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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…
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Capital Gain On Buy To Let
situation single parent living in ex partners house only his name on mortgage.he pays mortgage instead of maintance. i have a buy to let property in my name which is currently empty after last years nightmare tenants. exparner now has new girlfriend and wants me and the kids to move out so they can move in.!!!!!leaving me…
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Edinburgh flat prices
as a rough indicator what are edinburgh flat prices going for at the moment? I have seen a flat at the moment in leith its a one bedroom at offers over 93000 What you think I should put in offers wise?
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We'd like to sell home ourselves...
Hi everyone, I've read lots of interesting stories/ reports from moneysavers about selling their own houses - we'd like to do the same. We would appreciate any advice, perhaps any obvious issues/difficulties we may have. Story so far: House has been valued. It's in a nice quite-ish area of Beeston (nottingham) We're…
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FTB - legal work?
Hi, I'm interested in buying a property valued @ £150k and have a mortgage in principle. I don't have a solicitor etc. but interested to know how much is it likely to cost me in legal fees etc. to complete the buying process? Thanks in advance, Ash
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2 properties, whats the deal with paying tax?
I own a property which I own outright - mortgage free. Recently I purchased a second property at an auction which I am developing with a view to sell. I remortgaged my existing property in order to finance the purchase of property 2. I have a partner (not married) of 13 years but both properties are in my name. I am…
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buying property in turkey
Hi I am thinking of buying a property in Altinkum in Turkey. I am not sure if any one has any advice on this and what sort of return I would receive from my money in about 3 years. The cost of the one bed appartment is £36500.:j :j
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Land searches - can you do it yourself?
Both myself and neighbours are moving at the same time (well both sold and going through the the process). My neighbours have said they are doing the searches themselves and not using their solicitor to do it as they said it is quicker and that they just pass the details onto their solicitor. Does anyone now if this is…
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Amazing house valuation service
Hi there Not sure if this is of use to anyone but .... I know a website which I'm using at the moment to sell my house as they're cheap but superb service. The best things is - you can value your house with them for free - it works pretty accurate as far as I was able to test it... Their service is free, you only have to…
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New Property Problems - Advice Appreciated
Hi, firstly what a great site this is have saved myself a small fortune so many thanks for all the good advice contained within this forum. We have just purchased and moved into a house about 2 weeks ago. The house was built in the mid 1970s. Prior to purchase we had the RICS Homebuyer Survey and Valuation carried out with…
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FTB - Manchester - How much to offer?
Hi, I'm interested in purchasing a property (3bed semi) in Manchester. The house I'm interesed in needs full redecoration including kitchen works, all carpets and skirting (possibly) and UPVC Window Seals are missing. I'm told the house was repossed and has been on the market for about 12wks. It is priced at £145k. I would…
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Renting v buying the figures are here
Unlike others I have no idea what the housing market will do in terms of crashing, slowing, staying the same or rising. I have an interest because I own property so I just did a simple calculation to illustrate the costs between buying and renting. I am using my own property as an example. It is a two bed flat approx 12…
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Survey Problems??
Any advice would be greatly appreciated I recently bought a house for first time everything went through but I didn't receive a copy of the survey so I requested a copy of the survey from mortgage company (Abbey) and there seems to be some problems? solicitors told us the survey was fine what can we do?
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Homebuy Schemes
Hi everyone, my partner and I will soon be thinking about buying our first house. My partner is a keyworker, so we would qualify for one of the Homebuy schemes. However, I find it difficult to understand the differences between the different Homebuy schemes: Open Market HomeBuy; Newbuild HomeBuy; First Time Buyers…
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Don't have guarantor what to do?
We (My wife and little son) recently moved to london and currently live in our friends house . We are looking for a flat to rent but we don't know anyone as a guarantor (our friend who we are living with is unemployed and we don't even wanna bother her to be a guarantor) ! I'm working full time and my wife is a full time…
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Mortgage valuation (from a tenant)
Hello, My LL is selling the house and I'm moving out in a week. The LL texted me on Friday to say that she would be coming over tomorrow (Monday) morning for the mortgage valuation. Naturally the house is a) a tip and b) full of boxes - I'm a bit annoyed that this couldn't have waited a week, but I am wondering how…
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Blocked Loo - Whos Liable?
Hey, I live in private rented accom.. and the loos blocked and cant b used!! WHo pays to repair this?.. myself or the landlord?
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(FTB) Crack in interior wall...walk away?
Hi there, we have found victorian end terrace that we really like at a price we can afford but there is a significant crack in the front room. It runs up the wall, across the ceiling above the window and then through the ceiling virtually the whole length of the room. There is no visible crack in the exterior wall but it…
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Persimmon Freehold Fiasco
:mad: Bought a Beazer/Persimmon home June 2001 and paid £500 for the Freehold. Just had a letter from Leasehold Management Property who inform me they bought the freehold interest from Pesimmon on 5th July 2005 and that we owe them £350 ground rent. We contacted Persimmons solicitors which we used at the time but they…
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How Much Should We Offer? (FTB)
:confused: Hello Everyone and Thanks in Advance for your Contributions. Heres the situation. Me and my partner are looking for our first house and are currently saving for a deposit. We have 7k so far and have just seen a house we both really like. In 6 months, we've only seen 3 houses that we both agree we like including…
