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Giving Notice?
I moved in my house November 2008, signed a years contract, this has not been renewed, just pay the rent each month. Is this a Short Term Tenancy? How much notice do I need to give? 1 month from me or 2 months from the landlord?
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Grandad gave her the flat !!
I need some advice.. My grandad had a 1 bed council flat for years and decided to retire back to the caribbean. My aunt (his daughter) decided to buy the flat under the right-to-buy scheme before he left in 1993 for £15k so it was bought in joint names between the two of them. The flat has been rented out ever since, with…
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Conveyancing - searches
How long approx do searches on a property take? We are buying our first property and put our accepted offer in 6 weeks ago. We are having a bit of an issue with our solicitor - i've sent 2 emails in two weeks with no response, called yesterday to be told that she is on leave but back today. Because I am a FTB i don't want…
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FTB questions-Desposits and mortgages.
Hi all, First time buyer here looking for advice and to check my calculations are correct. By the end of the year I hope to be a homeowner, i'm looking at houses for sale at between £35.000-£55000, preferably at the lower end of the scale, but of course it depends on the prospects of what i see, i've spent many months…
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The saga of a communal front door and the security keys
Warning, this will be long. Also, individual names have been protected for the lulz. I live in an apartment block that has a communal front door and a communal back door. When I moved in, I received one key for each door. The doors lead to a stairwell that goes up to my apartment. I've been there for a year and decided to…
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FTB questions - offer and planning/ building regulations
Hi, I'm a first time buyer with a large deposit and can definitely get a mortgage. I've found a house that I like which is on the market for £89,950. It's a 2 bed terraced house which was purchased for £39,950 in 2000 (and doesn't look like it's had anything done to it since then). It obviously needs quite a few things…
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Flat with Open Communal Access - mortgage woes
Would just like to get an opinion on this. Out of all of the mortgage providers we have found only 3 will mortgage a flat with "Open communal Access" (doors are along the same corridor with no security entrance for communal tenants). The providers who do are: HSBC, YBS and Nationwide (because the latter already mortgage…
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Estate agency dispute - two fees?
Sorry to start a new thread on this but I couldn't find anything that dealt with my particular situation. I am being pursued by my agent for fees relating to a sale made through an introduction made by a previous agent. When we switched agents, we got a list of introductions that EA#1 had made and gave this to EA#2. We had…
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Negative Equity
We remortgaged a few years ago and the value of the mortgage was around £87K, the value of the property now is around £75K which means we will have a short fall. As things are tight we are thinking about going for rented accom after selling but not sure what happens about the shortfall and what fees will be included and…
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Enforcing Restrictive Covenants
There is a clause in my Deeds (below) which I am advised may prevent me from enforcing a covenant mentioned in the THIRD SCHEDULE. The argument given is that the neighbour I want to enforce the Covenant against bought his property after me and as it says, “FOR the benefit of the unsold remainder of the land………. I am not…
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IAmMoving.com
Just wanted to find out if anyone has used this service before? www.iammoving.com Is it safe to use? Has anyone had any problems with it? Would be nice to hear anyone's experience of it to see whether it's worth trying :)
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Can anyone recommend an NICEIC electrician in South West London
Hi, I want to have a periodic inspection report carried out on a house we want to purchase. Can anyone recommend a good reliable (and value for money) electician in south west London. I live in Kingston Upon Thames. Thanks Parham
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Mail redirection
Not sure where else to put this so apologies if its in the wrong place! I am moving house tomorrow and want to set up the royal mail redirection thing. Problem is if they send something to us in the mail and we have to send it back we wont be able to return it. Does anyone know if they do this? Im looking at setting it up…
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Deposit Dispute within DPS
issue resolved
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Stamp Duty, please help - dazed and confused..
Our house has a mortgage with both title deeds and mortgage being in my wife’s name only. We would like to remortgage the house in both our names with different lender. Title deeds will obviously need to be changed to include my name. The outstanding mortgage is around £300000 and we will remortgage the house(with…
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Problems with new lettings agents
Hey everyone, I'm finally jumping onto the property ladder with my partner and we move in 2 weeks which we are really excited about. But am getting wound up by the Letting agents (KFH) trying to let the flat to the next people as they continually give us last minute notice for viewings and then cancel at the last minute…
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How to complain about Home Builder??
Hi Guys, Apologies if this in the wrong place and if it is, could someone please point me in the general area of where would be best to ask this question? Thanks! Anyway- we bought our house back in 2005 (it is a conversion of an old hospital block, a grade 2 listed building) so the developers have kept the original design…
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Most common type of house survey
We are under offer and expecting contact re someone coming to survey the house. The people buying have most of the asking price as equity but will need around £60k as a mortgage. The house is Edwardian and we had a full structural survey when we bought it seven years ago (have done most of the work highlighted). My…
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help with finding thread about moving houses please
Hi I remember seeing a thread that had alist of companies to contact to let them know you were moving but can't find it anywhere.Can anyone help please?
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Advice on leasehold
Hi All Hope I am in the right place. I am looking for advice on behald of my mil. She currently lives in a first floor masionette. She purchased it leasehold. About 3 years ago, the masionette below (also leasehold at the time) was bought and the young man who bought it also purchased the freehold on the property. Now I…
