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Should I be worried? - Lawrence Copeland?
Hello all - some advice please. I'm potentially renting a property from Lawrence Copeland. However, I can't find them on the companies house website. Nor can I find the other two companies that they reference on their website for out-of-hours emergency contact. http://lawrencecopeland.com/contact-us/ They have the…
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What can a tenant do if estate/letting agent imposes unfair terms?
Hello there, I am a tenant with an estate agency who are refusing to give me a key to access a communal metering cupboard. Their policy of not giving a key to tenants is not stated anywhere in our contract. Also speaking to a few people in the block I have found out some people do have the key to access the electric…
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Joint viewing of flat
Hello! Tomorrow at 6:30 myself and the OH are viewing a flat for renting that we are really really keen on. The issue is that we will be viewing it alongside another couple. I'm worried that they'll say the right thing faster than us/offer to pay more rent/cause other problems if they want it too. I'm annoyed with myself…
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First time buyer - Buying a new build
Hi everyone :) Me and my boyfriend have put a reserve down on a 3 bed end of terrace house on the Redrow lancaster mews estate in York. It's our first house and are going to be using the help to buy scheme. We've been doing some research and hoping we could find a list of some of the extras they charge for as we don't yet…
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Selling flat: Capital Gains Tax
Hi all, I really hope you can help me with this. I bought my flat in 2005 for £95,500 and have just sold it for £127,000 (just approaching exchange all being well). I have owned the property for 129 months in total and lived in it for the first 66 months of this. My understanding of CGT is that this amount is therefore tax…
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Shared ownership stair casing issue
Hi, hoping someone can advise me on my options. I purchased a 50% share of a shared ownership property 4 years ago. Total price was £285k so my share was £142500. I am looking to purchase the remaining 50%- the housing association organised 2 valuations to ensure a fair valuation was carried out. Bearing in mind, 2 of my…
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Companies who will buy your house - advice needed
Hi everyone, I'm after a bit of advice. My husband is renting his house out at the moment through an estate agent, but the tenants are causing a problem for the neighbours. He would like them out, but doesn't really want to carry on renting it out and would like to just get rid of the place. Houses aren't really selling…
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Renting with equity from house sale
Hi Wondered if anyone out there has any advice regarding moving an elderly parent to a rental property. My Mum lives in a house that her and my Dad took an equity release mortgage out on about 10 years ago. The house is currently on the market as we need her to move to live closer to me (I do quite a bit of running around…
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New Build nearly ready - what next?
This is a first for us and we'd be grateful for any advice and to hear of any similar experiences from other 'New Build' buyers. The salesperson at the Bellway location where we are buying the New Build informed us several months ago that the house would be ready for us to move into on the 24th June. She gives us weekly…
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Please help, Home buyer report
Hi, I'm a first time buyer and I've had the home buyer report back today which has me a little worried. I have no idea how bad the problems noted are and the roof really worries me, any help of feedback on them would be great. The valuation has come back at the price offered just not sure if the repairs will cost too much…
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70s house
I am in the process of buying a 70s house. I think it was built in 1971 or 1972. Are there anything I should know before going any further into the process? Any potential troubles? My concerns are 1. It has a flat roof, not 100% may be 75%? 2. As the potential of natural ground subsidence is medium to high in the area and…
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How to find out if land can be built on
Hi, I'm looking at buying a flat in a new build. A big part of the flats' value (to us) comes from the large view. I am trying to find out what the process is in finding out if the land directly next to the balcony can be built upon - blocking out the view. All I have so far is that the council owns the land and there are…
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How much to offer (next to a rubbish dump)
I originally posted this in the Have A Look At This thread but wanted to get some wider input. Long story short, I am considering an offer on this property: http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/40035109#2AbQujhUu9czluCF.97 Regardless of what it looks like on streetview, the area is really quite pleasant and I think I…
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First Time Buyer - different circumstances
Hi all, Wondering if you wise people can help. I'm wanting to purchase a property I already own 30% of. My parent gifted me their share of my grandparents property and my grandfather owns the other 70% between them. If I want to get a mortgage for that 70%, would I need to have a deposit still, or would my 30% count as…
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Estate Agents offering mixed advice on price:
We have a house. We had it surveyed to sell to our eldest - and that came in at 190k not all that long ago. Yesterday we had four estate agents in (he had decided not to buy). One said 190 - 200, one said 200, one said 250, and one said 265. Now, given that this isn't a 'high value' house, and the differences are HUGE, we…
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On HB and struggling to find a home
I am feeling rather anxious and could do with some advice. Thanks in advance. I rent a 3 bed house with my two daughters (17 and 12), and was given 2 months notice to vacate as, I found out upon enquiry, the landlord has had an 'unfortunate change of circumstances'. While I feel for them I am also upset as we only moved…
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Buying a house when the seller is picky!!
Hey first time poster so apologies if this is somewhere else. My boyfriend and I are first time buyers who have recently had to pull out of a buy 10 weeks in due to issues with the house (still very upset about this). We lost about £1000 in fees so we are gutted. We are living with his parents currently and they really…
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Renting question - paying upfront 6 months
If we decided to pay 6 months upfront for a rental property when would that have to be paid by? Is it due on the day of moving in or earlier?
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Need some house or flat finding advice here
Hello everyone Me and a friend of mine would like to find a place together, I'm male an she's female, not actually together just really good friends. Ideally would prefer somewhere with 2 bedrooms/2 seperate bed, though 1 Bed/room would be fine an something we can work around an both of us haven't the slightest idea how to…
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How to approach the lanlord to buy the house
Hello all, Hoping for some advice and ideas. TL;DR: how to approach the landlord to ask him whether he would sell us the house. We are first time buyers & have agreement in principal. We are looking for properties in the area we are currently living, but after few viewings I've come to realise the house we are renting at…
