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Price guide - how does one play this when it comes to offer?
When there is a property where the price is say 150-170k how on earth do you put offer in without taking the mick?
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FTB in Bristol - Fridaysmove.com - any good?
We're looking for a conveyancing solicitor as first time buyers, and these guys are coming in at around £490 all-in. Has anyone used fridaysmove.com ? Any feedback would be appreciated. They are getting pretty good reviews on the web and appear to be referral agents for local solicitors. We're in Bristol, so if anyone has…
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HouseNetwork - anyone used their conveyancing?
I am considering using HouseNetwork to sell my house in the next few weeks. I'm wondering about using their conveyancing team too. It will be a no chain sale - I'm not buying another house. They quote £800 for the conveyancing on the sale (I've estimated a £250K sale price for the purpose of the quote) or £560 total if I…
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Newbie - Capital Gains Help selling investment propperty
Hi, I wonder if someone could help me with a Capital Gains question. I bought a house in 1991 with my first husband for £52,000 and we split up in March 1997 when I took over the property in my own name and paid him £750 to keep the house and took over the mortgage. I re-married and own a property with my husband and my…
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Maybe Asbestos in old flat?
I wonder if anyone can help me? I'm a first time buyer, so all this I'd new to me and quite confusing, I'm buying an old purpose built flat, It's 1 of 4 in a block, we've had the survey done Snd there is some minor issues, but nothing (I hope!) too bad, but the thing that's bothering me is a couple of the level 2 notices…
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Quick house sale companies - OFT Warning!
In answer to the regular posts here about the Quick Sale type companies, a word of warning from the OFT: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22185163
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Block of flats- night time noise help needed
Quick question: When is a reasonable time to go to bed when you are living in a block of flats? And the longer explanation: My neighbour below me is complaining about the noise my floor makes (creaking, possibly the joists) when I walk to go to the loo etc at night. He also bangs on the ceiling when he is annoyed by my…
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Landlord wont do repairs
ered sticker on it !!! I don't know what to do now as she has become nasty and don't want to be evicted. I went to the council but they said it would 3 yrs minimum before they could find us somewhere to live. I don't have money for a deposit for a private landlord so im stuck here. I don't know what to do or where to turn…
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Nationwide Mortgage Tax Credits Issue
Hello, Myself and my girlfriend do not live together. She lives alone with her two children and receives various tax credits. I made a telephone application with Nationwide and explained our salaries, loans, benefits/tax credits and we were given a Decision in Principle. Now we have gone to a full mortgage application, the…
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Washing machine for BTL
Should I just buy a bog standard with average wash load of about 5kg, or go for a slightly better one with a larger wash load? I don't want to pay more than I need to, but don't want to get a cheap one, have tennant overload it, then have to sort it out.
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Ask letting agent for copy of inventory - still not got it!
Hi all, was on her the other day re an email I got from my letting agents regarding how we show our property.. anyway, also in this email was a veiled threat about our deposit. I have asked for a copy of our inventory three times now and still not got it... do they have to provide it? I am pretty sure that they dont have a…
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Family and rent
Just wondering how much people charge their kids once parents stop claiming benefits for their children, but their children don't leave home. I have 3 still at home aged 18, 21 and 27, the 21 and 27year olds have full time jobs and my 18 yr old works part time. My husband works all the hours god sends to support the family…
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MSE News: 'Quick house sale' firms face OFT probe
"The OFT is to review the 'quick house sale' market, amid fears that desperate home owners are losing large sums of cash..." Read the full story: 'Quick house sale' firms face OFT probe Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works, read our New to Forum?…
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Conveyancing
Hello I am buying a house and whilst we are looking at conveyancing quotes I can't find any info on what people ACTUALLY paid. If you have recently bought a house would you mind telling me what you ended up paying the solicitor? Our purchase price is £164000 and we won't be needing a mortgage Thanks
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OFT investigates 'quick house sale' market
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/10002504/OFT-investigates-quick-house-sale-market.html The Office of Fair Trading is investigating the 'quick house sale' market over concerns that home owners could end up getting much less for their property than it is worth. The OFT want to hear from people…
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Renting house after completion
I have accepted an offer on my house but as of yet I have been unable to find a property to move to. We don't want to lose the buyer, they said they have somewhere to move to in the mean time so there isn't a rush, but I'm keen to get this concluded. Is it common place to start the process, exchange contracts, complete and…
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Extractor fan, my responsibility or landlords?
Hi, Moved into a house Feb 2012 with working extractor fan in bathroom, and all of a sudden it's now stopped working, it's wired into the showers power on cord (as in the shower pull cord is on the ceiling) and when I turn that on to power the electric shower it activated the extractor fan. Anyway as mentioned it's now…
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House without mains gas - how easy/'cheap' to connect 0.2 miles?
Hi All, I know this has been covered a bit on these forums (https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/10941267#Comment_10941267 etc) but what I am after is not costings between LPG, solar, oil etc, but the actual practicalities of having mains gas supplied via an extesion of the current network. We're…
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FTB Help
Hello Im 21 and a FTB and finding some of the process quite mind boggling. Ive seen a house i like on at 79,500, a bit unrealistic so would not be prepared to pay that price. I want to make an offer but dont have a mortgage in place yet, ive seen 2 mortgage advisors so i know it is in budget for what i can afford and will…
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Water Bill after an year
Dear MSEs, I used to rent about an year ago, and the flat management company read the individual meter and produced an individual bill using that reading from the communal bill the flat block got from southern water. They sent it to me and not the landlord, so I always paid them. The management company changed hand, and I…
