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How to renegotiate sale price ?
During legal work I find the property I'm purchasing has been underpinned 16 years ago :mad:. Seller is prepared to place the building insurance under my name however I wish to renegotiate on the price as I wasn't told upfront before my offer was placed. The Seller seems really stubborn I tried to renegotiate after my…
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What is the best option?
Hi there, My question falls in to two parts really and i need some advice please. My mother suffered a stroke recently and is still in hospital, she will go straight to a nursing home which we will have to pay for since her assets are over £21,000. She lived on her own. The house is now empty however we do look after it.…
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What would you advise someone currently thinking of buying?
*EDIT - TITLE OF POST SHOULD BE "WHAT WOULD YOU ADVISE SOMEONE CURRENTLY THINKING OF MOVING" My sister's been umming and ahing over moving house for a couple of years now. They own a really lovely 30s house in an average area and she'd ideally like a more modern house in a more child-friendly location. Last I understood,…
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Dodgy investment
I'm just looking to see if anyone else thinks this is as ridiculous as I do as it's an argument I've had with the father in law and at some points it has got pretty heated and I'm just looking for re-assurance that I've not been out of order in my thinking lol Father in law is wanting to help sister in law get foot on…
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still no valuation what should I do?
I posted this last week and did receive a few replies but unfortunately can't find the thread so sorry for posting again basically we are selling our house to friends of our neighbours, they own their current home outright and are going to rent it out and are taking a mortgage to buy ours (I don't know how much of a…
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Heating never been checked by Landlord.
To cut a long story short, Im just about to move out of a rented property. The heating has been on the blink since before xmas, and when i sat down and thought about it, never once, in the two years that we've been here, has the boiler/central heating system been inspected. Is this illegal?
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house sale
Can anyone help me should i sell my house first move back to my parents then buy again? or just stay in the chain to purchase my new home
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What are my rights regarding inspections?
I know the letting agents need to give notice when they wish to do an inspection, last year they just turned up at my front door and said they had sent a letter requesting entry to the property. This year pretty much the same thing has happened again. I rang up yesterday to report a problem, they said an inspection is due…
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Mortgage Help
ok a bit of a complicated one here. my mums husband died in the middle of the year and she is desperate to move from where she is. she currently lives in the middle of nowhere on a retirement park. the house is all paid for with no mortagage and she desperately needs a new car. she is on pension credit and gets her council…
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Handing over rental propert back to landlady on Sat - Advice needed
This was my first ever rental property which i used for 8 months in between a house move. I am handing back the property on Saturday and wanted to know if there was anything I needed to keep in mind? The landlady has an inventory and everything on there is in the property, nothing missing and nothing broken. I have had the…
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Set Fee for Estate Agency
Hi, Im not sure who to contact, so perhaps someone here can help me. Im an Estate Agent with a company that charges a fixed fee (not percentage based and very low) for house sales. I dont want to breach the guidelines by giving details and am not sure how to go about having an article promoting these services on…
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Tenant not turning on heating.
I have friend who has not turned on the heating in his rented accomodation for about 3 years. Is he liable for any damage that may occur by not turning it on?
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Estate Agents Fees + VAT ?
Just a quick simple question. Is it normal practice for estate agents to charge VAT on the fee when they sell your house. It's bad enough that their fees are way disproportionate to the work they do, but this just adds insult to injury. I spent some time negotiating our fee down to 1.25%, only to find in the documentation…
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BBC 'almost' use the 'C' word.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7191012.stm Possibly the closest the media have come yet to actually calling a crash.
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Shared Ownership Homes
Just wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction to any good sites that give good advice and information about shared ownership homes please. My mate is considering it and would like to know where to start. Many thanks.
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Management Companies, Charges etc
Rather than hijack someone elses thread I thought I'd start my own. How are management fees set? If I was a rapacius ba$tard of a developer I'd wait until all the flats in my development were sold and then up the service charge from 3s6d pa to £50,000. That this doesn't happen makes me think that there must be rules to…
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Can Managing Agent Increase Charges by over 50%?
We purchased our flat a few years ago. The managing agents charge a six monthly fee for the upkeep of the block etc. All fine and well. In December we received a letter informing us that due to water damage in many of the flats, the fees have increased by 50% :eek: due to the insurance premiums increasing in response to…
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Interested in a flat... but is the landlord legit?
Hello, Wondered if you lovely people could give me some advice? I've found a flat advertised privately that I really like the sound of. The landlord says that he doesn't get keys until mid February because it's "a new purchase". Didn't seem keen to elaborate. My OH reckons this means that the landlord does not in fact…
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Early drawdown on mortgage
As some may remember i posted on here that my mortgage was drawn down by my solicitor a week before completion. I have been chasing the solicitor for the interest they have earned on this money. I have sent them several emails, left voicemails and even spoken to them on 2 occasions. They have not responded to my request…
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RICS report worst house price figures since early 90s
Is there anyone out there on this group still dense enough to be advising people to jump into the market right now? http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article3193239.ece The gloomy result is the worst since November 1992 in the closely watched poll carried out by the Royal Institution of Chartered…
