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Wayleave
Hi, Someone wants to put an electric power cable through my garden. I have said no. I've heard that the past owners have signed a wayleave. Does this count??
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Gas leak - help!
Hope I'm posting this in the right place! I'm home visiting my family after 3 months out of the country. My mom told me that she's been paying an estimated gas and electric bill for a year and has had a call to say the estimate was wrong and she now owes over £1000. My moms house is the coldest I know so she is definitely…
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Shared Ownership and Lodging
Subletting is against the lease on Shared Ownership apartments but what if you have a lodger and you technically live there (all the bills in your name, post delivered there) but you are only actually there say once a month? The rest of the time you are renting elsewhere. And the lodger doesn't have a key to their own room…
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tenant - cleaning clause and deposit questions
I didn't realised this posted the first time, sorry!
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House equity as a cash sum when moving home?
Hi all, also posted in the Mortgage board as I wasn't sure where the best place to post was. Sorry if this is a really stupid question but I've only bought a house once and never sold one so this is all a bit confusing! We have around £70k equity in our house (if we sell for around the asking price), we've found a house…
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The next step
Hello, I've only recently discovered these forums and this is my first post. I'm after a bit of advice... My wife, 2 and 1/2 year old son and I live a comfortable life in our current property. We purchased the house for £250k and have whittled the mortgage down to £143k since 2011. The property is now worth in the region…
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For Sale Board....Still relevant?
Just trying to gauge opinions on whether you think having a 'For Sale Board' when trying to sell your property is still relevant anymore. Most people i know (me included) conduct their search for properties on Rightmove or Zoopla.... We have recently put our house on the market and are pondering the merits of having a…
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Estate agent requesting to see Building Survey??
Hi Everyone We are in the process of buying our first property. We made a conditonal offer on the property which was accepted by the seller which included painting of exterior woodwork. However the building survey that we had done, highlighted a few issues with the woodwork as well as few other 'outdoor' maintenance…
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Offer accepted then changed their mind a week later
Hi all Last week we had an offer accepted on a house, I made sure it was taken off the market and the estate agent told us it was ours and not to worry no one else would come in for it....Today we had a call saying the sellers had changed their mind and sold it to someone who had a higher offer....I know until you exchange…
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New Home Developer retaining right to approve future home improvements
Going through the legal paperwork for a new home purchase (Bellway are the developer) and a restrictive covenant is included whereby we would need to seek their permission to go ahead with any addition or structural alterations in the future. Is this normal? Why do they have an interest once all the units on the…
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To mortgage or not to mortgage
Hi there I wonder if you could help. My partner and I are looking for our first home. We are in the very fortunate position of having access to £290k (two lots of inheritance + our own savings). I realize how lucky we are, but unfortunately we’re both a little clueless. We seem to have two choices: 1) We could *just* about…
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First time seller questions...
We were FTBs back in 2013 and are now looking to put our flat on the market in the next couple of months in order to buy a house. An identical flat on our estate has recently sold within a month of going up and with a closing date, which would give me the impression that there was more than one interested party. Would a…
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Purple bricks
Does anyone have any feedback on selling houses with Purple bricks in Scotland? They have great feedback on Trust Pilot but would like to know how many of those houses are sold in Scotland.
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GOTO Surveyors
Hello. As per the title, does anyone have experience with this company for their surveys?? If so, can you share your feedback please? Also, is it even worth having a survey altogether or is there value in using a builder. Thanks
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Tenant - cleaning and our deposit
Our lease is ending next week, and I just received the check-in inventory. I decided to go through our lease to refresh my memory about our pet clause. It states we 'agree to pay for a full professional clean.' That's literally it. It doesn't say what exactly is supposed to be professionally cleaned. On our inventory at…
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Will I be able to vote in the general election?
If we exchange and complete before the 8th of June how will it affect my right to vote? Will I be able to vote at my old address though technically I will no longer live there?
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It's completion day....
Just waiting on the call while trying not to go insane with excitement. Missives haven't been concluded as of Thursday and it was the bank holiday so everything is getting done today. Luckily we are in rented and our seller has as ready moved out so we aren't stressing too much yet. Have our rental house till Friday so…
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Which survey will be most useful??
Unsure as to which survey we should get!! It's an old mid terraced house and there is some signs of damp in the attic room near the chimney that we know about!!
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fire safety
I live in a house split into 4 separate flats does my landlord have to provide a fire extinguisher? also is this acceptable http://s928.photobucket.com/user/leedsunited1/media/12399260_10208334967751950_789311644_n.jpg.html?sort=3&o=3 Also I've never been given gas safety check someone has been out once in 3 years, how can…
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pre payment meter
I've fallen into some arrears with british gas since losing my job I've explained I was a victim of crime and been very stressed, they were meant to come fit pre payment meter last week then changed it to the 25th this is under warrant. I've been given notice on the flat due to it being sold, I've explained this also, can…
