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carpet and renting?
Hi all Asking for a friend: Her dad recently passed away and was in a privately rented property for 11 and half years. There have been no issues etc whilst he was there the landlord was happy etc... she told the LL that he died, gave notice and all that..... He said he wants the carpets cleaned. He was an old chappy and…
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1st offer: tactics
Hi, Just seen a good flat in London, Key facts: share of freehold Garden!! 2 bed no chain only had 1 open day viewing. Were FTB with a healthy deposit 40% LTV I called EA to say I'm interested and enquired about bidding, is it closed or open, He told me that he's had several offers at asking price, and hes asked people to…
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Carpet or laminate what is better?
When viewing a house what would you prefer? New but cheap laminate flooring or new good quality carpet? I haven't put wooden flooring in the equation as it's far too expensive but I'm sure many people would like real wooden floors. I have read that carpet is actually making a comeback and laminate is becoming old hat, not…
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Woo hoo... Exchanged and completed today
Just thought I would share with you... Exactly 1 month after we first saw the property we got the keys. Admittedly we didn't need a mortgage and the house was empty but nether the less we got it for a song and everything was done properly with no corner cutting. I may have paid a little more for a solicitor rather than a…
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Our house sale and purchase story
Hi everyone, Just editing post so it's easier to read got a bit excited as it was my first post, taken advice from BazzaDP and hopefully it will be better to understand now. If you have given up hope of ever being able to sell your house please read on!! I've been lurking around this forum for ages getting lots of useful…
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property bee and offer
Hi could any of you nice people help me out with this property. if anybody could property bee(??) for me please. and also what kind of offers would you make on this property. many thanks.
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estate agent marketing fees
my house has been for sale with an estate agent for nearly a year, with only one offer that I couldn't afford to accept. I would take an offer of about 10K less than the asking price but this was much less than that. I put it on the market at the price suggested by the estate agent. They said I didn't need to make any…
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Safety hazard in rented property with small children.
Just looking for some advice as to what to do/where to go next. We moved into our current house last July. The shed, decking and conservatory in the garden were all starting to rot and fall into a state of disrepair. I sent an email after about a week of living here to notify the agent and landlord of this. As the weather…
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Building Control & Soakaways
Hi, We are in the process of selling our property and have Building Control coming round towards the end of the week to do a final inspection. As far as we can find out there is only one thing that is required for us to do and that is a rear soakaway. We currently have a water butt there which takes the rain water away,…
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Completing house purchase tomorrow..what is the routine?
Hi all, we are completing our house purchase tomorrow, but in the fug and confusion of life and work etc we forgot to ask what the normal routine is! I assume the funds are transferred from our mortgage provider and once they have reached the vendors account their solicitor will instruct the estate agent to release the…
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BTL with a friend for 1.5 years only... Advice please!
Hi, I was hoping to get advice on an idea a friend has posed to me... He's found a flat for sale with a tenant signed up for 6 months and moving in in 2 weeks. The rent is £350pm and the flat is on sale for 59k. To ensure the rent covers the mortgage + admin fees it'd need to be bought for 54k or less. The proposition he's…
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First time buyers question - help
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but we are first time buyers and have just got the land registry title map showing the property. House is semi-detached and is showing in the map at an angle to the road boundary and this property is angled towards the road.So,the boundary between this and the adjacent property(which is…
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what happens if Survey misses and major defect comes up later ?!
In a confusion whether to still do an independent survey, as my lender is also going to do one. I've chosen a surveyor after reading about his survey and reviews online, but now thinking of an option of asking my lender's surveyor to do Building survey rather than just valuation report by paying more. Here for guidance of…
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Deed of Trust and Marriage - do you need a pre-nup'?
Hello there, I have been quoted £210+vat which isn't bad for my local conveyancing solicitor team to create a 'Deed of Trust' Lets say for argument sake - I have (I don't, but lets say) £90k to put towards my next house. That is from say £70k equity (as I bought my first 2 houses on my own) And the remaining say £20k is…
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landlord pulling out last minute?
Hi, I'm quite new to this and would like to have your advice: I'm about to relocate to Reading and currently looking for a flat to rent. As decision of moving to Reading comes to a very short notice, we literally have only 2 weeks to find a place and settle in. we visited a few local agents and express it's quite urgent…
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Buying a property before selling
Not sure whether to post this here or on the mortgage board so please forgive me if I am posting in the wrong place. I am writing to try and get some advice for my parents. Their house is currently on the market. A house has come up which they are very interested in. It is their dream house, in a location they are very…
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maintenance charge on freehold property
I live in a bungalow that was built within a private estate. The large house had been converted into 4 flats and those residents now own the freehold. My question is would they also own the driveway and grounds around their properties for which I have to pay over £600 per year to maintain or would the land still belong to…
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House deeds
Is it necessary to still pay a mortgage provider to keep paper copy of your house deeds as mine is charging me a small annual charge to keep hold of the deeds and people are telling me its not necessary as it online now. Does anyone have any experience of this.
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Renting - Carpet Cleaning
I know there are probably lots of threads regarding this however my question is a little more specific. In previous rentals we have always gone by the rule if they were proffesionally cleaned when we moved in we would return them to that state. Where they were not done (and appropriately noted on the inventory, we have…
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General checkout Advice please
Hi, just a quick post to get some feedback before my checkout on Wednesday from a flat I have rented for 18 months. I am a bit nervous about it, one of his builders warned me that the landlord is a bit of a money grabber and is picky with the checkouts. General Info I moved into a 2 bedroom flat on 23rd December 2011 I was…
