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Building on a boundary line?
Hello all, We are looking at buying an end of terrace house, which shares a boundary with a piece of council owned land. The house has had an extension added, which runs right along the edge of the boundary between the house and the section of council land. The extension is effectively the full length of the house. We are…
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Redrow's easi-buy scheme
Can anyone help/advise/share any experiences of Redrow's easi-buy scheme? I am in the unfortunate position that if I sold my Debut house that I cant afford to pay back the £9k debt to redrow. Anyone else been in this position who can offer any advice would be greatly appreciated:- Some of the unanswered questions I have…
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We've got too many patients.............
...............so were closing the hospital! Would someone like to explain the logic to me?
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We've got too many patients..........
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Where to get a morgage from?
I'm a ftb and I'm wondering if im best going on money super market to find a morgage or to use a broker to help me find one? Also am I best arranging a morgage before I find a house or after when I have made an offer and has been accepted?
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Management Pack When Buying a Flat
My partner and I viewed a place two months ago and found a flat to buy cash only. We have been waiting over a month for the management information pack to proceed with sale. Has this been a problem for anyone else? Solicitors and agents changing their tune saying its with the seller's solicitors and then saying sorry they…
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Tenant removal timeframe ?
OK long story short * Chap i know is a tenant in a property * Due to vrs reasons hes not been paying the rent on this property for the last 6 or so months * He has been issued a S21 which expired 24th dec 2014 ( after 2 months notice ) due to not paying the rent * Its fair to say that the letting agent is professional…
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Seller refusing offer as they owe more on house
Hi everyone We have found a house we like and have gone about putting our offer in. The house is up for 210k, my first offer was 195k. The agents have come back as the offer has been rejected (I thought it would be) they have told us the seller will be moving to rental after selling this house but in order to cover what…
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Need advice on making an offer on house please!
Hi, Myself and my girlfriend are both first time buyers so know very little in regards to buying property! We have recently been to a mortgage broker and now know a maximum figure that we can work with (around 300k give or take 10/15k possibly if we get help with funding). We are quite interested in a property which so…
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True cost of renting?
We have sold our home (STC) but still haven't found the right house for us to buy. Our buyer isn't going to be patient for much longer but we don't want to be pressured into buying just for the sake of it. If we were to consider renting for 6 months at a rent of around £850, what is the true cost with fees, professional…
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equity gifting with interim charging orders
Hi, My husband and I are 70 and 75 and have been hit by the interest only mortgage problem - it has ended and they won't remortgage due to age. We have never missed a payment or been late. So we are needing to sell as our equity in the property is only 20% so we are struggling to find a 80% LTV pensioner mortgage(any…
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Conveyancing advice
Hi. Looking for some advice regarding conveyancing. Partner inherited her grandmothers house around 6 years ago jointly with her father. Following some rather dubious legal advice from the conveyancer at the time the property was registered in her fathers name although she is listed as a restriction in the title absolute…
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Property Bee on Andriod
Is there any way to get PB to run on an Andriod tablet? As far as I'm aware I have the latest version of Firefox but I keep getting an error when trying to download PB.
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Making an offer, first time buyer
The answer to this is probably 'it depends'. But just wondered what other people's thoughts are. Have found a house we would like to put an offer on. We have an AIP to lend £80k against a value of £105k. It has been on the market since Aug 2014, and is vacant. It's listed as offers in region of £105k. From initial…
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Best approach to neighbour problem
I recently moved into a small block of flats. So did the family next door. The man of the flat has managed to p!ss off all the neighbours - he achieved this in a fortnight, which has to be pretty much a record. My problem with him (and I know others perceive the same problem) is parking. We have garages at the bottom of…
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Conveyancing solicitors held onto my completion money over christmas
I have recently brought and sold a property and completed on the 19th December. I was expecting a completion statement to arrive and the balance to sent across to me. This did not happen until I have chased it up with The scarlet pimpernel aka my solicitor who then spent the next 24 hours transferring it to me by BACS…
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Declaration of Trust - Care home costs
Hi My wife's Grandparents setup a Declaration of Trust on their property six and-a-half years ago. The Grandparents, Daughter and two Granddaughters all become equal owners of the property. Sadly the Grandmother passed away 3 years ago and now the Grandfather has been placed in a care home suffering with Dementia. And the…
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Where do I stand regarding deposit protection?
I moved into a rented property several years ago, the deposit was protected properly and I had a copy of the certificate. Fast forward some years and my landlord decided to cut out the LA so I would pay my rent directly to him. He was seemingly not supposed to do that and we had to be a bit deceptive with the LA. At this…
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solicitor's questionnaire
Having instructed solicitors to do searches etc they've asked me to fill in and return a checklist. One of the questions asks who is going to "occupy the property following completion of the mortgage". I'm getting married later this year. Partner currently lives with her parents and will be moving in with me. However,…
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Rented flat - heating problems - where do I stand?
My (underfloor) heating broke in my flat (rented) on 18November. I had come home to findcondensation on the boiler and all the red lights on the dashboard control litup red. I called the letting agency andasked if they could get someone around to fix it, and sent them an email withphotographs of the issue. A few dayslater…
