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Corporation Tax??
I wonder if anyone can help me? If a company buys a house for me until I have sold my own house, then I pay them back when I get a mortgage for the new hose, would they have to pay corporation tax on this?
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Cash buyer - proof of "cash"!
For clarity, I'm the cash buyer! We completed the sale of our previous house in early december (lucky us!), and we're living in a rented house. We're now about to put in an offer on a house we'd really really like to buy, but this is new territory for us - being a "cash" buyer. As we make our offer, the caveat is that we…
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DIY HIP - worried about land search
Hi - To save a bit of dosh, the wife and I are organising our own Home Information Pack (HIP) to sell our house. The only bit we're worried about is the land + drainage searches - I've seen some conveyancers' websites stating that they offer insurance on their searches in case the information in the search is factually…
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How long to completion ?
Hi, Brief history, my offer was accepted on a house 2nd Jan. A property developer friend came with me a week later to advise if I needed a structural survey - and I do due to some external cracks. The structural survey is booked for early next week and report should be with me by the end of the week.. If the survery is OK,…
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Advice for a quick sale - please
First post, hope it makes sense! We need to sell our house quickly. It's been on the market 9 months, 15 viewings, one offer of asking price which fell through because of bereavement of partner of prospective buyer. EA confident of asking price, all viewers feedback has been positive. Young couple viewed 2 weeks ago, loved…
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making and offer subject to completio in x months....
Hello, We are going to look at a property this weekend and have a suspicion that the owners have not yet found somehwere esle to buy. We have no chain. What are the ins and outs of offering £(asking price minus a bit) with the conditions that the vendors complete within (2 to 4) months? I ask because a guy at work has been…
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I need some advice, please!!
I really like this house but it is well above my budget. Which one of these two houses will be value for money in the long run, I just need members opinion on this? I think, the first one is too big for daughter. She does not really need a house that big, but the location is perfect. My other concern is how expensive is it…
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Grrr underhand...maybe?
Had offer on our property, negotiated and accepted. We were going to rent for a bit then we found a wicked deal on a property in our ideal area so we put in offer it was accepted. We accepted in Oct, our offer was accepted in Nov. Finally this Friday we were due to exchange / complete on both properties and on Monday the…
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Housing Market Downturn - Really?!
I've bid on 3 properties that have come on the market since 3rd January, as follows : Property 1 - listed at offers over £220k. I bid £245k. Property 2 - listed at offers over £225k. I bid £249,950. Property 3 - a complete renovation project, listed at offers over £145k. I bid £170,050. All three of these properties…
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How many viewings should we expect?
Hi Everyone We have just put our house on the market as we are re-locating and starting new jobs It has been up since last thursday and we have had 2 viewings already - its not even been advertised in the local paper yet! I think this is great and would only have expected 2 or 3 in a month really. My parter thinks we…
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still waiting for deposit back
previous tenancy was up on 25th december and still waiting for the letting agents to return my deposit. All bills for the place are long since settled so they cant be waiting for that. I said in my leaving letter that the deposit should be returned within 28 days. Is there any particular limit on when they must return any…
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Private v Social for Rent - Derby/Nottingham
Hi, I am looking to rent a 1/2 bedroom flat/house in Derby or Nottingham. I realise my budget isn't much and probably wont get much for my money but i have a serious situation at home that i need to get away from. I am a quiet individual so obviously i am looking for somewhere quiet to live. If anyone knows of a or have a…
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References from LA
HI, I am in the process of applying for a house to Rent through an agent. I am currently renting with another agent, due to leave on the 21st Feb. I obviously gave my current LA details as a reference to the new LA, but it has been a 10 days and the new agent says they have not received any reference as yet. There is no…
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Advice re Tenants in Common set up
Being dumb here no doubt but my partner and I are buying a property which we are planning to hold as "tenants in common" . The mortgage is £175,000, the purchase price is £225,000. The £50k deposit is mine. What would we show as the "unequal share" percentage on the transfer deed ? Would the split be 60/40 in my favour to…
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How legal are landlords tennacy agreements?
What I mean is to be legally binding do they have to be signed by a solicitor or at least our signature witnessed? On ours under our signature it has 'witness by' then blank and the same under our landlords. What makes them legally binding? I dont know how to word what I mean but any advice would be great.
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Rented flat faulty fire leaking Carbon Monoxide
Any help or advice on this would be greatly appreciated.. My partner and I are in rented accommodation. Last week a new boiler was fitted in my kitchen, this took about 3 days. Before the gas man left he said he would check the gas fire appliance in the lounge also. He looked a little alarmed and asked if we had been…
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Barratt Part Ex-change
I'm looking into the possibility of part exchanging my house to buy a Barratt house, how-ever I don't have any idea what they are likely to offer, I had a number of valuations done prior to putting the house on the market 6 months ago. The offers varied from 137000 up to 150000, I ended up putting the house on the market…
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renting a place in london with 2 french people with no uk gurantors...
renting a place in london with 2 french people with no uk gurantors... yesteday i put a holding deposit on a place in london (£450pw) but the asking price is £490pw - move in is 28th feb so we are hoping landlord will take our offer. Thing is is that i can supply a uk Gurantor (my dad) but the two other people can only…
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Selling house with possible 'movement' - advice please
Hi, A long(ish) post, thanks for taking the time to read! We're in the process of selling the wife's old house which was let out until last Aug but is now vacant. It's a standard 2 bed terrace on at approx. 100K. In a slow local market we got our first offer (after approx. 3 months) of 95K which we gladly accepted.…
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HIPs tell buyers how much YOU paid for your property
Hi all, The Land Registry documents in HIPs for second hand homes clearly state how much the seller paid for the property when they bought it. Depending on how long ago this was do you think the buyer could make use of this information when negotiating/putting in an offer? While these documents were available before I…
