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Advice on the Homebuy Scheme
Hi all My fiancee and I are currently in private rented accomodation paying £750 per month. We desperately want to buy a house but, unfortunately both of us have residential mortgages on other properties. Mine was done as an investment 5 years ago and my parents live at the property and his was bought with an ex and is now…
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Best time to buy
Is NOW the best time to buy an house, or will prices become any cheaper?
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Cost of Living in Hampshire
Looking for some advice really on what people would consider a minimum wage to live in Hampshire. I am possibly moving from further up North and know the cost of living down south is quite a bit higher so just wanted to get some ideas from people who lived in the area. I would be working in the Winchester area and would be…
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Breaking a Tenancy
Hi there, Just wondering whether anyone could offer some advice.... Me and my family are 3 months into a 6 month tenancy and we intending to leave at the end of this month, the reason being is we own a luton van and we park it outside our property on the road and the neighbours opposite are complaining as they are having…
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3 Questions
Hi, Grateful for any Advice/ Suggestions/ Costings: 1) Best way to remove Artex cheaply from ceilings? 2) Exterior front wall house covered in pebble-dash ... best way to remove cheaply? 3) Property has Gas Heating only (several heaters dotted about the house). What's the best system to have and approx costings? - Would…
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Leasehold to Freehold
Hi folks, Has anyone had any experience of purchasing the freehold of a property that was previously leasehold? This property is currently owned by a housing association and the previous tenants were there on a shared ownership basis. I only found this out after the estate agent told me the property was freehold and having…
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Buying a house on a main road
We are FTB and have been looking for a couple of months now. We recently found two properties: one we like a lot in a cul de sac, and round the corner one that we LOVE but it is on a main road. What are your thoughts on living on a main road? Its a 30mph single carriage way and is A main road into Poole but not THE main…
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Terrible agent house photos
I know the photos that the agents take to advertise the property with are just to give people buying an idea but i can't help but think many of them don't give the properties much justice. I've just been looking on rightmove and so far seen some truly unhelpful photos. One is half a window frame and the other is a clearly…
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Anyone rent out their house and rent elsewhere?
Hi, we are currently in a 2 bed semi detached house, with our 9 month old son. We have a mortgage of about £173000 - and the house was about £200 before the recession etc. We would like to have more children but really need to go to a 3 bed, I also Childmind from home so have a conservatory as a playroom, so we would…
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and so the negotiations begin!
Well I found a house I really want, up for 99k. Been on market a few months, and the vendor told me he'd had no other viewings. (I've been twice). so i offered 80k which got rejected. (as expected). The EA told me that they were looking for something around the asking price. well....I sold mine for 10% less than asking…
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how to find how much property sold for?
hey, Yahoo used to have a neat little property tool showing how much property had sold for in an area, but it seems they have discontinued this service. I've googled it and came accross the site nethouseprices.com but its not as detailed as the Yahoo one was. Any recommondations on where to find a better service?
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Who's Liable for Council Tax?
My friend has moved out of a rented property before the end of the tenancy which ends on May 22nd. Who is liable for the council tax; her or the landlord?
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What is a kitchen?
Odd title I know. :) I'm currently saving to increase my deposit and don't intend to buy for a while yet but I've noticed quite a few repos coming on the market in my desired area lately. Most have the basics but one has just been put up for sale with absolutely nothing in it. I don't mind having a house that needs doing…
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Negotiating for new furniture
Hi everyone Im just about to sign a new contract on a property on Monday my flatmate hasnt seen the flat yet but shes happy to go with whatever I want which makes it really easy as im quite fussy. Anyhow i googled the apartments to see if I could find pictures of a similar flat for her to see it, I found 2 apartments in…
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Is landlord responsible for aeriel?
This is on behalf of my sister as she is unable to get a signal where she lives and can only get 1,2,3,and 4, the freeview box she has doesn't work and it is due to the aeriel not being good enough. Where does she stand with this, is it up to her or him to sort? Thanks
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Survey and Search Wrong - What can I do?
Hi all I would be very grateful for a bit of advice. We bought our house in July 2007. It is a lovely house with a good sized garden, ideal for our 3 kids to play in. BUT ever since we moved in the garden has been wet. The bottom half is grass and so boggy we cant mow the lawn and have since fenced off this area as the…
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Would I be crazy to consider buying now?
Hey all I'm looking to move out from my parents home this year. I was going to rent somewhere but happened to notice that house prices in my area have fallen quite a bit. Turns out I can rent a 1 bed flat for £400-£450/month or buy a small 2 bed terraced house (in an area that I would consider living in, as a FTB) for…
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Can anyone please help me re a HIP pack
Hi We decided a couple of weeks ago to put the house on the market. Anyhow, the board was up, the HIP pack ordered through our EA on a deferred payment scheme(pay 9 months later or when the house house sells whichever happens first!!!!) and then OH finds out on Wednesday that he may be, after 34 years at the same firm, be…
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buying my first home...
hi to all... im currently looking to get on the property market..im a first time buyer.my salary is £28,3000.i live in the east midlands.i have seen a house, if i hussle ill pick it up for 115,000.i have 23,000 of that saved up as a deposit.my concerns are........ . buying your first house is very nervous? . i like the…
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Value of Property
Maybe a stupid question, I am looking at many different things to do with remortgaging or selling my house due to relationship breakup. What I need to find out is the correct value of my house, is there a way to do this without an EA? I have booked 2 EA so far to come look, but then depended on the value I may not sell!!!…
