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Supporting floor beams
Hi guys, I am buying a house and there is a wall on the first floor (right above the stairwell) with a few cracks. I just had a structural engineer onsite and he said that this is not a structural problem, it is just the wall on the first floor was build from some wrong (too heavy concrete bricks) and the floor beam sank a…
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Thinking of buying a new build - any advice?
As the title really, Mr A and I are thinking about buying a new build from Charles Church, it will be ready in February. We haven't committed to anything yet, other than a valuation on our property, so does anyone have any hints or tips that they could share? Thanks in anticipation.
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Advice on renting out our property x
Hi Just after a little advice please or maybe a push in the right direction :) Currently my partner and I live apart, he owns a 2/3 bed property but it's too small to use as our 'family' home. As it stands we cannot sell the property without making a huge loss (really don't want to do that) so our only option is to rent it…
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Quick Question
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Rent Increases, S21's and Fixed term contracts
Can anybody help me out with a few points if possible. I am currently on a Fixed term tennancy due to come to end, late into November. Firstly would this automatically roll onto a month by month contract, if i dont want to sign for a further fixed term? Secondly, the letting agent has issued a S21 already. Does this mean…
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Buying Mothers Council House
Hello all, I'm posting this on behalf of a friend who is looking at purchasing his Mothers house. He will be purchasing it from a local Housing Agency (Ex Council) and they will be paying the mortgage/deposit themselves. Should they (my friend and wife), put it in either or their names only or along with the Mothers name…
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Changing the locks?
Hello! We've finally moved in!! :beer: Unfortunately the seller left the flat absolutely FILTHY. We'd spent a full day scrubbing our old place, and thought that it was standard practice . Sadly when we got to our new home, there was cat hair/poo all over the place, dirt smeared across floors and walls etc etc. I just burst…
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Estate Agents - How do I deal with them?
Maybe its my somewhat quiet side but I find when I do occasionally have dealt with them they can come across as brash and overly confident that it can be a bit intimidating? Any pointers on how I should deal with them to show that I'm serious but also good to keep in their 'index' for when fresh properties come on market…
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Landlord not repairing house
Hi all. I informed our landlord in Feb that the garage door needed replacing as it had completely rotten and was unable to open it etc. I told him that I knew it wasn't a priority and that I didn't expect it to be done right away... Fast forward to August, he asked me measurements etc so I gave him them I also stated that…
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Dual agency
So after 4 months with 10 viewings and no offers and lowered price with me suggesting it etc. I'm now thinking dual agency. Original EA is happy with that and no change in T&Cs What are people thoughts, experience with dual agency? We currently have a for sale board up, my first initial thought if we stuck two up, my first…
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Letting Advice - EA Management or not?
We have a 1 bed property that we haven't been able to sell for about 6 - 7 months now. Luckily we have the money to buy another property. We have received consent to let from our mortgage company for the next 2 years and we have it up for rent for £600 and our mortgage is £495. Our EA managements fees will be 10% per…
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Solicitors Charges - can they do this?
Hi All, I am looking for some help and advise. I am a first time buyer, and are nearing the completion and exchange of a property i have put an offer on. I have heard so many horror stories and got to the bottom of them, but the new one that is causing me so sleepless nights is the solicitors right to charge me for every…
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Moving abroad - Letting someone live in my house for free?
Hello, My partner and I are likely to be moving abroad to live and work. We have a 5 year fixed rate mortgage and are almost into our 4th year of this. We live in a flat in Glasgow so thought it would make sense to rent the place out while we're gone, I have looked into letting the property out but the Building society…
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Preparing for completion
So all being well we should be completing this Friday. I have a couple of questions: Will we need to collect the keys from the estate agent or can they be collected direct from the current owner? I know the owner would be more than willing to just hand the keys over to us but I’m not sure whether they’d have to go via the…
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Accepted Buyer's offer but still no Survey
I accepted a FTB's offer on my property 6 weeks ago but they are still applying for their mortgage so there has not been any survey and they have not retained a solicitor - should I be concerned? I know things are difficult in the current climate but I think 6 weeks is a bit excessive and because they do not have a…
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House Fire Lost everything, I don't accept liability!
I moved into a newly rented property. Used the tumble dryer for first time on the 2nd, put my wet clothes in it and I put it on a cupboard dry setting. I then left it on to dry my clothes and left to visit a friend’s house at around 9pm. I returned to the house at 1am and the house was on fire. I called the fire brigade…
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What would you do - tree
We have recently bought our first house - 27th July. On the day we got the keys we had a good look around the garden (me, my mum and bf) pointing out all the lovely trees and berry bushes we had - deciding on what we would do with them etc. As the house needs doing up - kitchen, bathroom, wall knocking down & rewire we…
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Radioactive issue is coming from search, Your opinion will be helpful ....
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HELP Please (selling house!)
Hi all, thanks for reading this post My parents are currently downsizing and moving into a bungalow. They are elderly and not that good with all the legal side, etc, etc of selling a house as they have never done it before. They have asked me and my wife if we would sort out getting it on the market etc etc but the only…
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Advice regarding agent.
Hi, We are currently renting but have done so privately for many years so dealing with agents is a thing of the past. Would like some advice as to agents we are currently dealing with. A few weeks back we spotted a house for rent. Not in the best area but a good price for the size. So I emailed for more details. I got no…
