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mortgage survey..
Does the surveyor acting upon the mortgage lender survey the house knowing the sale price already?
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Pay cash deposit and complete in a year?
We have friends who have bought a plot to build on. They are about to sell their house so that they can get their build mortgage. We would like to buy their house. They would ideally like to stay in their house until next March and we are happy to stay in our house until then. Is it possible for us to pay a say 100k…
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My landlord wants to increase the rent, is that legal?
I am renting a flat, that the 1 year contract of it has ran out and now I am on a rolling month contract. I recieved a letter saying my landlord wants to increase the rent Is that legal?
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If the vendor leaves their stuff
If the vendor leaves their stuff after completion, and they've stated nothing regarding it in the contracts, what happens then? Does it all belong to the new owners?
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flushing the toilet at night (when you live above another flat)
If you lived in a block of flats above another flat, would you flush the loo at night, or leave it unflushed so as to not disturb neighbours below? I have lived in 3 blocks of flats over the past 13 years, the first 2 everyone flushed the loo whenever, but my current one is above someone who complains about any noise…
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Flat with Short Lease - Buy or Not to Buy?
Hi Everyone Buying a flat that only has 69 year's lease, would it be diffcult to extend and expensive? Can you extend before 2 years of owning the property ie written contract from the present owner? Any view or information greatful Kind Regards
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Unfair Landlady?!
Evening team.... needing some advice here on behalf of GF GF and i are due to set up home together in a week or so, which should be an exciting time... When GF moved into her rented home about two years ago, she was offered the place through a friend of a friend... it was all done through word of mouth and no written…
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Home Report in Scotland
Are Home Reports always needed even if selling to a family member or a private sale without using an estate agent?
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Unfair landlord
Afternoon all I am hoping that someone could possibly point me in the right direction. Iam in a privately rented property and my issues are.. LL has failed to do repairs. The first repair is for a window frame that is almost completely detatched from the wall. A quote was done in aug 2013 but declined by LL as too…
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Buying a flat with Japanese Knotweed
Hi The estate agent has adviced that the garden has Japanese Knotweed. Is this easy to treat and will it affect the re-sale vaule if left untreated. The estate agent says it's dormant and no treatment is needed, is this possible? what checks can I make to ensure there will be no ongoing problems before purchase, will this…
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Missing Freeholder
Hi All, I'm interested in a flat (converted house) however the freeholder is 'missing' according to EA. They state this is quite common - is it? This is really putting me off - but I love the flat compared to others we've viewed. Just wanted to know if I am right to be cautious or indeed if this is quite common.
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Buying A Flat with A Short Lease - Go Or No Go?
Hi Everyone Buying a flat that only has 69 year's lease, would it be diffcult to extend and expensive? Can you extend before 2 years of owning the property ie written contract from the present owner? Any view or information greatful Kind Regards
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It can't always be this difficult?!
We are FTBs and viewed a property we really liked towards the end of November. It's a fairly new barn conversion on the outskirts of a small village, with some clay mining in the local area. We put in an offer and agreed a price £4000 less than the asking price. We had a full structural survey done, which highlighted a few…
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Renting your house out and buying another
Looking for a bit of a steer on this from anyone who knows how this works. I currently (solely) own and occupy my house and will be looking at buying a new one with my other half in the near(ish) future. I am looking at the options, notably: 1. Sell the current house and put the proceeds into the new one 2. Keep the…
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Buyer not happy after completion
Hi, I need some advice on this. I've just sold a house and completion date was 2 weeks ago now. I've recieved a solicitors letter saying that they are very unhappy at the state the house was left in, there was dirt, grease everywhere (complete rubbish as I cleaned the house from top to bottom), and they are complaining…
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Stamp duty and George Osborne's Budget
I've seen some speculation in various places (BBC News, Telegraph opinion pieces) that there may be something about stamp duty reform in the budget that will be announced next week. In particular, some are saying that stamp duty could be changed so that it's staggered. So if you buy a house for, say, £300,000 you don't pay…
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calital gains tax on buy to let property
Hi everyone and thanks in advance. my wife and i have a buy to let property (Jointly owned). Our tenants have expressed there wishes in purchasing our property. We bought for 77k and are going to sell for 112500 we also spent 13k renovating and professional fees. we have no capital gains from this year and don't intend on…
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approx cost of 2 storey extension
Is there a rough calculation for working out the cost of an extension? am looking to move shortly and will want the option of extending, just trying to work out how much it would cost approximately thanks in advance
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Deposit Protection Service details?
Hi everybody After leaving rented accomodation, I got an email from the DPS saying i need to log in with "the Deposit ID and your unique Repayment ID" "to review this proposal and confirm whether you agree with the distribution of funds". I don't have any recollection of getting these. Probably my fault, but... Who was…
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To buy now or wait
Should we buy now or wait? Is the property market in London going to crash? Very very difficult to buy now with all offers being made way above asking price.
