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Buying at auction
I am looking at purchasing a property at auction in March It will need some renovation I would think. What would people recommend I do/get checked before the auction?
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Part Ex, can Stamp Duty be avoided by selling 4 less??
Hi I wonder if someone knows the ins and outs of part exchange, as in principal if we exchange our house (no mortgage, hence no value required) with another owner for a similar amount, and if both of these houses are not on the market, why should we be forced to sell our homes at a 'percieved market value' that would then…
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Advice needed for Purchase of new build
Just edited this in case they come a snoopin
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Which letting agent would you go with?
When we last had an offer on the house (Dec), I didn't have a lot of time to find a rental house before completion (supposedly before 5th Feb: Christmas was in the middle of it, then we were away in the US for 3 weeks over New Year. So I rang around a few agents (in mid-December), viewed a number of properties so that,…
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1st Permanent job offer in ages - but is it enough to live on in London?
I have been out of work officially since August when my role was made redundant. I have been in and out of contract roles involving Graphic Design, which is what my degree was in. I graduated in 2005 and have been exploring all the different avenues with this type of work. It is very tough and I have had to take temp and…
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As a house seller, would you take/exclude the fitted carpets?
Maybe an odd question, but just curious... We are selling our house and just received an offer asking for the "fitted carpets" (we have no rugs or non-fitted carpeting) and the curtains to be included in the sale/offer price. I always thought (maybe wrongly) that FITTED carpets were generally included... would anybody here…
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would anyone buy off plot on a site not yet started?
Just curious to know if anyone would be tempted to do this. Site opened last june and just about starting building now. Would anyone buy a new (not yet built) house on a site with 3 phases potentially going up in this climate? Or would it be best to wait till the markets picking back up again in another i don't know how…
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under floor water pipe leak
Hiya, Quickie if i have bveen told by the water board that there is a leak in a pipe under my kitchen and i need to take the kitchen out to let them dig up all y kitchen and fix it who is responssible for the cost of this?? Friday 13th dont ya know!! LUcky me!! Its a leasehold that i pay £4 a year to the leaseholder but i…
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Local fashions in asking/selling price ratios ...
After several offers getting nowhere, I am beginning to think that there is a local standard in the asking/selling price ration that is different from the one that other forum users are experiencing. Asking price: 200K, won't take less than 190K Asking price: 209K, won't take less than 195K Asking price: 175K, offer of…
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Buying a further property
I currently have a house that I let in Lincoln, this has an approximate value of 130 k, my outstanding mortgage is 24k with Nationwide on their SVR which is currently 3%. The property we live in, we paid 250k for in June 2005, the outstanding mortgage on this is currently 122k. This is on a Woolwich lifetime tracker + 0.18…
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completion date 20th feb on a repo..
got my completion date for the 20th feb for a repossession house i bought, now question is.. when do i sort out electricity, gas, phone and water? now or when i actually have the keys? also how do i find out who the suppliers are for these services as its a repo and are all likly to be disconnected or shut off? are there…
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Building Regulations or Competent Person Certificate
Hi everyone, I'm in the process of selling my house and have been asked by the buyers Solicitor to provide building regulations approval or competent person certification for heating and plumbing work carried out on the house back in 2007. The work carried out was a replacement immersion heater/hotwater tank which had…
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How does this work out?
we've seen a lovely house thats on the market at £175k - but it was last sold in summer 2007 for £158k! - according to the estate agents the house is priced for a quick sale (and they told us a smaller house over the road that needed work doing to it sold for £190k 6m ago but I can't find any other houses in this street…
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How much notice do I have to give when ending a tenancy?
I have been in my current apartment for nearly 2 years. When we first moved in we were on a 6 month contract (the property was managed by the letting agent) but after the 6 months we were informed by the letting agent that the apartment was going up for sale and we would now be on a month to month rolling contract but we…
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Redundancy pre contract exchange
People have suggested to us we could just keep it quiet from the bank and the solicitor, and reading the T&C with the mortgage offer there is no obligation for me to inform them of any change of circumstances. I know the smart thing just walk away from the deal, minus solicitors fees and report fees. And after all there…
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Help please! Being held to ransom!
Hoping someone can give me some advice on here, as my solicitor is on hols and seems pretty useless anyway... I have just sold my flat to a lady buyer who was purchasing it through a trust fund on behalf of her son. I had got to contract stage on a house to move to, but suddenly their mortgage company stopped the sale as…
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Mission Impposible? Resindential to Buy to let Options
I have found my presonal cirmcumstances have changed and they probably couldn't have come at a better time - not! I recently remortgaged my property at 85% LTV. Feeling sufficiently stung with the 6.14 2 year fixed rate i got, but it is what it is The key problem i have is that i am now moving, and my options seem pretty…
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What does...(Estate Agency Real Estate terms...)
Beautifully appointed mean??
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Principle agreement and valuation
Hi Could you please confirm if a credit check is vital for being issued with a mortgage agreement in principle? and is it right to sign up for mortgage and pay for the valuation without this initial check being carried out?
