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Anyone recommend a good conveyancing sol in Leicester
I'm in Leicester selling and buying another place and wondered if anyone could recommend someone to do the conveyancing. Thanks.
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Buying a holiday home abroad
we are thinking of buying a holiday home abroad, approx £80,000. Is it possible to ask our bank to add this to our mortgage please as we have approx £160,000 mortgage on a house valued approx £450,000+ does anyone have any ideas on this please?
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Rental nightmare- HELP!!!
hi, i am new to this to please be patient... I have signeed a contract to rent a property and am meant to move in on 28th April but have just found out that the current tenent doesnt leave the property til 15th may... I have given notice on my current property and am now homesless with a 2 year old from thurs... what are…
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gifting a second home to an adult family member
We have a rental property which we would like to gift to our adult children to help to offset any tax. Is this possible or advisable?
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Shared Equity with Persimmon
Ok so here's the deal: Own 100% of the property Pay 80% of the asking price 5 year payment and interest free loan for the other 20% After the 5 years is up either buy remaining 20% at market value or continue with the loan for another 5 years paying interest at 1.7% After the 10 years is up you would have to buy the…
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Saving to buy....how much deposit these days?
Hi all, I was just hoping to get a rough ballpark figure about how much deposit people need these days to get a mortgage? In our area (South East) we need to spend around £180k to get a house - what percentage deposit do we need to save? We have £10k already. :j Thanks Meant to say, we do not wish to buy a brand new home…
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Best way to give a gift
Hi all I think this is the best place to ask this question, I cant see anywhere more relevant. My partners lovely, kind, generous, well off parents are giving us a 20% deposit for our first home. We have been all through the rights and wrongs of this and are now happy to take them up on their offer and have found the…
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How much do letting agents typically take?
Looked up on Zoopla and my property has a rental value of £625 The rental range is £580-652 So how much would a letting agent take if it did go up for £580? I plan to leave all fixed furnishings behind e.g. fire place Not leaving behind any furnishings such as sofa, tv, desk, bed etc. Happy to leave behind brand new fridge…
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HELP should we sell our house?????????????
My husband and I have debts of around 50k and at the moment we are managing to pay the monthly payments, although only the minimum on the credit cards. We are trying to decide wether to sell our house and move to a smaller one so that we can pay off all the debts. This would mean changing the kids school and my youngest is…
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Preventing my tenant selling my house
I'm probably just parnoid but my tenant* has access to my ID documents and is acting very funny. Is there anything I can do to prevent them selling the property? *I say tenant, my id and my property to simplyfy things. They are actually the lodger of an elderly deceased relative.
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Alarm bells?
OH and I found a really nice sounded flat on yourmove. (£650 a month avalible mid june) Phoned the agent and arranged a veiwing. After turning up 30 minutes late the agent took us into the flat, the poor tenant had obviously not been informed we were coming and looked really flustered but allowed us to continue. Viewing…
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What do you think this house is worth? And what does 'guide price' mean?
We went to view this property the other day - it needs a bit of work (modernisation) and the rooms haven' t been updated for a while (bathroom is only accessed by the second bedroom (the agent says they accounted for that in the price ) 2 bed cottages with garages rarely come on - they've had one 'ridiculous' offer from an…
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Does this sound dodgy?
Hi all, My sister is having to move flat with her partner since their current landlord is putting the rent up by nearly £150 a month in London. She has found a flat in london which is £630per cal month. Apparently that includes rent AND bills...she currently pays for a flat the same size £650 and thats just rent. Anyway,…
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1st time buyer in awkward situation
I am currently living with my pregnant girlfriend and her mam. The house is currently up for sale as my girlfriends mam wants to down size for a smaller and more affordable property. Our problem now is that my girlfriend has been sacked from her job over something that happend before we met last year but has been on full…
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Frustrating Solicitors
Can anyone advise on what I should do.. I offered on a house late last month, the house is empty and the vendors in Australia. My solicitor advised me that there is no reason why this would not be a fast transaction, so via the estate agents all parties – solicitors, vendors etc all agreed that we’d to complete on April…
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house viewing no show.... how frustrating!!
We had our first viewing set for today at 17.30. spent all day cleaning the house up and getting it nice and presentable and then......... no show !! how frustrating is it, we could of gone off for the day, but instead we tried to be accomodating for a possible buyer!! Kind of fed up tbh,been on the market since 8th april,…
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Severe Neighbour Dispute - Help Please!
Hi all, I'm not sure if this is in the right section but I'm hoping it is! It is a bit of a long winded story, but I will need to explain it fully, so if anyone is left at the end - thank you for sticking with it! Back in 1989 my parents bought a semi-detached house. Where the house was positioned there was a bend in the…
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Liar Liar Pants...landlord...
My ex landlord is a liar. I am not sure how to handle the situation. Basically at the end of tenancy he thought that he was entitled to all of the deposit. He wanted it and made outrageous claims to get it. He contacted us via letter to outline "costs". When we refused he became outraged. In the end he went for the DRS. In…
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Buying a reposession- question
Hi, yesterday I made an offer on a house, I believe this to be a reposession- the estate agent said the house was owned by the bank. He also told me that someone had already made an offer on the house, but they were still holding viewings, I assume to see if they could get a better offer. My question is, how do the bank…
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Bairstow Eves Estate agent
Hi We are looking to put our house on the market with Bairstow Eves EAS. Are they Good and do they charge for showing people around whilst you no there. Many Thanks Oggy
