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Ex trying to force me to sell. Joint mortgage
My ex is trying to force me to sell my house even though he doesn't live there anymore or pay towards any bills inc the mortgage. We took a large mortgage and moved into the house about 18 months ago and put down a £25k deposit between us. We were both paying towards the mortgage until we decided the relationship wasn't…
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soon to be first time tenant in need of help and advice!
hi all. me and the girlfriend are planning on moving out in the next month or so, we had a viewing of a nice little flat that we both liked. so we got some application forms from the letting agents, trouble is were having problems figuring out which bits were supposed to fill in, me more so, im self employed but there is a…
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Estate agents
I have seen a bungalow i would very much like to buy. I have a flat to sell but hoped that if I sold it at a "bargain" price I could get a quick sale. With that in mind i put in an offer for the bungalow at the asking price. This was accepted with the understanding that the flat was to be sold and meanwhile the bungalow…
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Buying a Repo in this Economy
My partner and I are FTB looking to purchase a repossessed house. The one we have viewed needs a bit of work, but we think it's a bit of a deal. Neighbouring houses are going between 175-180K, where this one's market price is 123K. According to the EA, the circumstances with the repo is that the owner had a buyer lined up,…
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What to offer
What to look at First I've look at previously sold prices - last ten sale on the same road. 1 26/11/2008 £90,000 2 21/05/2008 £100,000 3 10/03/2008 £66,711 4 13/06/2007 £124,000 5 14/12/2006 £113,000 6 11/08/2006 £124,995 7 11/04/2006 £128,000 8 22/07/2005 £115,000 9 09/02/2005 £110,000 10 30/01/2004 £76,000 So peak is…
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Buying with part cash?
Hi we are currently buying a house and have about a 50/50 split between cash and mortgage. The mortgage part is no probs but the cash is spread out all over the place in various accounts. I obviously need to get it all together but wondered what the best way of doing this. It amount to about 100k. My plan was to get it all…
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Help Regarding My Tenancy/Problem
Hello Everyone, I'm here because i need some advice regarding my tenancy. It is an assured shorthold 12 month contract with a private landlord. I entered into this agreement on the 16th Jan 2009. We really DO NOT want to live on this estate anymore, everyone is rough, rude and abusive. I'm contacting my landlord on Monday…
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got rid of another estate agent!!!
We have had our house on the market for 16 months later and we still havent sold, had a few viewings but not that many. First estate agent was online called wow property, they were no good, and the so called local estate agent did not have a clue about the area, they even got the address wrong when advertising. Second…
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Pot Holes
Hi There, I live on a road that I've just found out is owned by the Parish Council. The road is a complete nightmare it has about 10 pots holes of which most of them are over a meter in diameter. The Parish Council have told me it's up to the residents to repair even though the worst holes are about 50 yards from the…
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Planning Permission -can anyone help?
I purchased a flat a couple of years ago and since then opposite, a property developer obtained permission to build 180 flats (great!!!) meaning I lose my sea view (I know I'm not entitled to a view but very annoying!). Anyway to cut a long story short they started to build about 18months ago and have got as far as…
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Done it put an offer in for a house
Hi all Well we went to view a property today it was a 4 bedroom repossed house. The asking price was £109,000, someone then put an cash offer of £100,000. There was then a 7 day public notice put on the house so we had a look at it and put an offer of £105,000 on it. I would like peoples honest opinion on what they think…
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extras on new build
hello all, what all are the extras can we get on a new build? The builders are not reducing on the offer price so we are planning to increase our offer but get it back in forms of goodies in the house. What kind of extras can we ask? like patio driveway, wardrobe in all bedrooms, carpets etc. how much does it cost to get a…
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The Chain
We have just been to view a house this morning, and have fallen in love with it. The house is in demand [as it has just come down in price and we viewed it vacant as the previous owner has now gone into a care home so the family are selling up] and we would probably need to move quite fast in order to get an offer…
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Buying Repossession- Advice?
We've finally got an offer on our property(hoorah!) and have seen a repossesion that we like, that needs a LOT of work. It has no doors, the oldest bathroom suites and an extension that is unsafe, so needs to come down but it leads on to the side of the house(openplan). Anyway, Its up for 160K, just dropped 10K and we've…
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Quick sale for cash
I am sure this has been mentioned but can,t find it.has anybody had any dealings with selling their house for cash with one of the "quick buy for cash companies" ?
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Can I force executor to sell house?
Hi Not sure if this is the right place to post?! My gran died just over 2 years ago. There are 4 beneficiaries to her will, all siblings, one of whom is the executor. The executor of the will took my gran's house off the market in around October last year and keeps making excuses as to why she will not put it back up for…
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repirs for rented property
I had already posted a topic a while go regarding repaires that were needing done to my house, to cut a long story short the landlord and letting agency still have not done these. i have written out a letter which i intend to send to both of them but was wonderin if anyone minded reading through it first for me to make…
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Letting agent bought out... Where do I stand?
Hello All. I have been letting my house for around 8 months now without any problems, the tenant has been fine along with the letting agent, however. I just received a letter from the my letting agent (Countrywide Residential in Chippenham), explaining that they have just been bought by another local letting company (The…
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guarantors
hi im hoping someone could help me im a single parent and has found somewhere to rent only problem is i need a guarantor is there any way around this problem as i dont have any family to act as a guarator or is there people out there that help people like me in this situation:confused:
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exchange of contract question
ok, so I think on Monday the mortgage company will agree they have everything they need are ready to inform our solicitor that they're ready to go. I'm just wondering what is involved during the exchange of contracts? i.e. do we have to sign something, or will our solicitor be using something we've already signed? A couple…
