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Quick question if I may.
Hubby and I owned our previous home for just over 10 years. We were both on the mortgage, both on the deeds etc. We have now sold up, moved into rented while we look for our new home (easier as it was the other end of the country) and we are still looking after such a long time. I gave up work when our youngest child came…
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Should I rent a house that LL plans to sell?
Hi all, I have been searching for a house to rent for some time now and recently I have found the ideal house. Only trouble is - the house is also on the sales market with a different EA. I asked the LA to find out what the LL plans to do if the house is let out and was informed that the LL will keep the house up for sale…
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landlord not telling me when he's coming round...
My landlord has said he will send a workman "Thursday or Friday" and refusing to provide an accurate date and time. I want to be present when the visit is, for security reasons really as the workman is a complete stranger. Can the landlord be this generic in their notice? What's stopping them saying they'll be round "some…
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TR1 leasehold - witnesses for signing it
I've been emailed a copy of the TR1 for my leasehold flat I am selling. Have been told to sign it and return, by my conveyancer. I notice it says it needs to be witnessed - what type of person needs to witness it? Can they be related to me or do they have to have known me for x years or anything?
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EPC requirement - Home for sale by owner
Hello all, My parents are in the process of downsizing and buying a bungalow. They are due to complete later this month and I would like to try to sell their current home using a 'For Sale by Owner' sign in the front garden for a month or so. They live on a 1970's estate and have a 3 bed with a large south facing garden…
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Thinking of buying a house
I'm considering buying a house a distance from where I presently live. I've recently returned home after working abroad for a while. I have a property which has been rented out and is mortgage free. Anyway, I'm thinking of buying a property in a 'near-by' town because thee are many more job opportunities there. I'm not…
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First time renters, help!!
Hi everyone, I really need some advice. Me, my partner and our best friend are graduating in a few months and need somewhere to live, however we will not pass the reference checks as our income currently isn't high enough to afford the rent, however we have all been guaranteed full time hours at our current part time jobs.…
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Whats the difference
between offering on a house when you havent sold your own but it is on the market , and selling a house , accepting an offer but not having found one yourself :o
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FTBs - are you buying with your own deposit or bank of mum n dad?
I didn't want to ask my folks for help so have been saving my 15% deposit
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Exceptionally noisy neighbours.....crows!
I realise that this issue doesn't strictly fall under this forum's remit - but I am pretty much at my wits end and I thought maybe someone here !might have an idea or input. A few years ago a flock of crows settled and built nests in my neighbour's oak tree. The resulting noise from !their incessant cawing - lasting from…
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Can i post the link to our house on right move and
not have that mean the EA can track it back to here ?
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Find my landline number?
Hi all, sorry if this has been covered before but I haven't been able to find an answer so far.... I moved into a new rented flat yesterday, when trying to get quotes for broadband etc I need to provide the landline number which I don't know, I've left a message with the agency but I was wondering if they don't have a…
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Considering BTL for monthly income
Due to the currently low interest rates I am considering buying outright, a 2 bed flat as a BTL. It would be within 1 mile of our house where we have a mainline station with journey time of 20 minutes to Central London. Current rents are around £750 pcm. What I would like to know is roughly what percentage of that amount…
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tax advice with regard to renting out our house...
1 - we have a few card debts that i would like to pay back once rented out the hosue but i wanted to find out how it works on the tax front. can we offset any of these debts against our house rental? thanks everso for any help and advice. 2- question 2: would it make any sense to remortgage to bundle our credit card debts…
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Will the bank give me a 30 year mortgage??
Hi, Reading another thread prompts my question on this, I am 35 and my husband 37 and we are hoping to get a mortgage DIP in the next few months. I was hoping to get a 29/30 year mortgage to start off as planning to have a family etc and as we are just starting out on the ladder wanted to try and keep cost lower…
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Foxtons Keep Deposit
Hi, Foxtons took a 5k deposit - after a while they pulled the papers. Without answer questions we had about the property. Which we said we couldn't exchange without hearing the answer to them. We then looked to buy another property from a different EA but same vendor. We were told by the new EA that she would get us our…
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Long distance solicitor
We're selling up and moving 300 miles down west. Our house sale is already going through (much quicker than expected!), so we have a local solicitor starting on that. We'll shortly be viewing houses to buy, and were wondering if it's best to use a different solicitor down west with local knowledge, or stick with the one…
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Negotiation after Survey
Hi Everyone I wonder if anyone to help me? I'm buying a house, I found a perfect house for price of 275k. Next day, I made an offer for 260k, it was accepted immediately. (same day, surprisingly), I felt I could have made an offer a little bit lower, possibly 250k, which is the line of stamp duty, but it's too late. Now I…
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Finding private landlords
First of all, apologies if there is already a thread somewhere about this, I did search but couldn't find one. We are about to rent for the first time, having always owned our home in the past, so the process is new to us. Because of a period of ill-health in the past, our credit score is likely to be pretty bad (although…
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Open House weekend
Hi All We are going away next weekend (19th) till the Monday , and we have a key safe the EA uses to let people in for viewings How do i promote , or convince the EA to promote an open house kind of day ? Is this something worth doing ? Opinions welcome!
