-
Received Offer After Closing Date
Hi there. I post a message on behalf of a friend. Basically an offer was placed for her apartment after the closing time/date which was approx 2% more. The problem is that she wasn't made aware of this and already a valuation has been done, and pending structural report come tomorrow. She's been told that she can accept…
-
Completed on Monday - Solicitor not paid mortgage off yet
Hi I completed on Monday but had to wait till tuesday for my money as my solicitor said we missed their end of banking day at 3.30 (we completed at 3.31!!!) We got our money yesterday at 3pm I've just checked my bank balance and noticed my mortgage payments have gone out today (Direct debit) and phoned the bank to explain…
-
How many bedrooms???
Hi All, Quick q... Although it is possible to see how much a house has sold for in the past. Is it possible to find out how many bedrooms the property had at the time of the transaction... Thanks.
-
Alternative ways to Earn money from Spare Room
Having got so sick of having a full time Loger over the past year (he who ran the washing machine 2-3 times a day often for 1 item and spent 2 hours in the bathroom every morning but never did any cleaning!), I have decided I would like to essentially live on my own for a while. However, this will be a massive financial…
-
Time to invest in real assets that generate income?
Hello I am a small time investor, I had bought a villa a few years ago that done well, on let, I used the equity from this to buy a flat (residential). Also have a property overseas off plan. But I am increasingly worried. My worry is that these so called property assets, are not 'real' assets, but more liabilities. They…
-
Service charge question
OH and me bought a house three months ago and the service charge was paid until July 07 which we refunded the vendor for. So I am expecting a bill soon for about £900. Will I have to pay this in one go or can I do DD?
-
Question on mayor works. Please help me!
I am in the process of buying an ex council flat and was just told that some mayor works are being planned next year but noone is able to give me any indication of costs at this stage. Can anyone give me a rough estimate? the works are the following: - re-covering of existing asphalt roof to include better insulation -…
-
buying fixed price houses in Scotland
We bought our flat from the council for £22,000 a few years ago, the council has now decided that they are going to renovate the buildings which will cost roughly £14,000 per household in the building, there is a grant available which would probably take it down to around £7,000. As we are trying to clear our debts we…
-
Shared Ownership
Apologies if this has been covered before, (I had a quick look through the recent threads and couldn't see anything.) My girlfriend and I are thinking about buying a house next year, she's a student and I'm earning 17k a year. (both first time buyers, don't really have a clue) Obviously at the moment no-one is going to…
-
Perhaps this explains the quality of many newbuild properties
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_frm/thread/009019a2521ac2e0/ad85becd1a15d52e#ad85becd1a15d52e This may be an explanation of the quality of some newbuild developments we've been seeing.
-
Are buyers delaying on survey...
We accepted an offer from our buyers three weeks ago and the chain was completed a week later, we have already had the homebuyers survey done on th house we are buying however as yet our buyers still have not even given us a date of when we can expect the valutaion survey to take place. according to our estate agent (who…
-
Brown may call General Election in October.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2176379.ece I honestly believe this man knows exactly how the economy is shaping up, and the damage that a housing slowdown could do to the opinion polls. His polls are up in his honeymoon period, and I think he realises that they are at the highest he will get, so he's…
-
buying in northampton ??
does anyone know if Northampton is an up coming area to buy a house ? dont want to buy in the worng area nd they say location location location a key priority when buying as house prices may not always rise in a bad area !Any info on the northampton, wellingborough areas ??
-
New scheme from Barratts!
http://firstrung.co.uk/articles.asp?pageid=NEWS&articlekey=6820 Is it just me or does this smack of desperation? Has this country finally gone mad?
-
Lack of comms from EA - WWYD?
Our apartment has been on the market for four weeks now – and since speaking to the EA when he came round to take photos I have not heard from them AT ALL! Now, as yet we haven’t signed a contract – they said it would be put in the post, but it hasn’t turned up. I don’t see why I should be chasing them!! Now, I know that…
-
Grrrr, letting agent trying to charge us for damage
We have received a letting from the letting agent we used saying that they are going to deduct £154 from our deposit because of damage to the freezer door. My DH then phoned the agents last night to inquire what the damage was and they said it was the rusting to the front of the freezer door. DH told them that the rust…
