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Prepping house to sell
Hello all. Help appreciated please! The bloke has just been offered a job in Northern Ireland, we live in Sussex! So it looks like we have to sell up. We have 5 small kids and this is abundantly clear in the state of our house :eek: We're planning to use his notice period at work (8 weeks) to get the house into salable…
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Council Right to Buy
Hello everyone, could I get some advice please. If my property is Council Band C does that mean the council can only value my property at not more than the highest figure for my RTB Valuation. Many thanks in advance for your help with this matter :)
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Rented flat for 6 months and landlord is requesting £120 from my deposit to checkout?
Good Morning, I am looking for a little help and advice. I began renting a property in Ipswich (I usually reside in Scotland where laws are slightly different). I paid a deposit of £575, and about £200 of other fees (for references and credit checks etc) when I was moving in. I also paid 6 months rent up front as my work…
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Buying a property on chain
I am looking at a property with a chain, the vendor still needs to find a house! I'm not. Now my question is if I put an offer on his property, at what part of the process am I likely to see a delay. Reason I ask is I won't have a problem if the vendor takes a while to find a property and start his process, as long as we…
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Signed contract, Does it have to be returned?
Once the contract for purchasing our house is signed by our purchaser, doe this then have to be returned to our solicitor before we can sign for our purchase? New to all this so any help is appreciated!!!
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Is a Gas Emergency Control Valve necessary inside flat?
[FONT="]Hi, I was wondering if anyone can help. I’ve done some research but cannot find a definitive answer.[/FONT] [FONT="]I am planning on letting my flat which is on the 1st floor of a large Victorian building. The Gas shut off valve is located in a large communal cupboard underneath the stairs to the entrance…
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Will we be stretched?
My partner and I are on the hunt for our first home. We have between us around £40k at our disposal at the very most. I have about £17k saved and she £23k. We earn £50k a year between us as a base salary (pretty much 25k each exactly), she can get extra from commission of sales, sometimes its very good, other times not so…
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Getting permission as share of freeholder
I am a co-freeholder with 20 other properties in my development (townhouses, not flats). A majority of residents are interested in installing gas central heating, which would involve the need for a small flue to be put through the panelling above the garage doors at the back of the properties (where the boilers would be…
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Making offer on house - thoughts?
Hi all, me and GF have got our deposit together and agreement in principle from the bank on a mortgage so are green to go on looking for a property. We have viewed 2 so far, but not much else out there in our range appeals to us (though it is a quiet time of year). But 1 we viewed sparked the 'I want this house' comment…
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Estate agent asking for fee's again?
Good morning, me and my partner moved into a property about 10 months ago and we went through a local letting agent. We paid them £200 in fee's to do there checks and whatever else they say they do and the rest was history until now... We are looking to move and we have seen a new property with the same agents. When we…
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sending deposits via chaps vs Faster payment
Hi, just looking for peoples comments/experiences with this, i appreciate traditionally people sent the deposits for a house purchase via chaps, but the increase of online banking and payment limits etc means it is now easier to send the money via online FP instead. I am (hopefully) now near to exchange and completion and…
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Buy to let advice
I am looking to purchase a buy to let property( my first one) and I am debating whether to purchase a leasehold apartment (probably in central Manchester) or a freehold house in Lancashire. The purchase price for both is fairly equal and the rental return is also similar 650-750 per month. However the costs are…
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Missing pages from leasehold agreement
I am in desperate need of some advice regarding the sale of my house. I initially bought the house (new build) under shared ownership (1st mistake), I am currently selling the property but my buyers solicitor have advised that their is a plan and an execution page on the leasehold agreement which should hold mine and the…
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This could be in the wrong sub-cat
Hello all. Could I just ask for your feelings and views towards this please.? Person executing a will sells house as a part of an estate of a deceased relative. Without going into the minute details, what are the views if.... New owners (via estate agent) are asked for meter readings, which are duly provided. Problem is,…
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Never go with an estate agents broker.
I don't know if you have been following the situation with the house which fell through in which I was going to purchase but ive learnt a valuable lesson to never trust estate agents and there brokers. When It came to setting up a mortgage the estate agents offered me there broker who said for £499 I get free mortgages…
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house not selling what can we do?
our house is not selling , we have had three offers of £100,000 but we paid £107,000 so we didnt accept the offers it was first put ob the market at £118,000 then we reduced it to £112,950 hoping to get it sold asap but so far no more views since reduced price has been on its been on the market for about 6 months now We…
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New Build - Any Discounts or Negotiations?
Hi, I'm looking at purchasing a new build from Barratt in Worcestershire, and wondered if anyone had much success with discount or negotiating some sort of incentive? I wouldn't be using New Buy equity share. Just wondered what the market was like etc. Thanks
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Viewing on a property from 1800
Hi all - new to MSE and hoping to crowdsource some intel. My husband and I are moving on from our first house together and tomorrow we have a viewing on a property which ticks most of our boxes on the wishlist, with huge potential to develop and turn the property into something which meets all the requirements. Great…
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Rather urgent deposit help needed
Hi all, need some advice. We handed back the keys to our old property to the letting agents on 9/12/14. Our tenancy agreement clearly stated that we would be informed of any deductions within 10 working days. On 24/12/14 (11 working days later) we were informed by the agents that the landlord wanted to make deductions of…
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Rent a room scheme
Thinking of converting garage into bedroom living room and small kitchen and letting it out as a room to a lodger under the rent a room scheme. The only shared room would be the shower room in the main house with a door from the converted garage into it. This way person will not have access to rest of rooms in the house…
