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How much notice of 'Guide Price' or 'Offers Over' should I take?
Hi all Just accepted an offer on my property, so now having to ramp up the search for a new place! Quick question - the EA's are advertising several properties I'm interested in as either 'Offers Over', or having a 'Guide Price' or 'Price Range'. Whilst I'm aware that the agent must pass on any sensible offer to the…
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EA relisting all properties on Rightmove?
Checked my saved properties on Rightmove yesterday and all houses from one particular Estate Agent were removed. However, a new search shows they are still there but must have been relisted. The cynical side of me says it's to reset the number of days the house has been on the market for, so it looks like they've all just…
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House buying and credit file
Hi All, We are buying a house and hoping to exchange it next week (it's been like that forever but it's another story). And I'd like to get a new mobile phone contract to get a cheaper deal. But the deal is ending today. If I take it today, could this affect the credit file and house purchasing? The amount is less than £8…
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Is it worth going to a letting agent?
Whilst renting, I've never used a LA to find a place, always used local paper. Generally speaking, where does everyone find the better places/landlords? Through LA or by local newspaper/ads in shop windows?
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Relocating to London
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Mortgage Advice
Hi Everyone Im looking to get some mortgage advice and was wondering if anyone knew of any companys that you can call on a Sunday. Many Thanks
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Mortgage valuation
Had my mortgage valuation back at same price that I paid. Have heard of this happen a lot. Is this the Market value or are they just saying yes we'll give you a mortgage on that, it's definitely worth that?
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Homelets referencing process
I am in the process of moving from Liverpool to the midlands and am currently undergoing a referencing process with Homelets. I was initially asked to pay £180 and to provide my driving license as ID and was told the process would only take a few days to complete. I am now being told that even though my references from…
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Working in the charity sector in social care: am I eligible for key worker housing?
Hi, I have recently got a job as an Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA), for Mind. Mind is in the charity sector (aka 'voluntary sector'). I want to get Key Worker housing in London. I am a qualified social worker, which would have made me eligible, but as an IMHA I am not employed by the state (otherwise I wouldn't…
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Landlord problems... He now wants to sue me!!
Hi, I put up my original question and got some great and helpful answers. Basically my flat was inspected on the last day of our tennancy by the landlords representative. He said everything was great and there were no issues. Since then the landlord wrote saying the flat was in the worse state he'd seen any place in 40…
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Building Regulations/ Survey Advice
Hi, I'm new to the site and after some advice from anyone in the know about building regulations and surveys. Me and my partner are first time buyers and have seen a property we are keen to put an offer in for. The only issue we have is that there has been building work done on the house. A wall has been knocked out to…
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What does this mean exactly, will it make house unmortgagable?
Looking at a Repo, New build (built 2008) bought in 2008 for £249,950 Now listed at £130,000 (failed to sell at auction) Part of the legal pack shows this correspondance: '...........I spoke to Mr X in the building control dept of X district council, on the 8th Feb 2011 when he advised me that whilst the local authority…
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Anyone done an 'Express Mover' scheme with a major house builder?
Hi! Anyone done this, or heard about someone who has? They claim to arrange a short sale price and hammer the ea for a sale. Meanwhile, they hold a property for you. I have worries about their '6 week sale price'! :eek: Thanks
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bank morgage trouble
We are selling my father in laws house as he has gone into care, what a time we are having with the banks. Young couple really want the house nice area in lytham st annes, 4 houses to the block were built in 1939, not one crack inside or outside building only defect is about 1 inch lean on staicase which all the houses…
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where can i find out if a house is listed.
The house next door is up for sale and it is a really big old house with a coach house..i am wondering of what might happen to it,,so is there a place i can ask to see if it has listed status...The land alone has room for five detached and was on for 500k but has now been reduced.
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Interpretation needed - help please.
Hi all. We had our tenancy renewal come through before going on holiday offering the usual 6/12 and no renew options, upon return we have this letter to welcome us: Re:tenancy of the above property Further to our recent communications regarding the above we write to confirm that we have been asked by the landlord to…
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Share of Freehold question
First timer here, so pls be kind. A question for all you legal eagles. Have viewed a first floor maisonette that I like, however... This maisonette is share of freehold. Oddly (?), the ground floor flat is leasehold. So I'm presuming the other share of freeholder lives off-site, goodness knows where, and might be in…
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advice on rented property please!
Hi everyone, just looking for a bit of advice really, any help would be very much appreciated! I have been renting a house for just over a year through a letting agency and my tenancy agreement runs until the end of july. Over the time we have been here the agency have been pretty useless, eventually the landlord contacted…
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Giving the estate agents more of my money?
Hi, Has anyone found that by offering the ea a higher % they will push the property more? I'm relocating and had house on Market for 5 months with only 4 viewings :( anyone any advice for us (first time sellers!) Thanks
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how much to build a house?
I am putting my house on the market in the next few weeks and although I have been looking for property I haven't seen anything that I love yet. The ones that have been great have been miles away and at the top of my price bracket which would mean that with fuel to get to work I would struggle to afford them. Ideally I am…
