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Right to buy! To buy or not to buy? Help please !!
Ok so..1 bedroom flat in London, on RTB scheme I'm offered purchase price of 42k, average size for 1bed, good condition, secured small rise block, good transport links. Is this a no brainer?? Will I be stuck with it? and unable to upgrade unless I manage to save tons of cash before then? Is the fact that there are…
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Mortgage with defaults?
Hi, I'm new to this site so hope I'm posting this in the right place.. Me and my partner have had an offer accepted on a house. We have a 15% deposit (£25k) but are struggling to find a lender as he has 2 defaults. We both work full time with a joint income of £77k and we have outstanding credit card debt of roughly £5k.…
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What could you do to this house to expand it?
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-43072616.html?premiumA=true What could be done to this place to maybe expand it in your eyes, ideally would want a playroom for my 1 daughter, a study and a ensuite at a push upstairs. Is there anything obvious we could do to make it bigger?
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Rental deposit
I rented a property through Your Move 3 yrs ago. After 11 months or so the house got repossessed and we were forced to move out by the agents acting for the receivers. It was all very amicable and they even provided us with the deposit on our new rental property and the agents fees. We were recently contacted by the new…
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Awkward Viewing Stories
I'm hopefully at the end of the tediousness of the house viewing phase of house buying and about to embark on the stressful street of mortgage applications tomorrow. I thought I'd try to lighten the mood by hearing of your awkward viewing stories, whether you were the buyer or vendor. I recently viewed a home with the…
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House on market one week and only 1 viewing so far
Hello I see you lovely people out there are giving expert advise on selling houses and wondered what your opinion was on my property. It has been on the market for one week, and so far only 1 viewing. Houses around us are selling like hot cakes at the moment, so confident the market is good. Please take a look. rightmove -…
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What is going on in this photo?
Hi, just wanted advice on this photo, this house sold a couple of years ago, but can anyone tell me what the posts are doing in each corner (living room/)? There is no bottom to the posts, so isnt for support? http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-17307213.html
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should I buy in Cippenham Slough.
Hi All, I am new to london and was planning to buy a house somewhere close to heathrow. I looked at a few options and realized my budget will only allow me areas around slough ( i don't want o live in main slough) namely burnham langley cippenham. There are hardly any houses in my budget in Burnham so the only area i…
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Ordering furniture before completion?
I exchanged contracts on Wednesday and am due to complete on 21st March. I'm in rented accommodation currently, and have only just given a notice to my landlord, so won't be moving in immediately on the 21st. I plan to do most of my moving on the last weekend in March. I need to buy white goods and some furniture, most of…
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Estate Agents Blaming Me
I moved into a apartment in East London. The apartment came with rats, cockroaches, boiler not working and electricity cutting on first day. Anyway there is a water leak now. they blame me for it cos i have a shower extension. They say its my fault and i have to pay 100s of pounds for repairs and so on. As im not a plumber…
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Cost for delay of returning keys
A quick question - I'm fairly sure of the answer, but want to double check. A tenant's lease is up on Monday 3rd March. They move out Saturday 1st and let LL know they are ready to hand keys back (He knew they were going. Was informed in December and has brought several prospective tenants for viewings). LL doesn't answer…
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Selling things before moving
Anyone got any tips on where to sell some of our furniture before we move? We are trying to get rid of some things we don't need as the property we are going to has them. I have managed to get rid of a desk and shoe cabinet through gumtree but no luck with our two beds and a chest of drawers. Need to get them sold by next…
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Making offers under asking price
We are going to view a property tomorrow that is over our maximum budget but we have been told that the vendors are flexible in price. The asking price is 155k would an offer of 135k be too cheeky? The house is currently vacant with no chain. Thanks
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Help me - no idea what I'm doing!!
I'm off to view a house today that I'm already in love with and need some help getting my head in control over my heart!! The house is exactly what and where I want, and it's on for £140k OIEO which is within my budget and on par with similar houses in the area which have been on the market recently. If I like it when I…
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Viewings on rented property
Hi everyone Just after some advice please. We gave notice on our rented house two weeks ago and have it until 4th April, with intentions to move on the 29th March. We instructed the landlord and he in turn told the estate agent. Now we have had no dealings with the estate agent in the 18 months we have lived in the…
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Buying a Linden Home-Think twice!
We have just experienced first hand quite how cut throat LH are which has now left us out of pocket and furious. During the build up to exc there is a lot of pressure put on to 'speed things up', the nice girls at site, suddenly becoming Dobermans with lipstick (you have been warned)…. In a nut shell on the morning of day…
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Proof of deposit
Hi should a mortgage broker or lender ask to see proof of deposit before agreeing mortgage? Also curious if the mortgage broker works on behalf of estate agent, again, should they confirm mortgage eligibility and therefore proof of deposit before allowing a buyer to make an offer on a property??
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House sale agreed but 48 hours later still been advertised?
We agreed to buy our next house but on the term that it is removed from the market immediately, 48 hours later it is still advertised on the agents website and Zoopla plus rightmove. When we agreed to sell ours it was showing under offer within 12 hours. Why is still been advertised?
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How would you handle this .....
Hi My house has been on the market 5 weeks now , offer was made on Saturday which I accepted but has subsequently already fallen through due to my buyers buyers not being able to get a mortgage and then on weds the people who wanted to buy mine decided to just take there's off the market. Anyhow the estate agents have been…
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Tax Considerations when gifting property from father to son
Hi, I am new to this forum. I was hoping if any tax experts can advise me on the following scenario? I am a non-UK resident (and non-UK domicile) though I lived in the UK until I was 25 and moved abroad. My father who has always been a non-UK domicile has decided to transfer a UK property (which has no outstanding mortgage…
