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Using savings for higher deposit or put towards renovations
Hi, I'm just after thoughts from others on the best way to approach a house purchase I'm looking at. The house is around £350k. It has potential for an extension which I'm estimating to be something in the region of £50k. I currently have around £130k of savings. I'm in rented accommodation without an existing mortgage or…
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compulsory license for private landlords, help
Hi all, I am in an area where the local council is now implementing a compulsory license for private landlords, at a lovely price of £500 for 5 years, ouch. They do have an early bird discount of £250 which I will take advantage of. Obviously you have to back this up with documentation, one of them lists Electrical…
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Issue with our landlord
Firstly just a bit of a back ground. Me, my partner, my partners daughter and my son (Who stops every other weekend) moved into this property in July 2013. We have paid fully and on time every month and we have made small improvements to the house. About 6-7 months ago we noticed in our cupboard in the bedroom there was…
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How Much do you think this extension cost?
The house before the extension is very similar to mine and what they have done is pretty much what I would love to have. www.lifestyle-construction.co.uk/extensions/aylesbury-house-extension/ I think they had the loft done too but I wouldn't need that. I am also in the North west so not Aylesbury. Also, do you think this…
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moving on completion day with chain
anyone know how to find a good removal company in london? I am planning to move to a house after selling my old flat, so there is one chain and completion on the same day. Has anyone used any affordable company with good service? Thanks in advance.
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Exchanged Contracts and now sellers have probate
Best friend has bought a house and exchanged contracts last Friday. The date for completion and moving was set for Friday this week. Friend heard yesterday that they can't complete this Friday as the property the sellers are buying has to go through probate and it's not completed on that yet. This is the first my friend…
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Question about a property I am looking to buy
Hi, I am looking to buy a property and I have noticed that in the garden there appears to be drain access however it has not been properly covered with a drain cover. The drain at present has a very large paving slab over starting from just under the neighbor's fence but as the garden/courtyard area is uneven there is what…
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Buying a leasehold flat without share of freehold
I have a question regarding share of freehold :) There's a tonne of info online about the pros/cons of buying a share of freehold, but very little info regarding the consequences if your block buys it and you decide not to take part. Eg, if I buy a leasehold flat that's part of a block where the residents have already…
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Landlord Wants to Charge for Cleaning
Hello. I'm currently a student renting a property directly from a landlord, no agency, with a contract set out by the student union. Basically, we're living in the house now, our contract is 12 months long, and we've signed the contract to live in the house again next academic year (1st September 2015 to 31st August 2016).…
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New build advice.
Hello Can anyone tell me if I would get a discount if buying a new build off-plan? Are buyers generally able to negotiate a discount even when NOT buying off plan? I have a good 40% deposit and am not in a chain, if this would help. My first house was an old house, so I don't have experience with new homes.
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Financial interest in property being sold
Hi, I was hoping someone could answer a quick question that I have. I have a financial interest in a property which has been put up for sale by my ex partner. I am led to believe that the sale of the property is going through and I was wondering how I can obtain more information from the Estate agents about this? Currently…
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Are my estate agents trying to rip me off with my deposit?
Hi, me and my partner have just moved out from a house we was renting. When we first moved in, luckily we went through the inventory and found some hidden gems such as iron burns hidden under a rug that where not included on the inventory paper. In the inventory the bedroom floor (with the iron burns) was stated as "good…
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Terrible service from estate agent. Help needed
Hi there. About 2 weeks ago me and a friend moved into a rented house. We originally went to view the flat and it was in a bad condition. The estate agent then explained to us that in a week he would sort out all the issues and the flat would be ready for us to move in. We decided to agree with renting as this sounded…
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DSS tenant paying rent late and no deposit
Good afternoon, about a year ago a friend of mine had a DSS tenant a lady with 2 young children and he had sold his property so needed the tenant to move out he didn't want to go through the court process and the tenant couldn't get any help from the council because the LL hadn't been to court. So he asked me to house them…
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Selling House- No Interest :(
Hi all, Need a bit of advice pretty please, don't know if I'm over reacting! We put our house up for sale with our Estate Agents, just shy of a month ago and there has been no interest so far. It is being viewed everyday on Propertypal and Propertynews and has been shortlisted twice, but none of that has resulted in any…
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Selling a property when I can't contact the joint owner
Bit of an odd situation so I thought I'd see if the knowledgeable MSE'rs could help. I bought a property about 15 years ago with a friend I went to school with as an investment. I'm pretty sure it was on a joint tenancy basis. Over the last 10 years we've fallen out of touch (no disagreement, just life in general taking us…
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sealed bids
tempted to offer slightly more than i think a house is worth via sealed bids process. it's a deceased estate and by all accounts the vendors are looking for as much as they can get. i assume it's then possible to re-negotiate after the survey is done? i have read that sealed bids are not legally binding at all. that is…
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Advice: Moving house with cats
Hi All I was just wondering if anyone had any experience of the best way to deal with cats when moving house. We have two cats, the female doesn't tend to go out much or go very far so I think she should be ok but the male is a big hunter and likes to roam and I'm worried he's going to get lost when we move. Unfortunately…
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help, landlord holding deposit
landlord is holding our deposit! we moved in august due to being given 2 weeks notice from previous letting agents. before we moved in we had to clean the house! the stair case is illegal, resulting in my 2 young children having to go down on their bottoms as its too steep....reported.....no response the bath leaked, not…
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New look forum
Does anyone know if it's possible to revert back to the old style forum?
