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Cash back deals
An Estate agent told us that they can sell our house faster as they offer a cash back incentive to buyers. The way it works in. They sell your house for 300k They add 1k on They give they buyer the 1k back at the end. This only works if you use ALL there services, eg IFA's, legal team etc. Can they do this? The 1k you get…
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100% rent increase - unfair rent
Hi! Can anyone help please? My mum owns a 1/4 share of her house through a housing association. She's paid her mortgage element off, and continues to pay rent to the housing association. Her rent increases by a small amount each year (say £30), but she's just received a letter saying that in two weeks time, it's increasing…
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newish housing estate private car park problems with kids
I live in a newish housing estate that backs onto a secure car park, which I keep my car in and pay fees each year for it. The problem I had last year was young kids about 8 9 years old playing around my car, they used to pay ball games but the company who own the car park have now put NO BALL GAMES signs up, they no…
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Selling a tennanted house?
Hi Having got divorced four years ago, I feel the time has come to sell the property that I was given as my settlement. I have been renting it out and currently it has tennants in, who are great pay monthly with no issues what so ever. But I would like to sell the house as it is something from the ast which I no longer…
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Neighbor trying it on :(
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Top 20 checklist when deciding which conveyancer
Here are some thoughts: 1. will I receive a solicitor, legal executive or senior conveyancer - OR will I have a clerk or someone junior and unqualified [bet your neighbour gets the former] 2. will I be allocated the same person throughout (save holidays of course) or a conveyor belt set-up 3. will they give me their direct…
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landlord throwing thousands of pounds away
I was wondering if someone could give me some advice pertaining to a friend's situation/ The advice I got on here previously was very useful. Basically the situation was they have not finished their course and had one module. As friends had finished and were moving on they decided to leave their property and found one that…
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Under valued survey
Just had a shocking news today - despite asking for 10-15k less then other flats around my apartment complex and agreeing on price thats 7k less than my original asking price, the surveyor valued our flat 7k less than agreed sales price (hence 14k less than original asking price, and 30k less than the most expensively…
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Problems with my Letting Agents -Tenant moved out
Evening all, I'm just after some advice if I may. I am having problems with my letting agents that I use to manage my buy to let property. The tenant moved out over a fortnight ago, at the time she was in arrears by 6 weeks and the agents said that they would give me the bond when she moved out which would clear some…
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How to demonstrate we have got money sorted?
We are first time buyer; luckily we secured a good amount of deposit scatter in a number of saving accounts between my wife and me. On the top of that, still we need to borrow about 20-25% from bank; obviously we can get a mortgage certificate from Bank as principle. But how can we demonstrate to vendor that we have sorted…
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Realistically, what size rooms are ok for your average 3 bed semi
for those that are lucky enough to have big victorian or georgian houses, i cant afford those!! i sort of feel the room sizes in our house are too small, im trying to learn to love them our bedroom is 10 by 12, the second bedroom is 10 by 10, the lounge is 14 by 10, the spare bedroom is 9 by 7 the kitchen is miniscule and…
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valuation
Knew it was going too well! Sold to a csah buyer, buying from someone moving into rented. House is amazing, offer accepted at £172,000. Survey today, nothing wrong, but Nationwide have valued it at £150,000! They have based around all other sales on that road, but they all have postage stamp gardens. this has 150 ft garden…
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Verbal agreement
We are selling our house in Scotland and after drawn out negotiations we received what we were told would be a final offer on Friday. My wife phoned our estate agents this morning to say we would accept the offer. I was unaware my wife had phoned and later during my lunch hour phoned the estate agent to see what was…
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New build up for £125K, offer £120K Taylor Wimpey said NO!
We went to look at some new build properties at Mawsley, Kettering yesterday and saw a new 2 bed that we liked -…
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we have a private offer- is it difficult to proceed without estate agent?
We have had an offer via our estate agent 3K below our asking price. Privately- the people who live in the flat above us have offered us the same price (we would save £3k in estate agent fees if we go with them). we informed the estate agent of the possibility of the private offer- and they wrote (and initialed) on both…
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high speed train????
We currently rent our house out, and we have been told today by one of the old neighbours that the route for the new 250 mph train track will go through the back garden so if it was to be built, they would need to remove our houses. Does anyone know what happens ive read about compulsory purchase orders, do they give you…
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Serving a Section 21.
I have been renting out a house for the last 10 months. I use a letting agency to manage this. My tenant had an AST for the first 6 months and I served a Section 21 giving her notice to leave the property in November last year. However, after discussion with the agency, I agreed to allow the tenant to stay on a rolling…
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Market valuation v.s. purchase price
I paid a surveryor to provide a HOMEBUYER REPORT for me and the surveyor's overall opinion of the property: I am pleased to advise you that in my opinion, this property is a reasonable proposition for purchase at a price of £305,000.1 found evidence of dampness in the rear wall but nothing more of significance. I cannot…
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Moving out of rented flat - does my notice have to be a full paid month?
Hi, I would like some advice on the following situation.... I have recently been offered a new job in a new location and as such I shall be moving in a months time. I currently rent an apartment which is via a letting agency. The contract was initially 6months, however I have been there a year. My contract is a…
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Estate Agent fees
Having read lots on this forum about estate agents fees I thought I was fully prepared for them to come and value my house and tell me what percentage their fees would be. I have had four agents round who have all quoted me fixed prices which has sent me in a little bit of a spin, below is what I've been quoted, can anyone…
