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Do you buy or sell your house first?
I'm thinking of moving house, which I have never done before. The place I want to move, houses come up on the market but only at a rate of maybe 1 per month. I want to buy a house that's twice the value of my own. I have a bit of mortgage left to pay. I am wondering, do I put an offer in first (after getting a mortgage in…
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Urgently seeking some advice...
I'm a disabled person in a vulnerable situation. I've received a notice to move out of my flat by this Friday (a section 21 notice). This really scared me because at the time I was too ill to work, living off savings (that are now completely depleted) and had nowhere to move to. My landlord simply decided he doesn't want…
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Chipping on London flat before exchange
Hello all, 1/ Before Brexit I offered the full asking price on a flat in London. I am feeling very nervous about the uncertainty of the economic situation and for the future, therefore I have decided to withdraw my offer and re open the price negotiation starting at a price 20% lower. Of course my agent is telling me that…
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Renegotiating following Home Buyers Survey
Hi all, We have had the survey back on the home we are buying, and it's thrown up a few problems that we were aware of but some we were not. The red flags are 1) badly weathered outside wall which needs further investigation 2) high levels of damp in the conservatory and 3) coping stones to the rear parapet walls are…
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forwarding mail ideas
Any ideas for getting mail when you leave your rented property! I cant afford a mail redirections service from the Royal Mail nor do I need one for 3 months which is the minimum term. Would agency agree to keep the mail at their office for me for about 6 weeks so I can collect? I will ask. What do other people do? When I…
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Selling house and each buying a property
If a couple sell a large house and then each buy a smaller property, will either have to pay the second property additional stamp duty?
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Conveyancer Wants Us to Buy More Searches
I'm not particularly keen as it's very wishy washy. They haven't said how much this will cost either.
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Nonsense 'stories' spouted by EAs in house descriptions
One of the high-end EAs in our area has always posted 'The story' of a house, with tales of its owners garden parties and whimsical family gatherings. Sadly, this practice seems to be spreading in my area, though the other EAs don't seem to have the literacy to pull it off.…
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Rental Property - Relationship/Guarantor Breakdown
I rent out my first house to a family man, has two kids which he has 4 days a week, and has a casual job. When applying for the tenancy, he was moving into the house with his partner (although the tenancy was to be in his name only) and it was agreed that the partner would be guarantor, however, it turns out the partner…
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Homebuyers' surveys and off-plan properties
Hi, I'm fairly new here, however had a range of lovely people help me with my last query so hoping I'll get some equally good advice on this one! Myself and my partner are looking at putting down a reservation for a new-build property with Persimmon homes. Persimmon have, to put it mildly, a "patchy" track-record of…
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Near to exchange on new build first home - Should I back out or renegotiate post brex
I am in the process of purchasing a first home in Colindale (Brent) London. Its a new build contract reassignment wherein a buyer reserved a unit in the development and paid the deposit with the expectation to pay the remaining full amount upon completion. I am taking over the contract, paying the initial deposit back plus…
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Missing Planning Certificate - Soil Pipe - Help!
Hello, Back in 2008 I had some work done to move the bathroom from downstairs to a bedroom upstairs. There was no change to the room except the soil pipe fitted and bathroom installed. I applied to Birmingham City Council for a Building Regs notice. I have copies of the VAT receipt from the council for the money I paid for…
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Exchanged contracts, but buyer needs another survey done!
Hi, I'm selling my house to a first time buyer, and I'm buying from someone who's then buying a new build (but going into temp accommodation until it's ready). Nice and straight forward, but there was a big rush on exchanging due to the vendor's developer setting a deadline to exchange. The day finally came today and…
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My former landlord sent me a false bill in the deposit deductions
Hello, After deposit deductions, my landlord sent me a big bill due to dry cleaners, about cleaning the carpet. In that bill only appears the price, not the details. So, I went to that place to ask for the details, they showed me the details and I was surprised, it was something completely unrelated. In other words, my…
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Tenancy deposite dispute
I've just checked out of a property that I was renting for 1.5 years and the Landlord has made a claim for the carpets to be professionally cleaned. When we gave our notice to end the tenancy, we asked for cleaning instructions in the letter (to the estate agents) and received none. We also called the estate agents twice…
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Reasonable increase in house price in 10 months?
We viewed a property recently that we liked and put an offer in - it was rejected as it was too low below asking price - understandable. However, I feel that the house has an asking price that is a lot higher than it is valued & this would worry me when it comes to the mortgage valuation. Is a 13% rise in 10 months normal?…
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Problem buying our first home... Advice needed.
Hello All So me and the girlfriend are first time buyers and have found a beautiful barn conversion that we fell in love with as soon as we viewed it. We put in an offer around 4 weeks ago and after a week of waiting the seller got back to us and accepted our offer. Now we're obviously new to the whole process of buying a…
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Rightmove
I'm trying to view sold prices on rightmove but it's not updated since 29th April. Anybody know why? Usual updates monthly Thanks
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Equity Release
Hi I have searched for any Equity Release threads but cant find any on here? Maybe I am not searching hard enuff:eek: What section would they be in pls. Or am I the first? I cant believe I am. Can some kind soul point me in the right direction plse.
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End of tenancy, next of kin responsible?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I lost my disabled mum in May and straight after my dad, who has severe dementia moved in with me, my husband and 2 young children. I was the Carer of both for many years but dad was affecting the kids quality of life and my dad nearly burnt my house down when we were asleep so I…
