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Buying a House in a conservation area and extendin
I have a viewing at a house in a conservation area this weekend. Do you always need planning permission or not to extend into the loft or on the ground floor in such areas?
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Obstruction
Got a problem neighbour, seems to be going out of his way to wind is up. His latest trick is chaining bins to railings blocking communal path. Am I within my rights to cut chain to regain unrestricted access.
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Second home council tax
So I rent in London due to my job ,I have bought a house ,where I grew up .My family still live in the very same village yet I am being told that this is not my primary address and will have to pay in total 150% on my council tax ? I am back home at least once a month , maybe for the weekend or for a couple of weeks .…
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What would you do?
I know you all have lots of experience so would value your opinion. We have a really good offer on our house in place. We do not have to sell & move but as we inherited the property, did some improvements & have made enough profit to buy a rental property as well as our next home, it seems wise to move. We have fallen in…
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Probate property purchase
I am in the process of purchasing a bungalow which is a probate sale. The executor has explained that if the deceased could get a government grant for anything in/on the house, she got it! :rotfl: Amongst other things, one of those grants was in relation to EWI 'external wall insulation' which covers all walls of the…
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What would you do about neighbour I have suspicion
Not sure if this is best board but as they are neighbour thought I would give it a try. In the 14 months I have lived here, have flare ups of very extreme noise, last Easter I politely spoke to neighbour who explained she does shift work, she had a religious festival on and that was why I had 18 HOURS of noise including…
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Silent deeds on boundary
I am in the process of buying a property and the deeds seems to be silent on ownership of boundary I.e 'T' is absent. How should I go about finding out who is responsible for maintenance of which fence?
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Exchange to completion
My partner and I are first-time buyers and looking to exchange contracts this week. What would be the recommended time between exchange and completion? What could go wrong in between this time? We are free to complete whenever with no chain, we have a mortgage offer in place and the seller has no chain.
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Leasehold garage but there is no lease
Please can anyone give me some advice? We bought a freehold property with a leasehold garage a few years ago. We purchased from the previous owners who bought the house newbuild. It transpires that during the purchase our conveyancer has transferred the house without transferring the lease for the garage, despite there…
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Council tax..new banding 7 years!!
Have been renting a ground floor flat/cottage on a farm for past 7 years. Landlady (now decd and farm in hands of trustees) My agreement with LL was council tax was included in rent,just pay for electricity. Long story short council started sniffing round when farm was put on the market..it has become apparent there was no…
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What Documents Solisitor Need
We selling house, it has new windows about 4 years ago but never had any documents, also had new boiler, I have a cert for this. Was rewired 7 years ago but lost cert. Will Solisitor need to see all these docs.
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Does a decision in pronciple mean no house to sell
Hi there If someone has a decision in principle, does that by necessity mean they have no house to sell ? Thanks
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Landlord
Can anyone tell me how to find out who owns and rents out flat next door to me in Scotland.
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No building regs loft conversion or chinmey remova
I am a FTB and I have just received the property details and fixtures and fittings of a house I have had an offer accepted for. The property was built in the 1960's and over that time has had a couple of bits of work done. 1. A dormer attic conversion - There is a staircase in the small 3rd bedroom leading to a 4th attic…
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Council succession
My partner and I are joint tenants. As normal there is only one succession. I understand when one of us dies the succession would go automatically to the surviving partner. I worry so much about our two children, when they grow up and finding a place to live. Is there a way to increase the succession for our council place?…
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Affording my second home
Hi! My wife and I bought our first property together a little over 18 months ago. We have added some value to the property and I believe we have some equity in the property (by virtue of added value and the original deposit). We are now ready to move to our second property, and I am confused!! We could afford to increase…
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Block Buildings Ins Recommendations
Hi We have recently taken over the management of our flats and need to renew the buildings insurance soon, we are 3 flats in a Victorian terrace and would be grateful for any good insurers recommendations.
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LISA and Shared Ownership
Hello! First of all - I'm only starting to use this forum and I've already found plenty of great discussions - I've learned a lot! I've tried to do some digging here, but I've failed to find answer to my question - if I've misted it, please point me in proper direction. Any help would be appreciated! My question is about…
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Shared Ownership - Purchase and Staircasing simult
Hello, I'm purchasing 60 % of a property, where 40 % is owned by the current leaseholder and 20 % will be purchased from the Housing Association. Does this purchase require two transactions: Purchase of 40% and staircasing to 60% which both have to be realised in a separate contract? I was told by my conveyancers that I…
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lodger deposit dispute
Morning, just wondered if I could have some advice on whether I should proceed with trying to obtain part of my deposit back from a small claims court or not I gave notice on the 5th dec and moved out on 2nd Jan I had a standard lodger agreement (and hence non-protected deposit). It was £150 and initially I was returned…
