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Dropped kerb overhanging
Seen a house without any parking. It's got no potential for off road parking as it's only got a tiny yard ... but the neighbour's dropped kerb comes across the front of the property... It's not very much - but noticeable... and I know you're not allowed to park over a dropped kerb so it pushes the place you could park in…
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exchange and completion on the same day?
We've been informed by our solicitor that it may be possible to exchange and complete on the same day. I'd not considered this before and assumed that you had to have a gap in between. Is there anything I should be aware of with this arrangement? We are FTB and the vendor is not in a chain. not to sound suspicious but I…
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Rent free risk?
I intend to buy an unoccupied property owned jointly by my mother and aunt, but cannot pay them in full until I have sold my own (on the market currently) I can, however, obtain the money from the bank and carry out the major refurbishment works required on the new property. I would then intend to move into the new…
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Need a HUGE mortgage - Please Help!
I hope someone can give me some advice as I have an unusual problem. My wife and I have been looking for a house to buy in London for over 5 years and finally we've found a perfect house near our daughter's school and near all our friends. We made a bid on it for just under 600K and it was accepted. We have savings of a…
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Thinking about buying some land behind our garden - advice
I am interested in buying some land behind our garden. I have looked on the land registry site & I think it is still owned by the builders (Wimpey) - but this is just based on clicking on the area at the back of our garden & it does not show what the land it is talking about is on a map. I have paid the £3 for the detail…
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Tenant threatening and abusive.
Our tenants have been served with notice from our letting agent to move out in June. They have kicked off and are refusing to leave, he now wont pay the rent and has said he is going to remove the kitchen he put in and take it with him,leaving us with no kitchen. He said he will stay as a sitting tenant until we legally…
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"No purchase, no fee" solicitors
Had an offer on a house accepted. We were going to instruct a solicitor recommended by OH's boss (who owns a lot of property). Apparently this bloke is "very good" ... whatever that means! EA wants us to go with their own panel of solicitors, who operate on a "no purchase, no fee" basis -- obviously this sounds quite…
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Mortgage company will not allow me to rent my house out
First time on this site and I am hoping someone can help me. My partner and I purchased our first house 3 years ago on a fixed rate for 5 years. It was self certified as my partner has been self employed for many years. He has recently decided to change careers and will be away from home for most of the year, and on a much…
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Landlady Ripped us off - which costs are allowed?
As expected my landlady has ripped us off over our deposit. She is claiming we only gave a months deposir rather than the 6 weeks we actually gave her. She has taken the following deductions: -Rent for 2 days £60 (She agreed that my housemate could move out later and made no mention of extra rent) -General Cleaning £50 (We…
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Legal Stuff.
Hello All. So.. I have put an offer in and it has been accepted, but I havent found a solicitor to act on my behalf. Does anyone have any good suggestings as to who to use? That are resonable priced? As I feel I am going round in circles here. Kind Regards Richard.
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Landlord threatening to relet flat that deposit paid on.
Hi, I'll keep this short - I'm asking for a desperate friend. Basically she has signed some forms and paid a deposit on a flat she is due to rent in 10 days. She has posted some forms and documents which landlord not received, and as title says flat back on market and if anyone wants between now and Saturday which is next…
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Looking to buy house at 21
hi folks, I'm 21 and looking to buy my own house next year, however, i aint working at the moment(cuz the !!!!!!!! credit crunch), my mother is willing to give me funds of upto £25,000, im looking to buy a 3 bedroom house in Wolverhampton for upto £100k, and i was wandering if anyone can give me some geniune advice of how…
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restrictive covenants
Hi Just in the process of selling & buying, my solicitors have phoned & asked if when i had my extension built 4 years ago i had a restrictive covenants, i said no as i didn't have a clue, please can anyone help me & let me know waht the laws are on this as my house was built by my local council on land that was owned by…
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Renting - rent increase question
Have been informed by letting agent our rent will be increasing by £25 to £850 per month ,which we no way can afford. Landlord has said he took £15 off the increase last year and is not willing to reduce this years rent increase.And more or less said you either agree to the increase or find somewhere else at the end of the…
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Offered too much I think
Hi Guys After 1.5 years of searching, my GF and I saw a one bedder that ticked nearly all the boxes. It was on for £299k so instead of fluffing around, we decided just to offer £290k on the spot. Neadless to say it was easily accepted. Now on reflection, and checking out zoopla etc, looks like it was bought for £225k n…
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Freehold Flat Problem
Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone can advise? My Aunt owns the freehold to her flat that she has lived in for over 20 years, she has tried to convert this to leasehold recently after trying to sell and encountering potential buyers with problems getting mortgages, but the lady in the ground floor flat was unwilling to…
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Am I entitled to claim my rental deposit back ?
Hi, six years ago we rented a house from a letting agency, paid one months rent in advance £500 and also a £500 deposit, we left our property in feb after 6 years fully paid up and never behind and kept the house as well as we could, we gave our 30 days notice in Feb to move out 30 days later in the march as we had paid a…
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Trusting estate agents? Who is on your side?
I could really do with advice from someone who knows more than i do! I am trying to sell a 3 bedroom Edwardian house in Surbiton, Surrey for my Mum. We signed a contract with an estate agent, put the house on the market for £365,000 in February. They kept asking us to take the price down lower and lower. We had an offer of…
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Are recent properties still overpriced?
Just thought I'd canvas opinions on here. Do you think properties that are newly coming on to the market are being priced at today's values? Or are EA's still overpricing properties? I'm interested as I'm currently house hunting.:eek:
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Rubbish Bins
Hi everyone, I just wanted some advice regarding rubbish bins! We are moving into a property (newly built) next week, its housing association and so we are renting. We have been told that we need to order rubbish bins and recycling boxes, I've just called the local council and been told its £60 for the set !!!! I asked why…
