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Working out percentages
Hello, my math is useless... i just want to work out the below could someone help? I brought my house in 2005 for £185000 and had it valued by 3 agents yesterday at £225000. I've not done anything to the house. I would like to know what percentage increase that is? i.e. 14%(?) Thanks S
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Anyone from Newcastle upon Tyne
I'm after some advice from people who know Newcastle well. If you had the choice to rent/buy property in Newcastle, which areas would you: Avoid like the plague Probably consider Your second choice The area that you would choose first and foremost Thanks
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Planning Permission Consent Not Adding-Up
I've just had my first pack of documentation from my solicitor and it's worrying me a bit. The house that I want to buy has an extension and a conservatory on the back of that. I've been given a copy of the planning consent for the extension, which seems to be in order and conformation that the conservatory doesn't need…
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Conveyancing & solicitor costs when buying
Apologies if there is already a thread for this, but I can't find one. Can anyone give me a ballpark figure to allow for transaction costs on buying a one bedroom flat as a cash purchase? Need to build it into my calculations before deciding how high we can go on price. Would these costs be a percentage of purchase price,…
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Renting new house-need a bit of help with contract jargon
After all these years I still fail to understand why tenancy agreements cant be written in plain english:( Im moving into a new property in June and have found a clause in the agreement which regards insurance-its confused me. "Keep the interior of the Property and all fixtures and fittings therein in the same good clean…
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Council Tax Rebanding bill for house we sold last year
Hi there, Apologies if this isn't the right board for this....... We sold our house in Scotland last November and have just received a bill from the council due to them doing a rebanding exercise in the area. They have revalued properties as at Nov 2004 and our old house apparently has gone from group C to D. So, as we…
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property website
Do any of the property websites indicate how long a property has been on the market?
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Costs of renting for a single person?
Hi all, Last week I took voluntary redundancy and as such I have a small amount of spare cash, but it's enough that will allow me to put down a deposit for a rental. I currently live in my mum's 3 bedroom house which she lets out to me and one other (the third person moved out a few months ago). I pay a peppercorn rent to…
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Open house
Hi all, just wondering whether anyone has held an open day for viewing their property before? We are selling our house privately and have had a few viewings. 99 people have looked at our details on the internet and we have been in the local paper for the last 4 weeks. I am expecting a baby in 5 weeks so we are stepping…
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Flat with a short lease.
Could I ask a few questions re Leasehold flats... 1 Would a Mortgage be obtainable for a flat with only 75 years remaining on it's lease? 2 If the property was worth (guesstimate) £90k with a 'long' lease, by how much would the shorter lease affect the price? 3 How expensive is it to extend the shorter lease, if the…
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How to avoid time wasters?
Hi all Our house has been on the market for only 10 days, but of course had my first experience with time wasters already. Now I would like to ask for some hints and tips on how to keep this inconvenience to a minimum. The houses in our area are usually going for 130k - 140k, ours is up for 120k, because it could do with a…
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BEWARE: Offers from Capital Funding - Scam
I wanted to share my recent experience with a nasty 'scam' I nearly got sucked into. It concerns a company called 'capital funding'. The situation is this: Due to an expanding family I moved out my city centre apartment about a year ago to rent a much bigger house - the plan being to sell at the top of the market, rent for…
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BEWARE: Offers from Capital Funding - Scam
DELETED. Apologies posted the same thing twice. The right thread is here: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=866673
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Offer rejected
The house I put in an offer for was offers over £75,000 in the South West of Scotland, the price in the area is normally 8% - 10% (this can be achieved apparently) over the asking price. After a couple of lower offers a few days later I offered 8% (£81,000) and the seller (property developer) declined and said he wanted…
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Looking for ...
Hi there, Could someone please post the link to the Thread "Why renting isn't dead money" or "Why renting is dead money". Sorry, was looking for one specific one and can't find it anymore. Much appreciated! Thali
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Deposit holding schemes for renting
Hello, My partner and I are waiting for our credit checks to clear before signing a contract for a new tenancy - however due to past bad experiences I was going ot ask the EA to let us know which deposit holding scheme they would be holding our deposit in. I'm anticipating some palm off, but wanted to know whehter I had a…
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First time buyer needs advice please
Hi, My boyfriend and I are considering buying our first home. We are intending to live in it for 5-10 years maybe more. We have a 5% deposit and a mortgage approved in principal with Nationwide (£179K) and the Halifax (140K). The property we are interested in is a 30's house that has never been updated; it is currently on…
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how long did it take you?
Let's say we saw a house we liked and made an offer. Once that offer was accepted, when might we be looking at moving? Just wondering because my current approach is "not unless something wonderful comes up", something has come up but we have a small shortfall on the upfront cash front: so long as a purchase wasn't too…
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Help plsAm anxious How long to wait re valuation - its nearly three weeks since offer
Accepted an offer (very low mind) coz its a first time buyer and agent advised they had agreement in principle for mortgage. On Monday it will be three weeks since we accepted the offer on Mum's house. Chased the EA on Wednesday and got the following email response this morning: I am afraid that I have no more news. The…
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Potential FTB - PLEASE READ!!!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/alice_miles/article3768099.ece?Submitted=true Make your own minds up...
