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Put a final offer in but unsure if EA is bluffing
Hi all I need some advice. We have been looking at a property that we are interested in. Its a 3 bedroom semi-detached house. The guide price is £124,950 - £134,950 and its been on the market since August 2008. We have put in several offers and on our last offer we said £110000 the EA agent said that someone else has put…
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Valuation less than agreed price
Advice required!! I'm a first time buyer with 15 % deposit. I had asked the banks valuator to do a building survey at the same time. Had to pay extra of course. Anyway the agreed purchase price for the property is £168000 but after the valuator had performed his extensive survey he thinks the property is worth the price…
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I bought a house - then it was taken away :(
So after a bit of negotiation my offer was accepted. Having seem Phil and Kirsty in action, I asked the estate agent to take it off the market - no more viewings etc. They agreed to all of this and told me to appoint a solicitor and apply for the mortgage etc, which I did. Then 2 days later they called me and said someone…
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Leasehold House Help.
Ive already posted on here a few days ago about finding out the house we were buying was not freehold but leasehold. The story is, we found a house its a repo liked it put in an offer, at 104,995 which was asking price, that offer was rejected on the basis that someone else had already put in a higher offer of 110,000. Me…
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Updates on MyChoice Homebuy - Thames Valley
Hi, We got all of our paperwork together, sales sheet, agreed purchase price, mortgage offer etc, for Thames Valley which they received 1 week and 3 days ago and are now waiting for them to send us a letter back giving us the OK to carry on and start getting the solicitor on the case, which seems to be taking forever as…
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making an offer to a repo? pls help
Hi everyone, Need your help! i viewed a repossed property 2 weeks ago which is on the market for 160K. The propery needs a lot of updating nevertheless, i like the it. Last week I made an offer of 145K but the EA said that there is an offer of 150K. So I rang again this monday, upping my offer to 151. But he said that…
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Signing a rental contract
My husband is looking at rental houses whilst i live abroad,he wants to get a houses before i bring the rest of the family over.Do i have to sign a contract or can it be just him.We will have no credit checks done on us as i have a guarentor.
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We've bought a house ... uh oh, now we have to MOVE!
The completion on our new house has been brought forward to 22 May, and I'm trying to decide when to move. Our rental doesn't finish until 20 July, so we're not in any hurry, it's a matter of trying to (a) fit it round work commitments, it's a busy time of year and (b) making the most of the garden at the new house. One…
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Deposit Dispute
Can anyone help us. We moved out of our house at the end of last month. On the day we left, the Letting agent came round , inspected the property and ticked it all off apart from a mirror that had a small crack at the bottom. We were not aware that this had happened and said so. She said that she would check her inventory…
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Can a tenant still sue for 3xdeposit after you have used the official DPS ADR Service
Any advice would be welcome. To cut a long story short, a tenant moved in on an AST 6 month contract, issued with tenancy, inventory, landlord certificates and my lanlord ID and government leaflet on the DPS scheme. After 36 hours tenant contacts me doesnt like the house anymore, not happy, wants to move out. I say ok then…
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My Sexy Tenant
Could some one please tell me what my legal situation is here. I bought a house 4 months ago for £50,000 £21.000 my money and £29.000 my mam and dads money. The house is in my name and I take care of any bills ect. I pay my mam and dad back £100 a week. The tenant gets the house, front garden, side garden, and access only…
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Rented studio in shared house - noisy people - what can I do?
I live in a studio in a house dived in studios... and one of the neighbours is very noisy. He is on drunk and on drugs I think and he just puts everuthing: music, TV on the loudest. Last week one niht we turned off the electricity in all the building as he didn't answer his door (and turned it on again in 2 minutes as the…
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Landlords - Opinions please
I am currently renting a property on my own and have lived here for 6 months. I am on a 12 month contract, my partner has his own house and has asked me to move in with him. Obviously financially this makes more sense rather than use both keeping separate houses. We both have good jobs but for me personally well over half…
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Advice on these properties please!!
I think this property is over priced, it has been on the market for over 1 yr. I only like the location but am interested to view. I also do not like the downstairs bathroom. I am finding it extremely hard to find a property in that area.…
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Finding Flatmates
Hi, I live in a shared flat in London. Because it's a 4 bedroom flat, people move on very regularly and I constantly have to find new people. I advertise in the usual places but what I need is some sort of system where people are directed to me. I've registered with an agency but there's no guarantee of them finding me…
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Rent includes council tax
I'm going to view a house tomorrow and the rental they are asking includes the council tax - what implications would this have on me (except for saving me approx £100 a month)
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i think we have made a horrible mistake :@(
Hi all Im after some honest advice please, We own a 3 bed semi currently morg free I dont like the house its too small and i jst dont love it also im not keen on the area its a little rough so we thought we would move We have had new homes in the past and decided we want another new one we found one we like and the…
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MAS No.5
Anyone happen to know what the standard variable rate is with Mortgage Agency Services No.5 (MAS No.5)? My mortgage was transferred from GMAC to MAS after 6mths and i've just left it going. I think my fixed rate is due to end and hope their standard variable stands a little better (for a self cert, my 5.6% 2yr fixed term…
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First time buyers mortgage wih guarantor
I want some info on a first time buyers mortgage, myself and my fiancee would like to buy a house (new development) priced at approx 140k. We have a deposit of 10K but my current job pays a salary of 18K, its a fulltime job but not permanent, but i may be possibly inline for a permanent post with a salary of 21K in the…
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Survey Results - Please help
Hi all, Me and my partner are First Time Buyers and have recently had a Home Buyers report completed on a property we are in the process of buying. Some of this matters identified in the report are;* Valley guttering at the front of the property needs replacing/repairing * Repoint hip tiles and ridge tiles to main roof *…
