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Live-in Lanlord not returning lodger deposit
Okay, gonna try and make this as concise as possible giving you the essentials. I'm looking for some advice on how I should proceed going forward. I moved into a property I found on spare room.com in Brixton after starting a new job. The land lord seemed okay for the most part and no red flags appeared to begin with. Upon…
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Neighbour renting Annex
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Sale of part of our home
Our daughter want to purchase our home for her, her husband and children to live in. We agree to her living there but we want to retain some outside space for parking and also the large garage. We have agreed a valuation, she can afford to pay us £X for a deposit & would need a loan for £XXXX which together would cover 70%…
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Transfer of large sum Spain to UK
Hi My sisters and I have recently sold our house in Spain, and need to transfer the money back to the UK within the next 3 weeks. I have bought a flat here in the UK which I need the money for. Santander say they can only transfer €6000 online; it seems that to move the rest would require one of us to go to Spain and…
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Housing Options 50+
Hi Apologies if this has been covered previously, I did search the threads but didn't find anything. I have just split up with my partner after 5 years. There are no financial issues but I am moving out because he was renting the flat when I moved in. What worries me is the future. I am in my late 40s. I was a lone parent…
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Recommendation for a surveyor?
Dear all, I'm in process of purchasing a new build flat and would require a surveyor to check the workmanship in the flat and especially to check the size of the flat (Gross Internal Area and balcony) to ensure that it has been built in accordance with statements made in the contract. Can anyone recommend a good value…
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House next to laundrette survey problem
I am attempting to buy a house and have had a provisional mortgage agreement from my bank. I agreed that they could use a surveyor chosen by them, paid for by me, to do a property survey (my choice, rather than a homebuyers report). The surveyor called me today told me that because the house is next to a laundrette he will…
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Questions when Viewing houses
Have about 10 viewing booked over a short period of time (due to moving a long way away) and so I don't get too confuddled I am going to take a list of questions for each property along with me - so I wondered if anyone had any cracking good questions they would ask when viewing a property? Any any everything!!
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Surveyor negligence
I recently purchased a house based on a Home Report by Shepherd Chartered Surveyors. After moving in several major defects were found and on investigation of these it became apparent that the construction of the property was inaccurately described in the original report. The actual construction is substantially less than…
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New build deposit/reservation fee
Hello Does anyone know if you are able to reserve a property without having your full deposit saved. So we have an AIP We would have the full deposit by the time the house is built say in 6 months time? But do we need to show the full deposit at time of reservation? Thanks
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Selling a jointly owned inherited property
I have inherited a farm with land along with my brother and sister equally. Can my sister sell her 3rd to my brother so that he then owns 2 thirds without my consent?
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Landlord wants to sell! No deposit and bad credit score, please help!
Hi I'm new to this so please excuse if I'm posting in the wrong place. I'll give a background of our situation: we have currently been renting privately for 3 years now, very stupidly had no contract as we knew the person who owned the house and we were told this was long term as the house was an investment for his…
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Possible stupid question about ending my tenancy..
Hi all, I've tried searching online and can't seem to find the answer. If I write a letter today giving notice on my flat, does the notice start from today or the date it's received? I've agreed with my landlord that I can give 1 months notice on any date rather than the date in the tenancy (due to buying a house and…
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stamp duty- second home
I already feel like I may know the answer but I'm not sure whether I'm filling in the government website calculator correctly so I'm really hoping someone more knowledgeable can shed some light! My situation. I own an apartment which i rent out. This is no longer on a residential mortgage. There is around £64k outstanding.…
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Planning Application withdrawn then resubmitted with new ref - are comments linked?
A planning application for some flats around the corner from where I live has its decision as 'application withdrawn'. A new application has been submitted which is linked to the previous one and its decision is 'awaiting decision'. I (and many of my neighbours) submitted objections to the original application. As the two…
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Moving to London whilst homeless
Hi everyone, I am planning on moving to London soon and I will be homeless whilst first there. I am looking to do a mixture of sleeping in my car, staying in a youth hostel and couch surfing. I have lived there before and I plan on letting my former temping agencies know as soon as I get there. What kind of benefits will I…
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About to put an offer in on my first house, steps??
Ok, im about to put an offer in on a house i viewed today, i have already had a meeting with a mortgage advise about 6-8 weeks ago and went through the normal stuff (finding how much i can borrow, if i can afford all the bills and living expense etc) and the property is at the limit of what i can borrow. I will probably…
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Can I use help to buy isa to buy into my partners house?
Hi! I've been saving for a house deposit for a while now but have since moved in with my partner! I'm planning on putting my deposit in to cut her mortgage, my question is will I still be eligible for my help to buy bonus doing this as it is still me purchasing my first house? I can't see to find an answer to this online!…
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House Purchase but discovered Planning Application nearby
Hi All, Just looking for some thoughts on this. We agreed to a but a new flat in London but have just got the management pack through and found out there is a planning application in process to remove a car park close to it and redevelop 3 new multi storey residential developments. It has been approved by the GLA in March…
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Is it worth renovating a shared ownership property?
As a first time buyer, buying on my own, in London I felt like I was left little choice but to go down the shared ownership route in order to get on the property ladder. So, I have just purchased my first property, a 50% share in a previously social housing studio apartment. My question now though is whether it is worth…
