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vendors leaving rubbish in the garage
We have completed and moved in and in the garage have found a skips worth of rubbish (at least) as well as an old freezer and tumble dryer, both of which we do not want or need, and no mention of them on the PIF!! We have gone back to our solicitor who has contacted theirs and got no response first time, we have now asked…
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Right to buy?
I have been a tenant with my landlord for about 16 years and I was wondering about the right to buy. My landlord as just recently become a charity. So I don't think would be allowed to buy it now. Am I right?
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help! survey says look at creaky floor - who to call?
Hello, We are first time buyers and we had our structural survey back on the house. There were a couple of category 3 warnings (?) and one that we were not aware of was "creaky floor." The other one is damp problem, and we had a damp proofing guy to check on this before we put an offer. The surveyor wrote, The ground…
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estate agents are conmen
Hello bit of a desperate cry for help here! my husband and I put our house on the market in January and have had nothing but issues with the estate agents we are selling through. They didn't exactly value the house, they put it on the market for what we wanted and then 2 weeks later made us lower the asking price telling…
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Buying a house, fiancee moving in with me - cohabitation contracts?
Hi there, Please excuse my ignorance as this is all new to me but basically I am looking to buy a new place shortly and move my partner in. Here is the circumstances as I hope it helps shed more light on the situation. I currently am nearly 6 years into paying off my current house which is a 2 bed semi detached bungalow. I…
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Electrical Problems
Hi, I'm looking for some advice on behalf of my Girlfriend. She has been renting a property for around4.5 years through an estate agents. On Friday night the main fuse for the electricity to the bottom two floors of the property (kitchen and living room) started tripping. Every 45 mins or so. We left it overnight and…
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Search results on property
Hi All Today we received search results back, my solicitor has mentioned some points which need attention, there are a few that I am not sure about so I thought MSE is best place to discuss these - "We would draw your attention to the clause 1.2 of the Local Authority Search. Please be advised that if you plan to make any…
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To Sell or Rent (dementia in the mix)
So, as you might have read on previous threads, the current plan is to rent my MIL's (who has dementia) house out for her for the time she's in assisted living (just moved her in last month), with any future shortfall in care home fees should she need one in the future (hopefully!) being met via deferred payment from SS.…
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Completed but don't have the keys yet
Hi After some advice. We completed on a flat this morning at 10.30am. I phones the solicitor to confirm and they have told the agent to release the keys. Phoned the agent and they don't have the keys yet as the seller is still moving out as his purchase hasn't happened yet and might be another 1.5hrs. Am I right in…
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Replacing a shared fence
Moved into a new house about 3 months ago now, and we've been doing lots of garden work recently with the new weather and we may wish to replace the fence in between our house and our neighbours. The boundaries are all shared, and the fence looks pretty old so I'd imagine it is the fence placed there when the property was…
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House with Loft Conversion - no knowledge of Building Regulations
I wondered if somebody could help. I know there are probably a fair few posts on this sort of subject but I'm still unsure. I recently viewed a property, which I loved, but it has an "attic room". The current owners say they don't know why the "attic room" could not be described as an additional bedroom, as the work was…
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Neighbour's Extension query
I've tried to work this one out, and I realise that everyone has permitted development rights which don't require planning permission, yes? How does one go about checking that an extension is within permitted development? Thanx A
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Buildings insurance for flat
According to our lease, we have to arrange the buildings insurance for the flat we're buying and according to our mortgage lenders, it has to be from the point of exchange. The problem is, for the insurance we need to enter details of locks on doors and windows, but we don't know what locks are currently on the doors and…
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Understanding property register
I have a question regarding the property register describing the land in the title plan. One of the 4 points says: "the land tinted pink on the filed plan or an unascertained part thereof was formerly copyhold of the Manor of.... and the rights saved to the lord by the 12th Schedule of the Law of Property Act 1922 are…
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Buy the freehold?
I am interested in a property that has just come on the market. It is a standard 3 bed semi with garage on a nice estate. The property is leasehold. I have been informed by the vendor that there are 968 years remaining on the lease but as it is being sold by the family of the deceased owner they can't give anymore info on…
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Dixons agent asking for "How much you would pay"
Hi, Not sure if this is a norm in other area. Recently viewed property through dixons estate agent. The person who was doing viewing (from the dixons) have asked - How would you rate this property for the price (1 to 10) - How much would you pay for this? All this was at the time of viewing. To me this was like putting me…
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End of tenancy deposit query
Hi all, We've recently moved out of a rental property, and the agents would like to make some deductions from the deposit. Some of the money is for cleaning, which is annoying but fine. £48 is to have a BT phone/internet point and cable which we had installed removed. BT have said that an engineer can attend and do this…
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Right to Buy
Hi All, My mother lives in a Housing Association house and we think she would be eligible to purchase the house at a substantial discount, as part of the Right to Buy scheme. The problem is, she wouldn't be able to afford the payments on the subsequent mortgage that she would need to take out to buy it. Therefore, one…
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Underpinned wall issues
Hi, Am about to exchange and have only just been told that the house has an underpinned wall (not due to subsidence, but original wall of previous house- the rest of the house is a new build)! My issues are two-fold..... how easy will it be to resell the house in future? ie If a future buyer needs a mortgage to buy, will…
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bank withdrew on the day! we were in the van..
Hi there, can you help, my mortgage was due to complete on Friday however the bank called at 12.15pm to advise they had withdrawn the mortgage offer! We were in the van as we had sold our house and the new owner was moving in. I purchased the new house through an estate agent (quicksale) and got it 10% below the home…
