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Low offer catch 22
I am a FTB considering buying a 2 bed flat thats on for £100,000. I want to put an offer in and due to the strong situation I'm in and the current state of the market I'm thinking I should offer £85kish. Does this sound about right? If I do offer this low and it gets accepted it will set me quite far back if I pay for…
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Liable to Capital Gains Tax? Own 1 property
Am I liable to Capital Gains Tax? – Own ONE property only which I rent out Hi. This is the first time I have posted anything on this site and would be very grateful for any advice. Apologies in advance for the length – I just want my situation to be clear. I have read through various web sites and can’t find any examples…
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landlord selling: notice period with new LL?
Our current LL is selling the house we are renting with the new buyer (who lives next door and is very nice) agreeing to take us on as tenants. We have been renting this house for 10 months now (while we search for somewhere to buy) and our current contract was for 6 months in the first instance followed by a rolling…
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Can i move in
Hello My girlfriend lives in a council house with her mum. Question: Can i move in and pay rent to her mum, or would the council kick up a fuss? Thanks
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No entrance hall - would this put you off?
Hi all My house has been on the market since July last year. It is a 5 year old 3 bedroom mid terraced townhouse. I have had around 16 viewers most of which still had houses to sell. The most common objection I have had from feedback is the fact that the front door opens straight into the living room. However once past…
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HIP question, I need advice please :)
We've found a buyer for our house - they were the first people to walk through the door. The house was sold so fast that it went under offer before the HIP was done. Is it possible that we can delay the HIP being done, and maybe even get out of it altogether? Money's so tight at the moment that if we can proceed without it…
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house not selling?
We have been trying to sell our house since May 07. It is in an excellent school catchment area and is well presented. We have had about 12 viewings - feedback usually the same - garden too small/want another room downstairs. Obviously, these are things we cannot change. We have reduced the price already. Any advice?
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adoption of sewers??
This is what is holding up my completion date- been waiting nearly two weeks for the housing asosication to give this info to solicitors apparently it's an issue with new build homes? i spoke to my friend who said that her sewers haven't been adopted yet she was still able to move in to her house Are houses and flats…
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Nrothern Rock Buying Own Repos
Link Northern Rock has lent people silly amounts of money to buy overpriced property. When those people can no longer pay the mortgage they are reposessed and NRK end up buying them out for less than they originally paid using taxpayers' guaranteed funds. NRK will end up as a massive, state owned buy to let company at this…
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Kingsthorpe, Northampton - any locals?
Hi All, We're currently looking at property in Kingsthorpe, Northampton but don't know the area too well. We've seen a couple of places in Whitehills that we like the look of, but aren't really sure about the area. I've heard of a few places to avoid (St Davids) but we'd be really grateful if any locals could give us the…
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Info on areas?
Hiya, I'm really sorry as im sure this will have been posted a million times but i dont appear to have much luck with the search facility! We live in Doncaster and are thinking of moving to another area, i know where it is, looked at the Ofstead reports for the schools and had a drive around but wondered how other ppl…
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nethouseprices.com - Info needed...
Howdy, I've noticed a property showing on nethouseprices as follows : Oct 2007 - £230,000 May 2004 - £375,300 Both listings show as a sale ("Sale? : Yes"). It's definately the same property, and I know it hasn't been significantly changed in recent years. The house, and all its immediate neighbours usually sell for £200k…
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Buy To Let to Relatives
Anyone know which providers allow you to get a BTL mortgage if you are renting to relatives? I've heard that its often not allowed but that some lenders are OK with it. My grandparents want to move to a retirement flat. The have a property now but this is worth a lot less than the new property. The idea is that we could…
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claim back deposit??
I must warn you all i have a lengthy post My partner and I moved into a flat through C Estates in september 2006 and signed a 12 month contract also we provided gurantors, for me it is my father as I am a student for my partner also a student, his fathers annual earnings were not sufficient for him to be used as a…
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Block Flat Repairs
Hi all, I bought a flat last May in a block(leasehold with share). I live on the 2nd of the 3 floors. Today I have been sent a letter from the managing agents that I should pay nearly £7,000 for roof repairs and tree trimmings and I need to pay by the end of February/08 else I'll incur extra charges. These expenses were…
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Eviction notice
have been served an eviction order but they have spelt my first name wrong. The eviction order is from a solicitor, not a court (yet;) ), do I have to comply despite my name being spelt wrong.
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Spraying tom cat threatening deposit - help!
I've also posted this on the pets forum but thought it was worth putting it here as it's about our house and means we will probably lose our deposit... Any advice very gratefully received: six months ago we moved into a rented house (including catflap, amazingly) with our cat, who is female, spayed and very timid. We…
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How Much should I offer?
Hello friends I saw a wonderful house today that I really liked that is on the market for £465,000. I have been looking for a while and most other places I saw didn't quite fit the bill, but this little gem was perfect for what I am looking for, and I'm really keen to move ahead with the purchase. I have about half the…
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Housing Assosication Not Paying Compensation
Hi,my problem is with my previous landlord(Housing !!!) from July 2006 when I was living in the there property.i was placed there by the council as a I was in a womans refuge due to domestic violence and the property was temporary accomadation for me and my son.This is the story. A night in july my son had fallen alsleep…
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estate agent advisers
Wondering can anyone help. I am in the process of applying for trainee mortgage positions at various estate agents. Can any estate agent advisers, give me an incline on what could be asked at an interview, for countrywide estate agents: bairstow, abbotts etc? Thanks in advance.:p
