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Zoopla
Do you say it ZOO-PLA or ZOOP-LA ?
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Affordable place to buy between Bristol and Bath
Currently live in Redland, Bristol (renting). Looking to buy a 2-3 bed house max 175k, cannot afford Bristol. Husband works in Bath, I work in Redland, Bristol and daughter aged 13 attends school in Redland, Bristol. We are looking at villages between Bristol and Bath. The idea is I will use our 1 car and commute to…
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Buying a council house- joint tenancy- joint financial associates?
My husband and I are considering using the Right to Buy scheme to buy the council house we current live in with my mother-in-law. Currently, the council tenancy is in my MILs name and we are on the electoral roll as living with parents/lodgers, but are not on the tenancy. To buy the house we need to have been on the…
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Letting agent unable to contact landlord to make repairs
I have a severely leaking boiler, so bad that we are having to turn off our water supply when not using the bathroom or washing machine etc. It has been a week since I reported this to our letting agent but they say they cannot get an answer from the landlord to give them the go-ahead to send the plumbers round and cannot…
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Draft contracts
How long should it take to get draft contracts? We are about 4 weeks into our purchase (no chain either end) and we have not had them as yet. Had an e-mail from my solicitor asking me to chase the EA a couple of days ago which I did but still nothing. I know it can take some time, but we are hoping to complete in 4 weeks…
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Buying a house which din't sell before? South East
I have just had an offer accepted on a house. But I have noticed, using zoopla website that it was up for sale in 2011 for 190k and up for sale in 2014 for 219k. Yet it could not have sold because in both of the old adverts for the house I can see the same sofa and chairs which it currently still has [it's the same owner…
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Sale fallen through - worth challenging previous conveyor?
Hi, Having a bit of a mare today. Been informed that my buyer has decided to pull out of the sale of my flat due to the process taking longer than they were prepared to wait for - offer accepted in late April Unfortunately during the sale process their solicitor picked up on a defect in the lease document which my…
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Time it takes to do a homebuyers surve...
As the title says really, Our buyers had their homebuyers survey today, I was amazed at how quick it took, about 15 minutes. Surely this would be a mortgage valuation standard. I would be concerned if I paid for this and I found out it took 15 minutes. Or is this the standard? We are purchasing a full structural survey and…
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Average Monthly Rental Costs
Hi all, This is my first post on the forum as I'm looking for some advice and guidance on monthly outgoings whilst renting my first flat. 2 of us are looking at moving into a 2 bed property, preferably a flat, early in 2016. We are looking around the Warrington (north west) area with a view to being as close to the…
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Oven door repair as tenants in unfurnished house
Hello I currently rent an unfurnished house with two friends and have done for the past 3 years. We have been having problems with our oven door where it has somehow come loose, due to a screw or just fatigue due its age. I called the agency who were unhelpful and just said that had never happened anywhere before. Implying…
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Cesspit hasn't been emptied in 18years
Hi, we have found a house we love but it has a cesspit. The cesspit isn't a dealbreaker but when we asked the owner for a cost breakdown on emptying/repairing/maintenance he says he can't remember ever emptying it and it hasn't needed repairing or maintaining but he will have it emptied before they go. My issue is that he…
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Rent instead of sell?
Our house has been on the market since the start of the year, we have tried everything we can do; de cluttered, patched up the odd wear mark (it's a three year old house), new photos, dropped the price, yet still no reasonable offers. With school admissions due by Christmas, we are in a bad position. Far from family, no…
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Letting a house - first time
We are preparing my father's bungalow to let out. We have virtually cleared all rooms and will have it painted throughout with a new Kitchen and Bathroom and new carpets. What else is expected in an unfurnished property, in particular in the Kitchen? ( ie Fridge, freezer). If we have a cooker in the new Kitchen, would we…
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Shared Ownership Rent Query
I am looking at two shared ownership properties to part-buy in the same city and I am wondering how the rent of the share that the Housing Association retains is calculated. I'll explain why I am asking because the difference of rent associated with the two properties does not make sense to me. Property A Full market value…
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no building regs on extension built in 1980
hello all, I am looking for a bit of advice/ sharing similar experiences. I am well into a purchase of a house, survey and searches all done. it is a cash purchase from my late husbands life insurance settlement. the house has an extension built in 1980 but no building reg certificate. I have emailed my solicitor with my…
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Survey
Hi Everyone First time posting on this forum. I am buying a flat in Wallington, had a basic survey/ valuation which the Mortgage company is happy with and I have an offer from them. The surveyor didn't even go inside the flat from the looks of the report, they surveyed from outside of the block. Just wondering should I get…
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How to check if a wall is solid or stud
Im looking at buying a 250 year old terrace home. We have had a copy of the owners building surveys (4 years old). All looks fine but its says in the internal wall second walls on the first floor are part solid part stud. The wall all three stories up on the right had side sound solid but the walls on the left on all three…
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No garage but vendor not budging!
Hi there, I'm looking for advice on our situation. We put in an offer for a property advertised with a garage. Subsequent enquires show the property doesn't come with a garage and there is simply an informal arrangement with the garage owner that allows the property owner to use it. Garages are worth about 20k in the area…
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Deposit for rented property
I began renting my current property back in 2003 and paid a deposit of £300 to my landlord. I did not recieve any communication from my landlord when the TDP came into force. Recently, my landlord has sold the property and sent us a letter to say that my deposit has been forwarded on to the new landlord. I have received a…
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HSBC - Surveyors
Hi All, Anyone had any experience dealing with surveyors for property valuations? Thanks!
