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Can I can incur the cost from solicitors
Hi All, I need some advise here. I have submitted all necessary docs to my solicitors on 18th Nov 2014 in order to do searches, conveyancing & complete the sale. They have done necessary & forwarded inquires to Seller’s Solicitor to find out & reply. Meantime I have already signed my side of the contract & we were ready…
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Capital Gains Tax on House Deposits
Hi, Would anyone know if a deposit put down on a house would be liable for capital gains tax when releasing it. My wife and I our separated. She still lives in the house that I am on there mortgage for. I am looking to come off the mortgage. I had a solicitors letter drawn up before we bought the house stating that I put…
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Tenancy Dis-Agreement
Hello, I moved into a flat a year ago on a 6 month contract, and then kept it rolling until now. I requested to move out on the 18th January for the 18th February, and my billing period is the 11th of each month. My agency is now asking that I pay the rent on the 11th February, but I am willing to move out on the 11th…
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Notice Letter Template
Hi all, I'm going to be giving notice on my rented property in the next few days. Just wondered if there was a decent template knocking about anywhere? Cheers
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Exchanged contract - new job offer, HELP!
We have exchanged contracts on a house, due to complete next month. Unexpectedly I have a possibility of a job with much better pay, which is fantastic - apart from the fact that it's at the other end of the country. What to do? We have to go ahead and complete, I guess, but then should we rent out the new house and rent…
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Tenant claiming x6 deposit
I've got a friend at work that's having a bit of trouble. I've been hearing the tail in bits and pieces over the last few months, so I'll try and break it down (apologies in advance that I'm very poor at being concise). He got a transfer/promotion to here from where he used to work, but it wasn't permanent so he decided to…
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Am I DSS?
Ok, so I work full time in two jobs but I have become a single mother in Nov and now need HB to top up my rent. Will "NO DSS" landlords accept me? If not, how can I find a place to move? My LL wants his property back (another thread) and I will have to move out eventually.
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When to start looking?
I've been doing lots of research into where I want to buy and into mortgage providers etc. I've now got a full budget worked out, deposit saved, shortlist of mortgage providers to approach and know what area I'm looking at, and there are quite a few properties in that area that I'd be interested in. I'm currently renting a…
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Selling house with 25yr old kitchen extension
Hello, Like others on this forum, I am currently selling a house and I am starting to get worried about the kitchen extension. I found some useful tips from the old threads, but our situation is a little different. We bought the property in 2007. The documents from the local council via the solicitor have no record of…
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Buying house which is not land registered
Hello everyone, Just after some advice no better place to come than this website...it rocks! We have recently bought a house (STC) in September, but the problem is that its not fully Land registered. So its taken a while to sort out. We were just wandering how long should this take, its been 5 months with the solicitors…
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Selling father's (fairly neglected) house - advice please
Hi all, Really hoping you can offer some advice please? My sister and I are trying to convince my 75 yr old father to move near us in Glasgow from Brentwood in Essex as he lives alone and his health is deteriorating and it would be best for everyone if he was nearby. He's lived in his house for 35 years though and is…
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Loosing the will to live
Partly here for a major grumble, but also just in case there is something we may have missed. The situation is, we live in a very small 3 bed house. We have 3 teenage boys (18, 16 and 14) in a single room. Two are disabled needing day and night care, and one of those has to sleep on the floor since we have no space for a…
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Asking for mutual surrender
Hi all, I have a periodic tenancy which I am looking to end asap due to poor experiences from the LL and LA,and some parts of the property are in disrepair through structural issues which have all been reported several times but have not been fixed,nor has any effort been made to arrange for them to be fixed. A s21 was…
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Confused FTB....conditional exchange - good or bad?
Hey everyone, I wondered if you could offer some advice. Here is my situation: I'm a FTB buying a flat which currently has a tenant in situ. The tenant is currently in the process of buying a flat nearby and is hopefully due to move out in a few weeks (all being well). His two months notice to quit ends on the 1st March,…
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How Much Would You Offer
Debating whether to negotiate myself or have my EA do it? He did for the last house - the one we are still wondering if she is going to sell. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-50111669.html Here is the property, on face value - what would you offer? Its in good area, quiet, low crime, 4 good primary…
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If my flat is my pension do I need to extend the lease?
I have a flat with 64 years left on the lease. I can't afford the lease extension which is likely to be over £10k and my mortgage company is unable to loan me the money. My original plan was to use the flat's rental income as a pension once the mortgage is paid off (in 20 years time). Is it really necessary therefore, to…
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75 Year lease - Share of Freehold??
Hi, My fiancee owns the marionette that we live in and due to looking to move in the next year I have discovered that there is only 75 years left on the lease. We would ideally like to keep the place to rent it out, but regardless I'm guessing we really need to start looking at getting the lease extended. I have now read…
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Help please! Should I sell or rent out my house?
We are in a very lucky position that we have been offered a house with a peppercorn rent with my job at approximately £150 per month. We can move in anytime from March onwards. We currently live in our own mortgaged home which has a fixed interest rate of 2.69% running out at end of September 2015. Our outstanding mortgage…
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Green deal for landlords
Have any of you landlords got the green deal for your rental property? I'm just wondering how it went.
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Buying the property you rent as a tenant
Obviously it very much depends on individual circumstances and so on, but - Is it a fairly acceptable thing for tenants to buy the property they're renting? I'm assuming, of course, that they want to and are in a position to do so and the landlord is happy to sell! I'm thinking of both scenarios of putting in an offer even…
