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What is the UNITED KINGDOM..?
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Advice needed for requesting repair quotation from the vendor after survey
Is it usual to ask for rectification or quotation from the vendor after the building survey? We had the building survey report back and the surveyor identified some defects and suggests that a couple of things should be looked at and budget for rectification/repair so that potential financial liability is known before…
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Scotland - Unhappy with estate agent.
We put a note of interest in on a repossessed house, as well as a verbal offer at a low price, which was rejected. Our lawyer advised to put in a sensible low offer in as there was no other interest at the time. We were advised by putting a note of interest in - we would be given an opportunity to increase our offer as a…
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Removing a conservative covenant using part (b) of section 610 of the 1985 property
Hi Guys, Does anyone have any experience dealing with "Removing a conservative covenant using part (b) of section 610 of the 1985 property" ? Breakdown of our current situation: · The property originally was under a leasehold of a company · The Freehold was purchased on 24/09/2012 subject to the rights reserved by the…
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Service charge for period where we weren't owners
Hi All, Hoping for a bit of advice.... We bought an ex-local authority flat in March 2016, which is managed by a housing associated. When we moved in our solicitor ensured the previous owner settled the service charges to date. Since moving in we've paid our requested service charge each month. We've now had a bill for an…
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Changing use from business to residential
After some advice please... My mum bought a property that was residential and she then got planning permission to open a tea rooms on the ground floor and she lives above. The tea rooms have been rented out for the last 15 years and it's now time to sell the property and mum to move out. Estate agents have advised that…
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House share - no heating
Hello everyone :j My partner lives in a house share with three other members. They have had no heating at all for 7 months and counting (November 2016 as time of posting). He has contacted the letting agent various times and only in the last month has she really put some effort in to getting it fixed. We are now in the…
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Buying a house on an unadopted road plus no gas
We are looking to put an offer on a house which is on a short (three houses each side) unadopted roads - what do we need to know? The house also has no gas, and currently has an oil fueled boiler, we don't currently know if the rest of the road has gas, how would we find out?
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Tenancy Termination Dispute
Hi, we commenced a 12 month fixed tenancy for a one bedroom flat 8 months ago. There were some problems in the flat that were promised to be addressed in the first few weeks of the tenancy. We chase it up numerous times with problems not being fixed. And every time we expressed our unhappiness, agency representative would…
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Flat next to me has no windows!
Hi, So this is possibly a tricky one. I now live in a flat which is third floor. Within my block is four flats all owned by the same person. However, it's like flats above shops which continue in a long row. Someone else owns a couple next door, and it continues along the row. The flat next to me (owned by someone else and…
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Debt Belonging To Previous Occupants
Not sure this is the right forum really, sorry if I'm totally in the wrong place. We bought an ex-rental property as our new home at the start of the month. So far we've had a debt collector letter for a previous tennant (which we opened as we thought it was connected to a company that was registered at the address - and…
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Shared Ownership stair casing to 100% unaffordable
Sparing a thought for those that can’t even afford a home I am sorry, I know how you feel as we were there once. I really wish it was different. Perhaps shared ownership may be for you but please bear in mind our experiences. I am wondering if anyone else is in a similar situation to us? We are shared ownership…
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Reasonable time for tenant to wait for a new hob?
Hi Tenant reported hob faulty on 4th Nov. Inspected and "condemned" on 8th Nov. Assume it can't be fixed, no further communication from agent. Tenant chased today to be told replacement is in stock (22/11) and will be fitted 25/11, which tenant is happy to accomodate. Is that a reasonable amount of time to wait? Its a…
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Can new freeholder sell visitors parking bays
We own a leasehold flat in a block of 10. We have been given the opportunity, as a group, to purchase the freehold. After due consideration and weighing up pros and cons we have decided that we do not wish to participate. It appears that there may be a majority of leaseholders who wish to proceed. The block has designated…
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Buildings insurance & MPPI
I'm currently awaiting my Mortgage approval for buying my first home. I went through first Mortgages as a broker for advice and they were perfectly fine, but they are recommending I take Income protection and building insurance. Now I will likely take both for peace of mind and protection, but should I take their…
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Landlord unfair expectations regarding professional cleaning
I have just resigned an agreement to stay at the property I have been renting for a year now. Two of the other 4 girls have also done this. Having started the new term the landlord now wants the property to be deep cleaned. As we haven’t vacated the property we don’t agree with this. We are happy to do this when we vacate…
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Failed Completion - At what point does interest start being charged?
As per the title, asking for a friend. Exchanged contracts on November 1st, should have completed yesterday but didn't. Solicitor is holding 10% of the purchase price. Solicitor says they're going to 'try to complete today' but no news so far. At what point can my friend start expecting to be paid interest?
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Were building regulations required in 1988?
Hi, I'm in the process of buying a house and I have just had the local authority search back. There is an single story extension on the side of the house but it doesn't have planning permission or building regulations. The solicitor has said that as it was built in 1988 it doesn't have building regulations. Is this true…
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Solicitor Hell
Me and my partner are first time buyers we are waiting for our Mortage Deed to come through, our vendor is moving to a rental which has a deadline of The end of this week!!! So looks as though we wont be able to exchange earliest next week which meens the vendor will loose the rental and have no where to go, i have emailed…
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Survey for BTL cash purchase
I will probably be buying a buy-to-let property for cash, so obviously the normal "home buyer" type survey done by a lender will not be carried out. I'd be interested to hear other BTL investors' views on property surveys - essential in all cases, or sometimes a waste of time and money? The property in question is in a…
