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House has fallen through due to flying freehold, who is to 'blame'
Hi there. We offered on a house to rent out as a holiday let (it already is one, and has been for 20 years). When we saw the house it had just fallen through for another buyer who had had s survey done. The estate agent told us that the reason they had pulled out was nothing to do with the survey We used a broker for our…
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Help...i need guidance how to split profit
Hi All, I would like your help. I have made a very stupid mistake by getting into a financial arrangement which is complicated. For a background, my dad and I bought a property valued at 186k. He put in 30k deposit plus 10k to pay for expenses.the 10k we both deemed as my loan from him. We didnt draw up any agreement due…
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Lodging, but need a house. Help!
Hi, im new here :D I currently live with sister at her place, we need to tell the council as she claims benefits ect. How will things change for example: what will i pay? (I work 30 hours a week @£7.70 ph) I need to move asap but I cannot register to council as iv not lived in area for 2 years. What can I do, i feel stuck!…
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Forcing Landlord to sell Freehold for a block of flats?
I'm hoping someone can just point me in the right direction here, not after all the answers, just the ability to start the process - if it's possible. I 'own' (I'm a Leaseholder) my flat which is in a small block of 6 flats. The freehold is owned by the company that built the block roughly 30 years ago. They do nothing for…
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Early Surrender
Myself, LL and LA have come to an emailed agreement that I can surrender the property I am letting on a 12 M FTC in England early. Keys have been handed back and discussing deposit. I want to summarise everything to mitigate any potential issues at a later date because I am not happy that the emailed agreement gives me the…
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Quick Query.....
Hi all, I have a family member who is selling their property. Their location is rural and they've signed up with a local agent. I looked for the property on rightmove once it was marketed for sale with pictures but its not advertised. When I asked my family member about it they said they were charged an extra premium to…
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Estate Agent has sent wrong tenancy agreement
Hello, We've just agreed to renew our tenancy agreement with our landlord. This is all dealt with via the estate agent and we just received what was meant to be the new agreement in the post. The problem is they've actually sent an agreement for a completely different property/tenant. This includes a fair amount of…
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Buying without mortgage - help with procedures please!
We're hoping to sell and move to Wales, we've had an offer accepted on a property. We are retired, mortgage free and using the proceeds from our sale and savings to fund the move. It's been 30 years since our previous move. Having read through the reams of paperwork from our solicitor, I see that the balance payment has to…
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Length of time lease needs to be on my name before selling?
Hi guys, purchased a flat in Jan this year, share of freehold, at the time did not transfer lease via notice of assignment. I have now accepted an offer on the flat and am selling, my solicitor is working on transferring lease but will this cause any problems? Someone mentioned lease has to be on my name for 6 months…
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Minimum size for a one bed flat
Someone on Homes Under the Hammer today said that a one bed flat has to be a minimum of 40 square metres in size. I have a flat in a Victorian conversion that I'm pretty sure doesn't have that amount of floor space, it is short by about five square metres. The overall layout is a square, so it's not too hard to calculate.…
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Giving house to my parents to pay them back
Hi there, I am in a slightly unusual situation and I would appreciate some advice. I am interested in buying a property consisting of four flats that need to be cosmetically improved. Buying the place will stretch me and so my father has offered to organise and do all cosmetic improvement to the house. After this is done…
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Confusion over notice period for lodger (me)
Hi, I live with my landlords and pay my rent on the 1st of the month for the calendar month. When I first moved in, it was part way through the month so I paid a pro-rated amount for the remainder of the month then paid the full calendar rent on the 1st of the month. Anyway, we have an informal agreement whereby we agreed…
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Transfering property to avoid landlord stamp duty?
Hi, I am looking for a bit of advice regarding my current situation. I currently have a flat that I rent out and I have never lived in it. I still stay with my parents. My fiance and I tried to submit an offer for our first house together but I was informed I was liable to pay the 3% landlord stamp duty as I currently have…
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Deposit on private rental?
Who holds the deposit paid for a private rental, and who do you contact if the ex-landlord/letting agent refuses to return it?
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Deposit Dispute - AST and 10 working days
Hi. After moving out of my rental I requested the deposit back and did not here anything back within 10 working days. According to the MyDeposits website and my contract agreement 'The landlord shall inform the Tenant within 10 working days of the Tenancy agreement ending if the landlord intends to withhold all or part of…
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2 storey extension contention
Hi, My neighbour informed me that he plans a 2 storey extension onto the back of his detached house and that he has submitted to planning permission for this and I will receive a letter about this soon. The issue this poses for my property is the following: Our house is perpendicular to his house, in that our front garden…
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Buyer Want to visit Property Before Exchange
After two months of accepting offer on my flat we are ready for exchange but Buyer Want to visit Property Before Exchange Is that normal?.I have allowed him for visit the property tomorrow.
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Gas safety check without our permission
Hi everyone - thanks in advance for your help with this. To give context, I'm currently renting a ground floor flat where the landlord owns both my flat and the flat upstairs (it's a converted house). We have been there about a year and have had no contact with the landlord the whole time. It was rented through an Estate…
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First Time Buyer - Timescales Help!
We've had our offer accepted on a property on Wednesday morning. The house is now appearing as SSTC on Rightmove after we sent the EA our mortgage AIP and proof of deposit etc. We instructed solicitors yesterday and have sent in all the relevant documentation for our full mortgage application. We have a telephone…
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Evicting a live in lodger/tennant
Hi, thanks in part to the wonderful advice on this forum I bought my first place a flat 30th november last year. I advertised a room to rent and had someone move in end of last month. I asked for a months rent in advance and an addtional deposit of the same amount again in advance and informed they pay in advance so if…
