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Discounts on new builds..
I'm a first time buyer and mainly interested in new builds. Do they normally offer any sort of discount on the purchase price or is there any negotiation involved? I've checked the developer website and they don't do any contributions or anything just help to buy.
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sue management compnay
Hi All, I have bought a flat which is a leasehold and managed by management company . Our security gate ( the door to enter the building ) has been out of order for the last 7-8 month . I did sent 4-5 emails and lodged a complaint. the answer from them was to send someone to inspact and once they did they said it will be…
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Can you reserve a property available right now?
Hello, So I am looking to rent my first house and had a question. If a property is available on the market, is it possible to reserve it to move in at a latter time? I come from France where this is something everyone does but I'm not sure if it is possible to do this in the UK. Thank you.
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ANOTHER Indemnity Insurance Query
About to exchange but last minute issues have arisen over BR approval (or lack of) in the house we are buying..... I get that case law says that building regulations enforcement have no time limit, and that a solution is that someone buys indemnity insurance. I have two queries: 1. What exactly does it indemnify against?…
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Why hasn't this sold?
http://www.henryadams.co.uk/property/property-details/1009527/ Know I'm setting myself up here but, please can anyone comment on this property, and why it's not sold as been up for 4 months plus. Anything blatantly obvious that I'm missing?
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Completely Lost
I've just been offered my first job out of uni and am having to move out of my parents house. I'm looking a place to rent near my new place of work in Witney, Oxfordshire. Finding prices of rent is easy enough using sites like Rightmove, etc... The area where i'm struggling is working out things like utilities and…
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Renting over the Summer
Hi, I'm a student currently at University. Over the 2014 Summer (July, August and September) I will need somewhere to stay - either a 1 bed-roomed flat or a studio flat (or it might yet be June, July and August). Will it be possible to get a flat for 3 months only? I've seen quite a lot of places listed in my are that…
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Is it worth DIY painting a flat?
How long should it take one person to paint a 2 bedroom flat? If I can get it done in a weekend - even a 3 day weekend - that's one thing, but if it's going to be a multi-week ordeal for this inexperienced decorator, maybe I'm making a mistake not getting the professionals in... It's empty now so I don't need to shuffle…
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Buying out a shared equity
Hello, A few years back I bought a Bovis Home on their jumpstart scheme, I know now what a pitfall shared equity is and should never have done it but I did and now I'm learning! At the time the property was £116995 and I bought a 75% share. The scheme says that in the event of sale Bovis take their 25% share regardless…
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Selling house of late Dad
My dad died in July this year. We put his house on the market a couple of months ago but..... It stinks of pipe smoke We were told by agent not to empty house so it still has soft furnishing in There are plenty of properties for sale, bad time of year etc But we have only had four viewings and each one says too much to do…
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What "void fraction" for lodgers?
Question for anybody who has had lodgers or knows about it: If you aim to have a lodger as much of the time as possible, what fraction of the year on average has your room(s) ended up empty? This is in London near a tube.
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First time buyer vertical cracks in exterior brick wall
Hi, We are in the process of buying a house but I've noticed a couple of cracks in the external brick walls which are a bit concerning. The first is on the side wall of the house below a window. It is about 1.3m long and goes through bricks and mortar, it is about 4mm wide at the widest points (towards the top). It extends…
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Lodger room arrangements in a flat - workable?
I'm considering getting a lodger in a 2 bedroom flat, and I'm wondering whether the room arrangements I'm thinking of are likely to work out. One bedroom is pretty small, the other larger. The two bedrooms are next to each other and I don't really want to share a wall. Also I want a room of a reasonable size that I can use…
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Would he get a mortgage?
Good evening all Friend of mine is after some advice please. He has seen a flat and made an offer of 154k which has been accepted His situation is as such: He is on 32 k salary annually and earns £150 per week doing overtime. He is on a work-permit and the date for the renewal of his work permit is 2015. He is employed on…
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Recently brough a flat
Hi I've recently brought a flat. On Friday I went to pick the keys up to finally move in to find someone was living there. I was told the property would be vacated. The site manager has given me another flat to move into for the time being. Am I due any compensation
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Buying a "family" house in South West London
Hello, So, my wife keep reminding me that now our kid is growing fast, we need to move out of our shoe box into a proper house. Our current house is a one bed flat that we bought in 2007 when the prices were in peak. We just wanted a nice quite area that has good commute links and we liked our place. Have been looking for…
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lease extension questions
i have a couple of questions regarding a lease extension. i have a quote from the freeholder/agent of 15.5k including their fees, this is adding 34 years back to the lease and a new ground rent of 250pa doubling every 20 years. the mse calculator estimates a price of 11-12000 plus costs, the freeholders legal & valuation…
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Buying a House at an auction
apologies if there's a guide for this too, I didn't find it... so, how does buying a house at an auction work? am i supposed to have the survey done before the day of the auction? how about the lawyer's research? the agent's info says "completion in 28 days"... thanks for any replies :)
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Why does the estate agent want to know my deposit %?
Hello First viewing yesterday and when I phoned up to make the appt amongst the questions I was expecting the estate agent asked what deposit we had. He really pushed me on this and basically wasn't going to let me view the house until I told him. He said it was because the vendor needed to know. I really didn't understand…
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Buying a house that's in a disgusting state
I'm a first time buyer, been looking for a few months and have viewed a property with a lot of potential that I'm quite keen on. The problem is it's filthy. As soon as I walked in there was a pretty strong smell and it didn't get any better. It needs complete gutting. Kitchen, bathroom, floors, the whole lot. I'm after…
