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Tenancy Renewal breakdown
Hello! Just wondering if you knowledgeable lot could shed some advice on this for me. We're due to renew our tenancy at the property where we have been for the past two and half years. All our AST contracts have been six month fixed term. Each renewal cost us £50. I've just booked to go to the office to renew again (the…
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Solicitor issues with 2 bed house with loft conversion
Hi We're in the process of buying a two bedroom house that has had the loft converted. The loft conversion (circa 2000) had planning permission but now cannot be regularised due to the length of time that has passed and also it doesn't currently meet building regs as staircase being too narrow. Hence the house was marketed…
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Cheeky replacement tenant!
Hi, I am currently on a rolling contract at my 2 bed apartment which i share with my flatmate. I've handed my notice in already on the 20th of July so I would've fulfilled my 1 month notice requirement for the letting agents. 3 weeks ago I put up an ad on sparerooms to find a replacement for myself.On the advert i made it…
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Close to putting a deposit down on a new build - where do I stand?
Hi all, I am interested in purchasing a 3 bed terraced house in Bristol for £250k with Bellway Homes. This will be a new build with a completion date of late December but I am starting to have second thoughts! I have read countless reviews of new developers and, in general, there are more negative reviews than positive.…
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Help Pease
First time buyer here and wanted some advice please. Currently had an offer accepted on a home we looked at and have had our home buyers report back. On the report appeared a few issues which the surveyer classed as "urgently needed repair" and a few issues as needing repairs in the future. We asked the Estate agents if…
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Does the market really pick up in September?
Struggling to find much to even view. One we really liked and offered on someone else was prepared to pay the asking price of (too much work for us to want to pay that much). Everything seems to have tenants or actually be sold just not marked that way. We have an offer agreed that expires come end of Oct. rapidly losing…
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Shower Leaking Again.
Hi, This is a continuation of this thread: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5235120 which had mixed responses to my original question. Anyhow, the shower got replaced with a brand new one, but I noticed at the time that the work looked a bit shoddy. The sealant seemed non-existant, but what do I know, I'm…
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EPC missing and no record of it!
Hello! I thought our house selling and buying was going too smoothly - we've had a hiccup today! We're selling a flat which is less than 10 years old. We accepted an offer May / June time and it's only now come to light by the solicitor that there is no EPC certificate for the property We have a SAP certificate and from…
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Contacting solicitors?
Afternoon all We are currently waiting on my other halfs late grandfathers house to complete. The buyer is a cash buyer, no chain, house is vacant, he is buy to let so not moving in, yet 7 weeks from accepting his offer we haven't exchanged or even talked about a date for completion. In my opinion other halfs dad is not…
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Letting Agents In Bedford, Help!!
Hey Guys, I have a rental property In Bedford just outside of Cambridge and am looking to use a management agent, any help with regards to service or fee's or even experience anyone has received would be great to help me make my decision..... Any help you guys can provide would be great.
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Buying new house and keeping previous to let out
Hi everyone, Next year we are hoping to move to a bigger house. However we are looking at keep our current home as it would be perfect to let out. I'm looking for information on doing this, where would be the best place to start? Thanks!
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EA passing on our offer
Hi all, We've recently made an offer on a house which was at asking price. It has not been rejected or accepted. We have now received an email which basically tells all interested parties what our offer is. (see below) So the EA has passed on our offer to all over buyers in order to try and get more money for the property.…
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Choosing a surveyor and survey type- help please
Hello all I've had an offer accepted on a house and wont have to use a mortgage. The house is Edwardian, early 20th century, over 4 floors. The electrics look complicated- messy wiring in the cellar -but apart from that its a substantial terraced house that wont be falling down. I'm out of practice, haven't bought a house…
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Accepted an offer today
Today we accepted an offer a few thousand above the asking price so now we need to try and find somewhere to move to. A real mixture of apprehension and excitement. A black cat crossed my path this morning. Is that good or bad, I can never remember!
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Letting agent is changing date of standing order
Hello… I am posting on behalf of someone else… back in a bit when i have all the details!
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Solicitor Worries - First Time Buyer
Hi, So we were told we would be completing towards the end of July/beginning of August and we are still (it seems) nowhere closer. It has currently been 3 weeks my solicitors have been telling me they have not been able to make contact with the sellers solicitors and are awaiting documentation on the boiler before they can…
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Exeter Place, Walsall
I was just wondering if anyone can tell me what the area is like please, thinking of moving there. TIA
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Lost my mojo with preparing to move
Morning:) The buying process has been long (6 months so far) and stressful so far. The house we are buying is empty, but under probate. The initial promise of it being a quick sale has turned into a slower than we expected process. Now the end is in sight (or so we are led to believe) I need to get organised but struggling…
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Help to Buy ISA / Help to buy Equity Loan
Official MSE Insert: You may also find our fully researched Help to Buy ISA guide helpful. Back to the original post... Hi All Looks like I am now financially in a position to start saving and I hope to fully take advantage of the Help to Buy ISA starting December 1st. However, I wondered, is anyone aware what implications…
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My rights as a tenenant
Can someone advise me please? We moved in to this house at the end of July, renting via an estate agent. When we viewed the house prior to agreeing to rent, it was obvious the smoke alarms weren't functional and the EA said the batteries needed changing, despite me drawing his attention to the fact that the labels on the…
