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Legitimately avoiding buy to let stamp duty surcharge?
Hi everyone. Would really appreciate your advice on this! Here's the deal: - I am currently living in rented accommodation and have never owned my own home - I have a 1/4 share of a property that was gifted by my parents when they moved out but whilst it still counted as their primary residence. They retain a 1/4 share…
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financial concessions for disabled house buyers?
I'm going to have to move into a wheelchair accessible property by selling my current house and buying a bungalow. I know there are no concessions for stamp duty for disabled people but it's an expensive business and I'm only having to move because I'm disabled. Are there any other concessions for disabled home movers such…
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Quick question!
I member of my family tried to buy the leasehold on their property but was refused. The bill for the year is £6.00. Can the freeholder refuse to sell the freehold, I thought a home owner had a right to purchase the Freehold? See, quick question. :j
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Can you 'whistleblow' an incorrect council tax band (neighbours)
A house around the corner from us was raised to the ground and rebuilt a few years ago. It is now a stunning house (one of the best on the street). Oddly, it still has the lowest council tax banding of all the properties on the street (it stands out like a sore thumb, with 98% of the houses being in band G, but theirs is…
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Does this seem possible?
Hi I am due to move soon and will be at my current rented property 5 days longer than a calendar month meaning i need to pay 5 days worth of rent extra to my landlord. If i stated that i am happy for the 5 days rent to be taken out of my tenancy deposit does that seem feasible / acceptable? Thanks in advance.
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Am I responsible for these boiler charges? (Tenant)
Hi everyone, I’m going to try to talk to my landlord about this asap, but I’m quite nervous about it and wanted some advice and suggestions before I do. This is my first let and I’m uncertain about how some things work. I have been at my current flat for about three years, and in my initial rental agreement, all bills…
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Bought recently in Islington?
Hi, I'm on the search atm for a flat in Islington, ideally ex local authority. I was wondering if anyone here has recently purchased similar in the borough and would mind a few questions about things locally. Thanks in advance. B
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Buying a Court Order property prior to the auction.
Hello Experts,:money: Has anyone bought a 'court order' property before the auction please? This property I am interested in is going to auction as per a court order. To cut the story short, the 'claimant' or seller (sitting tenant in this case) has been granted full authorisation by the court to sell the property by…
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PRC Cornish unit
Hi guys, We have recently bought a Cornish type 1 PRC house and trying to find out more details about how we could get this repaired and if we can use family builders to do the work... There seems to be companies around that are willing to do the work but not much information about what is required to get the so called PRC…
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Pay or go to court?
Hi I'm in £720 rent arrears. (Please refer to previous thread if u want to know why I'm in arrears) My LL text this morning saying "No rent paid so far you have till tomorrow once you pay it in please text you need to pay the full £720. If this not paid then we will apply to the courts for eviction and the court cost and…
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Help With Boundary issue Please
Last year we purchased a house with registered land quite clearly shown on our Land Registry title plan. The title plan shows a line boundary between our properties following the contours of my neighbours drive from his house to the end of his drive. A year before we moved in my neighbour moved the boundary over by about 1…
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What would you do?
Ok so we sold our house for a fab price 2k over the asking which we were so happy with as our heart just isn't in this house fast forward 12 weeks we are a week from exchange and the woman we are buying off has threatened to pull out if we don't change our dates again. Now our buyer wants us out as our sale was ready about…
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Settlement fee. Ex husband is buying me out of the mortgage
Hi , I'm new to the forum and would really appreciate any advice. I separated from my husband last year and our house has been on the market for 6 months, we have dropped the asking price but are struggling to attract prospective buyers. Husband wants to buy me out, we have agreed on a £7k settlement fee. The problem is…
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Do people go after Deposit Protection compensation when they're on good terms?
So far, my landlord has been good. When I leave (not for a while yet) I intend to leave my flat in a good condition. I don't anticipate any problems getting my deposit back. I've just discovered that my landlord didn't really comply with the deposit protection requirements. The deposit was protected about a week late, the…
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Should i sell or stay put?
Hey ive been having a hard time deciding what to do. i own and live in highgate and am thinking of three options: - stay put - sell to my brother (who is happy to buy) and buy 2 bed flat in west hampstead - let out the flat and buy a 1 bed in west hampstead price wise the 2 bed in west hampstead would be around 100k more…
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Notice on completion
Hi, We are in the month in which Persimmons have stated our completion date should be, specifically the 30th. They have been unable to provide us for prices for our wet rooms, so we are having to do this ourselves. Which is fine, but with only a planned 2 weeks notice to be given to us we will no way find a fitter at such…
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Contents insurance question
We're purchasing an empty flat (an executor sale) but are unlikely to exchange and complete on it for a few weeks. Completing on ours next week though. The executors of the flat have kindly said we can move all our furniture into the flat rather than putting it into store. A very generous gesture, but we are wondering what…
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Overcomplicated situation?
Hi all.. not a newbie bit I forgot my old details (oops!). Hope someone can help... Basically fiance and I co-own a house. We have kids.. we have decided to separate. It is amicable so needs to be fair. Our house is worth 220k.. we owe 90k.. we have unsecured debts of 18k that we would like to pay off (car and one for home…
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Overcomplicated situation?
Hi all.. not a newbie bit I forgot my old details (oops!). Hope someone can help... Basically fiance and I co-own a house. We have kids.. we have decided to separate. It is amicable so needs to be fair. Our house is worth 220k.. we owe 90k.. we have unsecured debts of 18k that we would like to pay off (car and one for home…
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FTB mortgage advice needed
My husband and I have just had an offer accepted on a house. About a month ago before we started looking, we got an AIP from the bank my husband works for. The issue I have is this: I have only been in my job since July and my husband got a promotion at work that hasn't been reflected in his wage slips yet. With the AIP we…
