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Cash back when selling, is it worth it?
Hi, My wife and I have decided to sell our home. The estate agent suggested doing the cashback deal where you offer 1000 as long as the buyer uses the estate agents solicitor. I've not signed up for it just yet but am now beginning to have doubts about if we should or not. Part of it seems like a con to me and the state…
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Neighbours new extension
I posted on here about 3 months ago about our neighbours new extension, we only got told about it by chance when my parents went round there to ask them something. Anyway we had no letters from i suppose the council to inform us of this work so we could object, turns out because its only so many metres from their house…
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Please help me sell this house
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-12880086.html?locationIdentifier=REGION^19387&sortByPriceDescending=false&minBedrooms=3&pageNumber=1&fromSummary=true&backToListURL=/property-for-sale/find.html?locationIdentifier=REGION%5E19387&sortByPriceDescending=false&minBedrooms=3 Although we don't need to sell…
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Buying house for cash
Just mulling over a few options... We have a house in Spain where until recently we have lived for five years. It has now become our second home. There is no mortgage on it. If in the future we wanted to sell it and buy a flat or bungalow here in the UK how could we pay cash? Could we do this? In Spain it was dead easy,…
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HIP-Energy Performance Certificate
The there anything I can do to improve the report results before our house is accessed? I have read this... http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndCommunity/BuyingAndSellingYourHome/Homeinformationpacks/Energyperformancecertificates/DG_177026... but if I anticipate any recommendations before our house is inspected would it get…
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selling my old house
Hello, I put one of my houses up for sale on the 10th august for £124,950 its had about 3-4 viewings and today the ea rang and said a lady had just ben round and would like to offer 120k including some of the furniture. I feel its worth nearer the asking price and the ea said i should snap her hand off, the house is 10…
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Personal Loan for deposit ?
Hi all sorry for the really long post but would really appreciate some advice :rolleyes: We currently rent privately at £500 per month and will be getting kicked out due to landlord selling 1 December 2009. We are wanting to buy a house rather than private rent again due to the unstable feel about not having a permanent…
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sacked estate agent - how to pick another?
Its been 2 weeks since any contact with EA and despite a promise to advertise each week for 4 weeks, come week 2 he didnt advertise at all, so I sacked him with 2 weeks notice. I am in a quandary. Since I live in a small village (one pub and one shop) I can either readvertise with another agent in a small market town 5…
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Repossession property - different ways of selling?
A quick question re. repossessions... I was on the understanding that once an offer has been accepted on a repossession there was a legal requirement to publish that offer in case there are higher offers out there. Therefore leaving yourself open to gazumping far more than usual. I am going to see a property tomorrow…
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Part Buy / Part Rent
Hello, I am sure this has been posted before, if indeed it has, apologies. I have just missed out on the Ownhome scheme as funding has completely dried up here in London. I guess my second option would be to go for the Part Buy / Part Rent scheme as I my salary isnt so great. Could you let me know if you have gone for…
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Are there any surveyors out there?
I don't mean to exclude those who are knowledgable on this subject who are not surveyors - and of course your opinions are worthy and appreciated but I wanted inside knowledge as to what is taken into account when a property is valued. A few months ago we agreed a sale of our house but it all fell through as they surveyor…
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Who's To Blame?
My friend's been left in a bit of a predicament. Had a mortgage agreed by their bank for a property that subsequently fell through but a new, slightly more expensive property was found. They put an offer in and verbally the adviser at the branch confirmed that the higher amount should be acceptable and passed the…
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moving into a new home - utility supplies
Hi, Can someone tell me what happens with utilities once a house is sold, sale completed, seller moved out and buyer moving in. I've heard that some houses get disconnected whilst others carry on a deemed contract without disconnection. Is there anything a buyer can do via solicitors to sort this without being…
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possible restrictive covenants in the absence of documentary title
Hi, I am in the process of house purchase and have found the following in the Charges Register in the Register of Title: "In the absence of documentary title prior to registration it could not be ascertained whether there are any restrictive covenants affecting the land which is registered subject to any such covenants…
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Service Charge - MAF??
Hi, Just got my service charge statement from the managing agents on my leasehold flat. Its got an item described as MAF 10% + VAT Any ideas what this is? Thanks,
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How can i do my own referencing checks?
Hi, partner and i are looking to rent out our property and have had 2 agents around so far to have a look around and chat about their services and costs. Both have said they would obtain references and credit checks etc with one company using Homelet to obtain these details. Is there any way that we would be able to do the…
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New build and part exchange!
A bit of a long story really but I could really do with some advice. We had a number of estate agents value our house in April as we wanted to sell it. All of those priced it beween £110,000 and £120,000. A few days later we saw a new build property that we liked. We decided to part-exchange our house for ease! We were…
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House Repairs - help
Hi Guys Myself and my partner have been renting a property through Cotton's for around 18months. Recently, the plaster in the spare bedroom has started to flake away leaving a gap in the wall paper and plaster dust on the floor. Also, the grouting around the bath/shower has started to rot and is black. We have rang the…
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Renting, wanting to stay, what could happen?
* No inventory signed or even seen but problems with flat. * Deposit & first months rent paid but LA not protected it or passed onto LL. * Dealing with LL direct, no involvement with LA anymore. * 6 months comes up on 23rd October * I want to stay in flat * No late/missed rent payments What can I do about the above? What…
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ending tenency?
hi, I moved into my property last august, and have had nothing but trouble since, i started on a 6 month agreement, which went fine, then i had to pay another £109. to renew the tenency, again fine, until the rent started going out of my account, but not (apparently to them) which again is fine (except a lot of trouble my…
