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solicitors fees
Can anyone advise me on solicitors fees, I have just received a quote of £1300.00 incl of VAT, which sounds pretty high, as we are not buying a home only selling, any advice gratefully received. Thanks
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Conveyancing - feedback required on AVRillo solicitors
Hi, Have anyone used AVRillo LLP Solicitors for conveyancing? I am waiting to finalise a solicitor as I am buying a property and want to decide on solicitors quickly. My agent referred AVRillo. Please provide some feedback on them, if you have used their services. Thanks!
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Gas & Electric in my soon-to-be-rented-out house
Advice please! I'm about to rent out my house for the first time (to my brother for at least the first 3 months) and will also come off the Scottish Power fixed rate deal on 30th Sept. I'm not sure if they're going to try and sign me in for another year (might have had a letter, but had lots going on moving house so might…
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moving house question
we bought our house in 2001 and currently owe 50k on it, however, if we sell now it would probably bring around the 150k mark.... my question is that is we sell our house now for 150k and then pay back the mortgage of 50k then, as i see it, we have 100k to put down on our next house.... if we then buy a house for 200k and…
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Students Having Problems Renting With Opel Estate Agents, advise/help?
Hi I'll try and keep this short. Four of us rented a property from Opel estate agents (they own the property so we dont have a single landlord) for our second year at uni. Then on the 1st July two of us went to get our keys and sign an agreement that we were happy with the property ect, the property was dirty and several…
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Tenant constantly late in paying rent
Hi - I have had a tenant in my house since Jun and for the last 2 months the tenant has paid late. This month the tenant has submitted a letter to the LA stating that her HB date has changed and she cannot meet the date stipulated in the contract (17th each month) and will not pay until the 6th October at the earliest…
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Selling - Shortfall
Hi All Hope someone can give me some advice. I have split from my ex who i had joint mortgage with. Either of us would find it difficult to take on the mortgage alone. I currently live in the house with baby i had with my ex and i am paying the mortgage and bills but mortgage is at reduced rate as am on maternity pay until…
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Any experience of Complete / Withy King for conveyancing?
Has anyone else used these solicitors for conveyancing on a property purchase? If so, what was your experience of them? I chose them because I was in a rush 3-4 weeks ago and they were recommended by my mortgage broker (mortgage lender vetoed my first and second choice of conveyancer and seller was apparently threatening…
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sum held by solicitor after sale of property and redemption of mortgage.
Can any one say whether this happened to them? I sold my house on 3rd Sep of which after redemption of mortgage and agent fees left me with £69000. After deduction of £500(200 already paid) for solicitor costs, leaving 68500. I received 67500 and a note letter stating "it is becoming increasingly common that redempion…
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New home survey - do I have any come back?
I moved home 2 months ago and paid extra to get the full homebuyers report which graded both the heating and hot water systems and the water and plumbing and the central heating as 1 (the highest available meaning that no immediate repair or replacement is necessary). The report does say "although i have not carried out…
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Renegotiating after survey - Help Please!!!
We had an offer accepted on a property at 192,500. The survey has been completed and the surveyor has suggested that the valve of the property is 190,500. This is due to a number of issues being highlighted. I expected this, as it is an old terrace house, which you would expect some wear and tear, electrical problems etc.…
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section 21 of the housing act
Just an update rang the LL today told her about the section 21 and the Tenency deposit scheme she told me i do not need these she has done this before and will be taking back the posetiton of the property onn Oct 24th. I was nice and polite told her what they had said she said on a private tenency they do not need this. As…
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What can I do about a ludicrous valuation of our property
I'm in the process of trying to remortgage our property. I went to an estate agent for a valuation who came back at £189,000 (which was slightly higher than expected). I applied for a £110,000 mortgage paying for the valuation etc (ie borrowing slightly less than 60%) mortgage company willing to lend 70%! I've just…
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Can I sue the Landlord for not putting my deposit in scheme?
Hi All I have had awful problems with my ex-Landlord/Agent. To cut a really long story short, they have deducted £450 out of the £750 bond for carpets smelling of cigarette smoke! My late father came to live with us and was sadly diagnosed with lung cancer and died whilst we were at the property. As my father smoked and it…
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FTB - what can I expect survey to tell me?
I'm a FTB in the process of buying a property which is about 90 years old. The current owner has completely refurbished the interior, including the windows, but it looks as if the roof is still original (and obviously the walls I guess!). How much info can I expect to get from the survey? e.g. will it tell me that the roof…
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Tenants v holiday let
My parents are currently renting a property to tenants. However, the rent does not cover their costs and they have decided it is time to think about other options - one being holiday lets because the property is in a beautiful and popular tourist area of Scotland. However, we need to research whether it will be financially…
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Quick Sale
Hi Please help? We put out house on the market in August and had no viewings at all. Phoned EA and they said the price was putting people off, so we decided to reduce the price by £10,000, they are four houses down our road all for sale three of them through the same EA. Since then we have had 5 viewings, the feedback we…
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Renting?
Hi, I maybe moving out with a friend, we are looking at getting a flat for about 450pcm, 2bed with bathroom living room and kitchen, nothing major i dont think. This is the 1st time we have ever moved out and have no clue how much any of the bills will cost? Can some1 give us a rough estimate of how much bills cost? I know…
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part exchange on new-build
2 bed semi apparently is worth too much to exchange for 4 bed detached:eek: as they want 30% differential in the prices. It means upping to a house that's bigger/more expensive than we wanted and therefore having to increase mortgage payments beyond what's affordable. But with a baby on the way we need away from noisy…
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Transfer of covenant
Hi More queries on my conveyancing :) I Hope Richard Webster or someone else can assist with, The buyer has asked for a "transfer of covenant" does anyone have any idea what this is and where I would obtain such information. Should my conveyancer be finding this information? Many Thanks JD
