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Is this usual??
Is it normal in the fittings and contents form to not include things like fitted oven/hob & gas fires? I'm legitimately wondering. I mean if the oven/hob were free standing, I don't think I'd be as shocked.
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New Build: Developer won't exchange
We paid a reservation fee for a new build from a local developer in March. He initially refused to exchange until the house has been signed off NHBC. That eventually came through in late August, after two failed air tests. We signed exchange papers at that time. The following week he claimed there was an issue with the…
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New house, rewire, heating and asbestos found all within months
Hi there, This is my first time posting but I need somewhere to get this all out my system and ask if anyone has any advice! We bought and moved into our dream house a few months ago thinking all we had to do was move in and decorate as there were no major red flags in the home report (we're in Scotland). Since moving in…
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Water meter costs
We are moving to a house with a water meter . I know it depends how much you use but currently I am paying £32 pound as we are not on a meter. There is two of us and a 15month old so does anyone have a similar number in their family and how much do you pay a month.
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Help to buy equity loan: Type of new build
Hi, My husband and I are looking at buying our first home. It's a new build priced at 310k. It has been built and sold on a plot of land by a private seller, rather than the typical new build development sites these sort of loans were targeted at. My question is, does this matter and will it affect us being eligible for…
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Buying 'granny flat' with mum's savings
Hi My mum is near 90, and her health is deteriorating. We don't want her to go in a home. And neither does she. We're looking to move house anyway, but now we're considering whether mum should move in with us. She currently lives in council property, but has savings - her will has percentages of her savings to be given to…
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Topping up Max Mortgage
HI Our house has been on the market for several months. In the last week we have had a sucessful viewing from a lovely couple who came back for a second viewing last weekend. They placed a low offer on the house today, which i rejected. This evening i had an unannounced visit from the potential buyer who said that our…
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Extending lease
Hi Many thanks to MSE for the great guide on extending leases. I'm in a block of 4 flats with the freehold held by a management company whose shares are owned by each of the flat owners. All 4 flat owners are in agreement to extend the leases on our properties - all currently at 83 years remaining. I'm getting conflicting…
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Selling my flat of 6 years - my Lease has been incorrect the whole time - am I stuck?
I'm in the process of selling my flat. I originally bought it under shared ownership six years ago and I staircased to 100% two years ago. My shared ownership Lease was never varied to remove the pre-emption clauses nor remove restrictions from Land Registry titles. This came up in my purchaser's searches, and they are now…
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bit of a rock and a hard place situation
Hey all, this place comes up time and time again when i've been looking for help with my current situation so i thought i would put myself out here and see if anyone has some good advice, So my current situation is this, I've been renting from the place i am in now (via jackson grundy) for the past 5 years nearly to the…
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Private Tenant flooded flat what are my rights
HI, need some help, I am a private tenant, in a basement flat, due to high levels of rain my flat has been flooded, there is a small amount of damage to my personal items, the landlord has contacted the freeholder, they have instructed their management company to deal with the damage to the flooring. This i have been told…
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Got keys.. but rubbish left =/
Hi I would like some advice, basically after we got the keys we found items left in cellar tbh looks like been there for a while...we contacted the lawyer and estate agent and told them about this as in the contract it was said these things will be removed..... it has been 3 weeks now and aint heard any thing ......we are…
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Should we have been given building certificate on exchange?
We recently bought a house that had an extension. Our inventory (r whatever the it is called) that the vendor has completed and has been signed off by the solicitor states that the building certificate and the electricity certificate are 'enclosed.' I'm assuming enclosed means that the vendor has provided these to his…
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Opinions on this property.
What would of you offered and opinions. Thanks! Sr5 5tx 3 bed terrace stc with £11950 list price on right move.
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Tenants in common/joint ownership
Hi, I would like to buy a house as an investment with my father. He owns no house. I own 1 house as joint tenants with my wife. I will be supplying the majority of the cash needed to buy the house outright. How do we form ownership of the investment? All in my name? Tenants in common unequal shares? I expect I will be hit…
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Selling after divorce and moving to renting...
I will be selling a jointly owned home in the new year, I should come out with £40k. I don't have any extra money for fees/stamp duty/surveys etc, and on my part time salary doubt ill be able to borrow enough for the size house me and my two kids need. Am I silly to move back to renting and invest the £40k? I will look to…
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Mortgage Offer - You Must Repay The Following Commitments in full with 30 days...
Hi all, I have read a number of threads on this matter, but not found the answer to this. We applied for a mortgage through a broker. They got us accepted within 2 days of applying, through Woolwich/Barclays. I noticed today that on the offer it says: "You must repay the following commitment(s) in full within 30 days of…
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Seilling my home
I just wondered if anyone would take the time to look at my property on right move. I have had it on there now for about 3 weeks, but have not had a viewing as of yet. I just wondered what you guys thought of it and the asking price etc. Any feedback would be much appreciated It is on right move, type in the postcode of…
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Selling my house - it is so SLOOOW, any tips?
My house has been on the market for a couple of months now, and its just not selling, we are having viewings and the feedback is never anything that we feel we can action on, but it's still not selling. We did an overhaul of the garden this weekend so it looks a lot bigger (removed rose bushes, trampoline, gazebo etc) and…
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Is it possible to take out mortgage above purchase price for renovations
We have a mortgage agreed in principle. The house we were buying fell through so have been looking again. Found a house that needs renovation work. Its on at under £30k less than our AIP. It needs approximatley £20k spending on it and the same houses down the road that have had the renovation done are now valued at over…
