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How long did it take you to sell???
Hi everyone, Having decided its time to move on our house went on the market friday 16th. I am excited as you would imagine and just wondering how long it would be before i got some interest. How long did it take you to sell yours and were the buyers running through the door as soon as it went on the market??? lol I think…
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Info about areas - not stats
Are there any active forums out there which give info about specific areas, the dodgy bits, the safe bits, the posh bits etc. I'm not interested in all those sites showing stats as they often misrepresent areas and generalise too much. I used to read the forums on upmystreet.com which were excellent but nowadays nobody…
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Offers in excess of ?
Hello everyone I am after a little advice please, I and my partner are FTB and we have seen a house we like but it is priced at "Offers in excess of £185,000", the house is a two bed semi which needs alot of work doing to it, the house next door sold last week for £200,000 but alot of extra work had been done to it. What I…
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Van Hire??
Hi, FTB moving out very soon and need a van for the day. Just wondered if any of you lovely people knew any good deals in the SE London/Kent areas for van hire? Think a normal Ford Transit or at largest a Ford Luton would suffice. Found this http://nhcv.co.uk/ but does anyone know of one with a better price in true money…
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quick question...
Hi, I have a quick question, just something I was wandering really: when a property is repossessed, does the ex-property owner get any money if the property has appreciated in value, or does the mortgage lender take all?
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Parents - releasing equity
Hello, My mum (59) & dad (73) have a house worth approx £250k (mortgage paid)and they are looking to give two sons some early inheritance (£20k each)to help with their housing ladder hurdles. Are there suitable equity release options that are worth considering? Are there any qualifying restrictions? Are there any pitfalls…
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Allotment rights
not sure where this should be, hope this is ok. My father in law has owned an allotment for 20 years and his landlord sold on the land and now are building a water plant and he is losing 1/3 of his allotment. Can they do this or do you have any rights when owning an allotment?
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Living above a nail bar - problem with fumes
Looking for a bit of advice for sorting this out.... I moved into a flat with my partner 2 weeks ago - the day we signed the contract & got the keys we went for a final view and there was a really strong paint-like smell throughout. the LA suggested the previous tenant might have painted the walls, he only moved out that…
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Help!! dampness in new property
We moved into a new property April last year since then we have had problems with dampness in the living room and bedroom. We were meant to move into the flat Dec 2005 but there was a fire and we now think this is the reason for the dampness in the wall there is still water retention due to putting out fire. The company…
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Help! Renting Contract
Hi all, My fiance and I signed a new contract with our Landlord on the 10/02 havng lived here for a year. Since signing the contract, there are damp patches coming up in our bedroom, there is a crack in our floor near our patio doors, which is a crack which shows a gap and also, there is a crack in the ceiling which he…
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Proceeds of house sale ...
Hi My sister, who is on a very low income of £150 pw is considering selling her 2 bed terrace and moving into rented accomodation so she can realise the equity in her home and clear some debts. After existing mortgage and debts are cleared there is likely to be c£40k left over. Typical rents in the area are £500-£600 per…
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getting survey done....
Hi guys, i have got an estate agent coming round this friday for a valuation on my house. i just want to ask him what its worth at the moment AND what it would be worth if i added an extension to the kitchen/diningroom. can i just ask, will he just look round and tell me there and then what its worth?..... also, why would…
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Change of House Ownership - Best Approach
My brothers mortgage is in my sole name (for salary reasons & between jobs). This is now putting a hefty amount onto my IHT and now he is settled I would like to transfer this back into his sole name sooner rather than later. I see two approaches but would appreciate any advice on this. 1. He pays all costs so prove this…
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How to sell a house
Anyone got advise on how to sell my house quickly. We're registered with an estate agent house has been in local press and nothing. It's not overpriced or so we were told. Is there any alternative/additional ways to sell the property.
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giving survey to estate agent?
good idea? bad idea? asked for it because there are a few problems on the survey highlighted
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estate agants
right here i go, sorry if peeps dont understand. The house we want, is up for sale it was up for 95k and then it got reposessed.(sorry cant spell) So i went up with a different estate agent for 65k, we phoned them up and said right we will give you 65k for it. they have told us that it has 2 go in the paper for 2 weeks and…
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HELP! CCJ for rent arrears so soon???
I hope someone can help advise me whether this is normal - I have some rent arrears from the beginning of this year, I spoke to my landlord and advised them I was having some problems and woudl sort it out asap, which they seemed happy enough with. Next thing I know I received a letter from them on Friday telling me I had…
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Structural Movement and Underpinning
Hi all Just had a phone call from our surveyor - he's going round to our prospective property later. He's looked through his records and said the house had structural movement and underpinning in 2003. Is this something to be overly worried about would you say? What insurance implication would this have? Any advice…
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Home ownership
thankyou all
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HELP! Sold home to fund care home fees!
Can anyone give me any help here? My elderly mother-in-law has dementia and is in a nursing home. She has now used up her savings and has had to sell her house to continue paying for her care in the care home. Not so many years ago, she would have been admitted to a mental health hospital or council run home, at little or…
