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seller has pulled out on three separte ocassions
Hi i need some advice, I have seen the house of my dreams but apparently the seller has pulled out now on three separate ocassions after the perspective buyers has spent money on searches etc. she has put the house up 10K but i still interested is there any leagal document i could get her to sign to say if she pulls out…
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Sort mortgage or solicitor first?
Just a quick question, is it the mortgage or solicitor that needs to be sorted first? I have had an offer accepted on a house and things are beginning to move, i am due to get the mortgage application sorted on Friday but just wondering if i should go ahead and pick a suitable solicitor in the mean time, or wait until the…
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what happened to the 'kicked out' thread?
where's the thread where the lady with a decent household income but high debts hadn't paid a penny's rent in 4 months despite the low rent of approx £350 pcm? where she was surprised to be served an eviction notice by the landlord and be turned down for a council house by the local council? where she was equally stunned…
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Finding owners of an empty house
Hi there, There is an empty property in our street, that is derelict and in the time Ive lived in the street (almost 3 years) its been empty. Theres an old BMW thats been parked on the drive for so long, it has vines growing all over it. Its probably a long shot (and maybe just a pipe dream) but we would like to looking…
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Giving seller a 'good faith' deposit - bad idea?
Hi all, Sorry to make my first post a question! We put in an offer on a property yesterday, only to find out that someone else had also made an offer through a different estate agent. The seller is very cautious as they have been messed around a couple of times. I have read a few articles about putting down a 'good faith'…
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Quick question. How long does it take to register a deed with the Land Registry?
deed=lease extension, otherwise question as in title Thanks.
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2nd Mortgage help required!!!!!Please
Hi my partner and i have spotted a property we would like to purchase renovate then sell, my challenge is as follows: We both have individual mortgages on our own properties and would like to keep both of these properties on. The ideal is to get a joint mortgage that is very flexible so we could possibly increase and…
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Lenders Valuation
This probably sounds silly to seasoned house buyers but i am a FTB and a little confused on the lenders valuation. I know that the lenders will only borrow what they value the house at, and not more. Does this mean that if the sale price was £100,000 and they valued the house at £95,000 they would only lend £95,000? Or…
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Probate or not probate??
Long story short, my fiancee and I am currently living in a house that was owned by her late father. Her father died 6 weeks ago. We we're paying him rent to stay in this house. Now we intend to get a mortgage for half the value of the property to buy out her brother's half, as we intend to stay in the house. We have been…
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is the landlord obliged to fix ?
im due to sign a tenancy on friday and was informed today that the boiler is leaking water. it is still supplying hot water and central heating but is just dripping a bit. the letting agent has told me it will be getting fixed but most likley after ive moved in ! id really like to move in this weekend but dont want to sign…
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HIP...How to put one together
My partner is in the process of putting together a HIP. How does it work? What info do you have to put on it? Where do we start? I really have no idea as to what we have to do. Help please!:):wave:
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Gas Cert expired!!!!
I was wondering if anybody , could tell me where i stand. I was renting a 3 bedroom house with which the gas cert expired in Nov 09. I emailed the agency 6 Dec 09 to let them know that boiler was leaking water & that i wanted it sorted straight away, with which they replied they will call gas man to come & do service & gas…
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We complete next week what do we do with
Hi, well we finally complete next week, we will move out a few hours before our buyer gets here. What do we do with the keys, do we take all of them to estate agent or do we just take the main one and leave the rest in the house. Many Thanks
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landlord not paying council tax for me
Hi all, I am living in a 3 bedroom house with the person that owns it. It is an informal verbal agreement that I pay £375 a month for all bills included. I did this initially think I would probobly only stay here a few months but we actually get on really well and are both happy for it to continue indefinately. However, I…
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Porting mortgage - mad bloke on telephone
Hi all I need some sanity - I'm sure what I've just been told on the phone by Nationwide has to be wrong... We currently have a mortgage with them for £156k but we're moving to a cheaper area where we can get a similar size house for a smaller amount. The new house is going to be around £170k and we'll use about £70k of…
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Probate - why does it take so long!?
I'm currently in a process of buying a probate estate and its jus takin sooooooo long. We know they've been looking at the probate since Jan. Our offer was accepted 7 weeks ago with an understanding they will finish the probate & complete the sale by end of April. We had a call from my solicitor today to say the seller's…
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NEED to sell house but what to do with estate agents
hi finaly we decided to put house on market :j . Its a first time buyers house. We got 4 agents around and valued . Three agents all valued the same and the other was not far off. Was not we expected with the price but i guess we have to go with this value due to market condition. We signed a contract with one agent for 12…
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Home buyers insurance
I'm sorry if this has been talked about in the past, but can anyone tell me if Home buyers insurance is worth it? My Mum has said it would cover me for any loses incured if our house purchase fell through. Thanks for reading this.
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Setting an offer deadline.... Wise?
Hello All, I've been a long time lurker (sp) here; but have only just registered and this is my first post, so please go easy on me. I hope your expert advice will point me in the right direction (i've looked via the search but could not find a similar scenario to ours). We have made an offer on a property that has been on…
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EA and Deposits
Has anyone ever had any problems getting their deposit back from the EA. We handed the keys back on our flat on Thursday evening and I tried to get in contact with the EA on Friday to find out what the process what. It has only been today that she has bothered to get back to me :mad: Also I find that the email our LL sent…
