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Solicitor Fee for Transfer of Land
My in laws have bought a property who's back garden backs onto and alongside our garden. They have very kindly decided to give us a third of their garden. In exchange we need to build them a new garage and allow a 1 metre wide access along the "new" end of our garden. We have arranged a remortgage for the building works we…
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reservation fee and signing agreement arguement
hi was wondering if someone could help, we have been viewing houses for a couple of months and the first one we found we fell in love with and even though we went to see more stuck with this one as first choice, but we were sorting other things at the same time, mortgage getting final bits for deposit etc. so asked if we…
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Installing solar panels - can LL & tenant benefit?
I have a semi-detached two-bed property that I rent out and have a good tenant. I'm interested in installing PV panels on the house but wonder what the complications might be on a rented property where tenant pays utility bills? Are there any private landlords, or tenants, out there with experience of how this could…
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buying tenanted house query
We are in the process of buying a decent house with tenants over the past few months. Discussions are quite late stage and from the start we have been requesting if we can meet the tenants. Just recently vendor sol said it it possible to meet tenants with the agent present. That seemed fine and wewere just waiting to fix a…
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Conveyancing quote reasonable?
Hello, I got this quote for conveyancing. It is for a property in South London and the solicitor is based locally. It looks a little on the steep side to me, but perhaps that is because it appears to be pretty much fully inclusive and a much more personal service. "Solicitior fees – £725 plus VAT Local Search - £224…
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Urgent building advice needed
I am in the process of buying a new house and I should be exchanging and completing on Friday (24 July). My solicitor told me that I have to start looking in to building insurance but I am not 100% certsin what the construction of the property is. I have been told that it was built of non-standard construction in 1927 and…
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How to minimise your chance of getting a useless conveyancer....
BEFORE THIS THREAD IS ATTACKED BY SOME BUSINESSES WHO WANT TO TAKE YOUR MONEY IN RETURN FOR AVERAGE SERVICE - THEY WILL BE HERE SOON ENOUGH - I HOPE THIS HELPS: Sorry to be a broken record, but the tales of being ripped off and getting bad service just keep coming: If everyone simply ignored any legal firm unless you…
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Update on Vendor Divorce Issues
Well, after 6 odd weeks of promising to instruct his solicitors he is finally being a little more truthful. He has no intention of instructing his solicitor as he thinks he can still afford to buy it. His Solicitor still insists he can't afford it but until the divorce settlement is agreed he can't prove it..... and he…
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Estate agents Fees
Can anyone tell me the cheapest quote they have had from an estate agent to market your property? I have a flat to sell, only worth £60,000 and one wants a minimum of £2,000 to market it, another has a special offer of £1000 + VAT. I always thought it was about 1%, did not realise there was a minimum charge.
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House sale - Rightmove
Hi, newbie here in hope of advice! Currently trying to sell my parents property that has been on the market for nearly 2 years. These are the second agents we have had and frankly they're as bad as the last! We have requested they retake some photos and update some wording (adding viewing advised, no chain) simple stuff…
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Current agents what to charge a release fee.
Dear all I am moving house from a rental to another rental property. I have just had to pay £175 for HomeLet reference service the agents use. I have received a message that my current agent has received a reference request and what to charge me £23.50 fee to release my info. Can they really charge me for releasing my…
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Mortgage / Conveyancing
Afternoon all, Im currently buying a 2 bed flat in the North East. I have an offer in at £90,000 (it's a repossession so going quite cheap) that looks promising but hasn't yet been accepted. I've had a quote for legal fee's from my Estate Agents that seems quite high: Legal Fees for the Purchase of a Leasehold Property…
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Rented house - downlight started a fire
Last night one of the downlights in our rented house set fire to the top of the kitchen door. The ceiling is really low, and there's less than 1 inch clearance between it and the top of the door. This is obviously a fudge up when designing the extension, but the problem is that our LL has built it all himself. He's been…
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Tricky Situation
I have had an offer accepted on a house after various negotiations, however the estate agent has informed me that the acceptance is conditional on viewings being allowed until a survey has been booked. I feel because I am a FTB and hence negotiated to a price lower than what the seller wanted to sell at, they would like…
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Just exchanged - energy/phone
After 4 and a half frustrating months, we've finally just exchanged today on our flat and only 12 days till completion!! There are just a couple of things I'm not sure about as a FTB: 1. Gas/electricity From internet searches, I gather that we should inform the vendor's current supplier that the account should be changed…
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Divorce/ House in Ex's name
Hello! I'm going through a fairly amicable divorce from my ex-husband. Well, I say amicable, there's been no huge fights yet! Just asking for a bit of advice really....my ex husband and I lived in a house he owned. Prior to our marriage, we were engaged for a number of years and lived seperately, both in rented…
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What happens next? (FTBs)
Hi, we're first time buyers so obviously never done this before! We had our offer accepted on a property and instructed a solicitor. We have since done the mortgage application and had a valuation and homebuyers survey done. This week we got the results of the homebuyers survey and there is nothing that concerns us so we…
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Stamp Duty payment via credit card
I've read that you can pay Stamp Duty - subject to a credit card fee - direct to the HMRC up to 30 days after completion. However, my solicitor is telling me that this has to be paid a few days before completion, to them so that they can be satisfied it has been paid and to make sure that the interests of the lender have…
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How long does it take from offer accepted to completion-update!
Hi, Quick update. So we tried contacting our solicitors on Monday. No response so left an email explaining that we were unhappy with the lack of communication and wanted to know exactly what was happening and what the next step was. Had a phonecall from the estate agents later that day saying that they have been chasing…
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Adding girlfriend to AST - who benefits?
Just a quickie.... I get on great with my Landlady so asked if she had any issues with the g/f moving in and, as expected, she said that was fine. I said that from her point of view just keeping the AST as it was (with just me) would be best as the g/f would have no rights (is that right?) BUT told her I'd be happy signing…
