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Builders going back on their word! Advice needed!
Hi, I'm currently looking to buy a new build house. On Saturday the sales negoiator offered us a discount of 23k, made up of incentives (appliances, stamp duty etc) and a discount on the actual asking price. We then asked for more discount which he then had to ask his manager about. He promised us he would call with an…
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Slight negative equity - jump ship or sit tight?
In a bit of a quandry here: Mortgage ~£131K (with NR); house on the market at OO £130K; had one offer at £130,700 but buyer pulled out. Virtually no interest since then. Can't remortgage - even our mortgage adviser said there was no point using our deposit for the next house to clear our negative equity as 95% LTV…
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What to tell Lettings Agent about Housing Benefit
account no longer being used thanks to bullying from forum members.
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How to Make SERIOUS Money From Property
... ha ha ... you expected spam! Commercial Renting is the way forward. It seems pawn brokers are doing a booming business. With the cost of commercial property down (I've seen up to 60% off on some shops) and people needing to get their hands on cash fast, the business is booming. Overheads are down, business is up. Only…
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Advice on Buying Property
Hi I am looking for a bit of advice as my head is full of so many different thoughts at the moment! Basically, My Aunt bought out my Grandparents house a couple of years ago at a reduced rate. My grandparents lived there until my wee Grandfather passed away a month ago. Now, we are looking at my wee Gran having to go into…
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mccarthy and stone "easy move scheme"
Is anybody familiar with the terms and conditions associated with their easy move scheme, my mum is currently taking advantage of this scheme, which pays all solictors,estate agent fees and the new house selling pack, she is so fed up with delays she is thinking of pulling out, but not sure if she would then become liable…
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How do I evict my tenants from my property
Can anybody reccommend a company who will deal with the whole process thank you
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What kind of property expert do we need?
I am a Director of a Resident's Association of 60 houses. We have recently been adopted, but still have responsibility for paved and block paved courtyards and gardens. These have drains, etc running underneath them. In addition there are some very large storm drains at the rear of our common areas as it is the lowest…
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sell your house for cash
Hi all, im sorry if this has been posted elsewhere in the forums but i couldnt find it. Does any one know anything about these companies who buy your house for cash at mabey 80% of the value but you have no fees to pay for anything? I have posted in another thread saying that the cccs advised me to give my house back to…
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Many viewing a one property...
Afternoon all! Can I ask... If there are many people viewing a rental property, how do they decide who rents the house? My last few lettings have been privately done but the house my partner and I view tomorrow is through a letting agent. Many thanks! mlbarrett PS I've printed off the Tentants' Guide for bedtime reading…
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informal tender
Hiya Looking for some advice on bidding in an informal tender, in a rural location, in a small village in the south west. The bungalow i'm looking at has a guide price of 200K its got 3 small/medium bedrooms. A room you can barely call a kitchen with potential. A bathroom, sitting room and extensive overgrown gardens. I've…
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Solicitor Made Mistake
Hi all Was wondering if anyone can help, I recently sold a property all went fairly smoothly etc etc , exchanged contracts monies recieved no problem . Three months later I recieve a letter from my solicitor stating that they accidently paid me a sum of money that they should have paid the other side and that I should pay…
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Back on the STR wagon - decision made
As those brave folks who follow my posts will have noticed, my resolve about not buying in the current market has been wavering a bit recently. With 4 months on this AST to go, the feeling of insecurity has been growing. We did look at and make an offer on a house, but it was rejected and we decided not to up the offer.…
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Swindon?
We've just found out that our current property is going to be sold (to developers, as the site is worth more than the house) and so our rental contract isn't being renewed as the house won't be here in a few months lol. We've been looking round at areas to move to as we've decided to leave London, and Swindon keeps popping…
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help - r we completely bonkers????
hi guys, id like a bit of advice but it may take some getting ur head around. here goes: we currently live in a 3 bed house up for sale at 175k morgage owing of 70k, but its not selling infact weve had just one viewer in 4 months. We are desp to move out of the area - its a bit too posh 4 us lol and we just arent happy…
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Already own property - now not first time buyer?
Is this correct? My OH bought his Dads old house from him cheap when his dad decided to build his own. OH has never lived there as we currently live 1hr away, and has rented it out for the last 7 years. Because I've been looking to buy for some time I get things through the post for first time buyers (offers to pay fees,…
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Help please! Repair guarantees before purchase - are they any good??
Hi all, About to exchange on a house - before we wanted to exchange we got the vendor to put a new roof on and treat for dry rot (didn't really have any, but did have rotten wood and we wanted to be sure). We said all along we wouldn't exchange with out guarantees for the work. The roof looks ok, but the guarantee is just…
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My Choice/New Build Home Buy
Hi all, first post and a couple of questions, but it'd be great if anyone can help out. I've applied to various people for shared ownership and am now looking at my choice homebuy and new build homebuy. I've just applied to a second company on this. Initially, I was interested in shared ownership, but when I applied I was…
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Flog it or let it? Advice appreciated!
Hi All I have a bit of a puzzler for you all, and would welcome any advice you might have: - I have a nice 2bed flat in Manchester worth 135k at the peak of the property market (now less, of course). - I own it outright and borrowed 65k from my family to buy it originally for 80k + spent 12k doing it up. - I've put it up…
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how can i find out if an extension can be done without actually buying the house.
Hi there, we have our eye on house which has some land to the side of it which would if we built on it make a lovely family kitchen/dinning room, the house is about 9 years old. We would also liek to be able to build something along the back of the house some time in the future. How do you go about finding out if this…
