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Another returning bond post!
Hi folks I'm in the process of moving out of our privately rented accommodation, Our LL doesn't use a letting agency and when we moved in we just signed a 'do it yourself' tenancy agreement (like one of those write your own will packs you can get), but I don't remember ever signing an itinerary and looking through all the…
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trying to sell a house abroad on auction, help or advice please
Hi, I hope this is the right place for this, my father left the UK to live abroad about 25 years ago but now wants to move back to the UK. He currently lives in Greece and has been looking on the net for ways to sell. He is keen to sell in a UK auction, which I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing, ie will he…
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Survey was fine but having problems with damp in new flat
We recently moved into a ground floor flat in a converted semi detached 1920s house. We had a homebuyers survey conducted, which all came back 100% fine, however now we are in the property, we are noticing problems with damp. We have been in for 3 weeks, and there is mould and mildew forming between the tiles in the…
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service charge
Pls Help - I am paying over £2000 a year on my service charge for a flat with no lift, porter and which is badly kept with broken fences and rubbish dumped everywhere. The flat is in wembley park in middlesex. Does anyone know of any type of board or body I could get help from to look into the situation and that could take…
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Is it possible to extend planning permission ?
I have full planning permission to build a house in South Norfolk, the permission lapses next April. Although I hope to be able to start work by then it may not be possible. So I am looking at options and I have a few questions: 1) Is there any way of getting the period of my planning permission extended? 2) What…
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Disinstructing solicitors - advice please
Hello, We're very near to disinstructing our solicitors acting for us on our house purchase. Without going into the exact reasons, we are very unhappy with their service, not least because they never return calls and have only just in the last week started looking at something we highlighted to them 6 weeks ago. If we do…
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Stamp duty loop holes
Does anyone know anything about the stamp duty loopholes - eg www(dot)avoidstampduty(dot)com My questions are threefold: 1. Is it legal? 2. Is the house actually yours at the end and is there a period where it is owned by a third party but the mortgage liability is the buyers...ie a part where you could lose the house but…
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Conveyancers - how helpful should they be?
Just received a report back from their searches. Lots of information there.... lots of unexplained information. Is it their duty to advise as well as inform? Basically theres a few contradictions, which I suspect is a result of copy and pasting standard text. Also they request "required" documents from the seller's…
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Buying Out my partners ex
Hi I want to buy out my partner's ex husbands share of her property and have a few questions. As part of there divorse the court ordered that she pay him a sum of money ( lump sum) and due to that she took over the morgage and her name was solely put on the deeds, he lost all other interest in the property, the only other…
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our tenant wants to move out before the end of their fixed term tenanncy agreemnent!!
Our tennant has sent us a letter saying that they will be leaving next month depsite the fact they signed a fixed term assured shorthold tennacy agreement that ends june 2010. Can the do this? surely they are liable to pay till the end of the term, or till another tenannt is found?
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Purchasing Freehold Cost - Advice Please!!
Hello, I would be really grateful if somebody could advise me further following contact with my landlord (Shenstone Properties) regarding the above. They have agreed to sell to me for an all inclusive sum of £4245.00 based on a property worth approx £135000 with 71 years remaining on the lease. The ground rent is £40 per…
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Survey results in:possible damp?
Hi all, Just got back from a much-needed long weekend away to find our building survey (2 copies thereof) on our doormat! The house we are hoping to purchase is a 1970, 3 bed detached. I have been warned about surveys in that they can appear quite negative, but after all, they are done to help you make decisions on the…
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Transfer of equity
I have a question with regards to transfer of equity that I am hoping someone can help me with. Me and my partner are thinking about buying my partner's parents' flat, which we are currently renting. The flat is worth approx £190,000. We are both on relatively low incomes, but my parents have kindly offered to give me…
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A long shot - advice please
We were buying a house and due to exchange contracts, had paid £550 for survey etc and other fees and they pulled out 1 day before exchange and would not refund the money (yes not legally obliged too), we sold our house 2 days before and they knew this and it left us high and dry. Anyway, we have a new house now and have…
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What did your estate agent do well/poorly?
As per the title really, what were you impressed with when you sold your house? What did you feel the agents did well, what did they do badly? What would you like them to do differently if you could go back in time? On the other hand, if you were a buyer, what did you think about the sellers' agents? Did you feel like they…
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Renting - can a lettings agent keep your bond AND send you a bill too?
Hi All, I have just moved out of a rented house that I have been in for a year. The property was a barn conversion on a farmyard, with cream carpets. It would be fair to say that the carpets have always been very 'average' in quality - the pile is very thin and cream carpets in a farm environment are really not easy to…
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renting advice
Hi wonder if anyone can help, my friend has just rented a property, moved in friday, when he viewed the property had a cooker and hob, washer, fridge and freezer. He asked if it would be included and was told yes and the property was advertised as part let On friday he went and got the keys and was told that the inventory…
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Sale about to fall through - advice needed
Any advice or suggestions much appreciated... We sold our house very quickly to cash buyer and we had offer accepted on a house in late June. We told the EA that we wanted to move quite quickly so we didn't lose our buyer and they told us the vendor had other property to move into (while their new house was being done up)…
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Selling two properties, buying a new build. Possibly.
Hi there. I live in a three bed semi. Mrs Aph lives in a two bed apartment. We're planning to sell both our properties and buy a new build four bed detached together. Although they're not yet on the market, we're thinking we'll have around £160-170k of equity once the sales of our current places go through. The house we're…
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Holding Fee taken before showing the contract- what to do?
Hello! An agency I signed up for wouldnt show the contract until you had paid a £180 holding/admin fee. Now that I have the contract, I see it is full of hidden costs and a demand that I get out contents insurance with them etc. I havent signed anything and now I dont want to, but can I get the holding fee back? They…
