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A better offer on my flat has been made.
I am selling my flat to a developer through an estate agent. The developer is offering £60,000, of which I will have to pay £2,400 to the estate agent upon completion. This is very good money for the estate agent as all he had to do was phone up a developer who immediately offered me £60,000. Another developer has just…
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How can parents help me buy flat?
What are the options for my parents and myself for buying my 25,000 flat. My parents own their home, I'm a council tenant unemployed at the moment. Options we know about are mortgage guarantor (my idea) and releasing equity (dad's not keen on) are there other options out there please?
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Advice on how to proceed on New Tenancy Agreement please
My DS has just graduated from University and is starting a job in London on 2nd September. This being the case I am acting as his guarantor for the property he is going to rent. We are total newbies to this as we have not rented before - thank goodness when I see the costs involved! We have recently been informed that we…
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Searches & enquiries
Hi, we're FTB in the process of buying a house. We have had a few issues already and have lost some confidence in our solicitor's competence. They are now saying that they cannot raise the enquiries until they have had the results of the searches. We thought that the majority of the enquiries were not related to the…
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Buying a property on indstrial land landfill site.
Hi Sorry to drive you all mad, but although I have discussed this topic in another of my threads, I thought it may be best in its own post to give others who may be experiencing the same issues a cance to discuss. I am waiting for the basic environmental search to come back from my solicitor, but meanwhile after checking…
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Scotland FTB - buying outright, advice needed.
Hi all. I'm in Scotland, where i know the process of buying is slightly different than it is in England. I'm looking to buy a house outright to save on cost of renting etc and I have found the perfect house for us, which is on the market for Offers Above £55k. In Scotland (not sure if it's the same in England) you have…
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Documents regarding selling property
When originally buying a property we bought it on a special offer from barratt homes, my ex and I then split and when looking at selling the property prices wouldn't cover the mortgage plus what we owed barratts. Two years ago we contacted them about how the valuations do not cover both costs and have two letters from…
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Surveyor.. Awkward situation.. Help
Hi all After much looking around, and speaking to various surveyors, I finally instructed one today to do a homebuyers report and paid by bank transfer. He's a really lovely guy and and a frics surveyor. However:(, i had a call today from another surveyor, who's answer phone I left a message on yesterday, but he's only…
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Where do I stand?!?!
Hi all, Long time lurker!! I have checked all over the site, but seem unable to find the answer to my little question.. I am currently buying a repo property, it went through the 7 days in the local newspaper after my offer was accepted. A higher offer was given by a.n. other. This was accepted. I then increased my first…
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Delay in signing missives
Our purchasers were due to sign missives a week past Friday however had a few queries which were answered last week. Our solicitor then asked for missives signed by Friday however the purchasers solicitor contacted to advise her client is out of the country until 5th August. As the agreed date had always been 6th Aug she…
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Buying a house with my Dad - what do I need to consider?
Hello everyone, first time poster here looking for some advice please! After much discussion, my Dad (property#1) & my husband & I (property#2) are looking to sell our current properties and pool our money to buy something bigger. Dad is in his 60's, we are in our 30's with a young child. Dad would be putting in cash from…
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landlords of tenants on benefits
well, we took the risk and are now having a bad experience....:( what do you do when they are 8 weeks in arrears? get the Council to pay you directly or serve them an eviction notice straight away? Can you actually evict them later on if you request to get paid by the Council? If we go for the eviction now, will we get…
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Agent dragging feet
Seems a standard story but my agent is dragging their feet returning our deposit (£750). We moved on 1st June but contract ended 8th July. Formal letter sent 18th (out of country) they have said they have ten working days but know they've carried out inspection in early July as we gave back one set of keys early and when I…
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Sideswiped by a "closed bid". How does this work?
We were all set to view (for a 2nd time) tomorrow & unless we saw major problems, especially after the heavy rain - such as whopping wet patches on the walls & ceilings etc then we were going to put in a bid right after the viewing. Got a voicemail this afternoon to say our viewing has been cancelled due to the house…
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Solicitor enquiries
Our solicitor has used a standard list of enquiries and then has asked some specific questions based on the survey. However, looking at the enquiries, nowhere has he asked about any previous subsidence or other issues. Is this normal ie. would you rely on a survey for those matters? The survey didn't identify any material…
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entry to garden without permission
Will keep this short. We moved out of a rental property a week or so ago but still have the tenancy running for a few more days. LL viewed the property and mentioned things that they were unhappy with, one being the garden. We said we did not have time to sort what she was unhappy with and it was agreed that they would get…
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Solicitors
Hi Just wondered, when do solicitors contact you after you have paid them £200 for the searches. I seem to always end up with speaking to the assistant when I ring up. The reason being is its a quick completion set by the seller and I've told them this but I always get like an ok (like they have heard me but not paying…
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what to offer and would the flooding bother you........
myself and my partner have seen this house for sale on our estate:…
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Disabled person wanting to move out, where do i start?!
Ok basically i'm 22 years old and i currently live at home with my mum & my grandparents, its very stressful and i hate it. I get no privacy away from my grandparents & we argue constantly & i've decided i want to leave. I'm severely disabled & my mum is my carer, i've spoken to her about it & she's agreed that i shouldn't…
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Possible subsidence on house we viewed
Like the look of a chalet-style house we viewed, but think there may be the warning signs of subsidence. Inside the house there are some cracks running from ceiling down, which are a bit wider at the top than bottom, 2mm or so at the top. Gaps between ceiling and wall in places. Wallpaper twisty-stretched in one corner.…
