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Conveyancing solicitor - Greater Manchester
Hiya we're looking for a conveyancing solicitor in greater Manchester to help with a purchase only. Does anyone have any recommendations - ones that are reasonably priced too! Thanks
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Student tenancy agreement - rolling contract?
My son is coming to the end of a a year's tenancy on a furnished student house and wants to stay another year. He is on an Assured Shorthold Tenancy and all the students in the house have separate contracts. The Estate Agents have sent him a new contract to sign and mentioned a payment of £120. From my renting days, I seem…
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Renting and debts
Hi guys! Looking for some advice, my partner and I are currently going through referencing for a new property. The company doing them is rent4sure. However. I have bad credit, two defaults and a CCJ from 2014, I am currently disputing it this and have told them this on the form. I also let the letting agent know straight…
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When to arrange surveyor?
I received my official mortgage offer today, my solicitors began the searches on 22/05. When do I arrange a surveyor and is this done through my solicitors? Sorry for the seemingly dumb questions, FTB here :o
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Advice on contacting solicitor please
Hey everyone. What do you guys think about contacting solicitors? We are 7 weeks in and have only contacted when asked to return/call/pay along the process. However, our rent is due on the 1st and we pay 3 months in advance.... We are reluctant to pay the 3 months if we are close to exchange/completing. We are the only…
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How much to offer?
Hi all, 1st post and a 1st time buyer so please bear with me if I ask any silly questions.... I have seen a property which has dropped its original asking price by £20k. The EA have said its because the sellers have part ex'd and the finance company are trying to sell it quickly. The EA has ask my buying position which is…
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Time frame?
We are now 12 weeks into the process of buying a house. Would you think this lengthy? We are the only chain link.
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Selling with tenants
Has anyone marketed a house with the tenants staying until a sale is agreed and then serving the 2 months notice? My letting agent tells me this is possible. Just wondered if this is a feasible option. TIA.
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Serving notice - what is a postal day?
Hello members I understand that notice is deemed to be served after two postal days. My questions are: If I post the notice tomorrow (Friday). Will it be deemed served on Monday? Monday is a bank holiday but post does get delivered on Saturday and Bank holidays. I signed the contract on 31st therefore my rental month runs…
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Boiler service needed prior to sale?
I'm in the process of buying a house. The seller had a new boiler installed in August 2015 and they haven't had it serviced at all. I asked for it to be serviced prior to the sale and received a reply stating that they won't service it because it is less than 2 years old. Should I insist on the boiler being serviced prior…
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Letting Agent Never Launched Deposit with Protection Scheme
I am having an issue with retrieving a deposit from an agent called Northwood. The local branch (which has subsequently closed and gone into liquidation) never launched the deposit with the scheme (mydeposits) as they said they had. The company is UK wide, but conveniently state that each branch is an independent business…
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Stamp Duty Questions
Hi - I'm currently living with my partner who owns outright his property. We are going to purchase a property together with cash from my house sale and cash from his pensions, then letting out his property to replace his pensions. I've just discovered that will make us liable for stamp duty at around £3600 which we are…
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Missed Out on Buying First Home - Gutted
I was just wondering if anyone has any general advice going forward & to tell me if the estate agent as been as useless as I think in this scenario. The property was up at £215,000 in Sheffield which is popular at present, and I opened with £205,000 - big deposit, first time buyer, ready to go straight away & considering…
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Roof Fascia Issue
Hi, I wasn't sure where to post this so apologies if in the wrong place. I own a flat in a building with 6 other flats and am about to try and sell it. We have the top floor with a roof terrace. The fascia boards around the flat roof are rotting and look terrible when stood one the terrace. The building is 10 years old.…
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Tenancy Deposit Scheme & Bill cancellation fees
Hi, I was renting a shared house with two others. We had a 6 month contract, with the three of us on it, after which one person left, and the Landlord gave 1 months notice to me and the other remaining tenant, because he wants to increase prices and rent to a family instead of a houseshare. During the contract, all the…
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Stamp Duty Confusion from Broker
Hi, I am looking to move home quite soon and my mortgage broker is scaring me with the stamp duty figure he is throwing at me! I wanted to clarify it... I am married and the home we live in is under a mortgage in my name only. My wife owns two other houses, both of which are let out. She has never lived in them, they were…
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Shared water mains - nothing on deeds/searches
We bought an end of terrace victorian house back in January which we have been renovating since. After we got the keys we found out from one of the mid terrace neighbours that the water supply is shared between 4 of the houses and that they want to replace it as it is very old and we all need to contribute. Annoying to be…
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Conveyancing cancelled due to section 42 lease extension
Hi all, I am currently dealing with Premier Property Lawyers and they have recently dropped a bombshell on my house purchase. I am buying a property from my parents that has a short lease. The mortgage has been agreed and it's just the conveyancing that needs to be done. I have paid them some of the money already and got a…
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Elderly tenant - moral dilemma
Do you good people have any advice please? Elderly friend rents out a house in the next village, but she now lives two counties away. The tenant has been there for around twenty-one years and is now in his mid 80s. He and his mother did live in one of their farm cottages, but when it was due for renovation this, more…
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House Purchase - No GAS Install Cert, No Fensa Cert, No Heta Cert - No Purchase????
I am currently quite far down the line in purchasing a house that was refurbished between 2014-2016 including electrics, full central heating, new log burner stove all being installed The sale is stalling as despite requests from my solicitor, the vendors are yet to produce the following. No GAS Safe Installation…
