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Homebuy scheme???
Hi all i am a first time buyer or will be in approx 6 months when i saved up a deposit, what i want to know is: From what i can find out there is only one homebuy agent per area, in lancashire its a company called plumlife..........is that correct? The scheme sounds like quite a good deal....... has anyone had dealings…
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Use of Agricultural Land - help please!
We have seen a house we like which has "Agricultural land" at the back of the property. Having looked into it a bit more, I understand that we cannot use it as a "domestic garden", but does that mean my children can't play on it, or have a paddling pool on it, or play football on it? Can someone help please? We don't want…
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Unsure re survey
Im currently got a buyer for my house and had an offer accepted on a house i want to buy. The house im buying has had a decent survey done on it with another potential buyer (which fell through) and the seller tells us there where three things which where flagged up. None where serious and i had no problem with them,nor…
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Fast Track Conveyancing
Any one know if anyone offers a fast track conveyancing service, and if it is really fast track. Got a bolt from the blue from EA i am buying from saying that the vendors are unable to move out unitll late oct early nov due to the people they are buying from going on holiday. We had set a provisonal date for last week of…
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Buy our own house or stay renting with council?
Hi. We ( me hubby son and daughter ) live in a two bed council flat, we pay 88.13 per week in rent which is the full rent as we are not entitled to any HB as hubby earns "too much". Son is 9 in December, daughter just turned two. I am currently at home looking after DD but am looking for work. The council have offered us…
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Benefits push house prices higher?
Good evening After reading an earleir thread that suggested that house prices are higher, at least in part, due to women earning more or less the same as men, I got to thinking... ... perhaps the benefit system is, in part, to blame. The UK has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Europe. These 'families' need housing.…
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Help with council housing
I apologise in advance if this post turns into a long rant. . . Here is my situation; I am a single parent with two children, a girl of 8 and a son who is nearly 7. My son has autism with severe learning difficulties (mental age of around 18 months) and mild physical problems. I currently live in a two bedroom flat on the…
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Buy or stay put??? Any advice please
Hi, I am looking for some advice please. Is it a good time to buy now or stay renting? I have a hubby and 3 kids and live in rented Housing Association house. OH has worked hard to better us financially and is now earning a good salary. However, we are both 40 and are a bit wary of such a big commitment. Friends tell us to…
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Agency fee paid but no flat offered
Hello to all the members of this forum. I have always visited this site and i have just noticed the forum section. Better late than never. I would very much appreciate any advice on this particular issue. A few months ago, i contacted a few property agencies, i was looking to rent. I first got in touch with the biggest…
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Discovered damp in my new house
Hi, I recently bought a new house and when I moved in there was a nasty smell coming from the kitchen. It looked like rising damp had caused condensation and mould growth in the cupboard under the sink. This was not mentioned in our Homebuyers Survey. I called the surveyer and he came round and said it was just…
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Estate Agents
I have rung a couple of estate agents to make appointments for a couple of viewings. I have been asked so many questions and I feel I have told them too much about me. Of course, they are friendly and I feel rude if I refuse. I know they are salespeople and trying to sell their house. What questions are they entitled to…
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Converting a HMO property back - the implications
I am asking this on behalf of a friend of mine. He has asked if you purchase a HMO registered house and convert it back to a single house whether you need to replace the HMO with a similar HMO? I know the rules are complex and vary . I have called the LA for him, but they will take up to 10 days to answer! I was wondering…
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Garden extension / parking provision - any advice?
Not sure if this is the right board for this sort of query - please point me in the right direction if not! A brief summary: Parking on my street is becoming increasingly difficult, especially since the council put chicanes in on the main road we lead off, this reducing the parking available there. I live in an end terrace…
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can i find out what their offer is?
My sister (first time buyer) has seen a house she would like to put an offer in for but isn't seeing her mortgage advisor until tuesday. The agent has just called to say another couple have already put in an offer and are ready to sign at noon on monday. Therefore they've told my sister she needs to do something before…
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Advice on house extension
Hello Everyone, I have a semi-detached 2 bedroom house in Aberdeen with a Garage and off-street parking as well. It has only one bathroom upstairs, my question is...is is a wise decision to convert the garage into another living room/bedroom and add another bathroom downstairs. How much will the property value increases…
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Any solicitors know about options to purchase land?
anyone know if theres a time limit on when a "option to purchase land" has to be registered with the land registry or land charge department (obviously dependent on whether property registered in 1st place)...or can this be done at anytime before option expires different solicitors are giving me different answers...some…
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What offer to stop an auction sale?
A family member is about to sell a flat at auction for around 60,000 guide price. What would you offer to the vendor to stop it going to an auction sale and avoid me possibly having to pay more at auction? Assume that the vendor is my sister, hates me and wouldn't really want to sell to me, but might be tempted by the…
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can my father get a mortgage?
relocated to mortgages board.
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Argh! why wait 23 years to sort....
... the deeds out? Honestly! BF and I have been trying to buy a house for ages now, and we are so blase, we are not even looking forward to it. We visited the house at the beginning of July, said we would offer full asking price for it provided we could move in very quickly (we already knew our "friends" landlords were…
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Houses on main road
Everyone keeps saying how houses on main roads are much harder to sell. And that people don't like to live in them. I've never once lived on a main road and hence don't know what it's like. I can guess the main reasons. Noise, fumes, danger for kids. But has anyone ever lived on a main road? And could they post some fo…
