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Getting started
Some friends I know need to get on to the property ladder and some views/advise would be really helpful. They are in their early 20s, stable relationship, baby on the way. Currently living with parents. He has good earning power (self employed), she is a hard worker at the beginning of a career which can be resumed after…
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HIP question
Should a HIP contain the full documentation held at Land Registry. I am asking because a HIP I have received on a property has the Land Registry entry and Title number, who the owner currently is and shows an entry on Charges Register and map of property edged Red. The title refers to a Covenant dated......but it aint…
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Keep Your Home Ltd.
Has anybody heard of this company before and/or had experience of dealing with them? http://www.jordans.co.uk/CompanyIndex/k/ke/kee/07004000/keep_your_home_limited.html Apparently they can arrange for a home owner who needs to move home (who may or may not be in negative equity) to move with no fee payment. This is done by…
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Building Survey
Need some feedback regarding our Building survey as I am not convinced that they did a full survey (building survey) it cost us nearly £800 the report was not thorough as we would have liked. We have recently purchased a house and have a five year fixed mortgage with the Leeds building society. The valuation was done and…
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Breaking a tenancy early - advice and experiences anyone?
Hi Everyone, I am about to break a tenancy agreement without permission from my landlord and I wanted to try and get advice and experiences from other people, who know about the subject or have been through something similar. My situation, trying to keep it brief: I moved into a flat in August 2009, signing a contract for…
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On market 1 week ago but no viewings yet
Hiya, Looking for some advice from seasoned buyers & sellers. Our house went on the market 1 week ago and have had no interest so far. Spoke to EA yesterday and they said the last 2 weeks have been particularly quiet but they are hoping it picks up soon (they're not the only ones!). I want to do all I can to make house…
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House Buying - Potential Noisy Neighbours
My boyfriend and I have just had an offer accepted on a property. However, my boyfriend works with someone who knows the people selling the house and has warned him that one of the reasons they are moving is because of noisy neighbours. Does anyone have any advice on where to find out more information? What is noisy for…
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Possible to Own 2 Homes?
Hi guys, Let me tell you my predicament and see what you think. Recently we decided we need to get out of our 1 bed flat and get something bigger as its been holding us back from starting a family. My wife and I moved into it 5 years ago and paid £82,000 for it, now after that time the mortgage remaining is £73,000 (we got…
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FTB - Homebuyers report back - advice please!!
Hi, Me and my boyfriend had an offer on a 3 bed semi 1930s house (we love) accepted a couple of weeks ago. It had only just come on the market. We got the homebuyers report back yesterday. The house has had a couple of damp proof courses - possibly an original one and one was done in 2001 (and I've been told by the sellers…
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Can you stack a fridge and freezer on top of each other?
Last year our upright fridge/freezer failed so we thought we would buy separate units as we (wrongly now) thought that would be more future proof. But the house we are moving into next week only has space for an upright combined fridge/freezer. So I wondered if it is possible to stack separate units on top of each other.…
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Months notice (rent)
Hi, Ive jsut bought my first house, and as im renting at present I need to give 1months notice, Now as I have only just had the mortgage offer, I was reluctant to hand my notice in before I had it. If I put my notice in, does this mean I need to live in the house for a month? or just pay the rent for a month??
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Flat above corner shop changed street address and number to share my house number.
I now find that my house street number (1) is now shared with a flat above a corner shop which faces the high street - council says they can change this flat's street address and number to (1a), because they have a doorway into my street (a side street), even though for 100 years this flat above the corner shop shared the…
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Renting websites
Can anyone recommend a good website for renting property (looking to rent in southern/middle england)? Are there any good ones that are not really known about, or is rightmove the best?
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Selling to a Housing Association
Can my neighbours stop me from selling my house to a housing association? Thanks for your help in advance!
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Credit check worries
I have viewd a house to let which me and my partner really liked and want it but i have to put down a deposit and a month upfront which i dont mind doing, The estate agent also wants £100 for each person moving in for credit checks so that will be £300 which i think is alot of money and a waste. Me and my partner plus my…
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another boring mortage question?
hello all. Today I talked with a mortgage adviser at the brittania about buying my first house.I know my particular mortgage and repayments etc.What I was hoping for was for them to check my credit rating and basically give me the go-ahead to start looking etc. However,because I have no property in mind just yet,I have to…
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Complaining to George Wimpey
I'm not sure if this is the right forum, but I need to complain to George Wimpey and wondered if anyone had an email address I could use. We have had no success with the customer care email address on the site, the woman we have dealt with has refuted our claims and so I want to take it higher. Many thanks!
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Lenders valuation less by 7.7% of selling price pls help
Friends, I've just got the lenders valuation report on a property i'm intending to buy(probate property, currently vacant) and it is less than the agreed selling price by 7.7% the survey notes some minor issues and recommends timber expert and says amt. to recitfy the minor errors its noted to £500. Build is around 1930.…
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Can landlord counterclaim for redecoration costs in court if he returned deposit?
This is a big mess but I'll try and keep it simple: - Landlord illegally moved a new tenant in to our flat without telling us in the last month of our assured shorthold tenancy - He lied about this and said they weren't living there or paying rent yet, so he couldn't pay us back the rent we had paid to live in the property…
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landlord/estate agent's access to flat when i have provided notice of moving out
Hi all I gave notice to move out of my flat and the landlord said the estate agent has keys and he is about to start showing the flat to possible tenants. I requested that the estate agent called me first before showing up as I don't want people to be walking in and out of my flat without me knowing and also it's a studio…
