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Home report (scotland)
Does anyone know of a reputable firm of Chartered Surveyors in the Glasgow area who would prepare a home report for a reasonable price? The firm would obviously have to be acceptable to most lenders.
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Google Streetview Now Extended
Fascinating for home hunters and others. :) :)
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Sellers market
In our area, its a sellers market, having lost out on a property when I refused to enter a bidding war, I was then one of two who offered the full asking price (£200K) on another in our preferred area. The EA asked what the maximum we would go over the asking price and we said 5K, two days later the EA came back to us to…
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Can the agent give a builder the key without permission?
Cutting a long story short, we have builders in our property doing maintenance. Yesterday they said they needed access to the inside but I wasn't prepared to leave them alone in the property while we were at work all day. I clearly told him I would take this afternoon off work ao that he could access the interior. I also…
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Should I pay someone to store my deeds?
I bought my flat about three years ago and, as my mortgage provider didn't want to store the deeds, I paid the solicitor an annual fee for storing the deeds for me. The solicitor (Wolstenholmes - who have various other threads devoted to them on here!) have now been closed down following an intervention and I have just now…
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Moving to York - where to start looking??
help! live in london but been offered a new job between bradford and leeds so after any help on places to live... husband needs quick train to london so thinking about york/west of york. anyone got any advice on nice places to live between york and the a1 or where to avoid????? thanks for any suggestions...
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2nd Viewing
I'm selling my dads house & someone has requested a 2nd viewing, is this positive?
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Does tenant need to be asked before shrubs are cut back?
I'm a tenant and somebody has given one of the shrubs in my back garden a severe pruning. Nobody asked before doing it; my partner and I are at work all day so whoever it was nipped in and did it, sometime today I think. I think it's either the landlady or the neighbours but I haven't found out which yet (will ask…
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Return of Deposit
My wife and I finished a lease one month and five days ago and we had paid a deposit of £1,800. Upon terminating the lease we asked for the deposit back and were told we had to make a claim through Deposit Protection. We had to get our Repayment ID from Deposit Protection so we put in a claim. It has been over two weeks…
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Last ditch attempt to sell - reduced price a go
Well just to post this here as I wanted to ask for a collective prayer (religious or secular) that my flat finally sells. I have had it on the market sine the start of October 2009 and had 60+ viewings since. I reduced my price by £30k in January and still had no offers. All viewers have valued the property at the asking…
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Mortage adviser/estate agents
I have an appointment on Saturday (13/3/10) with a mortgage adviser who works with Bairstow Eves. Should I avoid these types of Mortgage Advisers and look for an independent one??
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Will it help to put in on the market now?
I recently served a non-paying and deceptive LHA tenant eviction, using the break clause in section 21. I intend to sell the house and move on. Prior to the eviction, she had been quite nasty and I think she forgot about the break clause.Following eviction, she sent a "lovely" response about my decision and asked whether I…
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Court summons for council tax
I have just received a court summons for the final installment of council tax on a property I rent. The amount is £98 +£42 costs. This is for the period 1st - 31st March 2010 The thing is my contract on the property is only until 18th March 2010, so I do not owe the full amount i'm being summand for. The court date is 29th…
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Do I need a HIP for a private sale?
We have recently been approached by someone we know who has said they would be interested in buying our property subject to agreeing on a price. We have been considering selling however had done nothing about it so this was good timing for us. In order to agree on a price, we had 3 valuations at the weekend and are now…
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Short assured tenancy (Scotland)
Hi i hope someone can help with this situation, Me and my flat mate have a 6 month short assured tenancy in glasgow which ran out this week. We were served our notice to quit last month but due to certain circumstance involving my flat mate being attacked and going in for operations we never responded to it. Our contract…
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Timescale query - from accepting offer
Hi all, We accepted offer on our property on Monday 22nd Feb with our Buyers accepting their offer on Saturday 20th Feb. Apparently they have been (and are still ???) on holiday ??? so our EA desperately trying to glean basic information from their Agents such as Solicitor's details - our EA have also been in touch with…
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Problems with the developer
Hello, Hopefully somebody can help us out. We bought a new build flat last October from Gemcross homes in Edinburgh. The company has gone bankrupt and the bank has taken over their debts. They will not been released their monies owed until they finish all the “snagging” issues in the development. The problem is we are…
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The confusion of the First Time Buyer...
Hope someone can offer some help here! I'm in a position at last where this week I might make an offer on a house. The house is a terraced with rear access shared with 5 other houses. I have received the HIP pack today containing the register of title and plan from the land registry and none of it makes any sense to me!…
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What happens when "searches" prove inaccurate?
Question: when a solicitor acts in the purchase of a property, they conduct a number of searches, enviromential, planning etc. The solicitors uses a "third party" company to conduct said "search" the vendor pays the fees and the property is finaly sold to the vendor. If these searches then prove to be inaccurate. Who is at…
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Can't find F/T Working guarantor
hi all, heres my situation; i sold my house in Oct 09 and moved into a rental property arranged via the agent that sold the house. now i want to move into another rented property with another agent. this new agent is asking for a full-time working guarantor as i work part-time. however i cannot find one. my employer has…
