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Dispute over neighbours garden develiopment
My neighbour has done some work on their garden. They did originally submit planning for a decked area but planning was refused. They changed the work to take onboard part of the rejection and did the work anyway. I am concerned that it should have planning permission still.. I am looking to sell in the next year or so and…
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What does this mean...?
Hi All - I was wondering if you could help me interpret the following: Any help would be appreciated as I am no legal expert! Thanks alot, Jay
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Scottish Tenure Confusion
Hi, I've had an offer accepted on a Flat in Edinburgh. The home owners report states the Tenure as "Absolute Ownership" I said this to my mortgage broker and they said that it was probarbly a Leasehold and wanted to know how long the lease was. On the homereport as I say absolute ownership is ticked, and both the…
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Last month rent?
So the lease is about to come to an end on 30th of April. We are paying every 29th and had 1.5 deposit and month in advance. Does that mean that if we give notice by 28th of March we don't need to pay on 29th ? Or we have to pay normally and then the rent got returned with the deposit. We rent from agency. The deposit is…
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Tax Liability advice please
I wondered if somebody could please give some advice on the likely tax liabilities in ££ on a proposed BTL or to be able to signpost me to somewhere that I might be able to get some more information at all? My partner and I are deciding whether to sell or to let out the flat we own as a current second property (which has…
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Time to Enforce a court Order
Sorry as I have a similiar thread open elsewhere. situation is there is a final order for a house to be sold. Apparently in the final order it states the house must be sold asap but doesn't stipulate price. One vendor has agreed to mortgage valuation and the other has not. One vendor has submitted application to court to…
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Buying next house before selling current house
Hi all, Hope someone can help clarify slightly. It looks like we are in a position where we can afford to buy our next house... however, the vendors of the house we have seen want to sell very quick. We can get a mortgage and suitable deposit to buy this 'new' house while still actually owning our current one to speed up…
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Equity to buy new house.
Hello, my mum has retired and has a good pension, and is currently selling her house to move to my area. She found a buyer and was a week away from exchange, so she decided to put her stuff in storage and move in with me. However a week later the buyer's buyer pulled out and left her up the creek without a paddle. On top…
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Loft Conversion Check: Insist Before Exchange?
Hi folks We're almost ready to exchange on our first house. The final thing we want to do is have a loft conversion specialist visit the property, to assess the feasibility and practicalities of converting the loft into a bedroom at some point in the future. This was on the advice of our building surveyor. The vendor is…
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New Homes Ombudsman
Is there a new homes ombudsman similar to the FSA ombudsman as I don't know where to look. I've tried the NHBC but that seems to be a waste of time for the complaint I currently have with the house builder. Thanks all.
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How long before I apply pressure?
Hi, To cut a long story short, our vendors agreed to take their house off the market and gave us 4 weeks to sell. We listed out property on the market, and it was sold within 3 days. 2 weeks have now gone by since they agreed to take their house off the market (1 week since we sold ours STC). Our buyers are ready to…
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Packing services
Are there any well regarded national packing services, or are these all generally expensive and its best to get quotes from local firms?
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Buyer waiting to get buy to let mortgage before ex
Hi all, I would be really grateful if you can give me your thoughts on this. We accepted an offer on our property at the end of October. We had three offers and within a week of going on the market. The one we accepted seemed to be in the best position, the didn't have to sell their property to buy ours. Their current…
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Admin fees not advertised
Hi there, I would just like to seek some other advice on whether what I think is correct please. - The room was advertised by the current tenants on spareroom.com - I viewed the room and accepted it. One of the tenants contacted the land-lady and the estate agent managing the property then contacted me. - The advert did…
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Moving House
Hi looking for bit of advice.. myself and girlfreind are first time buyers no chain and our offer has been accepted. This was in December just before Christmas the couple we are buying from are moving in to a new build. First date of entry was 16th February now it!!!8217;s been put back to the 2nd of March. Have now been…
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Agents terms
Hi, looking for advice please on estate agent terms. Agent 1 wants a minimum 12 week Sole Agency agreement with a two week notice period. Agent 2 claims to only act on Sole Selling Rights, with a two week notice period but no minimum contract term. Both agree to 1% commission. I have not yet signed. On balance I prefer…
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Modern day auction???
A bungalow I’ve had my eye on has just come on the market (it is empty the owner died). It’s on with Your Move as a modern day auction. Open day on 8th March then you make bids starting from £425k. If your bid is accepted you pay a non Refundable fee of £6k and have 28 days to exchange them 28 days to complete. Has anyone…
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Change of job
Hi everyone. Me and my long term partner are currently in the process of house hunting/securing a mortgage. The only issue is I have been offered a job which I am considering taking yet it is circa 13k per year less than what I earn now. I also have a hire purchase with an outstanding balance of approx £5,500 which costs…
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Rightmove - Tips and tricks needed for searches.
Hi all I've started to use RM to find a house to buy. I've just stumbled upon the "Drawn Areas" map... What a great idea! And I've put a bunch of filters on to narrow the search down. I've not been looking for very long, but I have noticed that the filters are not working all that well. For example, I have selected…
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Leaseholder repair issues
I own an ex council flat. The leaseholder is the local council. I have my own private entrance hallway, an area which backs on to the downstairs council flat's bathroom. I reported to the council that my entrance hallway was suffering with salt coming through the walls and damp and mould. I have had to rip the carpet up…
