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Still not exchanged - Vendor Delays!
I'm still waiting on the vendor to instruct his solicitor to accept the £1500 retention (for issues with the gas and radiators, due to not being able to produce the relevant paperwork). This has apparently been all agreed, but for the past two weeks I've seen no movement and the vendor is already living out in Dubai. The…
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Shared Home Ownership with Partner
Hello, Will try and keep it simple! My partner and I curently live in a flat that I own. We want to buy a house in the new year, which will involve me selling my flat, which will release a fair bit of equity. Luckily, I will also be getting some cash from the Bank of Dad! My partner will not be able to contribute much in…
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Letting agent closing down - about to pay lots of cash - should I run for the hills?
Hi, I recently created a thread about paying a deposit (not allowed to post a link to it as a new user) but after a bit of research, I find that there is something quite troubling. Basically, the LA has been trading since 2008, but the company's status is currently dormant and it seems that they have recently applied to…
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Can anyone recommend a removal company Lichfield Tamworth area
Hi Possibly moving a week on thursday so need to sort out a few quotes for a removal company rather quickly, looking for a full packing service. Can anyone recommend a removals company that they have used in the past who cover this area, moving from Tamworth to Lichfield. So far had a quote from pickfords which came out…
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Gifted Deposit - Require a Solicitor?
Hi, my situation is that I am about to buy a house for £200k. £100k will be from a mortgage, £50k my savings and the remaining 50k is gifted from my mother. We are close to completion and the solicitor has now said that my mother needs her own solicitor to "gift" anything above £25k to represent her. This is the first I…
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Paying deposit when signing tenancy agreement
Hi, I should be signing a 12 month AST today, which starts on January 4th 2011. I think that it won't get signed by the landlord until tomorrow. The agent wants me to pay the deposit (6 weeks rent) tomorrow (there are suddenly a number of other potential tenants that are "ready to pounce" apparently). I'm not sure if he…
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Boiler breakdown in a rented house .. a nice story
My combi boiler broke down on Friday evening due to the condensation pipe freezing (hasten to add this pipe wasn't insulated, nor big enough to comply with current building regs and was installed by a plumber subcontracted by the management company before I moved in) My landlord has been fantastic throughout .. firstly…
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New house has been undervalued. what now!!
We had agreed the price of £114k with a developer for a new build 2 bed. The house being built next door is also sold, and is at exactly the same stage of the build as our and is identical in shape and size. We had our surveyors report back yesterday and they have valued it at £105k. Im a little bit worried about it all…
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Can a Housing Association still maintain rights over a 100% owned freehold property?
We are in the process of buying a repossessed house that was previously jointly owned by a HA. After many months of delays we have received the conveyancing report and it appears that the HA have added clauses to the contract. One clause is that we give them first refusal if we plan to sell within the next 21 years which…
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LL bankrupt, Trustees released interest.. what now?
Hi, this is my first post on the forums so I’m sorry for the long story, but I am completely struggling with this. I moved into a flat with my other half in February this year, we went through a letting agent and paid our deposit and all the fees etc to them. In July, we got a letter stating that our official landlord has…
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When should I feel confident my property has sold?
Due to a bad experience recently where a buyer was 'unable to proceed' with the purchase of my flat, i'm on my guard this time around. I've had another offer on my property which i've accepted. Once again the potential buyers are 'cash buyers' with money in a high-interest account so don't need a mortgage. They're keen to…
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Reeds Rains
Does anyone know the email address for Reeds Rains head office? My son was renting a flat through RR, they had lots of problems, he told RR time and again. They did nothing. He has now moved out and has been told that his deposit of £800 will be witheld by the LL. He, his girlfriend, her parents and I have all tried to get…
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Deposit not paid back by Letting Agency. Advice required.
Hello, I’m wondering if anyone can help me with an issue I’m having regarding the return of my deposit from my previous letting agency. On 19/09/10 I moved out of my rental property which I had lived in for 12 months with a friend. 12 months previously, both myself and my flatmate made separate payments of £305 which made…
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Exchange not happened - need advice ??
Due to Exchange today and complete Wednesday, all documents signed by all parties. All that was outstanding on our part was to pay solicitors fees. Part of a chain selling and buying. Our buyers deposit is already cleared and everyone is keen to move. After waiting all morning we rang to chase up what was happening with…
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Making an offer & researching property - advice
We are about to look at a property for the third time and make an offer afterwards. The property is under OIEO but the figure they have given is very reasonably priced for the area as it needs a lot of work. The one thing we are worried about is that the next door property is converted into flats and owned by the council.…
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Periodic Tenancy - When do I have to give notice?
I am currently on a periodic tenancy, which was originally an AST that started on February 7th 2009. Therefore, I normally pay rent on the 7th of the month and so the last day of each rent period is the 6th. If I want to give notice to vacate on 6th January 2011, do I have to give notice by 23:59 on the 6th December…
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Compton Group: Anyone had any dealings?
There's a whole bunch of us who are utterly fed up with this company.
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Knocking 2 Cottages into one house
DH and I have seen a pair of cottages for sale that in the agents notes say could potentially be knocked into one big detached house. The potential is huge with this and it could really be turned into our forever home if it were possible. What would we need to consider? I have read conflicting advice about needing planning…
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Just starting the next ball rolling ...
Hello all, I love this forum, always get such good advice on any topic, so here goes: We are looking at moving. We have 14 years and 4 months left on a mortgage for a house worth £160k. The remaining mortage value is approx. £75k. We are with Cheltenham and Gloucester so have it quite nice on the IR currently (will be a…
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Shared bill for roof repair
Hi I was hoping someone could give me some advice or point me in the right direction. I have a flat which is part of a 1900's tenement block. 6 flats in total. Today I got a bill for £800 for my share of a roof repair. This is the first I've been aware of the repair. There is scaffolding to the front of the building but I…
