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House Seller Gone AWOL
Hi All, Buying a house and have a bit of an unusual situation: I had an offer accepted on a vacant flat just over a month ago, offer was accepted quickly. I then set the wheels in motion; instructed solicitor and got mortgage offer - Seller decided to go with Estate Agents recommended Solicitors, so MOS was issued. Here is…
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Neighbour fence
Hi Everyone, I am a new homeowner and bought my house last year. My neighbour fence was falling down 4 months before so I ask my neighbour to repair it after a week. He said he is renting in this property and he already inform his agency. After one and half month, I ask again for the progress and he said landlord waiting…
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Can I get a mortgage under these circumstances? Help
Hi, Need a bit of advice, my partner and I are looking into getting a mortgage and buying a house. The house prices around here are cheap - between £70k and £100k for something reasonable. We have £14,000 saved up between us. We will get some help from both our parents - could be between £5k and £10k additional. We are…
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FTB - Offer accepted, what next?
My partner and I have just had an offer accepted on Saturday. We are FTB so I am a bit clueless as to what to do next. * We have a mortgage advisor dealing with the mortgage application * Solicitor appointed through the estate agents - Do I wait for them to contact me? What are the next steps? Do I just wait or can I make…
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Sub tenants
Hi So I have a tenant who has been with me for several years letting part of a property, they have been great, absolutely no issues on any front. However they want to now take over the whole place and will have a new spouse and one subtenant. I am very happy with my agreement with them as is and don't really want to adjust…
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final rent payment end of tenancy
Myself and a flat mate moved into a new place on the 22nd of june last yr. We have decided to not renew the contract when the yr is up. when we first moved in we requested to change the day we paid the rent from the 22nd to the 1st as we both get paid on the 28th of each month. we were told this was not a problem (we had…
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House advertised as open to offers/offers invited
After our house purchase fell through 2 weeks ago we have been looking like crazy for somewhere else as our sale is going through and we don't want to spend too much time at our parents when we move out. We have seen something we like but it's a little over our budget, however it is has been up for sale for almost a year…
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Bovis shared equity
Hi, I am in desperate need for help and advice!! In 2007 I bought my first property with Bovis's Shared Equity Scheme.. I purchased 75% of the property leaving 25% remaining with Bovis. Unfortunately shortly after that property prices crashed and my property is still below what I purchased it at. In September it is…
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Landlord waiting to pull out? 2 weeks and still waiting for the tenancy agreement
Hello, First time user here. I'm looking for some advice on the following matter. My wife and I made an offer for a flat through an estate agent about two and a half weeks ago. The landlord initially made a counter offer asking for a bit more rent than what we offered. We had to sadly stop there since we offered our max…
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What to offer on this house...
Afternoon all. We're in the process of putting our house on the market and have found somewhere we like, although the finish inside isn't particularly high end (it's a new build). There are still 4 out of the 11 plots for sale and have been for sale since October last year. Currently on at £230k. Our EA suggested being…
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My journey as a First Time Buyer
Hello, I thought I would chronicle my FTB journey and post in this thread as I go for help instead of creating many micro threads along the way. We are getting married in September and are starting to look now for the right place to live in for the next 5 years. Hopefully after 5 years we will be in a better place to…
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Tv / broadband credit check before completion
Hi all, I am in a position where we are buying a new build (August completion) and my current TV / broadband contract has come to an end, and is jumping from £35 per month to £85 per month. I am looking at therefore moving suppliers as my current provider (Sky) refuse to reduce the package price below £65 with discounts…
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Want to sell shared flat - advice needed.
My husband and his dad own a 2 bedroom leasehold maisonette together which they both lived in for 10 years up until a year ago. I also lived there for a couple of years whilst we rented out my flat but we have moved into my property as we now have children and needed our own space. The agreement was for my father-in-law to…
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Unpaid management fees
Looking a bit of advice to see where i stand with the following: I have recently moved into a newish estate that has a management company looking after it. I moved in the second week of February and at the end of the month received a bill for the year 01/01/2017 to 31/12/2017. I challenged the company stating that I wasn't…
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Buying out stepfather for family home
Hello I am looking to buy my step dad out of my family home in 4 years time when he retires. Basically we lost my mam in 2012 and in her will she has left her half of the house to me but he has life time tenancy. He has moved on now and we have an excellent relationship but his new life is up Scotland he will be moving…
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Your move 6 month or 12 month tenancy with or without break
Hi. Could someone please assist with this question. Your move who rent with have sent the tenancy renewal asking 'i wish enter into tenancy agreement for :- 6Months with break option 6Months with break 12months with or without break option 12months with a break option after 6months. My question is if i choose 6months with…
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Renting our home after a sale?
Hi All. We`re in the legal stages of house selling/buying. We sold ours using an online company to a man that is currently renting and we`re in a good relationship with him, often txting or meet to compare progress of our side of the process. Now the house we`re buying needs work, i mean full redecoration , possible…
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Tenant leaving early......rent to pay?
My neighbour has an issue with his tenants as they left before contract was up They signed for a year with a 6 month break clause I believe. They gave one months notice and moved out after five months. My neighbour is under the impression that he can with hold the deposit in lieu of the missing rent but I'm sure they have…
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Sold our home but new purchase fell through.
Hi. Our house has been sold and we had nearly exchanged contracts for a new one but unfortunately just pulled out due to new findings with the property. This has left us very disappointed as we have to start the stressful search and research for another property all over again. We are exchanging contracts for the sale very…
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From LPG to Mains
Hi, we are first time buyers and were going to place an offer when we noticed that the central heating in the property is supplied by LPG. We have never used LPG, the house was built with mains gas installed. Are we able to convert back to mains gas and what will we need to check with the seller to make sure we are able to…
