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Making time of the essence
So completion date has been and gone. I'm considering instructing my solicitor to serve notice on the seller making time of the essence and then enforcing this through the courts (specific performance) if they still don't complete. Has anyone had any experience of doing this?
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Why do estate agents do this?
My friend bought a house in my village for £280k back in 2007. The most optimistic Zoopla valuation for their property now is £330k and I think that's top-end. However, my friend is moving away and their house has just been put on the market for £425k :eek:. They have an "open house" this weekend and I'm extremely curious…
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Local Authority/HA Exchange Question
Hoping someone can help regarding an issue my sister is currently having. Circs Sister is Single Has a 1 Bed Flat with HA requires an exchange Incoming Tenant Is a Single mother with a 1year Old child Has a 1 Bed Flat with LA My sister has started the exchange process with the prospective tenant. It is a long distance move…
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Property chain- help needed
Dear all, Need your adviceregarding property chains. We decided tosell our flat and buy a bigger house. We still haven’t found our ideal houseand in the area where we are looking I foresee it will be hard, so I estimate to find a property for us can take a few months. Of course, the right property may come tomorrow, you…
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Alteration of Land Registry
Hi All, I need some advice as to which type of Solicitor I need (conveyancing?) My Ex and I split up a long time ago and have been sharing the house ever since. We are now in the position to split it all. Part of it was paying back the deposit money loaned from her parents (which I now have ready) so I was wondering what…
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Order on what to do after offer accepted?
What is the order in which i should do things after being accepted? (assume a chain with ~4 people), and when accepted, no one else in the chain has found anywhere. List of things to do is something like this: - Solicitor searches - Mortgage app - Mortgage app survey/valuation - etc... When should these things be done when…
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SPT Tenant - Serving Notice Early
I am currently a tenant in a property with a statutory periodic tenancy. I intend to move out around the beginning of September and relocate to another city to attend university. I mentioned my plans to the landlord's agent at our last property inspection (just as a gesture of courtesy really). Since then, the landlord has…
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Subsidance? Who to consult?
Hi, We are in negotiations to possibly buy a house, it needs a lot of working doing which is fine, but my biggest concern is some cracks I have spotted.. It's a 3 bed 1940s semi. There is an air vent on the outside hall and there is a crack in the render below it, it's not a very big crack but I am more concerned as on the…
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Right to Light
A friend is objecting to houses being built on land opposite as she has been in the house since 1971 and believes she can use the 'Right to Light' act. Ive googled it but cant seen to find anywhere which explains exactly how near the houses have to be to restrict your light. The houses being built are actually across the…
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Why Has Nobody Made An Offer On My Property
My flat has been with EA for 3 weeks now, and they've had the keys for the last 2 weeks to conduct viewings. They've told me that quite a few people have viewed it, both private buyers and investors, but nobody has made an offer yet. It's the 10th cheapest out of 25 within a 1/4 mile area, and it's the largest in terms of…
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Help With Youngsters' First Rental
I wonder if anyone could give any advice please. My 19 year old daughter and her boyfriend (20) are wanting to strike out on their own for the first time and move into a rental property - it's in a town quite away from where we live - my daughter's boyfriend is studying there at the moment. He viewed a potential rental…
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Is it Possible to Get Lenders Consent to Let Part of my Home ?
Should I be able to get my lenders consent to rent out the bottom floor of my house while living in the top 2 floors as a resident landlord ? Has anyone else managed to get consent to do this ?
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Options for offer/buying before I sell?
With a growing family I've been toying with moving but hadn't yet committed to putting our house on the market - fortuitously (or not), a seldom-available house around the corner has come up and we're keen on this but not sure of the options, given our situation. Many properties in the area have been selling in under a…
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hire a valuer
i am in the process of buying my first house. The valuer is going out in the next few weeks. the mortgage advisor said that mortgage valuations hardly ever come in less than your offer as the surveyor thinks a house is worth what you will pay and you will pay x so a house is worth x. i would rather know what the valuation…
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What small niggles put you off from buying properties
When you house hunt, somethings you put you off are major things like on a major road, no parking, needs a lot of work doing etc. What small niggles put you off from looking at a property? Here are my put off niggles: , The only sink in the kitchen is a small round one. Not very practical for washing large pots and pans.…
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Landlords on MSE.... Your thoughts?
A friend and I have just signed a lease on a house. We move in in two weeks. My friend is currently living with another flat mate, they have a cat and the plan was that the flat mate was taking the cat with her. However, she's just been offered a job abroad and so now that isn't an option. Obviously, my friend is very…
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I'm disputing my house council tax band
Hi All Recently purchased our first property for me and my wife. When we purchased the property it was a BAND C however we received notification from VOA that they have reason to believe to change the band to D as 'alterations have been made to the home' which would take it to the next band. The only thing that has changed…
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putting a charge on a house
I want to help a relative buy her council house through the right to buy scheme by providing a private loan 'mortgage' how do I go about putting a charge on the property till the loan is repaid
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Upstairs neighbour destroying my home - HELP!
I'm really desperate here. I own my flat. The upstairs flat is lived in by a man who rents the flat from his brother. The man is a nasty piece of work, who has screamed, shouted and swore at me over this. A year ago, a leak from his plumbing caused rot in flat. The ceiling collapsed and an interior wall came down. My…
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Just been gazumped and have to say we are slightly relieved!
Ok just received the call to say even after the seller agreed to take it off the market after accepting our offer they have now been in touch to say a cash buyer has offered more than us. My wife has told the agent no more and I am pi--ed with the agent taking viewings after taking it off the market but to be honest…
