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how does part exchange work?
please can someone explain how this works please?
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Transferring deposit to Sol from Santander
I have a Santander esaver, when it comes to transferring this to sol, is there a max per day Santander will allow me to transfer or is it just a matter of transferring it all in one go?
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Advice on Submitting offer to estate agent
I've found a property I like, its on for £199,950.It's been on the market about 5-6weeks and the owner was about to drop the price.There has been an offer made on the property, but these interested parties still have to sell their property which has just gone on the market in the last day. My situation is this: I have a…
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Possible £5000 retention - Now what?
Hello moneysaving (experts - hope so) Just in the process of buying a house having negotiated the price down some £35k. The valuation report has come back with a possible £5k retention due to damp & timber requiring specialist reports. We don't really think there is a damp problem in this house - the house has been empty…
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Advice on selling - 2 others on road also on market
Hi all. I was just wondering if anyone had any advice or tips on selling when there are multiple houses on the market within a couple of doors of each other. We have been on the market for a couple of weeks, a house 3 doors up has been up for about a month and now our next door neighbours have told us their house is going…
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Neighbour can smell gas in her flat.
Just want a wee rant really. When OH and I were leaving to go out one evening, there was a gas man outside mine and her door, and he said he would have to turn off our gas because neighbour could smell gas, which he did, and informed the woman there was no leaks or anything. About a week later she left a note on the main…
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buying a holiday home
Can anyone offer me advice on buying a holiday home ie type of mortgage etc. I've found a company on line called Holiday let Mortgages who advertize themselves as specialist mortgage brokers. Has anyone had dealings with them. thanks
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What is your most scandalous Estate Agent experience?
What is your most scandalous Estate Agent experience? Discuss.
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Section 21 Notice Served But Our Deposit is Unprotected + Repair Issues!
Co-tenant has posted on this board too, oops! lol disregard and thank you for those that actually had helpful advice :)
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Private Rental Websites.
Does anyone know of any websites for private rental for the UK please? Thank you.
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My Organised House Move
hi all, I'm starting a new thread as we are starting the process of moving house and thought I would keep a diary of our journey. I'm sure I will have a lot of questions along the way and will welcome any advice anyone can offer. I have never bought and sold before so this really is a new adventure. Our situation so far is…
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has anyone successfully taken the council to court over an ex-council house problems
Has anyone successfully taken the council to court over a house that has been bought from the council and been found to have structural problems, that they feel they should have been made aware of.
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Moving with an IVA
I have a transferable mortgage and need to move house due to a new job. We have a secured loan on the property and are in IVA. We would like to move to a property of similar value, what are the chances of the bank agreeing?
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Advice on buying new property
Hey, I'm posting this deal on behalf of my parents who are currently looking into movingn house. This is quite a complicated scenario with alot of factors to consider, so we could really do with getting some advice on the best course of action. They currently own a house, with 18 months left of their mortgage. House is…
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Upkeep of garden - Agent just arrives
Hi, I wonder if anyone with some expert insight can advise us here. Last week we were sat in the house around 10am having just mown back the garden and dug out the flower areas the day before, the estate agent turned up. We are in our 2nd year at this house now and privately rent from a landlord, we do the agreements at a…
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Mouldy Walls...
I'm sure there are lots of threads about this sort of thing but a search hasn't proved fruitful. If anyone can point me in the right direction I'd be really grateful. My brother's about to move out of a rented flat, and has had a problem with mould. He's contacted the LL/Agency on a couple of occasions and they haven't…
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Estate Agents Duty of Care
We're in the process of buying a house and selling our flat. We've had a homebuyers survey completed and the results are quite worrying. We don't really want to be spending thousands and thousands of pounds doing it up as we have a three month old baby and we're not really diy-ers! We were looking for something to move…
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Part Exchange houses at auction
Hi all, We just got a fantastic deal on a house at auction this week under the 28 days to exchange then 28 days to complete T&C's. It then transpired that the house was being sold by Persimmons who had taken the house as a part exchange. The problem is that they haven't started to build the new house yet and the couple who…
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Scotchwood Construction?
Hi, Does anyone have information on Scotchwood Construction. I have seen a 3 bed semi detached property and have been advised it is a Scotchwood Construction, furthermore I have been told only a couple of lenders are willing to lend on this! Subsequently the property has planning permission for: Change the external finish…
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CGT etc
My wife is considering buying the property nextdoor. She will be using the place occassionally to put up family from abroad, but mostly to use as "more space". As the place will be in her name only, will she attract CGT if she sells it at a later date...? I understand that only a 2nd home is subject to CGT, (even though we…
