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Cheeky letter from Letting Agency
Hello allm Today we received this letter from out letting agent: Dear Mr XXXXXXXX RE: 54 XXXXXXXX Street Further to our recent inspection of the above mentioned property we write to confirm that the property was looking a little in need of a good clean and tidy up. It is essential that your property is kept in good…
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Re: House selling
I have advertised my property on the 2 free for sale by owner websites to see if I can get any interest. In the meantime I have been offered 0.75% fee from an estate agent to sell. If someone contacts me via the websites and offers will I have to pay the estate agent fees. Do all of the viewers have to go through the…
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need site to see how much a house went 4
any1 no the site where you can see how much people bourght their house for?
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Do your own Land Registry search-it may save you ££££££££
So you've seen the property you want and not sure what offer to put in or maybe how long is left on a lease,or maybe you are just inquisitive ? Then use this very useful tool,it could save you thousands. Download a plan or register for the house you're buying for only £3 each. Find out what land's included, ownership,…
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few questions about buying a flat in a larger house
Hi, I'm thinking about buying a flat in a large house and was wondering about a few things; 1. how do you find out about stuff like whose resposibility the communal areas are/gardens and whose responsibility it is if the roof starts leaking etc. 2. would it be acceptable to rent a house without a heating system? it is a…
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*sob* its sooooooooo unfair!!
Sorry got to have a rant :( Put offer in on perfect place for us this morning, been on the market since Monday, had about 20 viewings with 3 other offers already, 4 including ours. They have more viewings tonight and then will decide tomorrow or first thing Sat morning. I cant bear the wait!!! We are FTB trying to struggle…
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Buyer Pulling Out 2 Weeks B4 exchange/complete
Hi everyone This is my first post so please bear with me. Myself and my partner are in the process of selling our first home and buying our second. We put our offer in novemeber which inturn it was accepted We accepted an offer in january (from a buy to let guy after his second property) All the way through our vendors…
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Joint house buying
I want to buy a property jointly with my daughter. I am wanting to pay cash for my half and my daughter is wanting to get a mortgage. Is this possible? One mortgage lender will not allow me to be on the deeds if the mortgage is not a joint mortgage and they want me to gift the money to my daughter. If I do this my…
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Cruden Rural House
I am thinking of buying an end terraced fully modernised House (Reclad/new Roof Tiles etc) which is classed as a Cruden Rural (Non-Traditional Steeel Frame, Concrete Wall). It also has a huge extension which the walls were built traditionally. I believe its a tin Roof. Anyone any experience of this housetype and lenders…
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Oversea's property development
Thinking of moving abroad for a better life in the sun? Are you an amateur property developer with big dreams of what you can do if you were given the chance? If so, we're looking for people for a new Channel 4 programme. For more info please contact property@silverriver.tv
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Purchased House from old landlord, now he's claiming we owe rent
Hello this is my first post so please be nice ;) We are in a bit of an awkward situation and wondering if anyone on here has any advice. Purchased our house from our landlord in August 2006 - we had previously been renting it from January 2005 with a tenancy agreement which ran out in October 2005 and he was too tight to…
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Ground Rent Purchase - Any Advice??
I have been in my house for 19 years and I pay £3.00 a year groundrent due in November/December each year (the leasehold was 99 years when I purchased the house). Originally the rent was paid to a local solicitor, then for about 10 years it has been paid to a gentleman at a private address in another district. Last…
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Cemeteries
What are people's opinions on living quite close to them? There is a big playing field out the front of our house and a cemetery beyond that and off to the side. But they are now extending it so it is just behind the field as well. We can't see it as there are trees in the way, but just wondered what other people's views…
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Lenders pulling fixed rate mortgages - BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6571043.stm
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Taking photo's of property
Hi all, We are in the process of signing to an agent to let our house out for six months. He's coming around tomorrow to take photo's in order to market our house. I asked him where he would take the pics (so I could go mad cleaning:o ). He says that he needs both en suites (not bedrooms)?! This sounds really odd to me.…
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Buy To Let Or Wait A While.
is now a good time to buy to let, if property values fall people wont move, and people wont buy, therefore there could be more people needing somewhere to live will have to rent this i suppose could put rents up if demamd outstrips supply.prices if they do drop will dounce back again. or do well leave our money in the bank…
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Newbie Advice!!
Hello there, i have seen a commercial property for sale that i am very interested in but just need some advice. The property is a freehold shop in the centre of a town with planning permission to knock down the shop build a bigger shop and 3 flats above it. The price is £225,000. What i want to do is buy it build the flats…
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Valuation Survey Timescales - any advice
Hello, On buyer number two and currently it is six weeks after I accepted their offer. It took 1 month for the survey to be carried out and now it has been nearly two weeks since they did the survey and there is not sign of the report. Am I being unreasonable in thinking this is ages. The survey was carried out by…
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How long for mortgage offer?
Hi, just a quick one. Our valuation survey was done last friday (13th). How long does it usually take to get the mortgage offer out, if all was ok? DO we get the valuation report with the mortgage offer? Sorry, FTB and no idea of timescales. When you don't know when things are supposed to happen, it's hard to know if you…
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Rent Book
Hi Firstly i would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who has contributed on this board, it has really helped me in purchasing my first property recently.:T Im looking to rent my property out and have a few people who are interested, however they have asked me for a rent book. Where and how do i get a rent book??…
