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Selling House and getting people throught the door.
Afternoon All i've after some advice on selling house. i have my house back on the market after buyers, buyer droped out, i have now been back on the market for 4 weeks with only one viewing. what can i do to get more people throught the door. better photos? lower price? (houses round me back in october 2012, went for 124K…
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Did Agent misrepresent the property?
I believe the EA misrepresented the area of the property I am buying. I made an offer with a price that I felt was reasonable, based on the flat's internal area being over 51 sq m, or 558 sq ft, and this was accepted. The Surveyor originally reflected this advertised area on my HB Report, as he just used the figures…
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co ownership mortgage rates and fees question
2 quick questions my partner was accepted for co ownership mortgage in northern ireland. we were originally told co own fee of £250 covers all solicitors etc. thats it then during co own interview they said a further fee for deeds need paid before completion £346. ok estate agent didnt tell us. now estate agent is not only…
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Time scales query
Hi all, We are in the process of looking at houses to buy having rented for nearly 10 years, we are FTB's currently in a rental property contracted until November (pretty sure we would not be able to get out of the contract earlier without significant costs) we have spoken to a broker and have an AIP and he has advised us…
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What to ask vendor on second viewing/after offer accepted?
Hi all, Hope you can help. We had our offer accepted last week after one viewing and we're going back to see the property this weekend to take some pictures and measurements (we got in before the EA had done these). I'm trying to compile a list of things to check/ask the vendor and was wondering if anyone had any…
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Providing Buyer with Structural Survey
Hello Everyone Long time reader, first time poster here. Couldn't find a thread related to this topic after searching so thought it best to create a new one... I am selling my house to fund the purchase of another property (upsizing). The buyer of my property is a cash buyer and stated that he would not be having a survey…
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LA inspection
LA wants to come round and do an inspection... They have written to me and given me more than 24 hours notice. They have given me a 3 hour slot and said I don't have to be there. I want to be there! I do not want these people walking around my home unsupervised. I am not able to be at the house at that time/day. Do I have…
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Refunding tenants deposits - reasonable time scale?
Hi all, I'm looking for a bit of advice. We were renting out a flat until 3 April. The tenants deposit was held in a scheme by our letting agents and the tenant gave them plenty of notice of moving out, but over a month later the tenant still hasn't had her deposit back. She has called and emailed umpteen times, and…
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Moving house - What happens to your old phone line?
We are due to complete and move house next Wednesday and as we have sky phone, broadband, and tv I called them up to start the home move process. Sky said that they 'take over' the active line in the new property so the previous owners must leave the line active otherwise the move will fail and we have to pay BT to get it…
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Paying back the referencing fee
Hi all. I'm shortly to be a first time landlord and have found the information on this site to be invaluable so far, albeit it I have found it late in the day. I have gone via an agency for my first foray in an attempt to take a back seat in the search for a tenant side of things, however I have slightly been duped due to…
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Unprofessional estate agent
Hi I have a number of questions and I would be very grateful if anybody can help me. I began renting a property in Sep 2011 and it ran for a year. I signed another yearly contract which runs out Sep 2013. The first thing I noticed was the inventory was wrong and I emailed estate agent. She told me I should have gone…
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please help, dishonest commerical landlord.
I am in commercial lease with a landlord who is very dishonest and keeps trying to cone me out of money by over claim expenses and keeps forcing me to do improvement on his property even though the lease states I only need to maintain the cosmetic appearance inside the property. I am extremely stressed about dealing with…
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Landlord and Tenants Act vs Data Protection Act
An agent has informed me that they do NOT have to tell me who the landlord is as the landlord has apparently instructed the agent that all negotiations are to go through them and that they do not want to deal directly with me and thus under the Data Protection Act they 'cannot' reveal the landlord's identity. Fact or…
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Mortgage approved, what now?
We got the great news that our mortgage has been approved by HSBC on their 5 year fixed deal. The house is as close to our 'dream' place as we can afford so we are delighted at that. Just wondering what happens next (we're FTBs). Ive just spoken to the valuers who will to sort that in the next few days and we are seeing…
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Rightmove - how long to upload?
Hi, I've just put my house on the market. Was told yesterday it was going live on rightmove and could take up to 24 hrs to appear. Checked this morning and it is on, but no pics(?) States 'awaiting image'. Is this usual? Does it take a while for the images to appear, or should I be chasing the agent yet to ask whats going…
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Survey has highlighted repairs
So a friend of mine is buying his first house and has just got his builders survey back, its stating that the house needs some work carrying out on the roof and some other areas. His origional offer of 180k was accepted but it is now looking like he will need to spend 20k fixing the areas of damage, so heres my question (I…
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Confused FTB - lots of questions!
After 16 months of home hunting (!!), we have finally managed to find one that my OH seemingly likes and may agree that we put in an offer to buy. The property has been on the market only for a few days, being sold through only 1 EA (as yet) and we know that there is one more interested party as of now. The house is about…
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Estate Agents want to see our Agreement in Principle - normal?
Hi guys, We have put in an offer of 194k on a house that was originally 205k and was then reduced to 199k... the offer was accepted (yay!). We have an agreement in principle from my bank (for £225,000 - though this is the max they would be prepared to lend, and definitely not what we could realistically pay every month!)…
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Taking the under 35 benefit cuts too far?
I just need some advice relating to renting a flat. I've lived in my current flat for 7yrs so don't know much about renting at the moment as you'd expect. I'm not on benefit, female, 30yrs old, single with no kids. I'm a mature student and a very responsible individual money wise. I also work part time to top up my student…
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Council house help?
To put it mildly, sh** hit the fan. My wage has always been dreadful as has my partner's. We're internet based but recently - the website we work on has closed. All their relative websites have too. We're currently looking for similar work. However, in the meantime we won't be able to pay the bills this month. I'm…
