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radio masts? - should i be worried?
hello all, once again. i will cut to the chase. i am in the process of buying a property and the searches have shown that there are three radio masts within the 500m radius of my property. The nearest two are both 129 metres away. The farthest, the third, is 202 metres away. My 'understanding' (perhaps incorrectly) is that…
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Is Renting Really Dead Money?
I've seen a number of threads where people are desperate to get on the property ladder and have indicated that they believe renting is dead money. Renting might not be the ideal long term solution but it can work out a lot cheaper than buying and if you put the savings into an ISA or other savings account you could almost…
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New Housing Estate..........
Just wondering, the area that i live in is at present is under going regeneration. I have just recieved through the post notice of a new housing developement (which will be quite close to home), i know this probally sounds daft, but will the new housing lower the value of our home or as the area is supposed to be up and…
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A leak from my leasehold flat! What now?
I have owned my Flat for 2 months. In that time I have removed the bathroom and kitchen which are ready for replacement. I popped downstairs to the flat below last night to introduce myself to the lady. She is only there certain times of the year as its a holiday flat. She showed me part of her ceiling which she discovered…
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Gutted
Just heard that we've missed out on the house we've been after for four months. What is most annoying is that we speeded up the process of getting our own flat on the market, and then sat for what seemed like ages waiting for some interest. When it seemed like it would never sell, we eventually got an offer last week, and…
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big or small
I have a large house in a picturesque village that i will want to lett when i move to france in two years time, as it's full of stairs on three levels it's not a place i would live in in my old age, as it's worth about 500k should i sell and buy something in town or even two smaller properties that will give me an income…
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Exchanged today - quick question?
Hi After months of hell we have finally exchanged and hopefully we move next Tuesday (Yipeeeee :) ) Anyway my main question (Stupid one I know) is how do I get electricity & gas to be turned on? Do I just ring british gas and tell them i'm moving there next tuesday so can you have it ready for then. The problem is the…
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Buying In Cape Verde.
I'm thinking of buying an apartment in Cape Verde. Can anyone recommend a solicitor who is familiar with portugeese law and has dealt with Cape Verdean property before ? Can anyone tell me what I can expect to pay a good solicitor / lawyer , and who can come up with a good price ? Thanks in anticipation .. Shamrock :)
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Dual Citizen wanting to buuy property UK
Hello, Im an Australian who is thinking about relocating to the UK and buying a property here in about 7 months. Is this possible and what would I need to do to ensure I am able to obtain a mortgage here? I have a property in Australia that is currently being rented out. Any information would be greatly appreciated. thank…
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First Valuation - Now had the third!
We have decided that with a 2 year old boy running round like a nutter we need a bigger garden! Following threads read on here I arranged 3 valuations. Had the first of them today. The guy was actually the same one who came round when we sold our flat through them 4 years ago! Anyway, he valued it at about what I thought…
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What Does a Local Authority search involve? please help!
Dear All, Hope everyone is ok! I have a friend who is alittle worried at the moment!, he is currently trying to sell his property (ex-council). He has had lots of views and things look promising.Where he lives there is a mixture of private owners/council tennants, the council sold their stock of houses to a private…
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Offer Accepted
Just had an offer of 159k accepted on a lovely 2 bed detached bungalow. The property had been up for at least 8 months and vendor wanted offers in excess of 159,950k so i placed an offer of 159k last week and it was declined, EA said that the vendor was looking for around £162,950 and tryed the old trick of saying there…
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Making that offer - First time buyer.
Hi, Let me give you some background...... Me and my partner are 1st time buyers and so this is all very new to us. We have found a property we both like. A smallish cottage type house, and its perfect location wise and size wise for what we need. We viewed it on Monday and its on the market for £119, 950 [They did have it…
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Capital Gains Tax on House Sale
My mother transferred her house into the names of myself and my brother and sister about 9 years ago. She is now in residential care funded by herself. We would like to sell the house and use the proceeds to help pay for her residential care. How can we do this without paying capital gains tax or at least minimising the…
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What Do We Do-lease Extension Now???
Alot of you will know my dilemma,big house or smaller house. After thinking long and hard the big house is what we want but it is so stressful I don't think i can take anymore. The vendor backed out of 2 properties and found a L/H flat back at the beginning of OCt. It needs a lease extension and he has been waiting for the…
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Credit check fees when renting - a way round them?
Hi, I wonder if it is at all possible to get round paying the fees that letting agents charge for credit checks (£35) as it only costs £2 or so to get one oneself? There are three of us and £100 seems a lot for £6 worth of information. Has anyone had any luck with supplying your own credit search information as supplied by…
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leasehold act: still need freeholders permission for everything?
Does anyone have a brief guide to the recent leaseholders act? We are possibly buying and the freeholder is a complete nightmare. He will not give the necessary consents as it takes up 20 seconds of his precious time. In the meantime, we can't buy without them. We also want to know ultimately how to turn this into s.o.…
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Renting = credit checks...
Hi All, First post so here goes,The story is, i went to look at an Apartment today through a letting agents which i liked,have viewed a few so got a good idea this is the right one for us (with the Girlfriend)!! So have payed a depsit and have filled in the paper work to do all the credit checks and ref that they require,…
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dont know if i should be buying?
Good afternoon everyone Im not sure where to post this so I shall stick it in here and see how i go! basically, im 24 and my partner is 25 and we want to get on the property ladder. i currently earn 17k a year, hes on 17.5k. we pay 650 a month rent and have done for 2 years which we know is dead money. we also have a debt…
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LAST CHANCE! Any reason why I shouldnt use housenetwork?
I have just spoken to the manager of housenetwork, and hes told me that hes able to send someone over to do my photos & get it online, next tuesday. Suddenly mny feet are feeling ever so slightly chilly! Ive got the EAS from my 3 local EAs to come over thurs & friday this week I need to put the payment through for…
