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Land maintenance
The land next to us is overgrown and causing issues of maintaining our home, villagers can't walk on the path to school and it makes our house look an eyesore. I know who it belongs to and he said he pays someone to clear it which has never happened in the 18 years we have lived here. We cleared it ourselves and he came…
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Second home stamp duty, joint borrower, sole proprieter
Hi, wondered if anyone could help. I have owned a flat for a few years, which I converted to a BTL 2 years ago when me and my girlfriend decided to buy a flat together. I did this before the 3% surcharge came into practice. Current situation is that I have my BTL in my sole name, and me and my GF jointly own our…
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Advise needed
Hi Guys, I'm after some advice on the situation I'm in. I'm a first time buyer and have an offer accepted on a property. All survey and searches have been completed. We are now four months down the line from the vendors accepting our offer. They have found a new property and have had an offer accepted on this. I have given…
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House building advice
I'm currently figuring out whether to apply for planning permission for a house or two in the rear garden. The only problem is the larger part of the garden, a paddock is outside of the settlement boundaries. Does anyone know if it would be feasible to get planning for the houses themselves to be inside the settlement…
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Cost of just selling a house?
Hello I've never bought or sold a house before, so please could someone give me some quick advice... I'm planning to sell a house for around £175,000 and do not intend to buy another, but just invest the proceeds, what bills will I have to pay? Obviously there are the Estate Agents fees. I understand the house information…
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Relocating - Likelihood of Mortgage
Any advice welcome, Myself and my partner are relocating to the other side of the country - currently staying with in laws whilst we get set up. The sale of our flat is going through next week. We have both been on Permanent contracts in our respective jobs (teachers). I have secured a permanent contract whilst my partner…
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Student accommodation no return of deposit
My daughter vacated her student accommodation on 30 June and wishing her contract it says that the landlord should inspect within 21 days. This has not happened therefore 1. is he in breach of contract and 2. She has not received her deposit back when is a reasonable time for this to occur and if he is in breach can she…
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New build - broadband
Can anyone explain how I can get connect to the internet in a new build. I'm moving next Friday and managed to set up redirection so know the RM have our new address registered but every internet provider seems unable to to find our address on their system and so provide us with estimated broadband speed. We don't want a…
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Got my HB report - Porch settled away advice
Hi MSE, I've just received the Homebuyer's report for the property I'm buying. There is just the E7 element that is listed in condition 3. The porch is a fairly small porch (something like kenrhodes.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/porch/porch07.jpg). I am thinking of going back and inspecting myself, but I am a FTB with little…
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pre paid gas and electricity meters in new house!
We've just moved into our new house and have discovered they have pre paid gas and electricity meters - new to us!!! Obviously we want them changed to normal meters, however do we get them changed with the current supplier and then switch to a cheaper energy/gas supplier or do we find the new supplier and switch to them…
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Seriously SCARY situation
Needing some urgent advice! My husband and I purchased our first home - we completed in February. Everything was going swimmingly and we were settling in well.........until 7am today! A strange man randomly strolled into our house, and what ensued was a hysterical fit of screaming, shouting and aggression. This guy had a…
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Surveyor missed major structural defect
Hi All, We have just bought our first house. It's a 1930 end of terrace which is very run down and neglected. We knew it needed work but wanted a project to make it out own and add value. We got the builders on to do some jobs and found that lots of the internal structural work that had been done had not been dome properly…
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Tenants split up, new tenancy agreement??
Hi I have rented out my house to a couple and their children for nearly 10 years now. For the last couple of years I have not supplied a new agreement and simply had it run as a periodic tenancy. The agreement was always in the husbands name and now they have split up. The wife wants to stay on in the property and is…
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Haart insist I see their broker before a viewing.
Tried to arrange a viewing today with Haart. They said that the vendor wants everyone to see their broker before viewings. I already have a DIP (which involved a hard credit check) from my bank, and am happy with the rate and fees. Is there anything I can do other than stick a note through the vendors door. If the vendor…
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Outline vs Full Planning permission value
Hi, Does anyone know how a plot having Outline Planning permission vs Full Planning Permission effects the plot valuel? Thanks
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When can you count a loft room as a bedroom?
Hi, partner and I are looking to buy a house. We have viewed some houses with loft rooms and some are advertised as an extra bedroom and state "3 bed" on rightmove, whereas others state "2 bed" but then in the description and photos show a loft room with a double bed in it. - in fact one "loft room" was bigger than one…
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Structural Report Result - Advice needed
I'll try and keep it short...Just had a structural report through for a house I'm looking to buy. Looking for advice on should I continue to buy, and rough costs for work. The house is semi detached with a side garage, the remote wall from the house has some cracks that the surveyor is concerned about. Image of the report…
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planing or??
Bruv has a home he wants to sell but has historic subsidence on internal walls, should it go to auction, sell for best offer or get planning permission to demolish and build a new home and sell as building plot? Existing property is 47 yr old. Thanks Smudger
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Seen a house that I like, earlier than planned
My husband and I are FTB, originally planning to start looking properly at houses in January 2018. I've put my income into a few online mortgage calculators to get an idea of what our budget might be, but obviously we won't really know for definite until we speak to a mortgage advisor or bank. I've kept an eye on Rightmove…
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Annex: an advantage or disadvantage?
Dear All: We purchased a house with annex. There are 5 bed rooms inside but 2 of them belongs to an annex. The annex do not have its own entrance but is attached to the house and can, more or less, serve as an independent small flat. So in terms of value, what would be more favorable? A 5 bed house or a 3 bed house with a…
