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Right To Manage - Management Fees
Hi there, I'm part of a Right To Manage company that looks after our buildling of 8 flats. Of the 8 flats, only 7 have opted to be a part of the mgmt company as directors. Of the 7 directors, only 4 flats actually turn up to meetings, do the work etc. It's extremely time consuming, and what I wondered is, is it ok to…
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Paid stamp Duty - Should I have done so?
I am after some advice regarding my house purchase several years ago. Years ago when you paid 3% stamp duty on anything over £250k. Historically, there was a parcel of land at the back of mine and some neighbours houses. Everyone clubbed together and bought the land from the land owner and it was split accordingly. I have…
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Valuations in Scotland
Hi all, looking for a bit of advice! I am living in a privately rented 2 bedroom flat in Scotland. In January, the landlord informed me that he has decided to sell the property and I would get getting a notice to quit from the sherrif court in the next few weeks. I like the flat, it's in a good location, it's handy for…
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DIY tranfer of name on deeds??
Hi wise MSE people. Please could someone advise on this situation. My son and his girlfriend jointly own (tenants in common) a maisonette and an associated garage. There is no mortgage involved. The maisonette is leasehold (999 year lease) and the garage is freehold - they were bought together at the same time. We paid for…
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Chain Stalled
Hi I'd just like an opinion on my situation. Timeline - Offer accepted on our house October Offered on a property mid October, accepted early November. Searches done, enquiries.made, surveys done 15th December - Told that the vendors vendor has had to pull out of their purchase and will look for something in January.…
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how to find good builders?
Hi everyone, I am posting on behalf of a friend who needs to put up a double storey extension of around 125m2. they are on quite a tight budget of 40-60k. now I've heard that it could be a good coin saver to pay workers on a daily or weekly rate. but i was hoping that you could give some advise on the best way for him to…
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Price difference David Wilson vs Barratt
David Wilson are owned by Barratt Two developments side by side, so in effect the same site For the same number of bedrooms why would the price of a DWH version be 50% more than a Barratt version before offers etc ? It's got to be a lot more than some nicer taps and light switches ! Anyone any clues ?
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new house purchase, cellar conundrum
hello all, I am in the early stages of buying a Victorian property, however the original house has been split into 2. The front half is the residential dwelling (the house I'm buying). The other half is a centre for teenagers with learning difficulties. From the house there steps leading down to a cellar which has been…
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drain blockage renting
Hi experts, I moved to my new house two weeks ago and the drain was blocked, I was able to survive temporarily, and now they fixed it… But the letting company says I should pay for it, they claim: “The council have confirmed that the blockage was caused by fat and food in the drain, this is not something that the landlord…
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Ready to exchange and then....
So we have been ready to exchange since before Xmas but things have been held up with the property our vendors are buying. The house is nice so we were happy to offer full asking price, survey picked up on a few issues but vendors refused to budge an inch insisting they could get buyers easily. Since then they have told us…
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Bad luck or common theme...
Since November, we have achieved 4 accepted offers on our house, all falling through, often the chain falling apart within a couple of weeks, one going 11, and then falling through. I am considering taking my property off, ive lost confidence (and money!) and just wondered if I have been unlucky or is this what people are…
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Admin of rental property
I have a rental property which is looked after by a letting agent. My mother is currently retired, but I was thinking about paying her to deal with the admin side of things like keeping my accounts etc and dealing with the letting agent, as she worked in banking her whole life. Does anyone know if this would be an…
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How to find out if a property is leasehold?
Bit of a strange one. We had appointments booked in to view a few houses and realised our area (North Sheffield) has a lot of leasehold properties so rang and asked if they were leasehold. This particular property is up with 3 estate agents and we were told it was leasehold, we cancelled this appointment but since then the…
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Problem with Neighbour - can anything be done
This is an issue with for mothers neighbours (the Smiths) which caused a philosophical argument between me and her. I’m curious as to what exactly could be done by the Smiths. This isn’t exactly academic as if there is something that could be done then I’ll pass the advice. 1.The Smiths had new neighbours move in, lets…
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Who's job isit to get the following items?
In the processes of buying a flat being going on for couple months and the following items have been outstanding for since Dec: 1. Please confirm whether the surplus for the recent accounting period has now been finalised. If so, please provide us with more information/documentation. 2. Please provide us with the Fire Risk…
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Grindeys Solicitors in Stoke-on-trent
Hello all I am after some advice please. I am currently buying a property and I am recommended by my mortgage broker to use Grindeys Solicitors in Stoke-on-Trent. I just wonder if anyone has used this business before, and if so, are they good or bad please? Currently the business quotes me £665 + VAT for their legal fee. I…
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AST to SPT
Hi, One of my houses has been rented to the same person now for over 8 years and the tenancy has simply dropped into an SPT. She is now moving on which is fine and has a friend that wants to take over the tenancy straight away. What is the best and most economical way of doing this keeping everything straight re deposits…
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Buying a Home, am I needed?
Hi I have a mortgage and I have made an offer in a property that has been accepted bit I need to go abroad for work. Can I complete while abroad?
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Buildings insurance for house with with no regs
Currently buying a house with no regs for chimney stack removal and a dormer. The work was done 3 owners ago and over 22 years ago. My concern is buildings insurance? I did a quick quote online which asked "has there been any building work" I ticked yes. Quote came back £100 a year.. Without the buildings regs do I you…
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Buying ex-council house
Hello, I have viewed a lovely ex-council house recently. House price is 125k. On that area 50% are council and 50% are normal private property owners. Of course, I have put an offer 5% less than asking price. I had a call from agency today. They said that there is a quite big interesting of that house and they asked about…
