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Taylor Wimpey Queens Hills Norwich Help!
Hi all, We are looking to buy a Taylor Wimpey home on the Queens Hills estate, Its up for 260k for a 4 bed home, Its not fully built yet and has planned to be finished in June. does anyone or has anyone negotiated a reduction on the asking price? Also with the "extras" this is quite expensive also, can these be negotiated?…
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Can I get out of being a guarantor for my ex girlfriend
As titled says.... yesterday I received a letter from my ex girlfriends letting agency informing me that she is in arrears on her rent. She has been in the house almost 2 years now and I have first come across this. First of all I do not remember filling out any forms and agreeing this as I was strongly against this as we…
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Online letting agents - Easyproperty
Has anyone used them, seems to loads around. I'm looking to add my property to let and looking at the two below, phoned around local agents and they want anywhere between £550 and £1000 just to find a tenant, seems a massive amount for not much work, any opinions appriccated. https://easyproperty.com/…
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Extension to notice on rental property
Hi all, Currently in rental, in the process of buying a property looking to complete on no earlier than 27th Feb (higher up the chain minimum). This date is a bit annoying as the 27th is our notice date for our currently property. We are hoping to exchange contracts on or by 27th Jan which will then allow us to provide the…
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Poor conveyancing experience.
As part of a house purchase we received our solicitor`s search results. These included a No to the question of any road developments within a set distance of the property. Since the purchase a major widening of a road is underway some 20 yards from our boundary. Investigation shows that the funds for this were allocated…
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Houses - Renting vs Buying Advice
Hi - we sold our house a few years ago as it was one I had lived in with my previous partner, and are currently in a rented house in a rural location. We love it there but are now approaching 50 and wondering whether we should get back on the property ladder before it is too late and we cant get a mortgage. Trying to weigh…
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How to approach this with EA/LL
I've rented the same house for nearly 8 years. Been a good tenant, keep the house looking good, fix minor repairs, never missed any rent. In return EA and LL have been great, fixing essentials pretty quickly. The boiler is the original from when the house was first built some 20 years ago. It's knackered. It's one of those…
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First time landlord need advice please
Hello all, Decided to rent our mortgage free property for the first time and have used a local managed estate agency. They found tenants quickly but we have only received the paperwork today and are expected to allow the new tenants to move in tomorrow ? One document highlights the fact that they (the agents ) have not…
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Quick council tax query.....
Hi all, Just wondering if anyone can advise re: our council tax bill after buying and moving into our new home please..... We completed on the sale of our old house and purchase of this one just before Christmas. Our last council tax bills were paid by monthly direct debit and we filled out an online form to do the same…
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What do you perceive makes a good tenant?
As the title suggests What do you perceive makes a good tenant? (in your own words) This question is primarily for tenants (at the moment).
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Rolling contract, submitting notice
Hi, We had a 1 year contract, that ended on the 25th of October. Since then, we haven't signed a new one and are on a rolling contract. Old contract (that expired 3 months ago), had 2 month's notice written in it. Q: We would like to move out by the 25th of Feb, i.e. give one month's notice. How to do this? Just send an…
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Wanting to sell half a property
Hi I own the freehold to a property outright. I'd like to sell half share to my Dad and allow him to live there rent free for the rest of his life. Dad is currently renting and has recently inherited some money. He is keen to move in to my property and I will be sole beneficiary upon his death so his half will revert to…
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DIY conveyancing for Property Transfer
I own a joined property with my father(he owns a small percentage). The time has come where he wants to gift me my share and I purchase the remaining share. We completely trust each other and don't require independent legal representation it's a very simple transaction and there's no mortgage involved. When I talk to most…
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Breaking the House Chain
Hi everyone I'd appreciate some guidance please. It's a bit of a long story, so I'll try to summarise as best I can:* Our house went on sale in June 2014 * We lost one set of buyers, but have now sold to a first-time buyer couple, who offered on our place at the beginning of October 2014 * We found a house and offered at…
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What to do with phone line - void when buying house to rent out
I'm in the process of buying a house that I will be renting out. The property apparently is connected to plusnet with the current owner. The house will be empty for a short time whilst I decorate and get things fixed. What should I do regarding the phone line? I don't want to be paying for a line that will have no use…
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Is this enough time to complete contracts & missives?
Hi all I have no idea about how long it takes to complete C&Ms. My situation is basically last weekend I had a mortgage agreed by Clydesdale bank and I paid a reservation with Taylor Wimpey for a part exchange, as part of this I have to complete C&Ms within 28 days. Essentially this means that from now I have around 3…
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Would this make me a landlord?
I recently posted explaining that we need to move from our flat ( its too small for our needs now) but would like to keep it as an investment. However we can't get a buy to let mortgage at the moment so I'm thinking of alternatives. So...if I let someone stay in the flat for free instead of just leaving it empty would I…
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Would you buy if house was flooded?
We're just in the final decorating stages before we put the place up for sale. We bought the property 13 years ago. 2 years prior the property was flooded. It didn't bother us as long as we were able to get home insurance etc. The reason for flooding was human error apparently.....odd I know! We tried to sell a few years…
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buying up north?
Anybody bought property in the north west,st helens area??I have about 70k to invest which is in isas,I have been looking at property online in this area and you get alot more for your money than in medway kent where i live.I know rents are lower but just looking for feed back on what you would do in my shoes.…
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Open day!! how many viewings...
Our home has literally just gone on the market and we are having an open day on Saturday. We guessed with 3 children it would be easier to have all viewings on the same day!! I know that it only takes one person to buy a house but how many viewings would you expect? (if that makes sense) We have already seen a house we…
