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Building Society retaining £2000
Can anyone help please? Currently in the process of selling but buyers b.s. are retaining £2000 due to the 'damp problem' and for work to remedy it. We have had a second opinion and are told there is no problem. (as we thought). Buyers need full amount of mortgage - can you challenge their surveyor, if so, how? Thanks.
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Stupid question about money leftover
I know this is stupid, however.... if my mortgage was (say) 50,000, and my house was being bought for (say) 60,000 and over the last few years I'd paid off about 4000... when the money was paid over to me, am I right in thinking my mortgage provider would get 46,000 and I would receive 14,000?
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Online Conveyancing???
Hi people! This is my first ever post so bear with me!!! I'm about to sell a property and have stumbled across online conveyancing. The quoted rates are incredibly reasonable however the thought of an online firm receiving the proceeds of the sale seems a little uncomfortable. Can anyone recommend this service or does…
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Right to Manage
Hi Just after some advice on taking out a RTM company. I have found a company who will do it all for us for £495 each. I am in a converted house which consists 2 self contained flats. We meet the criterea to do so, but i wondered if anyone had done this and whether it is worth it? Currently my managing agents charge around…
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3 Years, Can I make money with a house?
Hi Everybody. I have been saving hard and working hard for several years now and have recently become debt free earlier on this year. I have just signed a 3 year work contract in Plymouth, so I know I will be in the area for the next 3 years and my job is pretty stable. I’m a single guy, renting currently at £420 a month…
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FTB hell!
I think I'm about to see my third potential property fall through. I've spent approx £3000 to date on things that I've not got any benefit from. IF anyone has some advice or tips on the situation below, I'd be most grateful. I put in an offer 3 weeks ago for a Victorian conversion first floor flat. The vendor was just…
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Letting company in receivership
My girlfriend and I have just bought our first house and have moved out of our old rented flat. We left the flat in tip-top condition and have been waiting to get our deposit back. We have now discovered that the letting company has gone into receivership and, as our deposit was held in their current account rather than a…
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Bl00ming freeholder!! Again!!
Hi Folks, Righty ho, some of you kindly answered my query a couple of weeks ago about my idiot freeholder who is basically being abusive and a pain in the butt. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=506899&highlight=MysticNacho Well today, he called in on my partner as he was doing some bits and bobs…
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Buying An Old House With An Attic Conversion.
Hilfe Hilfe! We're in the advanced stages of buying a 100+ year old property that has at some stage had the attic converted. The house was built in 1870ish and converted into 2 semi detached houses in 1920ish. We have a couple of photographs of the house in 1955 that clearly shows the attic window, but we don't know…
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Declaration of trust template where?
I have read that there are declaration of trust templates available online, however have not found any. Does anyone know where there are templates for declarations of trust agreements? It is to set out how much myself and partner are putting into our house being bought in my name. Thanks
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Info on perodic tenancy
After reading lots of not good things about S21 notices, I thought I would check through my paperwork and it appears that I haven't been given one of these which is good? As the six month tenancy is up on 4th November I thought I would give the agency a ring to see if they were planning on renewing the lease as I will be…
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advice needed
am currently in a bit of a dilemma, have seen two properties i'm interested in - feel like have been looking for ages!! 1 is a 2 bed flat in a town centre-ish location, needs quite a bit of work, ie bathroom, kitchen, windows and combi putting in, this is on the market at 70k - others in better condition have been selling…
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Survey advice please
I am a FTB in the process of buying a house. Once bought one of things I'd want to do would be extend the kitchen into the outhouse which adjoins it. The outhouse looks to me to be in good condition (same condition as the house anyway) its also got electricity and water plumbed for a washing machine hence the idea to…
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UK Sub-prime could be worse than US
Interesting article. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=axWmsMHJDjiQ&refer=columnist_lynn
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Planning application - rights regarding being informed?
My parent's next door neighbour has put in planning permission to change their home into apartments. The council did not inform my parents, who have only found out by accident. They are still within time to write to the planning office (just), but would like extra time to go over the plans and register their concerns.…
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terminating a tenancy early
the problem has now been resolved
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planning permission, any chance bearign in mind house has had a two storey extension
as per header, currently looking at a house that has had a two storey extension to the rear done already, i would possibly be looking to have a further single storey extension to the rear of the property sometime in the future. I don;t know the full rules on this but understand that generally if an extension has been done…
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Interview for a Housing Association property
I have been offered an interview with a local housing association for a new build property. The interview is happening at my mums and i was just wondering whether anyone knew what they will be looking for or the types of questions they will be asking?? :confused: I get nervous with things like this and don't want my nerves…
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how much value might my extension add to home??
Hi all, I have a query about a possible extension and a bit of a dilemma... Our house at the moment is valued at 200k. We have been offered a Disabled Facilities Grant of up to £50k to add a downstairs shower-room (enlarging the existing small toilet there) and a dining room off the kitchen providing an extra bedroom on…
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sub letting common amongst some eastern europeans ?
a good friend of mine owns a string of houses across london.....in the past couple of years 90& of his tenants have been eastern european. He told me most have been paying rent on time, kept house in good condition ETC But he said recently what has been happening is that he instead of a whole group of them moving in and…
