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FTB advice - sit and wait or buy now?
Hi I appreciate this is difficult to answer because no-one knows what the future holds. But I'd like to gauge people's opinions in any case..... My partner and I have always live in rented accommodation and pay around £420 pcm. We have been saving over the years and have enough for a deposit of around £65k. We've seen a…
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BBC1 Now (midnight). Famous, Rich and Homeless ... bit like me then :)
No idea what it's about, or if it's even worth watching ... but it's about to start.
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Giving notice during crossover between AST/periodic
Well, it's finally happened although I'm surprised it has taken so long - after numerous problems, our landlord has decided to give us two months' notice. It's actually quite a big relief because it gives me the push I need to find somewhere which is properly managed and where I won't get out of the shower to discover a…
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Right to Manage
Hi all, I am considering placing an offer on a property that is a ground floor flat, leasehold with a long lease. There are two flats in the building which is a converted regency house. However the building has fallen in to disrepair, the landlord has neglected their obligations under the lease, no ground rent or…
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Could he do this?
My ex and I bought a house 3 years ago and took out a joint mortgage. We split up last year and he signed his half of the house over to me via a disposition that has been registered in the Land Registry. I have been paying all the mortgage payments since he left. Unfortunately he is still on the mortgage at the moment. I…
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Tenancy end problems - please advise?
Hi everyone My partner and I were renting privately from a landlord through an estate agent. We gave the required notice and moved out on Sat, leaving the place clean and tidy. When we were moving out, the landlord popped up in our garden (he often would appear outside, when he wanted to do stuff) and also told us he'd…
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Retrospective Council Tax bill - can it be challenged?
Hi everyone This is my first foray into the forums on here, so hope I'm posting in the right place! My brother has received a council tax bill for a property that he moved out of over a year ago (was renting with a flatmate). The flat has been re-banded, resulting in an additional bill for £270. The council want him to pay…
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shared ownership (selling)
me and my partner wish to sell our shared ownership home as its becoming too small for us and our 2 children,we have recently been experiencing money problems and we have had to get a dmp,we where hoping the housing association would buy the 25% share back off us but with no luck,they have already charged us £180 for a…
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average price for removals?
Anyone know what the average price is for a removals company? we have a 4 bed home and an average amount of belongings. thanks in advance!
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Changing the Lock
My partner and I will be completing on our flat on Wednesday :j. Would you recommend that we change the locks? Or at least the barrel of one lock?
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Fee for transfering from one EA to another.
Good Evening, Im about to transfer from one EA to another. The 2nd EA are charging me a small fee to sign up with them. HIP is in place already. Is a fee normal practice ?
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Two house sales have fallen through – should I have to pay my solicitor? Please help!
Hi all I know it’s a long read (sorry) – but if anyone could help us out here we would be so grateful! My partner and I have been cursed with bad housing buying luck for the last 9 months! Property A – we first had our offer accepted on this in July 09. We had our survey done and things were going well. Then, the vendor…
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Do I have to provide an ariel
Hi I am hoping to rent my home out and have had a potential family interested, one problem I am having is that the letting agent has now told me that I need to provide a digital aerial in order for them to let the property, can someone tell me if I need to legally do this, I did have sky before and cancelled the contract…
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Any experience of living in Freemantle in Southampton?
Thank you in advance for anyone's thoughts and opinions on this area. Am considering moving there but don't know the area well.
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Redrow Mastermove - anyone have any experience of it?
We have just signed up to Redrows Mastermove scheme - does anyone have any experience of it, good or bad? We want a specific plot off-plan but because we have not sold the house yet, they will not let us reserve it. :cry: Any information/advice would be very welcome. Thanks
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Guidance needed! Mastermove and how many viewings should we aim for?
I have had my house on the market for two weeks and have only had one viewing. The problem being that although they really liked the house, the bedrooms were too small. Obviously theres nothing I can do about that and I know its going to be a recurring problem. We want to sell pretty sharpish (because we want to get a…
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One week to move from London to Durham.. HELP!!!
Hello, I'll try to keep this as short of I can but it's complicated. My dad currently resides in London , he's in his late 60's and wants to relocated to me neck of the woods so he applied for a council home. On Friday, suprisingly quickly the council have offered him a nice wee bungelow in a pleasant village ( they are…
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Help needed to buy my mum's house.
Hi - I really need some help/advice. Mum has 8 years left on mortgage she is paying 5.69% fixed for another 3 years. She is desperate to get out of house as was bought with abusive ex-partner and has nothing but bad memories there. To finance mortgage she works two jobs and rarely gets time off. She is 60 this year and…
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SYH4FREE.com
My son sold his house through this site and duly paid his 1% which he cannot now get back off this scam site. It got to the stage that they were saying that he was stupid ignorant and he was a complete idiot. He has been told that last week they sent out his cheque on the Friday and it was cashed in Wales that afternoon my…
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no chain - how long roughly
There is a house that has no chain and I am a first time buyer. I was wondering roughly how long the process can take from making an offer to completion?
