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boundry fence
Hi, I hope someone can help, I have looked through previous posts but think this one is slightly different, I live in a detached property with a driveway that runs down the side of my house, about half way down my drive there is a fence (I believe this is the neighbours) that runs along the side of their garden. due to the…
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To live in or to rent? No idea!
Hi, Hopefully somebody may be able to give me some advice with an opportunity that has presented itself to me. We currently rent a property for £350 pcm (bargain for property/area (avg 600pcm) due to being from family friend. From another family friend (I know!) we have been offered a property that they are hoping for a…
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Alternatives to buying a house?
I am new to these boards but follow advice from them periodically, so I'm keen to hear what people think I should do: I put my house on the market this year with the aim of selling while the market was still buoyant, where I could get the price I wanted, and to find an interesting/unique place to live in a village/rural…
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FTB - What price range should we look for?
Morning, Have whats probably a silly question but this is all new to me. We can afford a £140,000 mortgage and up to now we've been looking for propertys priced at £140,000 or less. However reading up that you should start lower with offers is it reasonable/realistic to look at houses priced max £160,000 in the hope we can…
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no inventory - sort of
We're preparing to hand back our rental at the end of our 6 month tenancy & we're just wondering where we stand on this. At the beginning of the tenancy, an inventory was carried out with us present. On the day of this check, we were asked to sign a one page document declaring that we have received the keys & that the…
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My property has BECOME buy to let!!!!
I'm sure this is not the first time this has happened. Everything has happened so fast!!I spend most of my time with my new Girlfriend ...that left my large house free.We put our toe in the water and have a couple staying in the home on a lodgings basis.We receive a nice fee for renting two of the 3 rooms out...the couple…
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Declaring claims on Landlord insurance
Hello, I am looking for landlord insure and one of the questions they ask is, if I've made any claims in last 5 years. Do they mean claims on the rented property I'm seeking insurance on, or any property that I have, ie, including the property I'm living in? Thanks for your advice
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Missing planning permission docs
The property we are buying has full planning permission for a barn conversion that was granted in 2005. Work commenced under Building Notice with our vendors within the 5 year stipulated period. We have spent considerable time reviewing the plans/architect's drawings with the vendor and are comfortable with carrying on…
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Estate Agent Fees
Evening Planning to put a house on market and got potential EA to email terms for me to have a look at. I plan to call tomorrow to clarify a few things but wondered if this is pretty standard. Having to find a new agent as previous one went out of business a couple of weeks ago. Selling fee - 1.5% of sale price subject to…
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Property purchase in France
Hi All, My 1st post! For me this is one of my bigger life moves. My question is I am in the throes of buying a house in France,we are getting close to the deposit stage, the money used to purchase it is from a retirement fund and savings, the idea is that next year my good lady wife and myself will sell our UK property and…
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Offers in Excess
Not sure if you noticed but in the last few weeks lots of houses have changed status to 'offers in excess of' in my area. Do you think that EA are getting super low offers and are trying to set some sort of bottom limit? Or is it just a way to make it look like they lowered the price but actually they haven't? For example,…
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Conveyancers charge for aborted purchase
Not sure if this is the right place but here goes. I am currently in dispute with conveyancers about their final charge after an aborted purchase before exchange of contract. Their charge read “Say £500” plus VAT. I took exception to the ‘say’ and queried what I thought was a high amount as their estimate for the purchase…
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How to persuade a letting agency to allow me to rent from them... please help!
Hello, I really need some advice on how to persuade a letting agent to accept my application for a rental. I know some landlords reading this will shake their heads in disproval about my situation but I am desperate to rent. I have a very bad credit rating, no guarantor and to top it off I am on a career break at the…
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housing problems
Hi first time posting, apologies in advance if I'm in the wrong forum. In 2009 my mother passed away leaving in her estate her house and about £35000 in cash to myself and my two siblings, now two years on after much wrangling between my brother and sister, our sister has agreed to sell her share of the property to myself…
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Land Registry & Indemnities
We are selling a very old house. On looking at the prevous Deeds we have and the last plan approved by the Land Registry (ie in the Purchase details from 1994), there is an outhouse which, despite being in plain sight, having been used throughout and referred to often on the plans attached to earlier Deeds is not included…
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HELP: Landlord voluntary surrender
Please help, I received a letter from my letting agency to say I need to vacate my property in two months, I agreed verbally with my landlord I could stay until April. I have spoken to him today and he has told me his financial situation has changed and he has voluntarily surrendered the house to the bank. What do I…
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Renting to family and HB
We have inherited a share of a house and are buying out the other party. They need the money to clear debts and are planning on selling their own house too. Neither are working due to disabilities and have asked can they rent the house from us as it's adapted for a disabled person so meets their needs which their current…
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Kit Homes
I have been looking into going for a self-build and have come accross kit homes. Has anyone had any experience of these? Are they any good or simply not?
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Tenants' advice - if any?!
Hi, This may turn into a bit of a long one but am in need of some advice, if any, about whether our landlady has acted fairly I suppose. My boyfriend and I moved into a ground floor flat in February this year. The tenancy was agreed for 6 months. We have a kitten which we moved in with. Our landlady used the estate agents…
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Making a Realistic Offer on a Property
Hi Everyone i'm just about to embark on the quest to buy my first property in london. As i'm a first time buyer i definately want to come in at under the £250k mark so as to avoid stamp duty. I've seen quite a few places on right move at the £269,950 level or even £279,950 - now i'm just wondering it at these prices it's…
