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rental deposit
Hi everyone, I've found a great house to rent on a local fb page, with a private landlord. After some tooing & froing I've agreed to take it but am being asked for the deposit the day before signing the contract. Usually it's all done same day? but I've only ever experienced agents before. I'm stressing it's all a scam…
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How to find our boundaries?
going to keep short - a little trick to explain. New neighbors have moved in the area. i am recently new to the area as well. I live in a new development area ( 10 years old) that is build on the corner of another road - and this area has a new road name. a new neighbor had move in and there house, to me is, on the boarder…
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New Depsoit?
Hi All, I'm looking at moving home, but do I need another deposit for the new house or can I use the deposit i paid for my current mortgage?
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Can someone translate this bit of legal-speak into English please?
Please can someone help translate a sentence on a Land Registry form my solicitor has sent me? The form is a 'transfer of whole of registered title' (TR1) form. The text I want to understand is written in the section 11 (additional provisions): "The statutory covenants implied in this transfer on the part of the transferor…
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Inaccurate Local Search
On the 10th of march we bought our 'forever home' we used a very old reputable solicitors firm and they where very thorough. A local search was carried out by Index. This week a beautiful tree which sat out side our home was cut to the ground. When I enquired why after much protesting, they refused to tell me who the…
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Really basic question about deposit for new build (or any home for that matter)
I have a basic question, mainly related to new builds. My first property was a flat about 8 years ago, and due to some economic crisis style first time buyer initiative, I paid a measly £250 (no zero's missed) deposit in London for a new build flat. Thankfully it grew in value significantly and when I sold it, it gave my…
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Freeholder's sublet fee
I own a leasehold flat which I rent out on Assured Shorthold Tenancies. The company that manages the freeholder's interest has written to me stating that I have to pay a fee every time I find a new tenant. I have owned and rented out the flat for 9 years and they want to go back to the beginning with retrospective fees.…
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50 / 50 Inheritance
Thanks its akward.
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Lease agreement ready to sign...
When I viewed said property I was told it would not be ready until end of May as owner moving to Australia. There has been a major !!!! up at the agents end and I found out last week property was empty & agreement ready to sign. I'm not sure what has gone wrong at the agency end with information not being emailed to me.…
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Can I give me house to my sister?
Hello all! I need a bit of advice. So at the minute my sister lives with myself and my girlfriend. We bought our house in Oct 2016, but we where very tourn between this house and a new build, but due to a few reasons ended up buying the non-new build house. Now, we regret it very much and really would like to live in a new…
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Agricultural Occupancy Condition - mortgages?
We have found the perfect house - we fit the criteria for the agricultural occupancy tie, we will have 50% of the money for it so need a mortgage to fund the other half - approx £200,000. I have been reading that it is quite difficult to get a mortgage for these types of properties plus we are self employed to boot! Would…
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Found the fees for letting agent online- are these normal?
I found a pdf of the companies' fees online and there look to be loads more fees I hadn't been told about yet, the worst of which is the price for drawing up the tenancy agreement. Is it normal to be charged a large chunk for that? I don't recall it in the past or maybe since it was a one off I wiped it from my memory.…
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Split level vs Ground Floor
It is an Edwardian house. Let's say we have converted into two flats. Ground Floor flat: 53 m2, 1 bedroom,1 reception, 1 kitchen, 1 bathroom. Plus, (5m2*4m2=20m2 garden) Split level floor: 53 m2, 1 bedroom,1 reception, 1 kitchen, 1 bathroom. Plus, another bedroom which is loft conversion (5m2*4m2=20m2, with decreased…
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Can I go onto a rolling tenancy at end of 6 months or will agency force me to pay or
...move? With my current landlord after a few years I didn't receive a new letter from the agents to renew and by unspoken agreement it ended up as a rolling tenancy. I just found out that the renewal for the agents I have paid my admin fee to will charge me another £125 renewal fee after 6 months. I was getting worried of…
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Landlord false claims on deposit
Hi everyone. Does anyone have advice for how best to approach claiming my deposit back when my previous landlord is making false claims and what timescales things run to? My deposit is held in DPS. The property was vacated in better condition than it was when moved into. There was absolutely no damage and the property was…
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Land Registry March Price Paid Data?
Normally would be issued at the end of April but I can't see the info anywhere or when it will be issued.
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Help with wording reduction request to vendors please
[SIZE=-1]The house I'm buying has it's mortgage valuation survey booked in for next week (alongside a homebuyer survey), maybe it's just FTB nerves but I'm worrying it's not going to be valued at asking price. I'd be more than happy to pay the asking price, 300k, as I've fallen in love with the house but if it is valued…
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Should I try and 'haggle' if I saw other rentals for £20 cheaper in the same new buil
This new build has quite several flats still free. Since I was already dealing with one agent and most of the flats had gone I wanted to just accept a property. I actually rang one of the other agents but they happened not to be open on a saturday so I didn't want to mess around and accepted a property with the agents I…
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Scottish law- Burden- New development
Hi, An elderly couple I am friendly with have bought a house within a new housing scheme. They have realised that they need to pay somebody to cut their grass. They wish to stop this. The why sign up etc is another matter! I think this would be a 'real burden'(Scottish legal term) in regards to their deeds. Is there any…
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Feudal burden
I saw a restrictive covenants thread on this forum and realised I have a similar problem but in Scotland. I'm buying a house, no mortgage, intending to rent it out after purchase. It's originally a council house, sold first to the council tenant (A) who then sold to my seller (B). When the council sold to A it was by Feu…
