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Cost of Survey
Hi, Just had an offer accepted on a house for £235. I'm a FTB so forgive my lack of knowledge! The original part of the house is clay lump & then there has been an extension within the last 30 years or so. I'm going to get a full structural survey done for peace of mind, does anybody have any idea of what figure I would…
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Equity charge on the property that shouldn't be there?
I've just had one of "those" phone calls that make you want to punch a wall. I haven't put all pieces of the puzzle together yet but here's what it looks like so far: * I bought my current house two years ago. Shortly before the exchange of contracts, my solicitor is informed by the seller's solicitor that not only is…
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will interest rates rise to 6% in august?
what are people's thoughts. is there a site that tracks uk inflation levels and how does this work?
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Deposit on Rented flat?
My husband and I are moving from one rented flat to another on Saturday. Our current landlord came round earlier today (my husband was there and I was at work) to inspect the property. She said everything was OK and that we would get our deposit back but she said she would need to give us a cheque. My husband told her that…
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What kind of survey is this likely to be?
Just found out our survey is tomorrow and will last "no more than half an hour". out of interest, based on the time taken is this likely to be the homebuyer or the full on structural survey?
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Bought a new build and may be price drops in neighbouring properties
We have bought a new build house from a small developer and we are first in to stay in the estate. We thought the estate would be popular and bought on the first day they went on sale 6 months ago. Valuation survey said the price we paid was just ok but was at top of the range. We have now just moved in and only 1 other…
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"Build a £1 million property portfolio"
Just received this e-mail from Primelocation and wondered if anyone had ever been to one of these seminars and what they say at them.... I dare say its a load of old bull$*it but thought i'd see if anyone had experienced one? (BTW, have removed the links so that no one gets scammed from me posting this on here if it is…
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Quick Advice
What a great website, wish i had found it sooner! Just been reading all about buying and upon seeing some of the topics in this forum, they are definitly helpful. Anyway, to cut it short, im a first time buyer who viewed a property for the first time yesterday. Yes i know i should look at more property's first, but i love…
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UK house prices 'stall'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6916823.stm
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Exceeded Overdraft - Affect Mortgage Offer?
Hi. Me and my partner are first time buyers who have received an agreement in principle for a 100% mortgage with mortgage express. It's a fairly low mortgage - and a low salary to loan ration (under 3x). Our broker has completed our application and sent in all the necessary documentation. Our application is currently being…
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Buyer excuses, sale going nowhere
My house is for sale, and a couple of months ago I accepted an offer on it. After that, pretty much nothing has happened! It seems like the sale is going nowhere! No survey has been done (or even arranged with me) yet, but the buyer says that they paid for one a few weeks ago (from the Bank Of Ireland). The bank apparently…
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Threat of eviction - joint liability. Legalities
My 22 year old son moved into a house with a friend 18 months or so ago. I went with him when he signed the original 6 month contract. He didn't have to sign anything to do with condition of property or deposit because his housemate had been living there with a number of different people (one at a time) for a few years.…
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Threat of eviction - joint liability. Legalities
My 22 year old son moved into a house with a friend 18 months or so ago. I went with him when he signed the original 6 month contract. He didn't have to sign anything to do with condition of property or deposit because his housemate had been living there with a number of different people (one at a time) for a few years.…
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leaseholder obliged to allow electrical checks?
Hello, Whilst at work yesterday I received a note from an electrician who had called round to carry out electrical safety checks on behalf on the managing agents. Apparently this inspection is vital to my safety :rolleyes: I'm just checking to make sure that as the leaseholder of the flat I'm under no obligation to let…
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Day of the move...paying off the mortgage?
I am moving house next week, and the solicitors have kindly passed on a charge to me that I am not happy about. Assuming they receive the money from the purchasers of my house on the day, shouldn't they pass it on to my mortgage company to clear the debt straight away? They claim they will have a cheque from my purchasers…
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selling some of the land next to the house, help needed
Hi My mother-in-law has a house which belonged to the council previously. They moved there a long long time ago and it is surrounded by parkland which my father-in-law used to look after ie the house was sort of tied to the park along with one other house and he was a sort of park keeper. This house, as well as having a…
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Unable to sell house- getting desperate - please help
We've had our property up for almost a year now. Its on a popular road in a good area yet we've seen houses up for sale and then sold quickly on the same road since ours has been up We've used almost every estate agent in the are - currently up with 3 now We've reduced the price as much as we can We are now desperate and…
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Royal Mail's iammoving Change of address service - Any Experience?
We are about to move house and I came across a service on Royal Mail's website which links to iammovingdotcom, whereby they will inform, for free, the companies you select from their list of 1500, of your change of address. Sounds great, but it occurred to me that it could be a nightmare if it doesn't work very well. Does…
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Homebuyer Survery And Valuation
Hello, I have just recieved my HSV and it has pointed a few actions that need doing which is fine as was expecting them. However it has valued the house at £85000 when we have put an offer in at £88000, I feel the vendor wont accept a lower offer as we had to fight for the 88000 is this a big problem or more just…
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Latest House Price Inflation News (Slowdown)
Going to collate a few articles: Nationwide's latest House Price Index shows MoM 0.1% and YoY 9.9%. Meaning in July the growth was lower than it was this time two years ago when the market had severe signs of sticking just before that infamous August Interest rate cut, which almost immediately sent house price growth…
