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Going on House Viewings
Im thinking about moving and there is an area in my town I'd like to move to. Its a lovely green area with good schools - but - we have never been in a house in that area (its an estate with only 2 types of houses). We are not actually selling yet, but in order to commit to the idea, I would like to do a viewing of one of…
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You've probably heard this all before...
It has been twelve weeks since we had an offer accepted on the house we wish to purchase. We promptly arranged a mortgage within a week, instructed solicitors within a day and had the survey completed within three days. (We are first-time buyers). In spite of this, we had to wait weeks before the vendor completed the…
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varying agent prices
We put our house on the market on saturday, after speaking to most of the agents in town. I was astounded at the varying costs. The cheapest was £1,200 plus vat, the most expensive was £2,700 plus vat, both of these were also plus EPC, which was £99 for one and £65 for the other! Serious variation there! We eventually went…
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Vendors happy to engage in private sale with us – what next?
Last week I posted speculative letters through the doors of all the houses we would be interested in buying, after not being able to find a suitable property currently on the market. We had 5 responses, three of which have real ‘potential’ for us, all with vendors happy to sell privately. We have viewed each house twice…
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Quick selling property. Good idea or avoid at all costs?
Hi, I was wondering about these companies which offer to buy any property quickly at probably 90% of its market value. I have some queries: 1) Sounds too good to be true. That the case or is it a viable option? 2) Whose valuation do they use? Yours or theirs? 3) What costs are involved? 4) Is there already a MSE guide on…
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property Hawk Agreements
Hi all, The mrs is looking to rent her flat out and thus we are looking to find some free online agreements that we can use. Is the templates available on Property Hawk any good? Has anyone on here used them for producing a shorthold tenancy agreement contract? Cheers
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How to Find Who Owns Ground
Hi, I am looking at various pieces of ground for possibly building a house. What is the best and quickest way to find out who the owner of any piece of ground is? I live in Scotland and have had a look at the Register of Scotland site where you can do online searches, but I would need to see a map of the area to point out…
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Consent to Let on a Halifax Mortgage?
Anyone know if Halifax give Consent to Let? Just looking for a heads up before I call. Thanks.
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Buying a House - what to offer & greenbelt land
Hi Guys I hope one of you can help me here We went to view a property on Friday which we like. it is currently on at £270K. We saw this property a few weeks ago and before we could arrange a 2nd viewing it had been sold. However it has come back on the market. We really like it but reluctant to go over the £250K mark as we…
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rent or sell? refurb or not? help please
hi. i need advice please. my uncle has just been put in a home (alzheimers but otherwise healthy 80 yo) and has a fully paid for 2 bed bungalow now standing empty. he has to pay for his care. how do we best help him?????? a similar property nearby sold for £200,000 but was totally refurbed. he has savings but not huge…
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Should I buy2let ?
Good Morning again, Yes this query is linked to my other thread but its a different type of query so thought new thread would be warranted, if not ptb please merge. I've recently looked at a few 3 bed houses for around 57k, with a view to buy2 let. These wiill be on a buy2let mortgage my idea is to have the repayment…
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Issues with rented accomodation - am i wrong?
I'm looking for a little advice. I have been renting since 2009 in the same house. Always had issues with the LL/LA when trying to get things sorted out. With the bad snow last year the guttering came down (back and front) I duly reported this to the LA who advised that nothing could be done due to adverse weather etc, I…
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Staying Beyond The End of An Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement
Some advice needed.... I'm coming to the end of a 12 month tenancy agreement. Have agreed a price on a house in the last few days. Tenancy agreement runs out in early september so I'd like to extend the stay to the end of October to give us time to complete on the house. We spoke to the landlord in May saying this was…
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My landlord having to prove how much cleaning was needed - not sure where I stand?
My old landlord is trying to claim it took 16 hours to clean my old house. I find this very hard to believe given that we spent several hours cleaning it ourselves before we moved out and the place was pretty much spotless, I would say the same as when we moved in. I'm assuming if he produces a reciept saying it took that…
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Renting in Chelmsford or Bishops Stortford
Do any of you know if there's such a thing as a list of private landlords in the above areas? Or local newspapers who advertise privately rented property? My son and his family are relocating from Scotland for a period of 3 years and are looking to rent a 4 bed, unfurnished house. They will be moving towards the end of…
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Buy to let valuation how does it work help please?
Hi Posting on behalf of my parents who are just in the process of buying their first buy to let property. Mum with me now. The question is when the vlauer comes out from mortgage company does it work the same as normal vlauation or do thy lookat what rent the property will bring? This house is an old building that is being…
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Impossible House Buying
We have got ourselves into a bit of a conundrum = impossible house buying. We want to buy a house near where our family lives (inside M25 Surrey) but the average house price is around £350,000. We are first time buyers, selective about location, don't mind doing some work on the house and only have £250,000 absolute…
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Offer rejected, thoughts on how we should proceed?
We are first time buyers and last weekend viewed a property we really liked which was on the market at 199,950. We rang the estate agent on Monday to request a 2nd viewing for this weekend. The property was then reduced to 184,950 on Tuesday. We went and viewed it again yesterday and put an offer if of 180,000. Our maximum…
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How much does it cost to move house?
I'm looking to relocate to, have very little equity in my property and no savings. How much is it likely to cost me to sell, move and buy a house for approx same value?
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House with detached/integrated Garage
Just wondering if people have any preferences with regards to garage being detached or integrated when buying a house. I have never really parked inside a garage and I think I will be using detached garage for DIY projects and to store junk. I can imagine the benefits of an integrated garage as it can be used as a living…
