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Fergus Wilson's Old Nag
Hello Housey People, Just read a local story about your favourite Landlord, Fergus Wilson: http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/news/2009/june/17/maidstone_mixture.aspx :D
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Offer near asking price - declined!!
Have put in lots of offers on a property - all declined even though latest offer was £5k under asking price. As ftb's thought we would be in a good position to proceed and the vendors would be happy to sell but not the case. Not sure whether to keep raising offer or look for something else... its disappointing. Would…
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Free EPC in the London area
Hi, If you live in London, UCL are offering a free Energy Performance Certificate as part of a new research study. Usually cost £60 are are a legal requirement now for landlords. "UCL researchers are offering Londoners the change to gain a free Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) for their homes. Researchers from the…
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House builder doesn't want to sell a house !?!?!?
Hello, I'm trying to buy a new build on a development which will eventually consist of 73 plots in total, including a bunch of apartments, town houses, detached properties etc. The house builder is willing to accept our house as part exchange and has already confirmed their offer for our house (they have also surveyed it).…
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Valuations
Hi everyone Does anyone know if a valuation from an estate agent would be roughly the same as having a survey with valuation from a chartered surveyor. Hope someone can help .. :o )
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Using a different solicitor for buying & selling...
Hi, We are mid way through selling our flat and are due to exchange in a couple of weeks time. We have a solicitor, but so far we are not very impressed with her. We have to chase and chase and chase before anything gets done. We have just had an offer accepted on a house and we would really rather not use this solicitor…
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General "value" of planning permission?
I know that when it comes to property, the "value" of something is what someone is prepared to pay. Having said that...the property next door to us has just been put on the market. It has full detailed planning permission for demolishion and rebuild. Property was purchased in Apr 2007 for £210k. It's on the market now for…
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getting moved
hi all i am new 2 this site, in fact only find it 2day and already hocked, but on reading ur posts notice how helpful u guys can be. so i hope u can help me. i live in a 2 bedroom house, i am a single mother of 3 kids, i am currently on benefits. now my problem is trying to get moved into a 3 bedroom house. my kids r 2…
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Sales Proceeds
We have a gap of approx 1 month between selling our house and buying a new one (its a new build so this may be longer). Our solicitor has advised us that they can either write us a cheque for the sales proceeds or can hold onto it for us and invest it until our purchase goes ahead. Dioes anyone have any ideas what we…
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Break Clause understanding
I posted this on another thread, but it is kind of off topic there, so I thought I'd post it here to maybe get some more responses... Does anyone know if this means what I think it means? I think that it means that after the 30th April 2009 we can give 2 months notice. But the way it is worded makes my head hurt. It's the…
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HELP!!! - Buying a House where there a CCJ's registered.
Hello! As a buyer of a house where the past occupant had CCJ's, will i have any trouble obtaining credit - my name is totally different to the previous occupant, who was in any event a tenant at the house. Thank you!
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Student tenancies and council tak
Hi all i wonder if anyone has any advice, please? we have three full time student tenants, renting our btl property. Two are due to leave before august (one of which will be finishing full time education and the other is starting a second year in september- so is technically a full time student through this summer) and one…
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Is it possible to have a lodger in a self-contained annexe?
I sort of already asked this in another thread, but it got a bit lost among my other questions... So, is it possible to have a lodger in a self-contained annexe (rather than a tenant)? The reason for asking this is that the annexe doesn't have its own council tax band and we believe that it probably doesn't have planning…
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errors in title deeds
Hi there, I hope someone can help me with some questions. I am/was about to buy my first property as it turns out it was a repossession and the seller is Leeds building society. I put in an offer it was accepted and everything was going ok as I was supposed to complete everything this Friday the 19th. Then I get a call…
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Advice please
I bought a brand new apartment about 16 months ago, and I am on a residential mortgage. Due to a change in circumstances, (my wife falling pregnant) we really could do with moving, but are in a bit of a quandry as a) I became self employed in November so would not even qualify for a new mortgage at present (plus we only…
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FTB - Advice needed on the house buying process
Hi all, My partner and I are first time buyers and are at the stage now where we've had an offer accepted, full mortgage application has gone through fine, homebuyers survey (same person as is doing the mortgage valuation) is going to be done tomorrow and solicitor is in place. I have received the Notification of Sale in…
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Can I get 3x deposit back from landlord??
Hi everyone. I fairly recently (4th April...) moved out of my previous rented house into a new one having been there for four and a half years. As my landlord held the deposit, the letting agent has told me that it is down to me to get my deposit back from him (rent always paid on time and agent agreed perfectly fair wear…
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Buying a property pre-auction
Hi I'm looking to buy two repo property which are being auctioned in the next two weeks. I have little experience of buying at auction and the properties appear to add up from a numbers point of view and generate good cash flow from day one (tenants have been at properties since 1998 and 2004). With this in mind, I am…
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Definition of 'written'
If a contract/agreement says something has to be written, does it have to be written as in typed out, printed, signed and posted? Or can it be an e-mail? As far as I am concerned, an e-mail is just as valid as a written letter as both can be just as easily forged. I was wondering what the legal opinion on this might be?
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Land Registration fee - gone up?
What would the Land Registration fee be on a property costing £245k, due to complete on the 23rd June? The solicitor has listed it in the invoice as £280. It is a starightforward house purchase, no sale of another property. I have looked on the Land Registry site but couldn't find a cost that matched that. Also, I thought…
