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Firms like "A Quick Sale"
Anyone had any experience with firms like a "Quick Sale" where they make you an offer obviously under market value, but pay for fees etc. We have a phone offer of £130.000 on our house. Is this likely to change when they actually come out. We would like a quick sale which is why we are considering these companies. Thanks
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Did our vendors pull out on the day we were exchanging/completing???
Hi, never posted on here before... in a very stressful situation at the moment and hope there might be some advice or shared experiences out there to help make us feel better!!! We are first time buyers, and from comparing our experience with friends and family, we seem to have been really unlucky to have come across a…
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Investing in a property
Ive been on this forum so many time for advice but never actually posted till now and i can't think of better people to ask.... My mum has come into a little money (early paid pensions of around 12k). We want to do something with this money to make it count rather than waste it (the money came from my dads pensions he…
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Homebuy Direct
Hi I just wondered what peoples experiences of Homebuy direct were? We are looking to buy a 4 bed new build Persimmon house through this scheme, the houses are listed were originally listed as 205k, now they are 190k but my friend bought one on same development (traditinal mortgage) for 160k 4 months ago so I know we would…
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Boiler needs repair, Advice please
I am renting a flat, I advised my Landlord, that the boiler has stopped working. Well it works but has to be turned on manually when ever we need hot water, as it does not kick in automatically anymore. This occurred about 4 months ago so it has been fine as it has been warm, although annoying having to turn it on and off…
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Stupid Solicitor
Contacted a local solicitor to make an offer on a house on my behalf, which they did do. Then today had a phone call saying that she could no longer represent me as she is also the solicitor for the vendor. :rolleyes: Now how she didnt realise that before I do not know. She must have realised when she put in the offer to…
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FTB- are things going TOO smoothly?!
Hi everyone! I can't believe I'm saying this - I'm/we're buying a house! Still feels so surreal! We have been looking at properties for a few months, been a bit hard as the area we honed in on has few properties that come onto the market and when they do, they seem to sell very quickly. Coupled with the fact that ideally…
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Fixtures and Fittings question.
Just a quick query, can someone clarify something for me please? I thought that if items were stated in the EA brochure, then they were supposed to be included in the sale price? This was something our EA told us, and to only include things in our details that we were happy to leave. Is this just some sort of EA etiquette…
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Finding old landlords details
Sorry if this is the wrong place to post, i've come over from another board :D Hi there, Me and My OH are moving into a new house (hopefully) And he couldn't remember his old landlords details for a house he rented a few years back, for his reference. So Leaders said it was ok to just put his old letting agents name down…
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Student threatened eviction by Landlord
Hope this is in the right place. My son, in his third year at uni, took over a friends tenancy in a shared house. This was done with everyones consent including the landlord. Due to the circumstances it was decided that a new contract would be made out and signed in October when the next rent payments are made. The…
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How can my partner buy into my house?
My partner and I are buying a house together. I am able to pay for my half in cash while my partner intends to take out a mortgage to cover his half. We are not married and wish to be equal tenants in common and have both our names on the deeds. I find myself needing to move into the house much sooner than anticipated and…
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Surveyor Report - Help!
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Damp Survey...
Hello any help on this and i would be really greatful! My partner and I are currently selling/buying a house. We had a Homebuyers Report done on the new property which was fine apart from them finding high damp readings on one of the internal walls. We didnt think much of this but our solicitor advised us to get a damp…
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FTB Stress!!!
:confused: Arrggghhh! I'm in the process of buying my first house and have done quite well up to now not getting stressed or worried, however exchange keeps getting delayed and the worry is setting in! We should have exchanged last Friday (only two properties in the chain) but both sets of solicitors had outstanding…
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standard v structural survey
Hi All, I'm stressing about not having had a STRUCTURAL survey...Would the standard survey show subsidence? Thanks.
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Really nervous!
We are going to offer on a house we viewed this evening first thing tomorrow and I feel so nervous! The price is 'offers in excess of £149000' but we were planning to offer a bit under looking at the other houses in the street. It's hard to decide as it's in a road where things sell maybe once every two years and all the…
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Buying property with civil partner - documenting ownership split
Hopefully this type of issue hasn't been covered elsewhere...I couldn't find anything similar. I'm looking to purchase a property with my civil partner, but as I have a much stronger credit score and he's a non-UK citizen we plan to purchase/mortgage in my name only as it appears the mortgage approval process will be…
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Fixed rate 2yr or 3yr
Hello We've decided on a fixed rate mortgage but now stuck on the decision of a 3yr or 2yr. As you know the 2yr is a lot cheaper and we plan to extend our house next year so we'll be borrowing more next year to fund this. This will increase our value and we'll end up with a lower LTV so better rates in the future and less…
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Extension roof issue
Note sure if this is the right section of the forum, so please move if wrong! I used to post on here frequently but that was a year or so ago, so forgot my login! Anyway, my mate lives in a semi detached house. Both semis have a flat roofed conservatory on the back, built at the same time around 20 years ago, and the felt…
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Rental Calculator/Advice needed
Hi I am currently living at my parents, and want to move out on my own. I am 32 and have not always lived at home, was away working abroad for a few years and stayed at mums when home. Then went to uni as a mature student for 4 year and stayed in shared house. I have living back at my mum's for 3 years since graduating and…
