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Offer from couple who both have properties to sell...?? please advise
Hello, We have told by our estate agent this morning that a couple who have viewed a few times are going to make an offer today. Waiting to hear what excately. Our situtation is that we are not buying another property so no forward chain from us. But they both have properties to sell, both under offer, hers with the same…
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Advice needed on offer size
Hi We found a 1st floor flat that matches all our expectations, it is in good area and good size etc. It is on the market for £250.000, and the current owner bought it for £217.500 about 21 month ago, no improvements made. We were thinking to offer something in the region of £235K (estimate based on average house price…
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Will Landlord reduce last months rent if we leave possestions?
We will be moving out in about 2 months so we havent yet informed the LL, just incase things fall through. We need to give 4 weeks notice. Our last flat we were in gave us a discount on our last months rent for all the work we did the the place, however that was through an agent. This LL has his own letting buisness and…
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cold feet, please advise.
my partner and i are looking at buying our first house, we both currently live with parents, we have had an offer accepted and we have just had the survey back. the people we are buying off have not yet found a property they want to buy so time is dragging on. o know this is to be expected but i'm just starting to get far…
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NB 3 bed semi - wise choice atm?
***I posted this in the mortgage forum by mistake*** Ive put the deposit down and the house is due to be complete in june. Its a 3 bed semi for £182000 and its located in east lothain scotland. I bought a 2 bed apt at the same site 2 yrs ago and its increased in value by over 30k so ill be putting down a 20k deposit on the…
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Tenant Advised not to pay rent!
Hey All I received a phone call at the end of November, informing me that the tenants heating wsnt working properly. Pipes were blocked etc, after replacing radiators and pipes it was eventually fixed took about two weeks in total. I then received another phone call a week later that the hot water was not working properly.…
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Buying part of neighbours garden
Just moved into my house and at the bottom of my garden over the fence is a patch of land (about big enough to put a 8'x6' shed on). It's the bottom of my neighbours garden and has not been touched in about 20 years. I saw her next door neighbour throwing his old cuttings etc over it the other day and thought if it's going…
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Mortgage vs Secured loan
Hi there everyone, just a query really I am just about to purchase a new home, but i will only need a small mortgage (approx £20,000), I am dept free, and have no major outgoings at the moment (of course this will change once a purchase) and I was just wondering if it would save me money, or if it is even possible to get a…
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Rightmove -0.8%
In the Daily Hell: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=509400&in_page_id=1770&ito=newsnow
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More than 1 morg? Please help!! despearte to help my mum..
Right let me start... Im despereate to help my mum, my dad leftabout 2 years ago, just upped & left no word nothing..blah blah..lots went on but the house.. Its a joint morg, she ahas been scrimping & saving working all hours god sends & more.. to pay morg on her own, at one point it was in arrears but recovered now i…
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Have you sold using Internet based Estate Agent?
Has anyone out there used an online Estate Agent? Im thinking of using WOW which charge £900. They advertise on Rightmove and Primelocation and we thought we would give them a go. Any pitfalls to this ? also we are going to put own ads in local shops.
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What are my rights as a land lord ? Friend advised but not sure if to go ahead.
:confused: Ok dont what the right and wrongs of it all. And will try and keep it straight forward. This is the 1 st time i have had problems with a tennt, there in arrears and i served them notice BUT they have still not made any effort to pay anything. Have an inspection arr arranged for the end of the week and a friend…
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Buying a new build
Hi, I would be grateful if somebody could give me some advice regarding buying new builds. I have been to a new buld development and am interested in purchasing an apartment, the only problem is the apartments will not be built until July or August. The developer is offering pay £99 move in deposit scheme for first time…
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We have to move out soon and don't know whether to buy or not
I think we have to buy this year... help us figure out what to do. Sorry, this will probably we long... Our situation is that we moved back over to the UK from the USA 12 months ago. We have been living with OH's mum- It was originally supposed to be temporary but once we figured out how much we needed to save for a…
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Bulgarian property viewing offer (£35) "Bulgaria Together" & "Paradise Deal".
I've just received some spam from known troublesome site "Paradise-Deal.com" offering a £35 trip to Bulgaria to look at property. (see http://spamtrackers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=CSL_Computer_Service) The telephone number of 0870 8900 500 on Google brings up "BulgariaForever.com". I'm trying to find out more about these…
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first property as a Landlord
Just wondered if anyone could reccommend any web sites for Landlords. I am just about to sign for my first Buy to Let property, and would like to make sure that I do everything legal and above board for me and my tennents.:j
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What to offer?
We are interested in a house up at £214950. The vendors have already moved, therefore it's vacant and the EA told us that one offer has already fallen thrugh. What sort of offer do you think is a fair offer?
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Open Bridging Loan
Whilst technically this is a financial question it is inexorably linked to this forum so I was hoping a member could point me in the right direction. My business partner is currently selling his house, however house one in the chain of four (He is number four) has fallen through. Everyone else sat tight waiting. He finds…
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Buy to let advice
Hi, I am new on the boards and just after a bit of advice. I am looking to get a buy to let mortgage in the very near future. The advisor I spoke to advised that I go for an interest only mortgage if I am going for buy to let. Am I right in understanding if i get this at the end of the mortgage I still have to pay the…
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Basingstoke and surrounding areas?
Hi We are having to move to Basingstoke due to work reasons. Does anyone here know of any surrounding villages/towns that they know to be a good place to live? Also what is the centre of Basingstoke like? Thanks in advance MM
