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Buying a house privately
Hi – I need a bit of advice. I am looking at buying a house. We were showed a property by an estate agent a few months ago but when we came to put in an offer the vendor decided to take the property off the market as she felt she was not going to get the price she wanted. We are still keen on the property and are thinking…
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buying downstairs property
I am thinking of asking my landlord if he will sell me the downstairs property which currently i rent as my beauty salon.There is a flat above rented by someone else.I have rented my premises for 12yrs now and its looking tired and needs to be renovated.,however I don't want to do a total refurbish when i don't own the…
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Land Registry - Title worded so it makes no sense
When I bought my house, which was a leasehold house, there was so few years on the lease the vendor had to buy (at some expense apparently) the freehold before transferring the property (and the freehold) to me to close the sale. There are therefore two entries on the land registry which I have pasted below. Does the below…
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An estate agent who seems not to want to sell a house!
I have been trying to view a house in my town for some time now. Have called and emailed the estate agent - no response to emails, and then fobbed off twice on the phone with 'no problem, I'll call the vendor and get back to you ASAP with a viewing time'. He never calls me back! What shall I do? It's possible the vendor is…
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Real Disaster Urgent Help Needed
I'm In England (so governed by English Law) Landlord took deposit out of the DPS in december to help me pay for a months rent till I could get back into employment Deposit has never been put back we signed a new 6 month agreement on 21 March 2010 for 6 months ending 20 September 2010 We had a previous agreement back in…
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Tenants In common - i need an exit plan!!?? its a bit of a drama...
My situation: I purchased my property with a friend 2.5 years ago for £142k its shared 50:50 Deposit was paid by builders and the repayment mortgage was for £135K over 28 years. It is now down to about £131k The property is now currently worth about £121K The mortgage is £800pcm. If we were to rent the property out we…
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Cost of fixing
Based on the home buyers report we have had further investigations done in the areas that were flagged up. Had timber and dump surveys done by two different people (one independent) and both pretty much confirmed what the buyer report said. - requested also by lender. Electrics dates back to the 50's with broken sockets…
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ID how can I prove I'm me????!
I need to provide electronic proof of who I am for the mortgage...thing is, I don't drive nor have I ever been abroad or have any desire to;) So thats the driving license and passport options gone...how can I prove i'm me???? Dd
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Selling my flat privately - any advise/tips?
I really dont want to pay the estate agent and I think Im capable of selling my flat myself (I've worked within the industry for a few years) Does anyone have any advise or tips if they have done this themselves? Would you go with an online sales company? Where can you advertise on the net? Anything that you think will be…
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Letting my flat - trouble!
Hi I hope someone can give me some advice!! I bought a flat with a partner and 18 months later he left me. It was at a time when the property market was very bad, and we decided the best option would be to let the property out until the market picked up a bit. My ex stated very clearly that he would organise everything to…
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Notice to quit an the end of fixed term ast
can someone please give me some advice here is what has happened and im not to sure if i should send the following letter Dear xxxxxxx in accordance with your response recieved satutday 18th september regards my notice dated 13th september with the intention to vaccate the property on the 07th october you stated clause…
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First Time Buyers
Hi Guys, I know there's tons of other posts loitering around on here asking for advise and guidance for first-time buyers, but as most documentation relating to mortgages/FTB's state that there's no 'one-size fits all' option, I thought I'd just try to tap into someone's thoughts about our situation. Any help gratefully…
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How important is the Sun?
I've viewed a house tonight that was very nice in almost all areas expect it is pretty much north facing and I suspect only gets a very small amount of sun and none during midday. This seems a deal breaker to me, as my first house didn't get the sun which was something I didn't even consider as a first time buyer, so I…
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Advice on a couple of things please
Hi all :) First i am moving out of the rented flat i have had for the past year, I do have one of them letters that hold the bond money, How do i claim it back and also is there a document that i can get the landlord to sign to say all is correct when i leave, thus no money taken from the bond amount? Sencond have been…
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LL having problems with Letting agency & rent
I wonder if anyone in this forum can give some advice about a problem with the letting agency I am using to rent out my house? I am currently try to sell my house, and despite lots of viewings it hasn't sold, so the estate agent suggested renting it for a bit. I agreed, and after being told for the 4th time by the agent…
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Share of freehold. What does it mean?
Hello, we're buying a lower ground floor flat in a house of three flats in total, and the freehold's shared between the three owners. We were told the lease was over 900 years. Turns out it's not. It's 67! If it's share of freehold, does the short period matter? Should we make the seller extend it before we buy? What's the…
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Damp proof help, please!
Hello! We're buying a flat but the survey says it's got damp, so we need to get some quotes for the work. Can anyone recommend good, reliable, cheap companies in the London area, please? Cheers!
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Confused Sell or rent our houses????
Hi All Would appreciate your thoughts on the following; My husband and myself are in a fortunate position where we both own our own houses. We currently live in my husbands and I rent mine to tennants. A while ago we made a 7 year plan in that at that point I would be eligible for my pension and lump sum and we would up…
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Rent to Family Member
Hi, Just a quick question.. If you change your house to a concent to let.. can you rent to a family member.. they wont be claiming housing benefit etc.. they work.. just wondering if this is possible or not? Thanks
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please help housing assoaton threw all my stuff out
hi there i wanted some advice please or if anyone knwo of any case law i was with housing association for about 4 months i was suffering homophobic abuse every time i left the property i contacted them and the police on several occasions to advise them cannot cope with this i suffer with sever metal health issues and could…
