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negotiating after survey?
ive had an offer accepted on a place and everything seemed well. now the survey has come back with quite a lot of necessary work highlighted (£20k+). is it possible to negotiate an offer down? ask that the vendor pays for the necessary work? has anyone been in a similar situation? does anyone have any advice?
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Dealing with Seller - Advice please.
Hi all, I am putting my house on the market next week and plan on selling privately. I have a solicitor in place to deal with all the legal aspects but am a bit anxious about dealing with potential buyers. I have price in my head but wondered what the best etiquette is for that sort of thing. I take when you take calls try…
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Advice for FTB Please!
I have had my first viewing today and I am really intrested in putting in an offer. I am a little unsure the amount and just need some advise on what people think. I am sure the house has been on the market for a while and there is 2 agents boards up. The owner is also in the process of redecorating the lounge to try and…
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question for landlords
i am in the process of trying to find a property to rent and i suppose on paper i am one of the wrong type of tenants wanted, ie in receipt of housing benefit, have a large family(5 children) and have pets but all that said i have been in my present property for 9 years,no prpblems with the landlord or neighbours etc but…
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Another question
I started a thread a while ago about being cross my buyers only let us know on 31st May that they had to give 8 weeks notice on their rented property. They put their offer in end March, and the reason the sale has been taking so long is because we've had problems getting our mortgage issued due to Abbey incompetence:mad: .…
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Playing Buyers At Their Own Game.
"Buyers" putting in offers & then pulling out seems to be rife. I keep hearing it from all over the place. I've heard of buyers putting in an offer on 3 or 4 places at once, just to keep them free because they haven't made up their mind which one they want yet... - then pulling out of all the ones they dont' want. The law…
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Indemnity policy?
We're in the process of selling our house - it was built about 50 years ago and the firm of builders no longer exists. When they were built there was a covenant on them regarding changes, extensions etc. Every house in the close has made changes/extensions. Our buyers' solicitors wants us to take out an indemnity policy in…
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Freehold with maintenance fee - is it worth?
Hi, I wonder if it's worth to pay 200 pounds quaterly for the service of on site facilities. Is it a trend that developers use it to rip-off house buyers even they have completed the purchase of a property from them? Recently we have seen a property which meets all our requirements. But we found out from the vendor that…
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Grrr Another Problem!
Hi For those of you who have been following my house sale I have just had another b***** bombshell! Anyhow quick recap: * In September I moved from the area so house vacant and put on market * Got a buyer in November who was a cash developer agreed at £5K under asking * After much toing and froing he finally confessed to…
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Cosy: Agents and Solicitors
Hi all... The sale of my house continues a pace... the survey is on Friday and the buyers solitors are apparently knocking down the door so that they can get cracking on the legal work.... But.... we still haven't found a property yet and I wasn't going to instruct my own solicitors until I did..... the question though is…
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Property and tax on gifts / inheritance tax...?
Hi, I've been living with my partner in a flat which is owned by his parents. The understanding has always been that the flat is ours in all but name (we pay the mortgage, which had to be secured on FiL's house as we were unable to raise one ourselves.) Now we're wanting to move, we face some trickiness in terms of capital…
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Great opportunity
This is very complicated - so complicated I can't actually get my head round it! We have a semi that has increased in price considerably since we bought it - our outstanding mortgage currently stands at about £74,000 and we could sell it for around £400,000. So lots of equity in there. We also have a terraced house that we…
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Deal time tomorrow - need a strategy
Ok, we are hopefully going for a part ex of our house against a Barrett Townhouse, They will be coming back with a price tomorrow! So i need to prepare my negotiation. Background - New house price - £239500, What we want for ours - £146000 (on the market for 152000) This is the last house on the phase one compleation and…
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Blooming searches
we're almost ready to exchange except for the fact that our buyers are still waiting on the local searches. It's been a month now :angry: My EA rings me on a regular basis and says that our local council are very slow, apparently the council are holding up 4 of their transactions (including us). I know there's nothing…
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Buying House with Elderly Parent
I need advice! My father-in-law is 74 but his health is poor for his age. He lives alone in a property he owns worth about £250k. My husband and I worry about him living on his own. (He has problems with his joints and struggles going upstairs) After discussing our options for a few years we have agreed (with my FIL) that…
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Impartial advice on Buying Abroad
Hi everyone, Not sure if this is the correct 'home' for this question but couldn't think of anywhere else to put it. I'm looking for some impartial advice on how to choose an agent for buying investment property abroad. Been going through several magazines & books on the subject but the magazines are full of glossy adverts…
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Estate Agent doing there job??
I have had my house on the market now for 5 weeks, in the first week we had a viewing but nothing since. The viewer liked the house alot but thought the 3rd bedroom was to small. Two other same houses in my road have sold fast with other estate agents, my house is no better or no worse, but nothing. The EA tells me they…
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Does this sound dodgy to you?
A colleague from work is thinking of buying a property from a cousin of his which I think sounds not quite kosher. He's planning on buying a house which has been converted to 2 flats, without planning permission. He wants to live in one and rent out the other. His cousin has apprently said that the conversion has been…
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6 days between exchange & Completion, are we pushing it?
6 days between exchange & Completion, are we pushing it? We should be exchanging tommorow, every one is looking to move on the 12/06, as one party involved is going on holiday soon after. Is this Realistically enough time for the Solicitor to do whatever they need to do before completion? I just think our solicitor is…
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buying the freehold
My property is leasehold £20 pa I have had a letter from the ground rent people offering to sell the freehold for £1200. IS it worth buying?:confused: What do I get for being a freeholder?:confused: Is it just a gimmick to get me to part with my money any advice.
