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Can anything else go wrong?!
My apologies in advance for the long post but if you have the time to read my list if problems when moving home please do and let me know what you think. I know moving is supposed to be stressful and there are always teething problems but do you think this a bit OTT? We’ve been very patient to now but cracks are starting…
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Do we have a house price blow out?
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Letting agency wont return deposit
We moved out of our rented property at the beginning of this month. The letting agency are refusing to give us back our deposit for 2 reasons:- they are claiming that the oven is not as clean as it should be. They say they have pictures of the condition of the oven, taken ( so they say) just before we moved in. They want…
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help buyer wants me to break chain!!!!
Hi I need some advise am in the process of buying a house and selling my own property. It took a while after the offer had been accepted on my place for me to find somewhere to buy which i have now done. The problem is that my buyers are getting very impatient nad have said they are goiung to pull out unless i break the…
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Advice needed on timing house purchase
We've had an offer accepted on a house 2 weeks ago. Vendor was looking for a property. Heard yesterday that they may have found. Estate agent was contacting vendor to clarify position. Vendor said they lost out when offering on that particluar house. They are actively looking, but have said they are willing to vacate…
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Great concerns about house prices rising?
We put our house on the market at a good price and sold within the first few days for full asking price...........couldn't belive it! We have been unable to find anywhere that we like to buy so are moving into rented for 6 months. Problem is places are selling as soon as they come on to the estate agents books, and we have…
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CORGI Certificate
I'm in the process of selling my flat and have a query about Gas Certificates. The buyer's solicitor queried: "Has a new central heating boiler, hot water tank, fire or flu had been installed since 1st April 2002? If so, a) supply a Certificate from and OFTEC, HETAS or CORGI installer to the effect that the installation…
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March Inflation figures out this morning
CPI +3.1% RPI +4.8% expect at least two more interest rate hikes this year. April's figure should be even higher as Crude has been even dearer since March.
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valuation..where to find out?
Wonder if anyone can help. When we sold our house the purchasers paid for a survey and valuation.The surveyors won't tell us the price (scotland).If we want to know we have to pay £250. Is there any site I can find out how much our house was valued at? ta
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Q re: joint property purchase
Hi Hope you can answer a few questions for me. Am I correct in thinking the usual multiple for borrowing as a couple is 2.5-3 times joint income? And that as a guide no more than approx one third of take home pay should be spent on rent/mortgage? ALSO - I will be bringing in more (approx £50k which will be our deposit). Is…
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Rugby club
I'm selling my house, when I eventually get a buyer do I have to tell them about the noise from the rugby club? During normal opening times the club is fine its just when they have functions and they get a disco in its a problem for the neighbours. Not me though as I'm not as near and my hearing is not perfect but If I go…
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estate agent question
Hi I am asking this question on behalf of my parents really. They have got their house on the market with 3 people but she wants to take it off with one agent which has done really nothing for them. In the 15months it has been on with this 1 agent they have only had 1 viewing from them. Never ring them and keep them…
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Picking an agent to sell our house
Am interested to see what some of the more experienced people on here would suggest with regards to selecting our agent. Have seen 2 so far: Agent 1 - very impressive, have dealt with him when looking at houses and liked the way he acted. Comes across very professionally. Valuation was £170k-£180k which appears reasonable…
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Buying Extra Land - Please Help
I’m posting here as I think I’ve the best chance of my post being read by those in the know. If it’s more appropriate elsewhere could a board guide please move it. I’ve attached a photo to help show what I’m on about. The biggest roof at (more or less) the centre of the picture is my house. Down and just to the left of it…
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Northern Ireland Rates bills
I'm not quite sure what the rest of the UK's equivelent to the rates are (I think it could be council tax) but this question relates to Northern Ireland homes and the accompanying rates bills that we receive. For the past couple of years the rates on my own house have been going up steadily without any explanation while…
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Private renting in my area
Where the best place to look for these? (other than the paper of course):rolleyes: always been happy renting privately than through a agency
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Stamp duty - any reward points etc?
I'm hoping to buy a new place soon and I was wondering if anyone out there had any tips on earning reward points or cashback when paying the stamp duty. I've been on the Revenue's website and they say they don't accept credit cards so that route doesn't seem to work. But, I was thinking of asking them if they accepted…
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Advice needed
We are first time buyers and interested in buying a house that weve seen, the vendors moved in 6 months ago spruced it up by painting it and putting in a new kitchen(not high spec £1k tops). The thing is they are asking for 18k more than what they paid for it 6 months ago, the EA said they move into properties spruce them…
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Access between exchange and completion
Don't know if anyone has experience of this - I have recently exchanged on a flat and the buyers have provided a 10% deposit. At the moment they are frantic because they are living in a hotel after leaving their rental accommodation (the sale took a little longer than expected) and will potentially continue to do so until…
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Nationwide madness!
Hi We made an offer which was accepted on a house and assumed that the mortgage would go through fine as we had already received a mortgage offer on a previous house which fell through. The previous mortgage offer was £128,000 and now were asking for £130,000. As this is only two grand extra I assumed this would be fine,…
