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Taylor Wimpey's Conveyancers
Hi there, I'm in the process of buying a house, and Taylor Wimpey offered me an offer 'too good to be true'. In other words, if I agree to use their recommended solicitors, they'll knock £650 off the fee (doing it for a total of £300). Whilst this sounds quite tempting, I can't help but feel there's a catch to it -…
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Reworded thread re HB report and lower valuation
:)Rewritten this thread to shorten it and be more specific. Really would appreciate some advice regarding the best way to approach this. In short, the surveyor has valued the house I want to buy at £3500 below the agreed offer. I purposely chose an independent chartered surveyor who was local to the area I am buying in.…
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Vendor / Estate agent didn't mention wind farm!
Hi, We bought our dream property last summer, deep in the country, splendid views, quiet and tranquil. We have now found out that a wind farm is about to be built less than a kilometre away. The turbines will be 150 metres high and will stand on the ridge opposite our home. Had we been aware of this we would probably not…
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Damp and timber report missed damp
Hello im not sure if anyone can help me but I have recently purchased my first house (6 months ago) When I was in the process of buying I instructed an independent specialist to carry out a damp and timber survey as I had noticed some black patches on the wall although I was not to worried at the time and then I had the…
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Help! Problem with getting rent deposit back!
I hope anyone can give me any advice on trying to get my deposit back from my previous landlady. Our deposit is not covered by the guarantee scheme as we signed in 2004, we didn't need to renew the contract and I'm not sure what to do next about getting it back. Over 8 and a half years we have had bi-annual house…
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Garden sizes
We've seen this great old house, full of character but lacking in a big garden. Using the room measurements, we've determined that the garden size is probably around 14ft x 25ft. Big enough for a BBQ and table and chairs, but not kids playthings. As a large three bedroomed house, what are people's thoughts on potential…
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Tax on a rental property?
Hello all First of all apologies if this question is fairly elementary but I have never been a landlord or even completed a tax return. I'd be grateful if someone can confirm if my assumptions for tax on rental properties are correct and if there's anything else that I should consider. EXAMPLE FIGURES Income from rent =…
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Tree branches
Some help would be appreciated but I don't know if this is the right place to post. My parents neighbour have cut overhanging branches from their tree. Now where they don't have an issue with this as they know this is acceptable as they were over hanging the neighbours garden what they are not happy is about is the fact…
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High ceilings - what am I missing?
I keep seeing posts from people mentioning high ceilings - or the lack of them in newer houses, which apparently they find off-putting. Whenever I watch Homes Under the Hammer, Whatsherface is always going on and on about "lovely high ceilings" or hoping that she will discover some high ceilings. What is the appeal? It's…
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Imdeminty - Chancel Repair
Hey In my search pack is a Legal Indeminity policy against Chancel Repairs. Does this mean that my solicitor has taken out the policy on my behalf, or do i need to contact First Title to pay for it?
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Getting deposit returned when unable to contact landlord
Hi all, Briefly - moved out 20th Jun (suddenly and not under good circumstances - I have another post about this but I don't think its entirely relevant here). Deposit registered with DPS, but since it was registered, the letting agency have changed three times. Requested my deposit back on DPS about a week after vacating.…
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Am i stupid to offer more than the valuation?
Hi i know this is a commonly discussed topic and i've read through a lot of past threads about it, but i still don't know what to do for the best. Basically our homebuyers was done and the valuation came back as about 14% less than our initial offer. The vendors didn't want to lower the asking price at first and put the…
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Can my landlord change the locks and bill me for it without my concent?
My landlord think I have changed the locks but I haven't, I suspect that he has either lost his set of keys or mixed them up with some other keys, as the ones he has didn't fit the locks. He says that he is coming with a locksmith to change the locks and that he will be sending me the bill. I have not changed the locks. I…
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Housing estates
My wife and I have been looking at some new build housing estates and some of the show houses we have seen are quite nice but there are a few questions in my mind. Hopefully there are some MSE members that either live on a new build housing estate or have lived on a new build housing estate that can help with a few…
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Long Story Help........
Here goes ...... i hope i don't bore anyone!!! I currently live in a 2 bedroomed terrace with and outstanding mortgage of roughly £119k. The mortgage is in mine and my dads name and there is approximately £17k equity. I have sold for £136k. me and my partner have had an offer accepted on a house for £150k. So with this in…
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Bidding on a house (other bidders) - help!!
We have been looking for a house for over a year now and lets just say we haven't had much luck! We are FTB with 40% deposit. We have found a property that we really like, it needs modernising and is sensibly priced to reflect this. There is no chain as the lady has gone into a home and the son has attorney (but 2 other…
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House buying - garage foundations?
Hi all, We are in the process of buying a new build property and are pretty much at our limit budget wise etc and the question was posed with regards to a garage. Whilst we can't afford to put it in from the off, it has been put to us from a few friends about stumping up some of the cash to get the foundations for the…
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Renting in Scotland
I'm moving up to Scotland from Wales and wondered if there were any major differences between renting in Wales to Scotland.
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Which do i need building reg approval for?
There's been a number of jobs done in my home between 2008 and 2009 in which my buyer's solicitor is asking for building reg certificates. We had an extension built, we got the necessary planning and building reg for that. As part of that we turned the existing kitchen into a bathroom and what was the living room into a…
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rant / funny / nothing better to do
where do i start. do some people have nothing better to do with their lifes? I live in a block of flats which have 30 parking spaces for 24 flats. the spaces are not numbered and also states in the deeds that i have access to one space per flat with 6 bays for visitors. bays cannot be numbered. my brother was moving house…
