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Seller wants completion soon
Just want some thoughts of this. The real estate rang me and told me the seller had contacted them wondering if we could complete by the 29th Sept. Im quiet happy to as im renting, only problem is i have to give written notice when my rent is due (10th for me). So i was running out of time to meet what they wanted. The…
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Survey ....
Hi We are purchasing a SO property and have decided to go for a homebuyer's report. I had confirmation from BS that they have instructed a surveyor so I contacted the vendor to let him know that someone would be contacting him. Now I have never bought (nor sold) before and don't know anyone personally either so I am trying…
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Advice please best way to invest money
We are putting our house on market in January and after paying off loan should have approx £150,000. We have got a motorhome which we plan to live in and travel around europe indefinately. But what should we do with money? Get £60,000 premium bonds? Get a BTL mortgage with deposit of £40,000(if thats possible). Buy…
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Vendors won't speak to us until we've sold
Our house has recently gone up for sale. We have seen a house we like and wanted to put an offer in as a feeler about how much the vendors are looking for. They have rejected our offer which was 92% of the asking price (so not a silly amount considering the house has been for sale for 5 months) and have said that they are…
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using equity to buy another house?
is it possible, if we rent out our current house, to use the equity in it to use as a deposit on another property? We cuurently owe about £57k and its worth approx £150 - £160k. :wave:
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Changing Offer Price after Survey?
We are purchasing a vacant 1940's 3 bed semi that needs total renovating i.e. rewiring, replumbing etc. The house was originally on the market for £295k our original offer of 285k was rejected but the vendors said they would meet us half way at £290k which we accepted. We have just had the survey done, and as expected,…
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Renting Problems, Damp.
I was wondering if anyone reading this has been in a similar situation to me currently. We rent a terraced house in Halifax, it suffers from damp. I think the damp is quite a big problem but my partner thinks we are lucky that the damp isn't as bad as other peoples damp. We have no idea where the damp is coming from. We…
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Valuation Survey Prices
My neighbour and I are starting proceedings to buy our freehold. We have an absent freeholder so expect solicitors costs to be higher, and have just been quoted and 'estimate' of £5,500. However, this includes £750 for a valuation - why so much, I paid £250 when I bought the place 4 years ago?
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DIY vs Solicitors for Living together agreements
Hello - My BF & I are buying our first property together and will make unequal contributions towards the deposit. Does anyone have any thoughts on whether the living together agreements you can download off the net are as good as getting your solicitor to draw things up. My solicitor has quoted £450 to draw up an agreement…
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Council Right to Buy
Who was it that decided this scheme was a good idea?! I was wondering last night and thought i would canvass views. It seems like we had a good scheme where people on lower incomes could get the houses they needed for their circumstances. they the same people were allowed to buy them, thus taking them from the "affordable"…
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claiming land
Hi hope some one can help me (and I'm in the right place!). We live in a detached house surounded by fields on 3 sides. On one side there is a small strip of land and a unused dike.inbetween us and the field. We've cut the grass on the land and trimed the dike edge for a least 26 years. My question is would it be possible…
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Just accepted an Offer, what next?
After 8 months of almost trying to sell our house we've just accepted an offer! My EA asked for our solitors details, of which I hadn't one, so rang round and found one. My main question is, do I fill out all the solictors forms etc now or wait a bit for more info from EA? Should I wait for a Sold Subject to Contract etc…
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Sellers won't move out!
Morning all, I'm after some advice on what my next step should be in the saga that is my house move. I'm in the middle of a chain of 3 people with 2 houses. We've got to the point now where we and our buyer are happy to exchange. But...our seller won't agree to exchange! They say they won't exchnage until they have…
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EA acting for both buyer and seller
Has anyone any experience of having an Estate Agent who is selling your house plus the one you are interested in? Does this work to your advantage or not? We are in this position and our EA does not seem to be that bothered about pushing our property, mind you the one that we are considering has been up for sale for 5…
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My move
I have received much advice and help on here and it has certainly reassured me through what has been a quite frustrating and I suppose stressful time. But it has all come to a happy ending. I had been told that I would get the keys to my house on Friday 1st September so I had booked the day off from work in advance. On the…
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Inheriting property....how to proceed?
Hi All, My sister and I are are currently inheriting the estate of our late Mum.Part of which is a bungalow.My sister lives in Sydney and therefore has no interest in occupying the property and would rather sell.I,however,would like to keep it and move in with my own family.I can only raise the finance for my sisters half…
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government help
Does anyone know if there is any websites that list house building companies that work with the government to reduce the cost of purchasing houses for the not so well paid, or 1st time buyers ? Thanks in advance
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how to get out of landlord contract with estate agent
we are currently renting out our old flat to a wonderful tenant for the last 15 months. We used an estate agency to find the tenant and agreed a fee of 8.5% of the rent as commission. while they found me a good tenant, i am increasingly annoyed by their behaviour and constant schemes to get more money out of me. i am…
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House Inheritance-help Please!!
Hi, My dad recently remarried and owns a large house outright with his new wife. I dont have a very close relationship with my stepmother (but we arent fighting or anything). My question is that if my dad passed away first could my stepmother leave the house/inheritance to her family (she has no kids but lots of siblings)…
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Tenancy agreement template
A friend of my OH has asked me if I can prepare a tenancy agreement (he wants to rent his house out to his DD). Is there a site where I can download a template for one - preferably for free?
