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Advise please - is this suspect?
Trying to find some accommodation in Stockholm for my daughter, replying to internet adverts, and one we replied to asking for more details sounded great, but then I received the reply below, and it just seems a bit suspect, can anyone advise??
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Buying a property from a family member at below market value
My Aunt currently has £7k to pay on the mortgage for her home which is valued at c£120,000. She has asked me to purchase the house at c£60-70k and allow her to ramain in the property, rent free until her death (she is 63 yrs old). I have no capital for a deposit and earn c£23k per annum. I would like to know what the…
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Landlord annoying me!
I know its their house, but I only want to remove a giant spikey shrub/palm thing from the garden and they wont let me! this thing is huge! It cuts off half the garden path so that you cant walk on it without getting stabbed in the eye and no matter how much i cut it back it grows even more. I have planted so many shrubs…
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buying house vendor cant find or has lost deeds
hi im buying a house we are about 6 months in the process but now seller cannot find the deeds or know if it exists , the solicitor said we will have to take out insurance to protect me and vendor, cost of £110 but seller does not want to meet this cost , as they have contributed some money as a gift towards some legal…
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Buying a share of the freehold/extending lease?
Hi We live in a block of flats. 20 out of 28 have brought a share of the freehold and extended leases where necessary. This means that the manging agent has been changed. We wondered if its worthwhile doing the same.. our lease has 92 years left on it. We've lived in the flat for 7 years, we might want to sell in a few…
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Questions for property auctioneer
Hi, we are considering selling at auction and are planning on meeting a few auctioneers next week. We have already enquired about listing fees and commission, but are there any other questions that we really should be asking them? Thanks
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The reality of CORGI/Gas SAFE
Hi I'm buying a house and was surprised to find that there don't seem many consequences of getting someone to fit a boiler illegally (yes, death is clearly the main one, lets leave that as said) Assume someone who was gas safe registered a year ago today isn't and fitted a new boiler for you, you know the guy, you now want…
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Any initial thoughts on these properties please!
As some of you may have read in my other posts my house is now under offer (woo hoo!! :j) and we're relocating to another part of the country. I'm going to Stoke-on-Trent to view 4 houses next week and would appreciate it if anyone had any initial thoughts on the properties I'm going to view:…
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FTB how to find a good reasonably priced solicitor?
Hello all! I've been reading this forum compulsively these past few weeks! We've had an offer accepted on a house we want and now is the time to find a solicitor. I'm trying to find a good reasonably priced solicitor. I've managed to get two local quotes and they're quoting me around the £1400ish mark (which includes…
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Incompetent survey - next steps?
Evening all, I purchased my home 12 months ago but due to family commitments we are having to move. The prospective purchasers recently had a homebuyer survey carried out on the property which identified that the house was constructed of concrete blocks (apparently 3ft by 1 ft in diameter) with only the chimney breasts…
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Couple of questions for surveyor types...
My vendor has had a builder to look at the roof and prepare a report confirming their are no asbestos tiles present. I was under the impression that you couldn't tell the content by looking, and that a specialist test would be required? Would a roofer/builder know? Also, a structural engineer is going in tomorrow to check…
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Why am I getting no viewings?
I was looking for some pointers for my partner. I recently sold my 2 bed flat which was directly below my partners own property after 5 months on the market and an awful 80 viewings!!! It sold for 190k. My partners is on for 150-165 and is a 1 bed however covers approximately the same floor space as mine. She has had about…
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Tenancy Notice
My daughter went in to give 1 months tenancy notice today but told by estate agent she had to give notice on rent due date (15th Oct) she cant afford to do this as she only notified y/day new build ready in 3 wks, is there anything she can do to get round this???
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buying a P/X home...
we're viewing a property tomorrow, the EA said the owners had part exchanged on a new house but couldn't/wouldn't tell us with which developer. is there any info on what sort of % off market value a developer could have offered them ? just in case it helps, the owners bought it for £89k back in 2006 and it's on market at…
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Problems buying out a family member..
Afternoon all, can anyone help at all.... i currently have a mortgaged property but am looking to sell and buy a 50% share of a mortgage free property off a family member who wants to relocate. bascially - the house is paid for, owned by my auntie and father equally split 50-50. my auntie wants to relocate, but my father…
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moving home & gas/leccy supply
hi wasnt sure where to put this to get the best response so have posted this in utillities board too moving out of home for the first time to a rented flat and was just wondering should i be arranging for the gas, leccy etc to be changed to my name now or wait until the day i move in ? i'm not sure which supplier is used…
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Tennancy rights?
Hi guys, Not sure whether this is the right place to post, but hopefully I can get a bit of advice about where we stand as tennants, and our current rights with this situation. We are a group of 5 students living in Cardiff renting accomodation for the time we are at uni, we arranged our property through a letting agency…
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Tripadviser-style website for rented properties?
When someone rents a property it would be good to know what the previous tenants think about landlord, agent and the property. Is there a tripadviser-style website like this?
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Contract Obligation with Large Kitchen Company
Hi, I signed up to a large premium kitchen company for a new kitchen around a year ago. The process of events was that a designer visited our house, designed a kitchen, then offered a huge discount if we signed up there and then. Given that a kitchen was a priority we agreed and handed over £500, at this point we had not…
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HELP. Moving out of rented flat Woried about condition.
Hi i have a few questions is someone can help, I have been with my landlady for 7 years nearly. i have had 2 flats with her one a 1bed and the other a 2bed as my girlfriend was pregnant and needed a bigger house for our new family. The first flat we moved in to was of good quality and clean and tidy when we moved in.. and…
