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Does it make sense to buy land?
For investment purpose How much to they cost? Should I buy farm land or land for building house later? Thanx for advise. :o
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Choosing a solicitor - advice needed
We're selling our house and our EA has offered the services of their in-house solicitor for a fixed fee of £600, I don't know if that is a reasonable price or not. Should I steer clear of a solicitor linked to the EA? Also sorry to sound a bit stupid but do we use the same solicitor for both the sale of our old house and…
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Private tenant rights?
Hi all after some advice on private renting, Im currently private renting, my 6month contract was up 8months ago. I havent signed anything since, my question is im looking to move and the end of the month, therefore gave in my notice which is up on 8th August, if by any chance this new property falls through can the…
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Lease Extension
Hi Folks.. I have a flat which is rented out which l would like to get a lease extension for, l have a 4 month window for this to benefit from the + 80 year left savings after l have owned it for 2 years , has anyone tried to negotiate a lease extension without using a solicitor and if so how did it go? or if not what sort…
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Epc
Hi, Just wondered if anyone knew when this Energy Performance Certificate came in? Because my partners flat is part buy, part rent, he brought half 4 years ago and I have looked on the Direct gov website and it says that we should have been supplied a EPC free of charge! But the company who own the flats are saying that it…
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Advice for how to neg estate agents fee
Hi I would be grateful for some advice and tips on how to negotiate the estate agent's fee. We have an agent coming round today and we are looking to sign the contract and get our property on the market this week. He has said 1.5% which we would like to knock down, but we don't know how to go about it and how low to go? Is…
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Tenant being disturbed by viewings- what is reasonable?
We're moving out of our rented flat in just under a month. Our LL lives in Spain so when he asked us if we could show potential tenants around we said fine. However, there have already been 9 viewings (in just over a week) and he has lined up another 2 for tomorrow. I understand that he has to re-let his flat, but this…
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Problems finding a new rental property in Bradley Stoke, Bristol
Hi All Just after some advice on how to stay ahead of the game. Myself and my fiancee are needing to move out of the rental property where I've been for the last 10 yrs to be closer to his work (Aztec West) and for when I start Uni in september. The problem is, we're looking in Bradley Stoke (and closer surrounding areas)…
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Advice on tenancy agreement
Hi all, I'd appreciate some advice on the tenancy agreeement I've received. It gives the address of the Letting Agent, but only gives the name of the landlord. Am I correct in thinking that an AST should also give the address of the landlord? I was also surprised to find that, according to the tenancy agreement, rent is to…
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Bank fees and prof fees to fill in SDLT form
I'm a FTB and my solicitor is charging me approx. £80 to fill in the SDLT form, £130 for dealing with my lender and that's in addition to their professional fee £750. Is this normal? Also, they are also charging me twice for the Chaps fees at completion (in total £80 for chap fees - which I think is a lot!), once to…
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selling without planning permission for the conservatory
Hi I am in a quandry as last year we had a conservatory built on to the back of our house. It is 4 metres wide and four metres long with a 3/4 brick wall on the boundary side. We were told at the time by the builder that planning permission was not required but we are now selling the house and it has been highlighted that…
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Slow solicitors- or worse?
OK, so maybe buying is stressful... :) I wonder if I could ask for views on my situation. I am in the process of buying a house. There is no chain on either side. Offer was accepted about three weeks ago, Memorandum of Sale received within two days from EA. Vendor asked for 28 days to exchange. My solicitor was instructed…
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kerrier council are throwing my family on the streets
hi there im really sorry if this is in the wrong place. up until last october me and my partner and three children lived in surrey. we came to cornwall on holiday in oct last year and while we were here my ex partner threatned my familys lives if we returned to surrey. he also attacked my friend who was looking after my…
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Renting nightmare, advice anyone?
I've started renting a flat with my girlfriend, moved in about 10 days ago. We've had nothing but problems since we moved in, mainly with the plumbing. We're pretty much on our own due to moving 5-6 hours away from family. It's a two bedroom flat new flat, managed by the LL (company not individual) but used a LA to find…
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Section 21 served at beginning of tenancy
I know I've read that we should beware if this happens but we have just been given 2 months notice as per LLs rights. Been here 15 months, spent and done loads to make this our home as we have always been told it was a long let, stunned to get the S 21 and also to realise I was handed one at the start of tenancy, what does…
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Buying out joint owner - implications?
Hi, hoping for some quick advice before I speak to the bank and solicitors... I bought a house jointly with my brother 4 years ago for 403k - he owns 60% and I 40%, and we have a 355k interest-only mortgage for which he pays 60% and I 40%. We were thinking of selling up as he wants to move in with his girlfriend, but I'd…
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Splitting external costs in share of freehold
Hi, I have recently bought (with the other 4 owners of my block) a share of the freehold of my building. There are 5 flats, and mine is the basement. The other 4 share an entrance, and I have stairs down to my own entrance. We, as a group, want to now do some renovations. 1. Repair and repaint front of building…
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Worthless Vendor
Help - advice needed. So myself and my wife wanted to buy a house/flat. We got a mortgate. Found a flat in desired price range. We made an offer, were accepted. That is where the problems started. We engaged a solicitor / estate agents. We paid the legal fees and arranged a buyers survey. Total cost about £1000. The vendor…
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Early Release fee from my 12-month tenancy agreement
I currently live in a rented house with my family on a 12-month AST which started in Dec 09. I am serving in the Armed Forces and I received an unexpected short notice assignment to a location too far to commute to, even on a weekly basis. We are planning to re-locate 8-months into the 12-month tenancy and we have our…
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Rental Income: Allowable Expenses
I've just started to receive Rental Income. My dad has paid for some repairs expenses for the property. I know that repairs expenses on the property are allowable, but was wondering whether they were still allowable if they were paid by someone else. The property is in my name only and is not jointly owned.
