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Guttering help
Hello All Apologies if this isnt the type of thing you kind people can help with Im selling my house and have had a survey done , I live in a terrace and the survey has shown that water leaks between my guttering and my next door neighbours as they have capped the end of theirs off, They wont let us tap on to thiers so no…
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Buying with friend/renting out room
I’m in the process of buying a house with a friend. Its the only way either of us could afford to get on the property ladder, and we both trust each other implicitly so i'm confident it won't end in disaster (unless the doom mongerers are right and now is not the time to buy!). The way it is going to work is I will be…
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Any recommendations for websites that charge to sell your house?
Hi chaps, after any personal experiences of having sold your propertly on one of these online services. They all look very glossy, but it doesn't cost much to create a pretty front end, but if it gets no hits, it's money down the drain. I've found a glut of places via google, but some first hand experience would be…
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Chancel Repair Liability
I am selling my property and it has just come to light thru my buyers solicitors that my house is subject to Chancel Repair Liability. Not having ever heard of this before I did a little research and it appears that if your property is on former rectorial land of medieval churches the Church council of the parish could…
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Cautionary tale - chain falls apart on exchange day
After agreeing our sale about 6 weeks ago we found a property shortly afterwards, the chain was checked out by all parties and we gradually came to all agree an exchange date of last Friday for completion a week later. Driving to our Solicitors for a noon appointment to sign all the contracts we got a call from our buyer,…
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Sale Of House..no Lawyer Needed ?
Would you agree ..in the case of the SALE of registered freehold property no mortgages involved, there is no need whatsoever for the services of a solicitor or conveyancer ? 1. One can get the contract from the buyer's solicitor 2. One can answer the enquirers oneself. Nothing else needed is there but to take the money.…
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conveyancing on part-ex new build property
Hi, I am looking for advice re the conveyancing for the purchase of a new build property bought through part exchange from the builder. Are online conveyancing companies reliable, fast, cheap etc or should I go for face to face with local firm? any and all ccomments welcome thanks
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Advice on Showing Potential Buyers Around
Ok, here it is. Signing up with Agent this week. Planning to get part of viewing done by them (they probably only do limited viewings in the daytime) and the rest by us. Can you guys advice on how to avoid the usual comments like "here's the sitting room etc" does one just open doors and not comment on the obvious? Kitchen…
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Anyone able to work out the CGT?
Hello, please help. I have 3 properties, Property 1 I lived in for 2 years and have rented for 8 years, now accepted offer making £35k profit. Property 2 I lived in for 5 years and have rented for 18 months, now on sale for approx £60k profit Property 3 Current Main residence for 18 months, Going to be selling soon As I…
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Moving house & SKY TV
Sorry for posting this here, but i was studying the forum and there does not seem to be a forum for this?? Ok, moving house and i have sky digital, before i ring them i wanted to know how this will work from other peoples experiences. I want sky in the new house, it's a new build so will require installation. Do i just…
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help needed please
right this could be a long one so bear with me myself, my partner and 10 month old son rent a private house. when we moved in about 12 months ago, we signed a 6 month contract. the house was in need of some repairs but due to another story, we had no choice but to take it. the landlady is a dear old missus with plastic…
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First time renter-Advice needed
ok,here it goes..... i want to get a house with my OH im 20 and hes 23 and we;ve been together 6yrs. we can only rent at the mo, dont wanna get tied down wiv a mortgage. seen 3 houses at 500pcm. nice houses in a nice area (for some reason houses in worse areas are nearly the same pcm but anyway) im a student but work in a…
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Potential first time buyer - what to do?
Hey everyone, I, like many others, am rather disillusioned by all of this. I live at home as yet because renting would be a waste, but coming 25 I need to get onto the market eventually and then end of my studies looms making now a good time. Unfortunately, I dont know if I can actually do it in a way that i am remotely…
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Surveyers report, How can they get it so wrong?!
We are in the middle of buying our first home, and have put in an offer of £90,000. The survey report came last wednesday and valued the house £15,000 under the asking price, which meant we couldnt get the mortgage as the owner wont drop the price. i consulted the surveyer to say i had been researching the market in that…
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What address to use?
Hi All, I am moving house at the moment and because the landlord we wanted to rent the house from decided not to let it. We have to wait for another house to be vacated on 30th June. We now stay at Uni hall, which closes on 24th. No idea where we are going to spend another week yet. Our previous tenancy ended on 12th, but…
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on market 5 months need advice
Been on now since feb plenty of viewings a couple of rubbish offers, I dont know what im doing wrong Ive changed agent lowered asking price but no progress take a look here ->http://www.halifaxhomefinder.co.uk/HxHfDetails.asp?ref=08417051000 Kam
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Houseprice Crash or Global Houseprice Crash
A number of discussions here have mentioned https://www.housepricecrash.co.uk and the posts made on their forums. It now looks like they've all debunked to https://www.globalhousepricecrash.com Apparently the original houspricecrash.co.uk was sold and now contains a great deal of advertising and in turn a load of grief.…
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advice before i make the call
Hi all.. i live with my gf in rented accommodation that is let my an agent for some big firm in london. We took out a 12 month contract which expired in may. I got an email from the lady that deals with the flat asking if i wanted to extended, i replied with a big yes. 1 month later still no new contact but i paid the…
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Is There A COUNTDOWN TO MOVING DAY Thread?
Or checklist, that's easy to print off anywhere & apologies, if I've missed it!! Or maybe a Sticky could be created, full of hints n tips?? VB
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Any Good Free Sites for Selling Your Propert?
As it says above, Any good sites going around you can advertise your property for free? Thanx in advance
