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Selling property without estate agent?
I am thinking about selling without an estate agent: I am at home all day with a baby, so I can manage all the viewings and details. Has anyone done this? Any tips/ advice? Good/bad stories? Many thanks! Update: many thanks for all advice, will definitively go with an online agent (for zoopla etc/ floor plan..). I am not…
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Terrible homebuyers report - what to do?
I know they can be full of crap as we had one done on the house we sold so ive been open minded for the one on the house we are buying but it is FULL of level 3 issues inc roof issues, damp etc.. I know the previous buyer pulled out after their survey and I can now see why. We don't know what to do. I am due a baby is 8…
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Please help - which house would you prefer (SW London/Twickenham area)
Apologies in advance for a long post J I am looking to buy a 3-bed housein St-Margarets/Twickenham area with a very limited budget (for that area) ofaround 500K. There isn't anything in that price brackets inSt-Margarets/Twickenham, so I have started looking at the borders of thesearea. There are 2 houses on the marketnow,…
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Buy to let - should I open a bank account for this
Hi Everyone All being well I am hoping to rent out my current house when I move into a new home. In a bid to keep everything separate and for budgeting purposes etc, would I be best to open up a new bank account for the purpose of the rental house. I know that this seems a really obvious question but I am new to this and I…
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New build owners lend me your ears!
So after a massive fight with the developers We complete next Friday and move in. Now we have been visiting the house and their are some snags that need doing (about 20 ) that we see last Sunday when we were there last. Now the developer won't allow us a pre meeting to go over the snags their " rules" are the stag list…
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Estate Agent Fees
Sadly my Mum has passed away and we are going to sell her house. My sister and I have arranged for 3 estate agents to visit - first one came yesterday. House was valued at approx £105,000 which seems about right after research on t'internet. She said the fees were £2000 plus VAT or £3000 plus VAT which would include…
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Great Hunt: Have you sold your home using an online estate agent?
Online estate agents promise to get your property listed on all the major web services such as Rightmove, while charging a fraction of the cost of traditional high street agents. We want to tap MoneySavers' collective knowledge on selling your home online. Have you done it? Which did you use? What were the pros and cons?…
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Landlord: what do you make of this?
If you received a letter from your tenants to say that the toilet is having issues flushing and thats it not urgent but just highlighting the fact that a problem is starting to arise, would you feel the need to send a snotty letter back saying that you don't appreciate the 'tone' of the letter and to go on about how good…
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Buying a new build home.
Good morning all. I wondered if anyone had any experience of buying a new build home? My wife and I have recently viewed a four bed town house built by Ben Bailey Homes and having never concidered a new build before I was after some advice. The house is already completed and therefore has all of the normal customer choices…
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Land Reg plans missing small extension - what do we do?
The land reg plan showing the house we are buying is missing a small corner off the back of the house where at some point in the past 25 yrs there has been a small 2mx1m extension added for a utility room. The plans are only showing the original house and not this addition. I've checked the local council planning dept…
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First time buyer - Homebuyer survey questions
Hi all, We are in the process of buying a mid terraced house built in 1902. We have recieved the homebuyer survey. At first we thought it was terrible after seeing the rating 3's and 2's, however the surveyor has said it is in good condition given its age. The isolated damp was 2 x spots across the entire downstairs walls.…
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Incompetent agent
We are selling our property. An offer was submitted and was accepted by us. The next day, the estate agent rang me to get my solicitor's details and mentioned that the offer includes white goods plus wardrobe. I was caught by surprise as we have not been informed when the offer was first submitted. The agent admitted it…
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Bridging Loan Providers
Does anyone know of any bridging loan providers who deal with end clients? The brokers want a few thousand simply for making the referral into people like Precise, who don't deal with the public. Is there anyone I can go direct to? Natwest and RBS have pulled their products and I can't find anything on the high street. (I…
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Lodger moved out early. Wants rebate.
Hi. On 12th October, I gave my lodger her notice of one month. She moved out on 24th and has not yet returned her key. I have arranged for her full deposit to go back to her on 1st but she is also asking for a rebate of the last week's rent. The written agreement says payment is due for full notice period but I just want…
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Borrowing money/Nationwide calculators
Me and my partner have been saving with Nationwide's Save to Buy for the past year and are now getting close to wanting to buy a property. We have for the past year been using the Nationwide ''How much can you borrow'' calculator and it seems it has now changed in terms of what we can borrow. Before we did my salary which…
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My house needs a pavement at the side to protect it
I have a house that has no pavement at the side of it. It is also an end of terrace and cars are coming around the corner and banging into the wall which is the gable end wall. It has had no pavement for a number of years but the past couple of years the side of the house has been damaged in various places with cars coming…
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Buying my dad's house after estate agent hasn't sold it?
I'm looking to buy my dad's house as he hasn't sold it after having it on the market for 6 months and wants to move closer to us fairly quickly. His agreement is with Countrywide and doesn't seem to specify whether it's a sole agency but it does state "the agent will be the only agent for the sale of the Property during…
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Short Term Furnished Apartments
Anyone any recent experience of using short term (1m-6m) fully furnished apartments? Higher end, one-bedroom, accepting limited company as ''tenant''?
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Sunroom without planning permission
Hello We've received the legal documents regarding the house we're trying to buy, and it included indemnity insurance for a small sunroom on the back of the house that didn't have planning permission. Should we be exploring this further? I'm really not sure if it's something to worry about or not! Thank you.
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Property for sale during/before tenancy
Hi, I am a student and currently living in a flat although recently the property has been put up for sale and there has been viewings etc. We have also just signed to stay in the property for the next academic year (Sep 2015 - July 2016). If the property sells in the next couple of months, will my existing and future…
