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offered a good deal on a newbuild flat....but not a house
Hii, Ok asking for some more advice. The area we're looking at (renfrewshire, scotland) is giving some cracking deals. I went in to the sales office and was offered a 2 bedroom flat down from £154,000 to £110,000! (saving of £44k equivilant to 30%) However, after taking advice from most people on here (and elsewhere) I ve…
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Cheeky EA reference fees
I was wondering if anyone could offer some advice. A work colleague has been renting a property through the same letting agent for the past 5 years with no problems, been a good tennant etc. Now she is looking at moving to another, larger property (let by the same agents) with her partner (who has been living with her for…
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anyone had any trouble with persimmon lately?
Just wondering if anyones had any problems with the above of late? I would be interested to know. Thanks
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are we crazy??
Hi, We're FTBs, looking to finally buy somewhere. We need to be out of our rental by August and hope to have something sorted by then. Anyway, depsite the whole situation, most houses in the area we want to live in North London are still priced too high for us. We've seen a house that is a complete wreck. Basically, it…
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What to offer?
I have seen a house I like and want to view and it is on the market for 300k. According to zoopla, the house is worth 257k in the current market. The house was bought for 265k in 2006 and in 2002 it was sold for 220k. What will be good starting offer? I was thinking 275k. Thanks
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Selling to a Housing Association
My friend has a house in W Yorkshire which she is having real trouble selling. I have heard that some housing associations (HAs) buy individual houses to add to their portfolio. Does anyone know of any HAs that are doing this?
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Home Reports Scotland
We're putting our house up for sale and plannign to trade up. I'm astonished how little the estate agents and solicitors know about Home Reports. We decided to go with GSPC (in Scotland they are both estate agent and solicitor) who have commissioned a home report on 16 Feb. They said I needed to pay their registration fees…
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Tenancy Agreement fees - Selling house
We have been renting our home for the last 4 years. The owner has put the house on the market to sell (about 2 months ago). We are due to renew our tenancy agreement this month, but the agents want to charge us the normal fee for renewal (£80). Is it unheard of that this fee is waived as the house could sell at any moment…
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Tenancy Agreement - 2 days in and realised it's a mistake
Hi Im looking for some advice/opinions here please. I recently (2 days ago) paid a deposit and first month's rent (plus admin fee) to a letting agent for a house, due to moving jobs. Ive now realised that Ive made a mistake, in that the job is (via a different route that I didnt know about initially) is actually…
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Tenency Agreeent question
I'm about to rent, and the agency have sent a contract which states that the Landlord will repair problems with essential services (heating, hot water etc) but that he will not repair or replace other items in the property. The house is unfurnished but has an integrated kitchen and utility room with appliances. It says…
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House Buying/Redundancy help needed!
Hi, We have seen a house we like and have received two offers on our own house. However, my question is what happens if we conclude missives (exchange contracts) and either myself or my husband is made redundant in the period between conclusion of missives and the date of entry? will the bank still lend? If not, then could…
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advice needed urgently re deferred Hips payment
How to start off this convo.....My ex and i put our house on the market back in April last year. My ex is going totally out of his way to ensure the house is not sold and that I won't get anything from it. When the house went on the market I sorted the (rip off total money making scheme by the government) HIPS out so the…
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Need some advice.
Could someone please advise me where i stand. I'm renting a house and would like to leave but have been told by the agent that i have to give a months notice which is fine, but last night i was sorting through some paper work and realise our contract hasnt been renewed since aug 2008. Do i have to give notice if dont have…
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People are dropping away....
....because there is sod-all left to say:j
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Searches How Long Do They Take
Hi Just wondered as to how long it takes the searches to be done when buying a house. Thankyou
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Sell or not?
DH and I cannot agree over this so I wanted to get some outside opinion from you lovely people. We bought our house for 100k, but like many others we have found it has dropped in value. It’s worth about 90k at the moment but that’s not to say anyone would actually be able to pay that and house prices will probably keep…
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Best offer request from estate agent
Looking for any advise that may help my situation. I have put and asking price offer on a property and apparently so has another buyer. Estate agent has asked for both parties to submit a best price. Not a nice situation but has anyone got any advise on how to deal with it. I was planning on: 1. Trying to check if other…
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Advice Please
Hi there, My girlfriend and I are currently going throught the process of buying a house, so far we have done everything needed on our end including paying the deposit to our solicitors for holding while the vendor finishes passing infomation to her solicitors. We first asked for a completion date of 30th January which…
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contracts nearly exchanged and then they changed the price!
Does anyone have any suggestions? Please help. We have waited 6 months now on a new build - back in july we agreed prices with a house builder of £150k part ex for my house and 235k for their new build(yet to be built). We then had a valuation done and the new house was priced at 225k which the house builder agreed to. It…
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Mortagage problem plz help
Hi Can you help!!! About 2years ago i My brother asked me to be a garantour on this mortgage. I went to the solicitors where my brother worked and saw that the papers i was going to be signing had already been sighed with a look alike to my signuate. I asked the solicitor who was acking on my behalf should i copy the…
