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when do i pay solicitor fees.
hi, im a first time buyer. my mortgage offer has been accepted and i should get the mortgage offer tommarow or day after. i know the solicitor will also get a copy of the offer, so today i told my solicitor this and if they could start the required searches etc.. and should i pay now. but she said that when they get the…
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Adding value - central heating
Hi We are going to be selling our house in the near future. How much difference to the asking price will it make, us adding gas cental heating? :confused: We currently have storage heaters. :rolleyes: Estate agents we have spoken to just say it would be more with central heating. :confused: We have limited funds to…
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Renting student house, what should there be?
Hi, I had a search through the forum and couldn't find anything relevant, but if I have missed it please point me in the right direction. I have just moved in to my (3 bed) student house and I'm wondering what there should be from a legal perspective. For example, in our previous house, every room had a smoke alarm fitted.…
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Second Time Buying - How does it work
First post, so be kind to me. I am after some advice. Bought first house with girlfriend [now wife] in May 2005. We now want to move to bigger 3 bed house. Saw a property we both liked. So put our house on the market at £219,950. First viewer to see the first day on the market put an offer in at full asking price!!,…
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Thermostat not working - who pays for replacement/repair?
Good morning :) Hubby and I are tenants, and we have been living at our current address for almost 2 years (very happy with everything, no problems with the landlord whatsoever :) ), and we haven't had any problems with the property until now. We've recently noticed that the thermostat appears not to be working - it…
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Moving house - moving Sky, BT, Pipex etc
When moving house, what's the cheapest thing to do with moving Sky, BT and Pipex (broadband)? All are currently in my partners name, so should we cancel current contracts, and then open new accounts at the new house in my name? Or should we tell each provider that we're moving, and let them transfer the accounts? Thanks
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Extra day off work for house move
Has anyone else heard of this? It is probably just wishful thinking on my behalf but I'm sure that I heard this mentioned by our finance/HR person a while back. She hasn't said anything recently though (probably because two people, including me, are supposed to exchange in the next week). I work for a US company so this…
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Now my solicitor is going on holiday!
Hi Just beginning to think that we may at last be making progress with our house sale and purchase, and now my solicitor tells me she is going on holiday on Friday for 2 weeks! It is a largish practice and apparently a locum will be taking over her duties. Does anyone know if a locum is likely to exchange contracts in her…
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Open house
A house we may be interested in is having an 'Open house' on Saturday afternoon. What does this mean? Is it just a way to drum up business by the EA, or is there more to it - i.e. does it suggest the owners haven't had a lot of viewings and are getting desperate?
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1 more quick question - Any idea where I can find information on short term letting
If I accept an offer I have assured my buyers I will move out ASAP. We'll try to hold things up as much as possible but if the house we are buying is in a chain etc we will need possibly a short term let. Anyone any advice on this in the Stockport/Manchester/Warrington area?
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Help needed! buying for less than Market Value from parents
Hi - I'm hoping someone can help with this query... Around 4 years ago, my fiance (now my wife) were looking to rent a property, as we couldn't afford to buy at the time. My fiance's parents bought a house for £80,000 and agreed to rent it to us - they also said we could buy it from them at the original price when we were…
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Buying propery in Cyprus
Please can anyone assist on a number of issues regards to propery in Cyprus Firstly can anyone advise on good websites for locating a property in Cyprus any of the coatal towns Limasol Paphos etc I have around £60.000 to spend on 1 or 2 bed property Also does anyone know of whats involved in buying propery in Cyprus taxes…
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Where to live in South East
My husband may get a promotion and i am just curious if we can try to move to an area where we can get more for our money and may still see an increase in house prices. We currently live in Worthing Wes Sussex and would be looking if possible to stay on the coast. We are looking anywhere after brighton up to around the…
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Offer in- slightly under the asking price
Hi- Just received an offer on my apartment which is 2.5K under asking price. The buyer is an FTB and lives with her parents so she has no chain (also means that her moving time is very flexible). In addition, she's got an AIP in place. We're fairly happy with the offer, however, we've got more viewings lined up later this…
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Stockport
Thanks the the OP of the thread on Northampton this gave me the idea to also ask: Does anyone know of any nice area's around Stockport(yes I know there aren't that many) that will be a good place to bring up my two young children 10 months and 2/3! Schools are important as well as local ammenaties(spelt wrong i know, cant…
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Complaint about house sale
For the last 11 weeks I have been trying to sell my house. I say “trying” but we found a buyer within the first 4 weeks and since then there has been a really slow progression. My wife and I have put as much effort in as we can possibly make to speed things up, including moving out so it was ready to be moved into as soon…
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Northampton
Possibly looking at a move ot Norhtampton in the next year or so. Just wondering if someone could give me some idea of the better areas within Northampton? I am more interested in areas with traditional houses (detatched or semi). The good areas I have been told about are Spinney Hill and Abington. Can someone tell me what…
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Buildings and Contents
Purchase of house has finally gone through. Received paper work yesterday and they havent added the buildings and contents insurance on which I set up. Am therefore after a few ideas of who is the cheapest out there! So far 'More Than' are the cheapest at £290 a year. Anyone know anywhere better/cheaper.
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Too late to change Solicitors/Conveyancers?
I made the foolish mistake of going with the solicitors the estate agent recommended.. mainly due to me being very naieve. The only stage were at this moment is that memorandums of sales have been sent to all parties with our current solicitors details. We have not yet paid ANY money to the solicitors although they do have…
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What would you do? Advice needed
Hiya, heres a real life problem. I have an Auntie who lives within 5 mins of Gatwick Airport. Her husband is recently deceased. As she no longer wishes to live up there but would like to relocate to the west country. However- she has lived in her 2 bed council flat near Gatwick for 20 years plus- the council said they…
