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What time should we expect the keys??
Hi all, We are completeing next friday and the solicitor advised that she would contact us when the keys were ready to be collected. What time of the day is this usually? Obviously we understand the sellers have to have time to move all thier things but we dont want to be rushing at the last minute to get out of our place?…
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Crown Land Securities
Hi - my first post on here. I was browsing the Daily Telegraph website and saw a banner ad for Crown Land Securities https://www.crownlandsecurities.co.uk and a competition to win some land. So I entered. Have now had a salesman ("Senior Portfolio Advisor") call me and explain the deal (£8000 for a small plot of land…
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Worried about the future - Retirement
There is yet another article on the BBC about saving for retirement. This one is titled 'Britons 'want £30,000 pension''. I have no debt apart from a mortgage that we're just about to get (complete on the 27th), a little bit of rainy day savings and some investments. I also pay into a pension through work, which amounts to…
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Not registered at Land Registry?!!
Hello all We're in the process of buying our first house together, all is set our end and today we got a letter from our Solicitor saying that... "there appears to have been some difficulty at the Land Registry in relation to the plan utilised in relation to the purchase by the Vendors. As yet, the Vendors title is not…
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Nightmare Landlady - advice needed
will try and explain this as best I can.... I recently moved 'down south' and started renting a room in a house from a private landlady along with two other lovely girls my age who were also new to the area.... 6 months later after a series of escapades (extensive mould appeared in bathroom, no heating+hot water for 2…
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Property with conversion advice please
We opted for a valuation and not a homebuyers survey on the property we are buying (converted bungalow offer accepted at 202K), the report came back saying we should have the electrics checked and also the flat roof on the upstairs conversion. We are not going to have these checked and have written to our solictor saying…
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Survey back...advice please..
Hi all, We just had our survey back today and a few things have been highlighted to us which we are not sure what to do about. If i type them out on here, i am hoping somsone can tell us what action we should take. Its a 2 bed flat in New Malden, Kingston Upon Thames, and was on the market for £179,950, to which we secured…
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Does our management company have to be a Limited Company
Hi, We live in a block of 4 flats, and each flat owner has 1 share in a Ltd Company whose only activity is the management of the property. It's income for the last financial year was £812; its expenditure, predictably, exactly £812. Now the accountants have charged us £175 for the preparation, filing and production of our…
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I finally exchanged - hasn't sunk in...
Well after 5 long months I have finally exchanged on my house sale yesterday afternoon. I was so relieved. I am still in anxiety mode although I am no longer checking my phone every 5 minutes or refreshing my mail screen. Think it will take a while to realise the wait is over. My sleeping and eating pattern is all over the…
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Back Househunting
Well after 7 long months,we are a bit stuck. With all the problems in the chain and our vendor now pulling out of his 2nd house ,he is now having trouble finding something maintenance free in this area. He likes our house, his agent has said, but we are £30k over his budget and we cannot afford to drop that.He cannot…
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right to buy info required
We are currently on the council waiting list for a bigger house as we need another bedroom. Unfortunately there is a serious lack of council housing where i stay. So we decided to stay put and buy our council flat and convert the attic into a bedroom. We are just about to contact the council to request the forms we need to…
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Want to know if you live near any Mobile phone base stations and masts?
I posted this site within another post, but its a useful resource if you want to know if there are any mobile / radio masts close by. http://www.sitefinder.radio.gov.uk/ go to "Find GB Site" - Enter your postcode and search, the results with be listed below the map.
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Has anyone encountered this?
Had a call from my EA today saying that before there is an exchange of contracts, my buyer wants to pop back around to our house to have another look around. This sounds reasonable to me.....but the EA rang back 5 mins later and said she also wants to come around the day before completion. Is she just being extremely…
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Seller won't stop marketing
Hi, My seller has refused to stop marketing a property he has accepted my offer on in case ' I don't complete,' which I have every intention of. My offer was accepted yesterday and I have already had my mortgage in principal agreed and appointed a solictor. I think this is unresonable and it causes me concern. I have told…
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Help with finding Repossessed houses
Hi, Can anyone help me? How can I find a list of repossessed houses/flats for sale in the Bristol area? I have tried the web without success. Thanks in advanced.
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Moving notification website
I am listening to Radio 2 and https://www.iammoving.co.uk has just been discussed, anybody heard of this website and used it, if so, how good is/was it???
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To sell or not to sell?
My partner and I are renting, living on the south coast, after a relocation. We have just had an offer of 173k accepted on a house. Our combined income is (c) 45k. We have 25K deposit. We also rent out the flat we used to live in, which is in Glasgow, which is mortgaged for 63k and would probably sell for about 125k. We…
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Can I get a mortgage?
My partner has been left a share of her aunts house and we are hoping to buy out her 3 other relatives share. The house has been on the market for nearly a year and no one has offered anywhere near the asking price even though we've dropped the price by 15k. We've been told that the solicitor has been putting off buyers by…
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How long do searches take?
My solicitor advised me 3 weeks? Is this the case or are they trying to fob me off? Many Thanks.
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will exchange ever happen?
I have been waiting for my purchaser to complete since Feb of this year... I lost a previous house (that I had agreed on and done valuations etc) because my purchaser ran into minor!!! problems 1. There was a clause that he couldn't sell house given to him by mother wihtout her permission....and she wasn't giving it. 2.…
