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Already got a viewing and not yet on Market!!!
Literally went to the estate agents this morning to ask to put our house on the Market and we have our first viewing tomorrow!!? Apparently she's a lady who nearly bought exactly the same type of property as ours on the same popular housing estate but the seller pulled out at the last minute. I'm not getting my hopes up…
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Just accepted an offer! Eek!
So after much stress of only having one viewing since July and an offer that fell through we have just had our second viewing and our second offer! And it is for £2.5k more than the last one. But... They have a cash buyer who apparently wants them out in 3 weeks. When they viewed this morning they asked our position and I…
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Mortgage with partner
Good Afternoon all :-) After recently securing a full-time permanent job (woop woop!) I am looking into getting a mortgage, not sure if it would be possible to do this with my partner. Partner is currently in receipt of DLA, and no longer works due to deterioration of his condition. I wouldn't have a problem with taking on…
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Giving Notice
hi how much notice should you give if you dont have a tenancy agreement? Lived in the property one year - chased for agreement for the first two months and then realised it wasnt going to happen. Now ready to move out. Also if I give one months notice can LL say get out now?
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landlord electrical safety certificate?
Hi Can someone please shed some light on this please? i've had a sitting tenant for 5 years so prior to new rules. For a new tenant, what is it i need and how do i go about this / costs etc? Obviously gas is checked as per annual checks / safety certificates.
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Estate agent fees in Central London?
Hi there, Trying to get a sense of what fee percentages people are actually acheving in East/Central London. We've had a few valuations/quotes done at 1.6%/1.5% and 1.5% from Stirling Acroyd, Hamptons and Ludlow Thompson. These seem a bit high to me, I seem to remember 1% was the number to aim for a few years back, but not…
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what do letting agents actually do for their monthly management fee?
10-14% seems quite steep charge for processing direct debits and sorting council tax paperwork etc. * What else is included? * For a new let, is the maximum lease 6months? * What happens if the letting agent cannot source a tenant?
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How many people actually need to move
How many of you actually need to move...and if so, why ...is it because of....job...location....schools ....space.....or just trying to make a few quid.....:o
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leasehold house - ground rent issue
we bought our house in September 2010. We were told at the time that the leaseholder was unknown. The previous owner, who had the house for about 14 months, claims never to have been contacted during that time regarding ground rent. As a precaution, we paid for an indemnity policy to cover us, ensuring that we could not be…
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Help Please.
I recently moved in with my partner who is living in his mortgaged home he bought with his ex in 2007. She moved out of property in 2009 and has paid nothing towards mortgage or a joint 10k loan since. From the get go she wanted house sold as for some insane reason she thinks she is entitled to thousands. My partner does…
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Seller wants more money 1 week before exchanging....
Hello everyone, we have had a really long buy/sell new house situation..... Anyway in September we put in an offer on a house which was accepted. Few months later we accepted an offer on our current house from a cash buyer. On Thursday the estate agent called saying that the seller is not interested anymore because his…
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Problems with Landlady
Hi I've also posted this on gas and electricity discussion board, but thought i would post it here as well: I hope you can help. I live in student accommodation and our meter readings for gas and electricity are kept in a separate building. The building was being used as a restaurant and has closed down since November. As…
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Always fight
Can anyone advise? We made an offer on a house which was accepted by the vendor. We engaged our solicitor to carry out the conveyance and were subsequently called to her office to sign completion papers and with exchange planned for the following week we ensured all monies were in place for transfer to vender. At the…
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Threat of fresh house price crisis dwells
Sorry, please ignore, wrong board!!
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'The weird things neighbours do' thread
Neighbours. Let's face it, you're extremely lucky if yours are normal, considerate and friendly. Most neighbours tend to come from other planets and do all sorts of weird things. Share your own tales here so we can make light of the situation and have a chuckle at the weird things neighbours do. ;)
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Estate Agent Nightmare
I'll try to keep it short... I used a well known estate agent to sell my house. I understand I signed the contract but the draw to them was the fact I didn't need to pay upfront for a Home Report. My house was on the market (technically still is) for 1 year. I dealt with this pathetic woman who was part time and she phoned…
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Taking over friends share of the mortgage
Hi, I'm hoping someone can help with my query. I own a 20% share of a shared ownership property. My flatmate owns another 20% and the housing association owns the other 60%. My flatmate now wants to leave and I would like to take over her share of the mortgage. I have spoken to the mortgage company/housing association etc…
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Looking to download a AST
Our tenant has asked to renew the AST for 12 months. The one we have was produced by the LA who did the tenant find for us but I thought I could just print off another, rather than get the LA involved again. Can anyone suggest where I could get a template? Thanks.
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Has anyone rented furniture?
O.k, so it looks like we're moving house! BUT we desperately need to finish our front room as it's the only room we havent touched in the 12 years Hubby has been here. Decorating is no problem as hubby is a painter / decorator but it's furniture! We have the shabbiest 4th hand sofa (in some nasty pink floral pattern) and a…
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That's it! I'm moving
Morning and happy Saturday! I'm new here and wanted to chat about selling our home and moving into renting. Wondered if anyone else is doing the same? We bought at the height of the property boom, just before it crashed. If we sold our house now - four years later - we wouldn't gain anything, money wise. And we've only…
