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Offer advice please
Hello all, We are considering purchasing a new build home in stratford-upon-avon priced at £450,000 and will be looking to part exchange our home valued at approx £250,000. What would would be a reasonable opening offer? Many thanks in advance
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First time Landlord - tax liabilities and other bits
Hi, we are renting out our house (due to market crash!) and are tryingt o find our feet in terms of budgets, requirements etc. Hopefully some of you will be able to point me in the right direction for some of these questions! The house is being rented through an agency. Contract started 27/02/2009 Tax Liabilities - I think…
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Issue with Estate Agent - Double Commission
Hi The issue is as follows: I originally signed a sole agency agreement with a local estate agent (“Agency A”) to sell my flat. Agency A managed to get a handful of viewings during the course of his sole agency including one applicant (the “Applicant”) who visited the property twice during the sole agency period. During…
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High bushes blocking my light!!!
Our garden backs onto a school playing field, which has a perimeter of large bushes. The fence is typical school fencing, that diamond pattern wire stuff, and about 6-7ft tall. Originally the bushes came just shy of the top of the fence, I assume for privacy - lovely. The bushes are now approx 20ft tall. I'm about to start…
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Very un-helpful estate agents
:mad: Hi, Im looking to buy a 4 bed home for my family in coventy. I am a first time buyer so dont really have much experience in the way of dealing with estate agents. A few houses that i have been intrested in have been repossesions by connells in coventry. however when i call the agent to try and arange a viewing i get…
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Agent never showed for viewing
Wonder if anyone knows what I can do from here. I've emailed and made 3 appointments to view a flat to rent, I've had a no show at each appointment. First time I was told they forgot to put in a diary, second I was told I had the wrong day, third I called when he was a little late, was told he would be there in a few…
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house repo tomorrow, car still on drive! help
letter from court about month ago stating my lender will take possession of the property on 05/03/09. been there got everything out over past few weeks. however my car wouldnt start on tuesday so i left it on the open drive there. will they turn up in the morning and take my car too?!:eek:
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tried to get a viewing??
We have seen a house for sale by us for about 8 months, anyway they bought the house in feb 2007 for 269000 pounds. It is currently up on right move with 2 agents and with the one it has been reduced down from 269000 to 209000 in december, then no reduction at all from then. Anyway by looking at the reductions it looks…
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Leasehold on a house?
Well, I views a house which i liked. The estate agent wasn't sure if it was a leasehold or a freehold. So i asked the vendor, and they said the house has been listed as a leasehold, but dont think it is. But not 100% sure. How do i find out the truth!! Also, is buying a house with a leasehold not such a good idea? thank…
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Where can I find a good free Lodger Agreement?
I need to create or get my hands on a lodger agreement asap as I have someone moving into my house. Where can I find one? Also I won't be asking for a deposit but my lodger has agreed to buy the monthly food shop for us both...how can I incorporate that into the agreement? Any help would be much appreciated.
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asbo chavs living opposite
We've found a house we love: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-20500411.html however, these guys: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/4586170.stm live directly opposite. Would you buy it? The house is in good condition - no sign of criminal damage, graffiti etc. It's not a particularly…
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Are Right Move using cheeky tactics?
Have been using the same search in right move for some time now and have found that several SSTC properties have not been listed for almost 6 months as available for sale. Are Right Move resurecting sold properties to look as though more properties are selling or am I just paranoid?
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help please
hi wondering if anyone could offer any advice, we bought our first home 2 years ago for 111,500 2 bedroom terrace house, with a 95% mortgage, we recently had it valued and now it is worth 105,000, we are desperatly in need of upgrading to a bigger house because we are planning to start a family in the near future, we have…
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Advice on finding a 90% LTV that allows open decking
Dear all We are attempting to buy a lovely (well, grotty but with potential) ex local authority flat, and are being thwarted because it has open decking ie the corridor to the front door runs along the side rather than the middle of the block and is open to the air. We had a mortgage for 90% LTV sorted with the post office…
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Tenant Questions
Hi I wonder if you can help with my tenant right questions; I’m about to move out of my current place I’m almost certain my landlord will withhold some of my deposit because I voiced my annoyance of his lack of commutation of two tenants he moved in without me knowing. I’ve been a perfect tenant cleaning on a weekly basis,…
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help getting mortgage
been a silent reader for quite a while .. Wondered if anyone could advice on my situation south east london 3 bed semi with garage was 270k since october i was offering 230 k and no more but only recently with a pushy estate agent i agreed to 238.000 the house owner is divorcing though since october he has barely shown any…
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Shared ownership: question on revaluing the un-owned share?
Hi all, I have a shared ownership property, bought in 2005 for £127k, with my wife and I owning 40% of it. When we moved in, we paid 2% of the unowned share (£76,200) for the first year in rent. This rent figure increases each year by the RPI in November preceeding the rent review, plus 2%. This year, the rent has…
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£50 off HIPS
HIPS £199 - no vat from www.merseyhips.co.uk
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Tenant Checks
Yesterday I carried out a tenant check (company credit-check-services.co.uk) and found my tenant had 6 (yes six) CCJs, totalling over £40,000 of debts. :eek: I find it hard to understand how someone can get into such a situation, and I sympathise with them, but I could not risk letting my house to them. Has anyone else…
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Sellers - first impressions count
We have viewed about 25 houses in two weeks and I thought I would pass on our thoughts while they are fresh in my mind. It is very true that our first impression as we drive up the street is the impression we take away with us (however unfair this is) - but we have also found that certain things have greatly influenced us…
