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Memorandum of sale..............
Just a quickie, An offer has been accepted on a house, solicitors have been instructed, should a memorandum of sale be sent to buyers..?? Thankyou
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Selling house: neighbour's planning permission making it impossible
I have been trying to sell my house for 5 months, valued at £80,000 but I accept I won't get that. My problem is that the house next door but 1 is being turned into a supported living place for 16 to 25 year olds coming out of care, 7 rooms, short & long term stays. Had a buyer who pulled out at the last minute having…
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Pls help on getting house from my mum with mortgage
Hi, all, I have been getting a lot of very important info here thanks to the forum and very helpful posters.. Here I have got questions about the situation how to go about.. My mum has a house 120k worth with 60k mortgage on it, which is rented out and she is living with me at different place which is I rented out. Now she…
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Query with buying a flat in Scotland
Hi, my friend and I bid for a flat in Edinburgh a couple of weeks ago. We put in our offer of £90,000 but the seller didn't accept it. We talked to our solicitor and said we would increase our offer by £2,000. We received a phone call later that day to say the seller had accepted our new offer. Two weeks later, we still…
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Japanese Knotweed in my garden affecting the sale of my flat :(
Put our flat on the market a few weeks ago. Got an offer and while filling out the property information form saw a question about japanese knotweed. I have one plant growing in my garden that is being sprayed with weed killer and it's dying but the next question on the form was about a treatment plan. So I call my…
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What happened to that thread - vendor not completing?
There was a longish thread recently where the buyer had exchanged contracts but could not complete because the seller had tenants until December and had only served noticed after completing. It was a husband and wife, both posting under similar names but one prefixed mrs_. The seller's solicitor had just returned the…
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Tenant in arrears should i fix washing machine
Don't know if u can help with this but here goes: I have a tenant currently £790 in arrears (nearly 2 months) my claim for possession was suspended to give her chance to pay back what she owes £50 per month.she has now advised the washing machine is broken and can I get it fixed. I'm not really in a position to pay out and…
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Section 21 - don't have a protected deposit
I have a flat with tenants in I need to sell - I can't afford to keep anymore The tenant has been to the council and they've given a letter saying that I must evict by first serving a Section 21 and then evicting The tenant wants to be evicted as they want a council flat They have told me that they will continue to pay all…
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NHBC Certificate - 14 day wait
I think I'm probably going to make myself look stupid here but never mind. Q. When an NHBC certificate is issued on a new build why do get a move in date that is 14 days later (mortgage not involved)? Thank you :-)
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property sourcing bureau
Has anybody ever successfully used this company? Desperate to sell property - been offered similar amount to what I would make at auction - just worried about being ripped off!
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Taking over a rental property with tenants
Hi all, I posted a few months ago looking to buy a property to rent. I've been considering and reading up for a couple of years and now I've finally done it. I've done as much research as I can and there's a lot of great help here, and I've digested as much as possible, but I'm a little confused as to a particular set of…
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Estate agent still not put online advert up
We had the pictures etc taken 2 weeks ago, it's still not online. The brochure has been finished though. How long does it take for the estate agent to put the pictures etc on rightmove/prime location????????
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miss-selling of survey
Hi, I bought a house and was very annoyed that something wasn't picked up on in the survey that will cost me a lot of money to rectify, and now feel that the survey was miss sold to me. The Financial Ombudsman has said that they can't do anything as survey is not a regulated product. I was told by the bank that they would…
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Mortgages and Debt Management Plan
I have had a mortgage for a number of years (currently £700 per month) I have never missed a payment or been in arrears. We have had our house up for sale for 2 years and have just accepted an offer on it. We are just in the process of entering into a debt management plan which we will be paying at least £350 a month on.…
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Mortgages and Debt Management Plan
I have a mortgage (currently £700 per month) and have never missed a payment on anything or been in arrears, but am just in the process of entering a DMP. Our house has been up for sale for 2 years and we have just accepted an offer on it today. Our DMP will be paid back at at least £350 a month. Will I be able to get…
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Tenant in arrears and wants washing machine to be fixed. Do I have to ? Or can I wait
Don't know if u can help with this but here goes: I have a tenant currently £790 in arrears (nearly 2 months) my claim for possession was suspended to give her chance to pay back what she owes £50 per month.she has now advised the washing machine is broken and can I get it fixed. I'm not really in a position to pay out and…
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I'm buying a house, can I go along to the valuation?
Hello, I recently posted a thread that my EA said the vendor would withdraw their acceptance of the offer that I made on a house if I did not use the in-house mortgage broker. Thank you to all that helped, I am hoping you might kindly provide me with some more advice. I made my mortgage application on Tuesday and received…
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Advice for friend wanting 2nd mortgage
I'll try and keep this brief but it's slightly complex. My best friend (let's call her Sarah) owns a 50% share of a ground floor flat with her brother. It was originally bought 3 ways with her sister and brother as a BTL property, but the sister has since bought another property and is no longer on the mortgage. Sarah's…
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Rental checkout report is incorrect
Hi we have just moved out of our flat and are having the usual stresses trying to get back our deposit. One of the problems is that the checkout report is accusing us of putting up some coat hooks in a cupboard, and now the landlord is charging us to remove the coat hooks and fix up the wall. The thing is that we did not…
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Moving house - buying and selling fees
We're looking to move house in a couple of years time. This will be the first time we've both bought and sold at the same time as we are currently living in our first home. I've been making overpayments to build up the equity in the house for the deposit on the new house so that's sorted, but just wondering what costs/fees…
