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New £5M house for Grant Bovey - How's He Done It?
Look at this huge lovely house. How's Grant Bovey and Anthea Turner managed to buy THAT?!:( http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1375347/The-new-5m-Bovey-Towers-Anthea-paid-says-newly-discharged-bankrupt-Grant-owes-3m.html
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How much tax on renting out a house?
Hi guys. My current property is a small 1 bed house which I am unable to sell at the moment so I am buying a bigger house and going to rent this 1 out. My mortgage is £300 a month (my mortgage company, nationwide, have said to rent it will increase the rate by 1.5 in 6 months time) and we can get £400 rent. The letting…
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House sale not showing up on nethouseprices
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Definition of kitchen, bathroom, habitable
Hello, after originally having problems getting a residential mortgage i've been granted more time to get things in order. The original Abbey valuation said that the house wasn't habitable as it didn't have a proper kitchen or bathroom or heating.The house i'm buying was basically empty. To make it habitable does it have…
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Buying Just North of London
Hi, I'm a first time buyer and hoping to buy a house just north of London. The asking price is £260k. But when talking to the agent he was very confident they'd accept £250k as the seller wants a quick sale. After looking through several sites. eg zoopla etc... it says the value of the house is about £224k. With a range…
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Builder retaining land
Is it unusual for a builder (large national company) to retain a piece of land on the estate that they've built? Looking at the estate plan for my road there is a small square of land that was not transferred to any of the plots. The land itself is designated "shared driveway" and I was wondering whether this is likely to…
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Building regulations sign off on a repossession purchase
I've put in an offer on a house and among the many, many problems found on my survey was a party wall dispute due to a leaking extension and the extension hasn't been signed off with the building regulations people. To complicate things, the vendor is a bank as it is a repossession. The vendor is looking at the building…
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Advice for property newbie buying field/land?
Hello all, I am new to this corner of MSE forums, so please feel free redirect me to a better corner to post in, or an appropriate sticky if I have missed it! I had an inheritance recently, I want to use it to buy land. I absolutely do not want planning permission on the land, I am not hoping to turn a bit of nature into…
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solicitor money laundering id
as part of the info pack our solicitors have sent they require us both to supply a pasport or drivers licence re:money laundering laws the problem is niether of us drive and both our passports are a year out of date(and has to be current) obviously i will speak to them on monday but wondered if anyone knew how this can be…
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Buying a flat above a restaurant
:APlease help???? My boyfriend and I found a beautiful split level flat in London above a restaurant which we fell in love with so we put in an offer and had it accepted!! Woo! But then we got very excited and when our mortgage broker (London and Country) tried to find us a mortgage ONLY 2 lenders in the country didn't…
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New house
Hi Please can you take a look at this http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/13464033 and let me know if you think it seems good value for £185k. It's in Harrogate, north Yorkshire Opinions welcome Thanks
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Buying in SE London for 100k and under
is this a good deal for a new buy? Does anybody have local knowledge of this site/area? http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/new-homes/property-26668537.html
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Drama! Offer advice wanted!
We've finally found a house we like in a perfect location and great condition. We went to see it this morning and they'd already had an offer of the full asking price but the vendor turned it down as they hadn't sold their house yet. After being shown around and leaving us to have a look the vendor then told us she'd been…
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Lowering Kerb Private Land No Footpath
Hi all Just about to buy some land. It falls directly onto a car park on one side and the road on the other side. There is no public footpath in between. Do I need to inform the council? Do I need a license? If not will it be OK to DIY. Any tips? Thanks in advance. Bye
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Severe retirement flat selling problem.
Inhereted a reirement flat 4 years ago, valued £147,000, no sale 2years ago £120,00, December..offers over £96. OK...lets rent, well the flats not in my name, they want arrears on maintenance charge,.. £3k, plus 1% of property value..£1k before it can be transfered. I attempted to obtain a charge or remortgage, minimum…
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First Time Buyer - In London
Hi guys, Having looked originally at renting a place for around £220 per week, me and my fiancee have decided that we would be better of putting this kind of money towards a mortgage. The idea is that we both take £25k equity out of our parents home which we pay back each month. This will form the deposit - £50k. Then we…
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Advice on some land near me
Hello there, I come with a question to all of you that know about land and laws etc I already have a house, and near it is a field that appears to be a wheat field. I have always been worried about homes being built on it, but when a search was done on the area no planning or applications have been made on it in the 60…
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Right to buy with council tax arrears HELP..
How can i find a morgage lender who will pay my council tax bill and then lend me money to buy my RTB council? i want to buy my council flat but i have stupidly raked up a £6,000 council tax bil, it was £10,000 but i have paid £4,000 towards it. Im trying to find a company that will lend me £6,000 prior to lending me a…
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Buy to Let Question
Hello, If I wanted to purchase my parents house from them at a discounted rate on a buy to let mortgage could I use the equaity as a deposit? Basically their house is valued at £115,000 and they are going to give it to me for £80,000. Could I use the £35,000 equaity as the deposit or would I need to use actual cash as the…
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Option to buy the house were renting
Oh and I have rented a house for a year, it is not for sale but the agents have mentioned a few times that they are willing to discuss the option to purchase the house. Now I know how much they bought the house for and this was in 2007 and it is not worth anywhere near that amount. The agents have not mentioned money yet…
