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Back to start...
It feels like agame of snakes and ladders at the moment. We were very slowly climbing some ladders, then our freeholders announced that our garage wasn't included in the lease renewal we are having done as part of the agreement with our buyers. We ahdn't budgeted for the extra and hadn't got the extra, and having let them…
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Too many problems - pulled out!
Well, I posted last week about some of the problems we were having trying to buy our first home. Had an offer accepted on a nice 3 bedroom flat with an attic conversion, but turned out that 1) No planning permission or building regs or anything for the attic conversion 2) No idea who actually owned the attic space (going…
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Feeling stuffed by the market
Well we accepted our house offer - it's quite a low offer but it is subject to us passing on the reduction to our new home. But we have no new home yet and the market is very weird where we need to look. So if any of you are in Amersham and want sell your house then give me a shout. No really, there is nothing going that…
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Pitfalls to going into rented
Sorry if this is long-winded but can I have your thoughts on this situation. We want to move house and have a very good offer indeed from a good buyer who wants to proceed. We can't find anything to buy. Should we go into rented? Are there pitfalls we need to know about? Thanks
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Tenants in Common Agreement
Hi Was wondering if anyone has any experience of this? My boyfriend and I are buying a flat together and we want to set up a tenants in common agreement. I have told my solicitor that we want to do this and he has said that it's just a matter of ticking a box on some form. Is this right? I'm confused because I always…
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house under offer
Hi , just a quick question . we have seen a house onthe estate agents website that we like ,but it says its under offer , does this means its sold and no longer available . if theres an offer on it how come it doesnt say sold , sorry for sounding dumb, but we really like this house , any help appreciated thanks julie.
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Buying a house with history of subsidence
My partner and I have been looking to upsize from our 2 up 2 down for months, but have only recently fallen in love with a 3 bed semi that ticked all the boxes. The vendor advised us at the first viewing that a 2 storey extension had recently been underpinned, but after seeing all the necessary paperwork and guarantees for…
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Yet another tale of woe
So everything was going really well. We found the flat of our dreams. We found an FTB for our place. Our vendors found a place with no chain. Solicitors were slowly moving along with all the paperwork. Today, the solicitor tells me that the exchange will likely take place next week. I get all giddy with excitement thinking…
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Advice needed re: damp (again!) and woodworm
We are in the process of buying our 1st property and we have just received our Homebuyers report back. I know that they are other threads running in this forum about surveys & damp and we have read them with interest. We don’t want to start a war on whether the damp is normal or not; or if the survey has any use… etc. But…
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Selling property
Hi I am going to sell an apartment,I do not intend to use an EA,any ideas on the best sites to use Thanks
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Fed up with vendors.....
A bit of a rant.....The lease on the flat (which will also be share of freehold) we are buying has 69 years to run. We asked to vendors to extend the lease. They have just come back and said no. We also queried whether the cooker would be staying (it's bigger than the average cooker so if removed it wouldn't be easy to…
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Title deeds
Our outstanding enquiries with Vendors solicitor can't be answered until he has the title deeds. Now we've been told different things by 2 EA's. The first agent (who is dealing with the sale of this property) said the title deeds are held by the vendors mortgage provider (this what also what we believed) Our agent (dealing…
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solicitor for house buying
my friend is buying his house from the council, he has been quoted £550 for solicitors fees, is this about right, he lives in south manchester, can anyone whos used a good solicitor recommend one in this area. thanks.,
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SDLT form
My solictor is charging £35 :o to fill out the SDLT form. Has anyone filled out out themselves rather than get their solictor and hence save on costs? How easy is it to fill one out? thanks in advance for any replys!
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anyone recomend a forum about property location
Hi, this is a great forum, but i wondered if someone could point me in a direction of a forum discussing location of property. Basically, i want to buy a house in leeds, but there are good areas and bad areas obviously. But how do i find this information out? or even better find out what areas are up and coming... It would…
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Graduate mortgage still high interest
Hi Turning 30 in the next couple of months and really depressed that i don't have my own house even though all my friends have already taken the plunge and benefited from the rise. Unfortunately i don't have any kind of deposit and went to my local branch of HSBC to see how much i could borrow. Turns out as i graduated in…
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house purchase in daughter's name
We have bought a property for our daughter (her name on the deeds) which hopefully in years to come will prove a decent investment for her. Meanwhile, it has been agreed that we, her parents will reside there, until such times we no longer require the property (i.e. bungalow and/or nursing home). We need to protect our…
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Moving in to new home on Tuesday but...
Hi We are in the process of buying our first house and have a quick question. Basically the place we are moving into is vacant and has been for at least 6 months. The guy has moved to Greece and has agreed that its ok to go and clean it and get it ready (we have exchanged already). We didn't know what gas compnay he was…
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Property Developer Wants Our Flat - Help Please
Hi Guys and Gals I could really do with some advice, its a bit of a long story but will try and keep it brief. We live in a two bed flat which is in the heart of a heavy area of development of "luxury apartments". Walking distance to the station which is only 25 mins from Waterloo and pivotal to train travel to most of the…
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Buying in central London - Renting? Will this work?
Now that DD has left home me and hubby are thinking of the future. We live in a small lake District town and own our own tatty terraced house. I would like the money we have invested in this house to work for us. DH is disabled and can`t work, I`m on a low income. Our house is worth about £275,000. I thought about renting…
