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No response to offer made.
I'm not sure if this is odd and would be grateful for some opinions. I made an offer on a house a couple of days ago. It has been on the market for a very long time and is in a slow moving part of the country. I am a cash buyer, no chain. 24 hours after I viewed it, I was told by the agent that someone had just made an…
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Electrics - what kind of inspection?
I'm currently buying a house and want to get the electrics checked, but I'm not sure whether to get a visual inspection (which some electricians are offering for free) or a full test to BS7671. My surveyor described the consumer unit as "old", which is super-helpful. But then he also described the boiler as being "of some…
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Exchange of contracts - what exactly happens?
Know this sounds pretty ignorant but in my late 60s and haven't bought or sold for far too many decades to mention. I may decide to pull out of sale which is going very, very, very slowly and this is causing me problems. I am sorry if there is an answer elsewhere on the site - I had a look but couldn't find anything. Does…
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How much to rebuild chimney stacks?
Hi I have very big problems going on at the moment, which I would like to discuss later (long story). In the meantime, are there any builders on here who could give me a rough figure for putting up scaffolding on the front of a large detached house, and removing two chimney stacks' then rebuilding them and putting render…
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EA getting narky.....
Estate agent rang me this afternoon asking if Ive received my mortgage offer which I haven't and they asked me if I could ring them as soon as I have received it as vendor wants to exchange asap.... I haven't had the building survey done yet as I was going to wait until my mortgage offer came back as apparently these guys…
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Finance for new build
Hi, I have bought a house (£285k) and got planning permission to demolish it and re-build, with the plans for the new house being valued by local estate agents at £550-600k. The big problem is financing the build. I have £120k ready to go (have already increased my mortgage facility to the max for the house in its current…
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Second house general help
Hi, We are looking to move house to our second house, a bigger family home. We have an independant mortgage adviser coming to our home on tuesday for a brief meeting. Its been a few years since we bought our first house - about 6 years, so ive forgotten all the ins and outs and trying to read up and get back in to things.…
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Buying a new build house
Hi there. We are thinking about buying a new build Barratt home and I just wanted to ask if anyone has done this and what comes as standard, as I am finding it difficult to find out this information online. It would be great if you could share your experiences (although I am aware that this may vary from development to…
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Last day of tenancy
[FONT="]Tenants are moving out at the end of August. In order not to end up paying bills that I am not responsible for, do I need to let know the electric & water company that the contract ends by the end of the month? I will take note of the electricity meter as soon as they move out but will they come and check by…
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Damages you notice AFTER inventory
I've been wondering whether to post this thread, but a couple of recent threads about deposits/damages are making me anxious and I would like MSEs opinion please. We moved into a property about six weeks ago. On the date we moved in they gave us the inventory, which had been completed by them five weeks prior to us moving…
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end of tenancy - landlord unreachable
Hi all, Our tenancy is ending this Sunday (31/08) :/ This was instructed by the LL and the LA served us notice in time. Now that we are moving home soon, it appears nothing has been arranged for the check-out process! We asked the LA how to proceed, to organize an inventory and how we would give the keys back but they…
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Evict a good tenant just to switch LA?
My Letting Agent is getting to be annoying and for many reasons, they really aren't worth the management fee anymore. So I asked them to confirm that once my tenant's fixed term runs out and it becomes a rolling contract, that my obligations to them is over and I can move Agents if I wish. They told me that while yes, that…
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Part Buy / Part Rent
Just wondered if anyone could tell me a bit more about these or point me in the right direction to do research? Are they available for anyone to purchase or are they only key workers, people with low deposits etc? I currently own a house with my brother and eventually be selling up. I don't think I will be able to afford…
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How do I go about paying for damages?
Hi I'm a new member here, I'm in a little situation, I'm moving out of a rented property very soon. My Landlord came over and noticed a few scratches on the kitchen worktop, I must of cut some fruit and veg with out using my chopping board. Because of the scratches my Landlord says the whole worktop has to be replaced…
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Is an extension a 'structural alteration' or a 'building'?
Relevant to a much earlier thread, we are in the process of buying an ex-council property and there is a restrictive covenant which says that we can't build at the rear of the property. After many many many phonecalls and emails, we have pretty much been told that they can't give us any answer if the covenant can be…
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House sale agreed - buyers getting impatient
Looking for some advice here, our property has been sale agreed since June and our buyers are getting impatient looking for a completion date (who can blame them). The estate agent rang and said they would be looking to move in the next 2-3 weeks, or they might pull out. We have sale agreed on a property we are buying. Two…
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Worried about a credit check (for renting)
Hello all! :) I'm looking into renting a lovely house with my partner. We are both recent graduates with secured, well-paid full-time jobs. We are going to rent through an estate agency (private landlords are not really an option - we live in a small town and 99% of properties are managed through agencies). Now, I'm…
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Greedy landlord
Hi, So my partner and I moved out of our rented accommodation on Monday and the check out date was Tuesday. The letting agent came over to check everything. She took TWO HOURS!! It is a two bedroom small cottage style house. She agreed no damage whatsoever but there were cleaning issues. She would now allow me to clean…
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trying to start a bidding wars
hi all, we are currently looking for a buy to let property in Nottingham, because of this we are having a daily trawl through rightmove. we have noticed that adverts are popping up saying we have had an offer of £xxx already for this property if you want to make a better offer do so before completion. at which point I…
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Tenants left the house in a mess - Estate agent being lazy ?
Hi, Our tenants moved out yesterday and my partner met the estate agents at the property today for an inspection. The tenants moved in 24 months ago, to a very tidy house. Prior to them moving in, we painted the house top to bottom, to a high standard. It was also cleaned very well. The house today doesnt resemble that, or…
