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Negligent Conveyancer?
Hello Forum, My wife and I are selling our house which has a couple of covenants on it. When we purchased the property our conveyancer advised us that the convenants were nothing to worry about as the holder of one of them was untraceable and the other covenant only restricted us from building a railway on our land. We…
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having difficulty getting viewers - help required
I'm having problems getting people in through the door to view this property: #link deleted# I can't think why. It's actually nicer inside than the photos show. Any advice on improvements, tips or whatever I could do to encourage people to view would be hugely appreciated. Thanks, Hamble
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Rental payments messed up
Hi just wanted a bit of advice on how to deal with a problem that has come up with our letting agent. Basically, we had asked to change our rent payment date from the 25th to the 1st of the month as my partner gets paid at the end of the month. The letting agent agreed to this and checked with the landlord who was also…
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new build - is there VAT on any options?
Hi All Does anyone know if there is VAT added to the options a builder charges you for on a new build? I had a thinking that these were not VAT able but I would love a confirmation please. I am thinking of things like adding a chrome towel rail instead of the standard and adding some more electrical sockets and carpets tec…
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Moving house - get Broadband quickly..
Hi all, We are moving house in 2 weeks, and really need to get Broadband up and running as quickly as possible (my husband works from home). We've had lots of painstaking calls with Pipex and Tiscali (who we are currently with) and also BT and all are saying at least 7-10 working days to get Broadband. Is there any way /…
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Lack of Inventory - advice appreciated!
Hi everyone. Basically, I could do with a bit of advice. We got the keys to our property on the 17th August, and were told by our agents that the Inventory would follow, as they were waiting for it to be returned by the cleaning company to themselves. In the mean time, we discovered a couple of problems with the flat -…
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Do we have to except?
We have our property on the market, and have a viewing tomorrow, however, we have noted, if we sell the house, we're potentially making ourselves homeless, but are still tied into a contract with estate agents until the middle of Oct. If someone was to put in an offer of the asking price, are we obliged to accept that…
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Why does anybody exchange on an unbuilt property?
I am probably being a bit dim here but, after seeing much news of people being caught out by exchnging contracts on unbuilt new build propertys and then a year or so down the line having all sorts of problems with raising the money etc. I just cannot understand why anybody does it. I can see the logic of paying a non…
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Renting Property - First Payment??
Hi, Moving into new rented propertytommorow afternoon the rent is £550 PCM. The Estate Agents are saying that i need to pay the following: 1 & 1/2 Months Rent (Deposit) - £825.00 (Which is standard) But with the rent they want 1 month + an extra week for some reason. The reason she said on the phone was that the extra week…
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How Many Hits on Property??
Morning all, is there any way for a computer-illiterate moron such as moi to find out how many hits my property has had on Rightmove? Cheers
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Landlords Debt
Hi everyone, Myself and my husband have lived in a privately rented house for the last 8 years, the owners of the house are distant family friends. We have always paid cash each week, the owner comes round to the house to collect it - we thought this was because he knew us, but im starting to think otherwise. For the last…
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HomeBuyDirect being scrapped
Has any one heard of this. I was told by Millar homes show house girl that in March 2010 its being scrapped?? Ive have heard alot of doom and gloom about this HomeBuyers Direct scheme but in my instance its the only way I can have my own home. But now there's a problem. I have 4 children and married. I`m renting a 4 bed…
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What to offer?!
Houses in my area are selling, but selling very slowly. We are looking at 2 x houses and both have been on the market for approx 2 years (1 x house had a buyer but the survey revealed some work needed doing and the sale fell through; property now back on market). One is for sale at £217k and the other £164k. We have no…
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Capital gains tax on a second property
We have lived in this property for 2 years, our other property we wanted to sell but with the poor market, failed to do so. This house has been rented. If we tried to sell the house now, without moving back in, would we have to pay 40% tax on any profit we made on this house, despite the fact it is not worth the same…
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A Situation.......We are Stuck!!
Hi Folks, I'm new here and would love some quick help! Basically we live in Hull (me and the wife just married in April) and we would dearly love to move to Bridlington so we can start trying for a family and live more economically. Now then, my wife is disabled and we are on income support. Unfortunately as she keeps…
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is it wise to invest in buy to let now?
im really keen on buying a second property for investment, problem is i do not have a huge amount of savings. in fact i would use my current mortgage overdraft facility to pay the25% deposit required for a buy to let mortgage. At present i could probably afford a 2nd mortgage up £65,000 which would not buy any thing great…
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We have Exchanged ...YEAH!!!!
After .... 11.5 months doing the viewing with no offers, within 48hours of a price drop we had 4 offers :T:T 16 weeks later we have exchanged :j:j We move 1st Oct yeah :T:T Stats .. May 08 On market 165k May 09 Sold at 125k Dec 03 brought at £117k Am i happy ? .....Hell yeah .... am i slightly tipsy ... might be ... am i…
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Question about statutory declaration by previous owners.
Hi We completed on the purchase of our house about a month ago, our solicitor has just sent through all the land registry info etc and in with it is a Statutory Declaration signed by the previous owner about a lane that runs to the rear of the house. Basically the lane is owned by British Rail, but the houses all have…
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Sued by Housebuilder In Scotland
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save up - or invest in house?
Any opinions as to which one is more lucrative? Would I make more money in a high interest savings account or by spending on diy projects so as to cash in on a house sale? Im not selling at the mo, but probably will be in a few years time and wanted to ask this. After paying off debts (non interest debts) and bills I only…
