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No more BUY TO LET related threads please.
No More BUY TO LET Threads Please It has come to my attention that recently there has been a glut of people starting BUY TO LET related threads. Please can we have no more started. The topic has been done to death so far, but if people feel they need to discuss it more then please use the Singing Pig website. Any other…
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Can I sell my Freehold but keep property on leasehold?
Earlier this year we purchased the freehold of my wifes parents house for £16k as we were all going to sell up and move to one larger house. This has now not worked out and I would like to re-coup our £16k. Is there a market for selling the freehold element of the property and allowing us just to maintain the house on a…
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Excessive asking price?
I really need some advice -it may seem obvious but I have only ever bought one house and that was 10 years ago! We have put an offer in on a really nice house (at the very top of our budget). Today I got the survey back that will go to the mortgage lender and it basically says that the asking price is excessive and can't…
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first time renting(moving out of parents)
Little bit of advice please. Both myself and the landlady(I believe) are unsure as to the legal requirements of a rental agreement. Basically I do not have any experience renting as I am moving out of parents for first time. I have seen a flat and viewed it tonight and will be phoning the landlady to accept rental. However…
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Leasehold/Freehold Legal complicated situation
I'm posting this for a friend. He's got decisions to take, but it's a question of the best route. He owns a two floor top floor flat in a building. The flat has the residue of a 999 year lease. The building has three flats ( originally was 4 ). Each of the other 2 flats has a 1/4 share of the company that owns the…
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Best and worst places to live in essex?
with a budget of no more than £240000 min 2 bed.
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Agent Fee??
Hi, im about to rent my 1st flat and after viewing it today, i agreed to sign a "reciept for reservation" form for £155, and i meet with him thursday to pay bond, and sign all the appropriate papers. he always told me there will be an agency fee of aprox 1 quarter of the £385 rent. This came as a shock to me as i had…
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Buying/Adopting a road from the council
Does anyone have any experience of buying/adopting a road from the council. The is a small road that the council maintains that leads on to our share of freehold flats from the main road, which the freeholders could buy from the council and turn our flats into a gated development. There are 2 privately owned bungalows that…
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Print out legal documents
Can you find printouts of legal contracts like eviction notices on the web?
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a little question
we are just into the 2 wk notice period with EA (A) now if we get a new EA (B), sign for a sole EA as don't want to look desperate having 2. Then in the very slim chance EA (A) who has had people around to view in the past now gets an offer on our house. Whare do we stand with agent fees?
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Deeds Executed ???
What does it mean when Deeds are Executed
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Building Society is wrecking my friends life
what is your experience with building societys when setting up a mortgage a friend of mine is going through a nightmare with his and i was wondering what experiences you have encountered.
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Mortgage & Loan; Am I Doing The Right Thing?
My partner and i are 51 & 52, and live in rented accomodation at £850 pm. I am self employed and earn around 30k, my partner is employed and earns £18500. a mortgage of 140,000 has been agreed by L&C. we cannot get a 100% mortgage as i have had an IVA which was paid off in full january of this year. as we have no savings,…
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anyone's experiane of using mortgage lenders solicitor for transaction?
Looking into conveyancers- the mortgage company have their own convayencer, just wondered whether there was any difference between finding one myself or the mortgage lender doing it? Is the transaction any faster as a result of being with the mortgage lenders solicitors:confused: ?
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Letting Agent Keeping My Deposit (Again)
You'll have heard this time and time again and it seems to happen every time I end a tenancy agreement but I need some advise. I recently ended a tenancy agreement and the LA sent an agent round to complete a checking out inspection. No problems reported. It's now five weeks later and I've just phoned the LA and they say…
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Shared attic space.
Hello all, Anyone know what the "rules" are for attics/lofts these days? Have just found out that our house-to-be (victorian semi.) attic is open right through to next doors, ie no dividing wall. Is this a problem? I only know about it as neighbour -to-be told us, it wasnt mentioned on our survey. Someone we know seemes to…
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What to do with £50,000?
My husband has inherit £50,000 which is great but now we don't really now the best way to invest it. We have been thinking in buying a house in Spain but I don't know if £50,000 will be enough to buy something that doesn't need everything done to it. Has anybody have done something similar? Another option going up in the…
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Buying costs
Hi there i was wondering if i could get some clarification on the costs of buying a house. The house in question is £165000 so i now the the stamp duty is £1650 i am banking on about £500 for solicitors fees where i am getting confused is, do we need to buy a HIP as well as paying for a survey and search fees or a HIP…
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No Party Wall Agreement
We built a loft conversion with no party wall agreement. We have the proper Building Regs Approval. Does anyone know how this will affect us when we come to sell?:eek:
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problem with 2 bed flat! HELP
Hi there. Im in the process of buying a 2 bed garden flat - converted. I will try and give all details. ive offered asking price - 199,950 and report has come back saying that there is damp. vendors have offered 1000 pound towards it but on investigating, ive found out that the flat i may be buying has had 3 owners in 3…
