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Selling Flat - But freeholders Solicitor not responding
Hello I had an offer on my late fathers flat Easter Monday which I accepted. On June 26th I made payment over the phone ( for £240) to Freeholders Solicitor for them to respond to inquiries re: my late fathers flat lease. WE are still waiting - they sent an email last week saying they had received payment and would now…
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HB Claim on hold due to agent not giving me confirmation.
Its very confusing situation, its a large company that rents out single rooms in large buildings of 40+ rooms around the uk, and the actual flats are managed by a seperate company. So the owners are the same but because the council still shows the older agency the council wants a letter fom the management just confirming…
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Buying land without full PP - help!
Hi all. I could do with some advice on this please. We have been hunting for a plot of land in the SE for some time, to build on and with an acre or so (very rare to find). We were about to give up but finally somewhere has come up for sale but it doesn't have full planning permission to build on as the vendor hasn't…
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Using home to buy second home
Sorry not very up on this, This is my question, My mother owns her home outright, I live in a flat and qualify for right to buy, moms home is worth approx 90,000 I can buy my flat for 24,000, can mom use the capitol in her home to buy my flat, thanks in advance
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How much can we be expected to pay per month in bills etc.
My boyfriend and I are looking to rent a flat in glasgow, the flats we're looking at text to be around 450 per month, 1 bedroom flats. I'm looking for a list of costs we should expect to pay each month and if anyone is able to an example of how much they would be each (e.g. gas and electricity ) as we both currently live…
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Can I pay stamp duty late?
There's many upcoming variables when selling my house in order to move to a new build to be completed in January. I'm understandably worried slightly about finances and have asked my solicitor if it's possible to pay my stamp duty late. Strictly speaking it must be paid within 30 days of completion and the solicitor must…
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What is the 'leasehold pack'?
The latest installment in the ongoing saga of my attempts to buy a leasehold flat is that my solicitor has been informed by the vendor's solicitor that 'they are sending a cheque to the management company for the leasehold pack'. Would anyone be able to help me understand what is meant by 'the leasehold pack', please?
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Renting out a house with indoor swimming pool
In a couple of months I will be looking to rent out my current home. It is a 3 bed detached bungalow with indoor swimming pool. Anyone got any experience of renting out will a pool? Any thoughts of where I could find people that have? One option would be to close off the pool to the tenants. What would you do?
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cutting deposit trough DPS after signing that property is ok
we had our landlord checked property before we moved out we agreed we will cut the grass as it was a problem - done then we gave them keys back and outstanding money to hand after that landlord signed that he is happy with it - in reasonable condition now i see that he wants to cut 200 pound from our 1500 deposit what…
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Received survey report for house purchase...how and should we renegotiate offer?
Hi, I'm hoping for a bit of advice: We received the report of the full structural survey yesterday - we thought it would be beneficial as the property was originally built at the beginning of the last century. It's high lighted some repair work needed and a few concerns for further investigation. The total of repair works…
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applying for credit card whilst buying a flat as cash buyer
Hello Everyone, I'm currently in the process of buying a flat without a mortgage, still pre-contract exchange. I'll be temporally low on cash after the buy (assuming everything works out!) and would like to renovate and move in asap to reduce the renting overlap. Would applying for a new credit card do anything to harm the…
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Advice on buying our house
Hi, for the past 14 years I have been living in my brothers house, he has charged me a nominal rent to cover his mortgage whilst he himself has rented a house in London, this year I found myself in a position to buy his house from him with my partner but we hit a snag, we were accepted for the mortgage - due to the…
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Complex, shared access to proposed backland building plot
Hi, all, I was hoping the community might be able to offer some advice? We've lived in our house for 4 years, it is a 'quarter villa' we are one of the front houses facing the road with a drive that runs along side the house and garden to a house at the rear. We own the whole drive but there is shared access to the rear…
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Called EA to arrange a viewing but...
Hi everyone, I've just got off the phone to an EA who I'm trying to arrange a property viewing through & I'm a but shocked 2bh! (FTB :D ) The property is a one bed ground floor maisonette with communal gardens. It's approx. a 40 min drive away (as a FTB I have to compromise if I'm ever going to get onto the ladder!) One…
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Unreasonable deposit deductions make Bristol news!
Must be a slow news day, http://m.bristolpost.co.uk/does-cost-change-light-bulb-Nearly-22-estate/story-27557172-detail/story.html Still annoying though (originally tried to take full £1300 deposit after 12 month tenancy- tenant has so far manage to claw back ~£700) CJ Hole are becoming notorious in Bristol as a bad LA...
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What can my mum do?
Hi guys, I currently live with my mum, dad and little sister. The mortgage of my parent’s house is payed off. My mum and dad have not been together for the past 3 years, but have been living together. They both sleep in separate rooms and hardly talk to each other. My Dad is the one that earns the most money, where as my…
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Repairing screw holes
Hello, Just after an opinion. We're moving next week and on our walls we have quite a few pictures grouped together. On one wall we have a collection of ten framed photos. Would you leave the screws in or would you take them out, fill and paint them for your buyer?
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extending house
is there any for that must be filled if you want bank to allow you to extend? do you need to give a reason why you need to extend? should we first get nesessary permissions?
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When should I put my house on the market?
I will hopefully, fingers crossed, very soon have a mortgage offer for a new build property I am buying. This will be finished in January 2016 although the exact date is TBC. I currently have an apartment in East London which I need to sell (and this is vital in order to raise the required deposit), so this needs to be…
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Deposit dispute?
Hi, We left our previous rental on 1st August and at the check out were told there were no problems at all and nothing was mentioned that was unclean/needed fixing. Now, 5 days later landlord is claiming that they spent hours cleaning the place and the carpet is worn in places and there was damage and want 350 of our £850…
