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Leasehold extension advice
for those of you who have extended the leasehold on a flat before... I'd like to ask some advice. I bought and moved in a flat with a short lease (less than 80 years*) and I am wondering whether I am best to stay put for the statutory 2 years before extending or to informally get in touch with the freeholder and do it…
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Another Stamp Duty question - the house adjoining us
We live in a semi and are hoping to buy the other half with the intention of knocking through to make one property. Anyone got an idea whether this will incur the 3% surcharge? I've looked around but can't find any references to this scenario! TIA
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Who owns the barn?
I wondered if anyone had any ideas- we bought our house 6 months ago. I have just been trying to organise all my papers and I was looking through all the paperwork the previous owners gave me. The previous owners are in their 80's and her family have owned the house for the last 100 years plus. She split the house and sold…
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Homebuyers Report aftermath - FTB
Hi All, I am a first time buyer and have had an offer accepted on a property and decided to get a Homebuyers Survey undertaken. The estate agents were dead against this as apparently the mortgage valuation up valued the house and never noticed any problems (Though I’m not sure if they go into that much detail), I will be…
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Accepting viewings whilst under offer???
I rang a local EA to view a home and was told the house seller had literally just accepted an offer, however the buyer has been slow to produce the required paperwork so i was told i could still view the property? Is this right? I'm asking because if i like it i wouldn't want to be messed around and would want it off the…
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Surveyor's complaint
Hi, I just bought a flat in London and had a full building survey done. It came OK. We noticed the stairs were a bit wobbly but made nothing of it, as it was not in the report. However, after taking off the carpet to replace it, some steps were coming off the wall. Two carpenters quoted around £2000 to fix the issue. We…
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Land purchase question
Hi All, hopefully this question is in the right place...I couldn't really find a more applicable forum... I am buying some land at the back of my house from the local housing association, 125 Sq metres (if that matters), we have agreed a price following a surveyor valuation. We are now at the point of organising the…
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Keys for new home
I know normally you have to go to the estate agent to get the keys the day of completion. The estate Agent is 15 miles away and the house is 2 miles away so just wondered if anyone has just got them off the seller ?
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Pros and Cons of using same Estate Agent as seller?
Hello; We recently found a home we would like to buy, so we are going to put our current house on the market. It seems simplest to use the estate agent who is selling the house we would like to buy to sell our house.....or is this a bad idea and will muddy the waters? Any thoughts? many thanks JJ
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Selling and Buying
Our friends are buying our house and I have had a DIP for a House that we have had an offer accepted on. I have a 2 hour interview booked with Mortgage person from Nationwide ( who I had the DIP off and also are our current Mortgage lender). I have 2 months left on a fixed rate mortgage and we are hoping to move at the end…
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Tenant advice - handing the keys back
We have just bought our first house, and as such are now in the process of vacating our rented property. I handed our notice in to the Letting Agents (Belvoir) who have come back saying that we will need to pay £50 if we want to be present at the property when they do their final inspection, or we can hand the keys in at…
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Solicitor
Morning My buyer's solicitor is being a nightmare, not returning calls to anyone or giving any updates in terms of where we are at to my solicitor, estate agent or even my buyer. We need to exchange ASAP and I've asked my solicitor to chase them twice a day, once morning and once afternoon as they are not getting a…
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Buying part of family members home - stamp duty question
Granny needs to sell her house to release funds (she does not live there - currently empty). 3 parties from the family are interested in buying a part of it. What are the stamp duty implications in this case, I have looked around but cannot find an example like this? Details House is valued at 360k Person 1 pays 100k…
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How much will Aldi affect house price?
We've seen a house we like close to the centre of a nice village. The owner has had it on the market since November, when plans were announced to build an Aldi supermarket directly opposite, on the grounds of an old halls of residence. The entrance to the site will be very close. im wondering how much it's likely to affect…
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Gifted deposit and protecting contribution.
Hello, my girlfriend and I are looking to buy a house together, her parents are very generously giving her £25,000 for the deposit, we are both now saving up a little extra for the various solicitor and surveyor costs. We are looking to buy a house for around 230,000. Once we have the house I'll be paying a good chunk of…
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How to feel sure for your conveyancer?
Hi We are searching for the person who can do conveyancing for our house purchase. The purchase involves also the following: (1) lease extension on completion (2) ensure tenants currently living in the flat will move out; The rest looks like the standard purchase. Do we need our conveyancer any qualification / licence for…
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I don't understand the ground stability / mining reports
I'm buying a house. The ground stability report came back with a picture underneath the whole street for "historic surface ground workings". The risk assessment was passed. This initially confused me because I thought the map was showing coal mines, but that's actually the next section that doesn't have a map. Apparently…
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How to choose a surveyor for a full survey
We're in the process of buying a slightly unusual house and as such have decided a full structural survey is for us. It is on a hill and the downstairs is on 3 levels, plus it had an extension put on about 40 years ago. I don't know anyone who has had one recently so haven't been able to find a recommendation, and I'm…
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Keepmoat buying process
Good evening My mother in law is currently selling her house had an offer accepted and currently going through the process. She has put a 250 deposit down for a new build with keepmoat. She has had there legal team contact her to say she will exchange on 26th June and needs to pay the 5% deposit. Now obviously she can't do…
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First time buyer query
I've searched high and low online for an answer to this so I'm hoping someone here might be able to help me! My partner and I are buying our first property together which is an apartment. We received our contract and paperwork through today to read and sign but there's something very troubling and confusing! The seller…
