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To Buy or Not To Buy
Hi All, I am really unsure what to do here and I would really appreciate your opinions. I have £50k inheritance due to me in a few months and clearly I would love to buy a home as this is a once in a life time opportunity to have such an amount. I would like to use £30k as a deposit and the remaining £20k to clear any…
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Landlords contact name and number
Hi there I'm currently experiencing problems with a neighbour who smokes drugs and the smell is coming through to my house. The police have been informed and they have made a visit round my neighboure who were told that if they get any reports again the house would be searched. I think my neighbour figured it was me who…
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Buying a house - taking photos
I posted this question on another forum and was shot down as some kind of pervert. I'm a first time buyer about to start looking for a property. What is the etiquette regarding taking photos of a property you're viewing? Would a seller be offended? I ask for a few reasons 1) I currently live in a council property. We had…
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Is this correct
The house i am buying is advertised as a three bedroom terrace, the third bedroom being in the loft. I have now been told the vendors have no paperwork for this loft conversion, if this is the case and they cannot prove it is a "proper legitimate" loft conversion are they allowed to sell it as a bedroom, which is what it…
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Building Survey
Hi We're in the process of buying a house and just had the building survey report back. It says there are no lintels in the rear windows and need replacing asap. Went back to the buyer to ask for a reduction on price as also a few other niggly things need doing but need doing as soon as. Buyers come back saying windows…
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Landlord deposite
I'm a Landlord and my last tenants' left my property in a mess at Christmas. The flat screen TV did not work, they broke a window the bathroom sink had 2 cracks and the stereo cassette mechanism broken. They did not clean the oven for 12 months or clean the bath from everyday showering. The inside toilet was brown. They…
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house prices
Hi, due to put a house i've rented out on the market soon. It was bought in April 06, was just wondering have houses prices dropped to pre 06 or not? Thanks
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Getting another mortgage when you already have a buy to let mortgage
My wife and I are currently struggling to save any money towards a deposit for a bigger property. However, we are lucky with the fact we are able to move in with a relative and rent our current property out. We are changing the mortgage to a buy to let and were aiming to be living with my father in law for approx 2yrs.…
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End of fixed term rental agreement
My 6 month rental agreement recently ended at the end of February and we paid a sum of money to extend the agreement for a further 6 months but didn't sign a new contract. Does the act of myself paying the fee mean that legally I've signed up to a new agreement or should the letting agency have asked me to sign a new…
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Freehold AND Leasehold titles
Hi, I'm in the process of buying a house and have just received a letter from the solicitors stating that I would be buying the leasehold and freehold of the property. I'm slightly confused as I thought if the property was Freehold then the Leasehold would no longer be active? Thanks,
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How much would you offer??
I'm thinking about putting in an offer on a house - it's a large terraced house, good area but on a main road (no parking at the front). The agent describes the house as having '3 good sized bedrooms', but the reality is it has one huge bedroom, one average sized bedroom and one room that currently has a cot in it and it's…
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What does it mean if there's a gap in house numbers?
As it says really - if say there's a number 51 and then there's 55, does it mean that 53 existed at some point and has been pulled down? And if so, is there any way I can check? Thanks
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Ridiculous Deposit charges-Help!!!
Upon requesting the return of the deposit, my landlord presented me with ridiculous charges for administrative costs in chasing up utility companies at £100 per company, totalling £300 (electric/water/council tax). There is no clause in the tenancy agreement, which obligates me as a tenant to provide the landlord with…
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Selling flat in Edinburgh-confused!
Hi all We are hoping to put our flat on the Market in the next few weeks and so have been having 3 estate agents round to value it and discuss strategies etc but they have left me very confused! 2 of the agents gave a very high (IMHO) valuations and the other gave much lower that I thought (the values came in at 260k, 210k…
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last tenant's post
hi, what is the correct thing to do with post from a tenant who recently moved out from a let property (but their post is still arriving) the post office said to cross out their address and re-post it? are there any legal repurcussions from this? the person concerned is in dispute with their tenant and hasnt got a…
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Would you buy a village house if...............
..........it had a reasonably large and attractive garden, but to access this you have to emerge from your back door, walk across your smallish patio area, bypass three large grade 2 listed buildings (with bricked up windows) which belong to the next door gastro pub (and which were formerly a bowling alley but are…
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fire doors and extensions
A friend of mine was saying that he wants to do a loft and ground floor extension this summer (council brent) but one builder has said that he will need to change all doors through the house and the frames to fire doors. Is this correct?
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removing a registered charge fom title deeds
Hi, Does anyone know what should costs for a solicitor to remove a registered charge on a property? I.e to complete and submit the ds1 form to the land registry on behalf of the lender? The charge is not a mortgage from a bank, it was a rental purchase agreement that was set up over a period of 10 years and has now been…
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Is it legal for Estate Agents to lie to buyers?
Hi all, I am in the process of buying a house and one estate agent in particular has stood out for the amount of outright lies that they told me about a place I am wanting to buy. Are they allowed to actively lie? Here are some examples: * They told me that I could only buy the house if I had had and appointment with their…
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Double Glazing or Central Heating?
Sorry - wrong part of the forum. Can I delete this?
