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Parents moving abroad-advice please
My parents are moving to spain shortly and i need some advice. There house is currently on the market and is owned outright (no mortgage) There plan is to sell the house and put all the profits into a savings account and live off there pensions. They'll be renting in spain. My question is are they liable to pay any sort of…
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Had an offer - not impressed
I have had my house on the market for just one week and only one viewer although she has been to see it twice. House is for sale for o/o £88K which apparently she was quite happy with. Estate agent phoned me this morning to say that she wanted to put in a verbal offer of £82500. She had based this on what the surveyor had…
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Need Immediate Advice! Just had an offer.
Just had an offer that has no chain and is being bought the house by her Auntie and Uncle. Its 119000 and we just reduced the house to 122950. We've asked the estate agent to imply we are after more but would like at least 121. Thing is we have another couple viewing tomorrow morning at 10:30 for 2nd time and are also very…
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property ownership senario
hi my mother has a commercial property and unfortuntly is terminally ill with cancer im her only son but im unable to take the property from her as i was made bancrupt 2 months ago wich means any assets i might have will have to be sold to pay my creditors what can we do to keep the property as she wants me to have the…
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Key worker scheme... simple question but the resources have me baffled
My partner qualifies, in theory, for a key worker loan, because of where he works. My question is... and the helpline's computer is not helping with this - perhaps someone here has experience and may know the answer...? If you qualify for a loan, can you use it to buy a house outside 'London', but still within what we…
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Giving notice on rented property
We are currently in the process of buying our first house, and are living in rented accommodation at the moment. We have to give 30 days notice to end the tenancy, which must coincide with the rent date (26th of the month). We were thinking about giving our notice this month, which would mean moving out at the end of…
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Where can I find original house plans?
We are in the process of selling our 2 bedroom 1908 built cottage and buying a 3 bedroom 1920's house. Our buyer turned up to have another look around and my wife noticed that he had plans of our house? Where did he get these from, as I would like to get these for the house we are buying? I have been to our local…
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Home buyer report or a Full structural survey?
We are in the procee of buying a house ...:rotfl: ... a 3 bedroom terrace house which was built in 1900, the previous owner bought it in january 06 but he is now selling the house because he is migrating back home with his family. we had applied our mortgage with Nationwide today and we were to ask to choose which survey…
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Offer on a house
I wish to put an offer in on a 3 bedroom town house which is £235,000. I have never done this before and have no idea how much to offer. I was thinking £228,500 but don't want to anoy the seller and loose the house. Has anyone got any ideas how to proceed. Regards, Ben
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Advice needed on renting out a flat/s
Can anyone help me. I have a four bedroom flat , 2 bathrooms , livingroom and kitchen which is empty at the moment It is situated above a public house I am looking for information on what the health and safety aspects are for letting property out dont know if letting out as one unit or splitting and just letting out the…
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Moving House - Removals
I was wondering if anyone has any good tips/ removal firm recommendations for a small house move (bed frame and around 6 boxes) from Manchester to London. I was thinking about using taxi-vans.com or pickfords? Does anyone have any experience with these, or can recommend any others, Many Thanks,
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Moving to West London
Hiya, First post on MSE and looking for some advice/opinions. Basically, the girlfriend and I are moving to London to start new jobs (we currently stay in Edinburgh). As my job in Greenford and the girlfriend will be working in central London (near St Pauls), we're looking to rent a 1 bedroom place for the first 6months or…
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Advice needed
I have had an offer accepted on a house over a month ago and have been going through the usual process. Today I found out that my IFA only booked a valuation report and not a homebuyers as instructed, they have said I can book the homebuyers but it will cost me another £380 but they will refund any extra money spent. They…
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Advice Needed
Hi, Brief History: Offered on ideal house rejected by vendor until our house sold. Really wanted this but had to sell ours first, OH had all but moved in! Checked with EA every week or so for 7 weeks with nobody else viewed or interested. Finally got offer last friday on our house. Checked with EA on saturday only to be…
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Does the property ladder still work at today's prices
What do you all think about the question 'Does the property ladder still work at today's prices'? In the old days, people would buy a flat or a small house as a first time purchase. Then they'd buy a larger house as their family grew. Then they'd buy a big fancier house later on. But FTBs these days often have to stretch…
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Exchanged = Insurance Required
See a lot of posts re questions about house purchase and exchanging contracts etc. What I have not noticed is any questions or reference to insurance. As far as I am aware once the contracts are exchanged you are committed to completing no matter what, else face large compensation claims. This means that should the house…
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private or estate agency sellings?? pros and cons??????
my uncle has been offered £210,000 for his house -don't know how much of this is true though. The estate agents has valued it at £180,000. what are the pros and cons of private selling if there are any and apart from marketing is there any difference than estate agents? thankyou very much
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Renting Query
Hi everyone, this is my first post so apologies if this has been asked before, I did a search but nothing really fitted with what I am asking... Basically, myself and my boyfriend are wanting to rent as we currently cannot afford to buy but we really want to get a place of our own asap (sick of being at home etc etc..) My…
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Conveyancing
Hi all, I am new to this board and have found lots of great tips on house purchasing, making offers etc. I have found a lovely house in Manchester and had an offer of £82,000 accepted yesterday. I would be grateful if anyone could give me any advice regarding average conveyancing costs. I know prices will differ between…
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first time buyer needing advice
ok then in august i put an offer on a house which was excepted, then i contacted my solicitor who started doing searches. i then contacted bank as had mortgage in principle so had searches done, they came back saying the house needs a re wire, new central heating as currently got a 1960`s back boiler and also cavity walls…
