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Poor Soundproofing in New Flat - Help!
I moved into my first purchased leasehold flat a month ago. It is situated on the top floor of a small set of flats built in 1981 and are purpose-built. Everything seemed to be going well for the first few days until I noticed I could hear my neighbour very clearly underneath me through my laminate flooring. Whats worse is…
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When do you give deposit to solicitor
Hi Guys, When do you usually transfer money to solicitor when buying a house. Regards Palmist
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Moving from North London to Kent areas
Hi, We are currently living in North London and are looking at buying our first property. We have 3 Children, aged 10, 2 & 9 months. We are toying with the idea of buying a 3 bedroom with a budget of about £270k max. We are exploring the option of moving to Kent areas, having looked at Maidstone firstly but from there we…
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Council Fence
So, my good lady has a place that she lets out and has Council tenants next door. The garden has wood fencing either side and she has spent a lot of cash making the garden nice and sorting the fences that she has responsibility for - as well as repairing/ and replacing some of the 'Council owned' fences - so that they keep…
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Selling house with very noisy neighbours
Hello all, I am looking for some help. Me and my Girlfriend and my 4 year old son bought and moved into our house 8 month ago. Since pretty much day 1, the neighbour has been Loud and very anti social. My neighbour is a single mum to 3 girls all under the age of 10. She does not stop shouting at them and swearing at them…
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Selling house with very noisy neighbours
Hello all, I am looking for some help. Me and my Girlfriend and my 4 year old son bought and moved into our house 8 month ago. Since pretty much day 1, the neighbour has been Loud and very anti social. My neighbour is a single mum to 3 girls all under the age of 10. She does not stop shouting at them and swearing at them…
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Legal advice to take landlord to small claims
Hi, Can someone please point me in the direction of any free/no-win-no-pay/cheap legal services that specialise in housing matters? From my research it seems I need to go to small claims court, though I am hoping it will not get to that point and will get resolved out of court. The issue relates to our household of 3…
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What documents do i need from potential purchaser
Good Afternoon I have a purchaser for my house-they were not introduced by an agent. We agreed on a price 2 weeks ago. The purchasers have a property which they let out in a different part of the country. At the moment they have a residential mortgage on the property,(with the mortgage companys permission to let out) They…
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Selling flat to move to newbuilt
Hello, I am looking to sell my current property and move to a new built which is going to be ready in October. My flat is currently on the market and is getting healthy amount of viewings and even had an offer. I have a lot of questions about how the exchange/completion system works and what must I do to ensure that I will…
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Deed of trust
I am not sure if this is better suited to this forum or the family and relationships but here goes. This is regarding my ex home , which is currently occupied by my ex partner and three children , all over the age of 18. We bought the property in 1995 , at the time as full time homemaker my name was not entered on to the…
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Smoke alarm rules for Landlords
I know it’s the tenants responsibility to regularly check the smoke alarm but what are the rules when you have a change over of tenants? The agency i use have checked in the tenants and on the inventory they have noted the alarm was not tested and to check with Landlord if it’s working. I don’t live near property so i’ve…
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Rental Guarantor for Son
My son and his girlfriend are looking to move into a flat within the next couple of weeks. The landlord has asked for a guarantor and my son has asked me. Would love to do it for them BUT I have a pretty bad credit history, CCJs etc. I presume that the landlord will do a credit check on me ??
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House buying advice
Hello, I am a long time lurker on mse and I would really appreciate some advice. We put an offer on a house in sept 2017. We had a survey and it was massively undervalued on the survey so we obviously couldn’t get the mortgage to cover what we had offered. We renegotiated and the vendor agreed a new price and agreed to pay…
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Proof of new address
Hello! We have had our offer accepted on a house, entry date of mid May. We have two boys, one in school. We’re frst time buyers so I’m not sure how it all works. But oldest will be moving schools and they normally require proof of address. Will we get anything to say we are buying the house with the address on for me to…
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My AST Tenants have turned my House into an Airbnb
As a newish landlord (this is not my job), I have just found out I have a possibly major problem (in fact several), and would be grateful for any salient advice. FACTS: I own a mortgage-free 3-storey 4-bedroom freehold house in London which I have let out to 3 tenants via an AST (12 months, no Break Clause; each is listed…
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Problems with shared ownership
In 2012, I moved into a brand new apartment through the intermediate rent scheme, based on which I was supposed to save the deposit and after no earlier than six months apply to buy a share in the flat from the housing association. I applied for the shared ownership in that flat two years after I moved in, but the…
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detox and rehab hostel
I have discovered that the hostel 3 doors along from the flat I am buying has approved planning to build an extension taking it from 8 bedsits to 15, still only one warden on site. This is definitely happening as the development has started, the appeal period has elapsed. What does this do to value and prospects for resale…
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Factoring Fees (Scotland)
Hello We have just received our quarterly factoring fee from our factors. We live in a semi-detached house & the maintenance bill is apportioned, therefore, we are partly responsible for two small pieces of land at either end of our street. We purchased our house 12 years ago and these factors were appointed by the…
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Putting in an 'offer' on rental property....
......is this normal nowdays? My son is currently looking for a property to rent in a particular area, all the letting agents have an 'offer' system where perspective tenants are expected to put in an offer over and above the advertised rent with the property going to the highest 'bidder'. This is the first time I've come…
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Does this look like asbestos?
Hello all, I'm considering buying a house with a small, old garage at the back. These pictures are of the inside of the garage roof; please could someone with more experience than me tell me if it looks like asbestos? Please remove the line breaks from the two links below to view photos - I can't post links as I'm a new…
