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Neighbour smoking in his own home is affecting me......
Okay, this is an odd one.... I live in the middle of a Victorian terrace. It is in a poor -ish area, in an historically poor-ish area and the houses, although structurally sound, were built cheap. Each house shares floor joists with its neighbours and roof space. The neighbours on one side smoke outside. On the front…
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House Owners Post Received at Rented Property
My BF & I have been renting a house through a lettings agent since Sept 2011. The people who actually own the house live abroad and so we do not have an address for them. When we moved in, they left us a note asking us to forward any of their post to a relative who doesn't live too far from us. In the beginning this was…
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Problem with lease length
We're in the process of buying an ex Local Authority property. Our mortgage has been approved (paper offer received weekend just gone) but our solicitor has found a discrepancy on the lease. We made our offer based on a 103 year lease, but we have discovered the lease is in fact 94 years. Obviously this is less and we were…
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FTB advice needed please
Hi, I am looking for some advice.... my Husband and I have a 5% deposit and I am trying to work out what would be our best option financially but I am so confused... so any advice would be greatly received... Here are the two options we have... Nationwide Save to Buy deal (we've had this account for 6 mths so qualify)…
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Need Help please: offer-making strategy?
Hi all, My wife and I are currently in the position of making an offer for a house . We just moved to Scotland recently so the system is new to us (too complicated tbh). In general, what is the best strategy to make an offer? Is it good to submit a formal note of interest? My understanding is, once a NoI is submitted,…
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Giving notice to my Letting Agent
Time to serve notice on my letting agent as I've been offered a better service with a lower fee elsewhere. I believe I 'own' the tenants so plan on keeping them and porting them and my properties to the new managing agents. Does anyone know where I can find a templated letter serving notice by a Landlord to a letting…
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Anyone used Crime Statistics?
I wondered if anyone has used the http://www.crime-statistics.co.uk/ website & how helpful you have found it? I was doing a wee search using a postcode of a place we are thinking of looking at & nothing came up over the past year? Thinking maybe it wasn't updated for Scotland I searched my own postcode :eek: in the last…
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First time buyer family gifted deposit
hello all, this might seem a silly question but i am a first time buyer and i have my official mortgage offer in place-(the valuation also has been done) my parents want to gift me a deposit of £17000. My question is that would the bank/solicitor want to see the bank statements or would a letter from my parents be enough?…
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Trying to reserve new build property
I'm in the process of trying to reserve a new build property with Taylor Wimpey which was previously sold and had fallen through. I've received an offer on my property and the agent is just in the process of verifying the chain. Taylor Wimpey told me I couldn't reserve the property until I've exchanged on my property...…
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Buying in carshalton
Need some advice from anyone who knows Carshalton please! We've been looking to buy a3 bed house in carshalton and viewed some nice properties recently. But there seems to be a big difference in prices between certain areas and we can't work out why. Specifically, houses on Cambridge road are around 50k cheaper than other…
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House advertised for rent using my old photos
We recently sold our house to someone who was buying to rent the property. I've now seen the property advertised for rent. However, this is being advertised with photos of the house full of my property - my photos are visible on the wall etc. Can I ask the letting agent to remove these photos? the house is being rented…
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Selling a property - the process, and time scales
Can anyone give me an idea on the following... Im selling a property, I have no onward chain, and the buyer is an FTB. My solicitor has advised me that draft contracts have been exchanged (around 2-3 weeks ago) and has now written to me to say that they have obtained my redemption statement from my mortgage provider. Ive…
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Any experienced of Moulden View in Swindon?
My partner and I are in the process of buying our first house, a 3 bed in Moulden View. It seems really lovely and quiet and the house will be built on the lefthand side, quite a distance from any social housing plots that are dotted around (don't mean to sound snobby here). The house won't be built until the end of the…
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Conveyancing Contract Docs - usual to have loads of questions?
I'm currently in the process of purchasing a new build property from Bloor Homes. Yesterday received a pile of documents from my solicitors with the contract, draft transfer deeds, report, etc. Having read through it all I've ended up with a list of 60 questions/points/comments, this feels like a lot or is it fairly normal…
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Tonbridge / Sevenoaks Kent commute to London
Hi, We are considering moving to Tonbridge / Sevenoaks area of Kent and are interested in knowing what the commute to London is like? We both work in London, one central, the other in Canary Wharf. How reliable is the train service? What are our chances of getting a seat etc. etc? How long does it take?
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tradesman trying to rip me off??
hi all im in the process of buying a house with my partner and after survey was told to get some quotes of people for the work needing doing as it came in as worth less than we offered. now the estate agent recommended a damp and timber firm- they were great came out quick and told me it was all fine i asked if they could…
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Extension needing Retrospective build over agreement 30 years on?
Please could someone advise as going through bit of a stressful situation. Put an offer in on first property and was accepted and survey came back with no major issues. My Conveyancers then got involved and noticed that the property had an extension 32 years ago that was built over part of a sewer. The seller is now…
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EA has kept our money...
I paid an EA £300 for credit checks/references etc at the end of March (28th) for a private rent property... everything fell through and the EA won't return all of our money. They've returned half and said the other £150 needs to come from the landlord/EA as she decided to move EA's (the new EA refused us the property on…
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Buying a property with an 'equitable charge' - repo?
Hi there, I've searched the forums but couldn't find the answer to my specific issue. I'm hoping to make an offer on a property and have a copy of the title deed from land registry. I wanted to find out if it was a repossession (EA being cagey), but it's thrown up a few things which I'm not sure of. The house was bought by…
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Townhouses and Parking Spaces.
I viewed a newish townhouse today, which I liked a lot. However I am converned about parking. It's obviously a problem in that estate as there is a lot of 'car furniture' littered about, most houses only having one space. The one I viewed was advertised as having two spaces - or I wouldn't have viewed, but it was only when…
