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Heres a different question!
Currently own (well mortgaged) a 25% share of my shared ownership home. This is a private shared ownership scheme, nothing to do with councils etc. I was extremely lucky to get this house, it needed a lot of work, and I'm halfway through that and been here a year. Plan to live here 5 years max (so long as things go to…
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Swindon
Hi All, does anyone know of a good letting agent in Swindon? I mean one that they could recommend as being professional and reliable. Thanks, Lsjhoa.
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How long for a drainage search?
Hi I agreed to an offer on the house i am selling in early july, but things seem to be moving really slowly. Should be a straightforward deal as my buyer has nothing to sell and i have nothing to buy. My estate agent is useless and never contacts me, i call every 14 days to speak to the progresser but she is never…
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IKEA Flat Pack House
Caught an article on this on Radio5 this morning and couldn't believe the "free publicity" "spin" and complete tripe that was being spouted about it. Houses will cost between £90k for a one bed and £150k for a three bed. Is that with or without the land? Not much difference. The radio article didn't make it clear. Want to…
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buyer has Northern rock mortgage agreed?
my second post today my home sale has fallen through and we are devastated.We are also selling a probate home which is almost there just waiting for a couple of searches but the buyers mortgage is with northeern rock agreed weeks ago before the crisis.Is there a cause for concern that this sale might also collapse??I was…
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Why do people lie!!! so upset!!!!
Well expecting exchange last Friday even had a copy of a letter sent from buyers solicitor to our solicitor saying this.Our buyers are not borrwing themselves as their house only just gone on the market, they were using equity relesaed from the mothers home via a loan from HSBC all this was agreed with HSBC 3 weeks ago and…
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Surveyors in Liverpool?
Hello, Can anybody recommend a charted surveyor in the Liverpool area? We are looking for a full survey on a grade 2 listed building. I have a list to go at but just wondering if anyone could recommend one!
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Renting private house advice?
I am looking to rent a house privately for my family, and we are going to look at a house tomorrow. I don't want to go through 'letting agents' as they charge all these 'non-refundable' fees. The house we have seen was in a private ad in our local paper. Having not rented private for many years, I wondered if anyone has…
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conversion of a link detached property into semi
Hi, I am currently living in a link detached property , my house is linked by my neighbours garage . My neighbour is looking to convert his garage to a kitchen elevating the ceiling with a pitched roof,this would convert my property to a semi detached property, despite my objections he has proceeded to construct without…
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Northern Rock has borrowed 10 Billion quid
According to Reuters, NR has just borrowed another 2.9 billion pounds from the Bank of England (ie. us, the taxpayer) taking borrowings to over 10 billion since they applied for emergency loans and that may go as high as 20 billion.... http://uk.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUKWLB285420071004 and yet they're still…
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Paying legal Fees for 'company' in Shared Ownership
Can anyone please advise? We are still going through purchasing a house through shared ownership and have now been told that we need to pay some of the legal fees for the company that we are jointly purchasing the house. Is this right? We are paying all our fees and an 'admin fee' of £300 to this company-can anyone please…
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Has anyone got the web address of
site that gives recent property sales in any area ~ Free site please. Want to find out what properties have recently sold for.
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Rotten neighbour
Came across this site http://www.rottenneighbor.com/, I wish we had something like that in the UK! :p
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stamp duty
Hi peeps Ok so im looking to buy a flat and the vendor has accepted my offer of £270,000 (negotiations done through the estate agent). The stamp duty is £8100 which is a real killer. Obviously i want to reduce this if possible. so please tell me what are there if any ways of doing this. over and out! cheers!
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best and final offers - tactical tips please???
Hello, You may have read my earlier thread bemoaning the state of the West London zone 2 housing market. Anyway, earlier this week we bid on a house that is currently in very poor condition but on a very desirable road. It is currently divided up into two flats and needs an enormous amount of work, but because of its…
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Fail Proof Strategy for Creating High-Yield Equity
[SIZE=-1]Exclusive Realty & Investments is leading the way in creating high equity for homeowners and investors. This company provides services ranging from 100% construction financing to property design and development. This company is able to work with all types of investors and homeowners. They also offer assistance to…
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council tax they want us to inform on our son
Got a letter of the benefit people, they had been informed my youngest son is resident at this address, he moved out two years ago.. He, has or will inform them of his new address as he is moving again this weekend.. They said if we do not let them know in 14 days.. lists of reason why we not let them know etc... also they…
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Advice needed re:property sale
Ok, bit of a complicated story but would really appreciate any advice. Around 10yrs ago my dad bought a property. Part of the deposit at the time was loaned to him by another guy who, as a guarantee for loan repayments was put on the deeds as joint owner. Since then, the guy has not contributed to the running of the…
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Tesco suspends private seller service
Dear User I am writing to let you know that unfortunately Tesco Property Market is suspending its private seller service. Tesco Property Market has been enormously popular, offering value and choice to our customers, however, the high profile launch of our service raised questions about the status of on-line private sale…
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I THINK I have been served a section 21 notice, not sure...
I've been reading a little about Section 21 but dont fully understand the implications for me. I am due to sign my forms on Saturday to move into a rented house the same day. Nowhere on the form does it mention the actual words "Section 21" but don't know if this matters? The form reads as below: "Take notice that at some…
