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MSE News: Brits set for £283m Spanish property compensation
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "Britons who sold a property in Spain between 1997 and 2006 could be elgible for thousands of pounds of compensation, it is claimed ..." Read the full story: Brits set for £283m Spanish property compensation
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Choosing a Chartered surveyor
Upon reading several of these threads I would like to point out that the public are able to choose their own surveyor when buying a house. They dont have to use the one suggested by the bank or building society. This can save a great deal of money because independent surveyors can quote accordingly. For example as a…
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Should we make an offer??
Hi all I posted a similar question a few days ago, but I think I got too technical with land law to warrant a response. We have found the perfect house in a semi-rural location with a large garden. Luckily, before we put in an offer, I decided to carry out some due diligence..... I paid £4 on the Land Registry to view the…
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AVG Virus Threat
Not sure where to post this. Have just had a warning come up when accessing the forums. "Exploit Link to known exploit site (type 944)
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House raffle syndicate
there have been threads about house raffles. However, would you join a group of about 100,000 people and pay £2 a week to enter. it would give someone a cheap house, help sellers and raise some money for charity. there are one off raffles, but a regular thing could be quite lucrative...
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Planning permission
Hi, I have put an offer forward to buy a repossessed property in Birmingham. My offer has been accepted. After the valuation, I found out that rea kitchen was extended and I need to find out if proper planning permission & building consent was obtianed. I have contacted the estate agent but the bank do not have that…
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Six months' rent in advance to avoid failing credit check?
My partner and I viewed a really nice property tonight and want to rent it. We were talking to the letting agent about the credit check and because I have only recently become gainfully employed again after a while I was worried about failing the credit check. The agent said there's the option to secure the property by…
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buying freehold
Sorry if this is in the wrong place feel free to move me :confused: . I applied to buy the freehold on my property and have received a reply today would you say this is a good price £1700 for the freehold and £1000 for costs.76yrs left on lease. your views much appreciated :beer:
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Surveyor to take up to 5 hours!!!! Doing what??
Having a full building survey done on our house next week and was a bit taken aback when she said it would take between 4-5 hours. You could probably take our house down and rebuild it in that time - it's only a little 1980s house. Question is, as I really don't want them pulling up my nice floor, drilling into walls,…
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Recommend your solicitor here!
Hello, I know there are a million threads about solicitors, but there's so many solicitors out there that it's hard to know how to begin picking one. We're just in the process of looking for one now, and I know it would help us (and probably other people) massively if there was one thread where people could just give the…
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On the road to finally saving a deposit...
:T Hi everyone. Me and my lovely wife are finally on the road to saving for our house. Im 26 and shes 25, we previously owned a 50% share in a flat which we sold a year ago. We had a fair bit of debt which i hated so took the decision to pull out of the next house purchase 250k house (luckily as the house went back up for…
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Restricive Covenant
I am looking at buying a house, and it has a restrictive covenant. Any changes to the property need to be approved by the sellers. The property is listed, so I find this quite annoying, as it theory it could also apply to interior and gardens (which generally are excluded from the listed rules). And any changes I do wish…
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Buying furniture from vendor?
Hello - FTB and new to this site - been reading lots of threads and getting excited! After several months of looking for a house we found the perfect place and vendors situation seems to totally suit our situation which makes everything perfect! They moving abroad and we are currently staying at parents - we just got back…
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Another bond question
Hello, Just wondered if you would be able to help. I have been renting a house since june 2007 and just handed in my notice to leave the house. I have a bit of a dodgy landlord and he has acknowledged my notice and sent me a standard letter detailing things that need to be done before I leave i.e. ensure keys are handed…
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buy now to avoid etc
Of late, i've seen property for sale with the words "buy now to avoid stamp duty". They tell me that Dec 31st is the deadline. Do you escape stamp duty if you have exchanged before the 31st?
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Damp in my rented home
I was wondering if anyone could give us any advice... Myself and my partner moved into a newly renovated house in august and the house has now been affected by damp and mould. The first month of living in the house the weather was warm so we didnt need the radiators on etc... however upon trying the heating when the…
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Agent Liability - Ending Lease Agreement
In December 2008 I signed a lease agreement for 18 months with a 12 month break clause. Unfortunately being new to the UK I did not study the break clause as closely as I now know I should have. In August I contacted the agent who is managing the property on behalf of the landlord to ask for clarity on the break clause –…
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Offer accepted but still advertised with another agent!
Anyone got any thoughts on this please? We are in a proceedable position, had an offer accepted on a lovely house just over a week ago, £5K below asking (up for sale with two agents; the second agent only having been instructed the day before we offered.) Valuation booked for next week, solicitor instructed and everything…
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Deposit or debt?
Hi My husband and I have just managed to sell our house and for more than we hope! Which is obviously great news. However we have debts of around £25k. My husband wants to take the extra money we earned and add it to the money we have saved for a deposit for the new house. However I think it would be a better idea to pay…
