the application. Have had the survey done, which was fine, except that the lender has now come back to…
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What can I do if house value is just over 250,00
Estate agents have valued our house at around £255,000, but say we should put it on at £249,999 to attract more buyers so they have to pay 1% stamp duty rather than 3%. I want to get maximum value for our house, so are there any options for me to consider as I don't want to lose money! Thanks
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Guidance for FTB?
I'm buying a ground floor maisonette, with an absent freeholder (that's another story) the vendor has accepted my offer and has said that they won't sell to anyone else or gazump me and the EA has made the change on right move showing it as under offer stc. As of last week the vendor hadn't found anywhere to live, this…
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Advice for a beginner - Property Investment
My wife and I have recently been thinking about buying a property, doing it up, then selling it (in about 12months) with a view to making about £10k-£20k profit. If the market were to crash we may however rent it out for some time til the market picks up again. We have a mortgage on our existing property which I would like…
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House selling web sites
Hi all Am looking to buy a house..... cant find anything I like (had a purchase fall through on my dream house so am finding it hard to get anything that even comes close!). Am registered with EA's etc but am aware of web sites that people use to advertise their houses privately. Can anyone tell me addresses of these web…
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Rent or Sell
Can anyone give me some advise on "Rent" or "Sell" for my house. I have a house I live in worth £240,000 of which the mortgage is paid off. I would like to move from the area with my job and thinking of selling putting the mney in a high interest account and using the monthly interest to rent a house close to my new…
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money from house sale
My parents are about to sell their house in London and move to Ireland to a well earned retirement.What i want to know is,are there any tax implications to taking a large sum to Ireland or is the total profit free from tax .Cheers
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Home Insurance Technical Query
Im planning on buying my first house, and have found out that I can avoid rates for a few months (approx £100 per month where I live) if I dont move furniture in and dont move in (I will stay at home until I save up for furniture etc). So what I am proposing / asking is, will insurers still insure me, if I dont live in the…
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How do I find out the rebuild cost of a house?
How do I find out the rebuild cost of a house? Im a FTB, just put an offer in on a house and am completing the final part of my mortgage application. In the application they want to know how much it would cost to rebuild the property! I have no idea, the property is worth £165,000, how do I find this information or do I…
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this is confusing<deposit issue>
hi guys me again. listen got a odd one here, well odd to me, we have been waiting for exchange, our buyers very slow but we seem to be making progress,my sol told me today that the reason we are awaiting exchange is because they are waiting for the abbey to release there deposit and can take up to 5 days,i get the…
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Online conveyancing - Just exchanged
Ok, so ages ago I was selling my house and finally today we have exchanged. I found my solicitors via a thread on this website for http://www.cheapcheapconveyancing.co.uk/. I said at the time I would report back on my experience so here it is. The first solicitor I was referred to was totally rubbish. Sounded like a small…
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Mortgage/Making an offer question
I live in Scotland and just found out today that we have sold our house STCM. We are going to view a few properties tomorrow. We have had our mortgage agreed in principle up to a certain amount but have not submitted a full application yet. Is having the mortgage agreed in principle sufficient to allow us to make an offer…
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quick local search company required
can someone recommend one of those companies that can do rapid local searches when purchasing a property?
