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Abode Conveyancing - updated view
There are so many mixed views on the above. Over a number of yers on MSE there are + and - views that appear to be from trolls & spammers, but also there are quite a number of + and - views on MSE and elsewhere from people who seem genuine, and have a posting history that supports this. So I was wondering if anyone has…
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New House question
It looks as if a house move is on the cards - if I want to stay in employment..... We own our own 3 bed semi at the moment (no mortgage) - and think that the simplest method, in th current market conditions is a new house purchase using part ex - but most of the "part exchange" schemes on offer - are NOT part ex - merely…
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YBS 10 Year FIX 4.69% - IS THIS AS GOOD AS IT GETS?
Hi, I am a FTB - looking to take this product as I like the certainty of a long term fix and the fact that you pay one arrangement fee over 10 years. Is this as good as 10 year fixes have ever been? Or is this to prudent? Would it be better value to take the 5 year fix at 3.5%?
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what is the goverment scheme buy houses for 90% of value
I read on one of the discussions here that there is a government scheme where for certain individuals the government will buy your home for 90% of its value and let you stay there renting it from them. can anyone point me in the right direction to find out about it. thanks
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Valuation Report
Anyone have any ideas re this please, just moved into new house 3 weeks ago and the centrel heating system does not work. We will probably have to replace it for new combi. I am not covered under my insurance policy however the valuation report states that the central heating system is fine and there are no essential…
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Fixtures & Fittings
There doesnt seem to be a clear definition of what this covers. It seems very open to interpretation from what Ive read on this forum. The reason I ask is that Im a few weeks away from completion and although I have a good friendly relationship with the seller last week when I went round to view the property he mentioned…
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Mortgage offer condition question
We are in the process of selling our house and are in a small chain comprising of us, our buyer and their buyer. We are moving into rented property and the other end of the chain are also in rented. We accepted a below asking price offer approx eight weeks ago. The sale has progressed (albeit a bit slowly) to this point…
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Tax on letting property
I am trying to sell my property and with the market the way it is, I have been considering letting it as opposed to selling. My query here is regarding tax on the property I let. I understand that any profit over and above the mortgage is taxed, excluding a few things stated on the governments website. I am looking at my…
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Request for propertybee
Hi Please could someone property-bee this one for me? 104 hanover avenue feltham tw13 Thnx in advance
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first time buyer
hi, first post and after abit of advice please. me and my partner are in the process of looking at houses, i will have a deposit of 30k in a months time, i currently earn 27k a year plus 10k bonus. my partner is only on 4k a year as she works part time due to looking after our 2 year old. we are looking at properties…
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Council/HA Mutual Exchange
I am just wondering if I will be eligible to swap to a 4 bedroomed house if I have one child currently and am pregnant with my 2nd. We live in a 2 bedroomed home and the people we would be swapping with are a couple (only 2 people) living in a 4 bedroom home. I read that you are allowed one extra bedroom, but if I am…
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getting finances organised
hoping for some helpful advice! have sale agreed on my property and have now agreed purchase of noew property. I need to borrow an additional 40k to buy the house. Mortgage provider done the AIP, all fine, i'm now just starting to get a wee bit jittery in case the finances aren't all in place on time. i have 4 weeks until…
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Estate Agents Hidden Agenda??
I have instructed what seems to be the best of the worst EA's in my area to sell my house - unfortunately they all seem to exaggerate the truth but reluctantly these ones are tenacious for a sale. Anyway, they have gone in and taken photo's and had the ad up on rightmove and all the major sites within days. Their minimum…
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Should I pull out of house sale?
So, the situation is I've put in an offer on a house that needs 'some internal upgrading'. I was aware of an issue (serious) with damp and got a quote when I did my second viewing and factored this in to the costings and the same with a total rewire...However, on having a survey done, it now turns out that there are a…
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No Heating in Rented
Hi All Im hoping someone can help! Its a bit of a long story so grab yourselves a brew! We moved into our rented house in Apr 2010, not really had any problems up until now. Had our gas safety check just over 2 weeks ago where the engineer told me that carbon monoxide was leaking into the house, that he had to cut off our…
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Buying house, waiting to exchange
Hello, I'm having some problems buying a house and would like some advice please. i am a FTB, had an offer accepted for a property on April 20th. Estate agents said the vendors would go into rented for a quick sale. This turned out to not be the case (probably an estate agent lie but I'll never know!). Initially exhange…
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How often is it reasonable to view your new house while awaiting completion?
Just had offer accepted on new build, I assume completion will take 6 weeks or so, how often do you think its reasonable to ask the estate agent to view the property? (you know how it is, there's always little things that occur to you after you've visited a week later etc...)
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New build, postcode not recognised, can I still get insurance quotes somehow?
Had an offer accepted on a new build, just went to GoCompare to get a quote for home and contents insurance, but when I key in the postcode, the resulting address is somewhere completely different (well, about 15 mins walk away from my potential new home) - what's the best solution?
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Landlord from Hell, advice please
Hi, I have been living in the property for the last 3.5 years. The property is in very poor condition. Mould on the ceilings, kitchen cupboards not properly attached to the ceiling, holes in the outer walls welcome rats and mice, rain water leak in bathroom because of hole in the roof and much more. Landlord is informed…
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Where to hire a shipping container
Hello All, We hope to move in the next few weeks (Finally!) and will be going over 400 miles away. We will be moving in to a rented house until we find somewhere we'd like to buy. Looking at our options for the actual move itself we have heard there are companies which will deliver a shipping container to your address, you…
