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Legal to ask another buyer to withdraw accepted offer?
Hi, Can anyone advise me on the legality of this? We've been searching for a home to buy (first time buyers) for 11 months now and not had much luck. Last week, we made an offer on a property that was rejected and we kept upping it until it was £50 over the asking price. However, our offer was rejected and a higher one…
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Spotted a mill for sale...
With planning permission for 12 pokey flats, Obviously I need to ring the local planning dept, but any experienced MSE's advise on whether they would be agreeable to convert into one property? I have always fancied some open plan loft living, and it seems such a shame to partition the property into pokey flats.
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im thinking of moving-need some help
Hi All Im thinking of moving down south and ive got some questions to ask. 1-Im going to put my flat up for sale, is it better to put it up for sale now or next year around march ( I hear the best time to sell is around march.)... 2-im going to sell up, quit my job and move and purchase there with money from the sale of my…
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Need to be secure
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Saving for a house
hi i am Tony Salmon aged 18 looking to buy a house/flat soon as maybe a 2 bebroom so i can rent 1 room 1)how much should i save each month 2)were should i save the money each month (what type of saving account for 18 year old)
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Mortgage or Bridging loan
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Selling my part of my house
Hi all, this is my first ever time on a forum so I would really appreciate any help & advice! My ex partner & I bought a house with a 100% mortgage 3 years ago. We have split up. He is refusing to sell the house or let me take my name off the mortgage until debts in his name are cleared (which will take about 7years).…
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Rent a Room issues
Hi All, just want you opinions on the situation... I'm looking to rent a room out in my flat for a bit of extra cash. I've advertised and had only one real procedable response (i.e a female despite it clearly saying female enquirers only! p We met, along with her mother, and tbh her mum seemed to like it more than she did…
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catch 22 situation
Hi Folks Am in a awkward situation, I love where I live however my wife wants to move house. I love my home but wifey wants t move. What should I do?
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How long to go through?
I have just accept an offer on my house. The buyer is a cash buyer and not in a chain. I am also not in a chain. Assuming there were no problems (ie he didn't pull out!) how long would you expect it to take before the sale would complete/exchange?
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Buying parents house
Hi - Could anyone give me some advice or highlight things I should be taking into consideration with the following: My parents house is worth about £150k. I'm single and earn £30k per annum and want to buy a house. I currently live with mum and dad. Mum and dad are both retired (both aged 57) and becoming worried their…
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Landlord entering our house without knowledge
Hi guys just looking for some advice. We have just moved into a private rented house in April. We went away for a week in June- on our return our neighbour had told us that the postman had put her letters through a mailbox, but she had phoned our landlord who had come round to go in the house and get them. I am very upset…
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can I rent to family who are on benefits?
Hi, I will be living abroad in the future and I want to rent my house out to my daughter, who has a husband and two children. My son in law works and presently they are eligible to claim housing benefit but my daughter seems to think they would not be able to claim this if they rent from a family member. I know someone who…
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deposit for rented house
Hi. My housemates and I moved out of our rented house at the end of June. One of them was terrible at paying bills and rent. Both the housemates agreed for me to be the spokesman. This means that any left over bills are sent to me aswell as the deposit. Anyway, there are left over bills that one person did not pay, as the…
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Moved in yesterday and new flat has cockroaches
Myself and my partner and 2 year child just yesterday moved into a new flat, paying six weeks deposit and one months rent in advance on a 12 month contract with no 6 month break clause. Firstly the flat was not cleaned (it was filthy) as I had requested prior to moving in, secondly we found a dead cockroach and poison,…
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Property given as part of inheritance
Hi I have recently received a 3 bedroom property as part of an inheritance. The property is let out to tenants and I am about to arrange a new contract with them. The property is well over 50 years old. However, I am slightly disabled, and cannot carry out any DIY work or maintenance to the property, if the need arises.…
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Between Exchange & Completion : Problems?
We are racking our brains here for things that can possibly go wrong between exchange and completion. Any ideas or experiences? We are first time buyers and not exactly sure what is happening when, guess we will believe it when we get the keys and open the front door. I am starting to complete moving out forms but scared…
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Some advice needed about my dodgy landlord...
Hiya, I just need some advice about my dodgy landlord basically. I moved into the property just over 4 years ago with my ex partner, and we signed a 6 month tenancy agreement. Everything was fine, except he demanded the rent in cash which was dodgy, no matter how often we asked to pay via cheque or a standing order. 6…
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Apartment been on market 3 months and no viewings please help!
I put my Apartment on the market 3 months ago at £109950 and have recently dropped the price to £104950. Am I being unfair and expecting some viewings after only 3 months? I bought the apartment from new at £130000 5 years ago and luckily I had a large deposit to put down at the time. I currently have a mortgage of around…
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Buying with family, who owns what equity?
Hi all My partner and I are buying a property with my sister she lives abroad and will not be living with us, she has £50K and we have 30K the house needs some work which my partner and I will be doing and paying for as well as paying the mortgage we plan to sell the property in 2 - 3 years. My question is - How do we work…
