-
Estate Agents Have Not Removed Property Rightmove or their Website
Hi So basically I gave notice to our estate agents 4 weeks ago. 28 days is required according to their contract, today is day 29 and it’s still on their website. I rang this morning and left a message...no response. Rang about an hr and half ago and was advised they would do it straight away. It’s still not done. Where do…
-
Loft conversion
Hello, I would appreciate any advice. We were first time buyers and Naive! We bought a house approx 6 months ago that was being sold as a 3 bed property. There is a loft conversion with the staircase in the second bedroom. The work was done in the 90s and so the sellers did not have any of the papers/ building regs that…
-
Santander - Cant move to FoR if in process of moving?
Hi, Our fixed rate mortgage with Santander just ended and is moving onto the SVR at a £250 per month increase. The FoR is only £125 a month extra but they say I can't transfer if in the process of selling. Our house is currently under offer... why do they say this? I obviously don't want to pay an extra £125 a month if I…
-
Offer not acknowledged
Hi all. I'm looking for some advice please. I'll try and keep this short. - Viewed a house on Saturday (there is a lot of interest in this house, 3 viewings when we were there and a couple more later in the day). The house is advertised at offers in excess of £xxx. We put an offer in on Saturday of £5000 more than the…
-
Offer accepted 6 months ago and vendors show no signs of moving - ultimatum offered and no response.
Hi there, I'm just after a bit of advice or to hear is anyone has ever been through something similar. We had an offer accepted on a house that we absolutely loved in October and were told at the time that the vendors hadn't found a property yet (despite the fact the house went up for sale in the June). We didn't really…
-
Lack of Building Regulations & Defective Title Indemnity Insurance
Dear all, I read few interesting articles concerning the advantages of indemnity insurance over a retrospective building regulations approval application. I am aware that there are precise restrictions concerning the disclosure of this specific insurance. My question concern when a leaseholder wants to sell a leasehold…
-
Changing leaded glass in uPVC to plain wouldn't put buyers off, right?
Our house is a 1990 build with modern uPVC double glazing (dark brown wood effect frames). The glass is leaded (diamond pattern). I hate it - I feel like a zoo animal looking through a fence. I'm currently getting quotes to replace all the sealed units - 39 of them :eek: - with plain glass instead. This won't massively put…
-
Freeholder requesting to see lease
Hello, If the freeholder has requested a copy of my lease do I have to give it to them, and all of it for them to look or if they are just requesting a specific part relating to a specific area can I not just send them this? They would like to check something and it’s in relation into a potential sale of one of the other…
-
Decision in principle help!
Me and my partner are going through a mortgage broker to try and get us a mortgage. We're first times buyers. Our broker has called, he's tried to get a decision in principle but has been referred due to late payments on a water bill but has been paid so broker trying to get lender to overlook that. My issue is, I've just…
-
Conveyancing Advice please
Well congratulations to me I have finally had an offer accepted. I do need to start the conveyancing process. I did try some of the local solicitors but they are mostly both rude and expensive. I did a search and iConvey/ BPL were not rated although the thread is old. I found the following who seemed reasonable: * Wym…
-
Potential fraud issue with previous owner?
Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, I've searched through and it seemed the most appropriate to post this in here. When we moved into our new house, we started receiving an incredible amount of post for someone we'd never heard of. As it turned out the previous owner was renting the property out for a while before he sold…
-
Can I get out of this contract to sell my house?
Hi all, I am one week into a contract with an estate agents, and haven't yet had any viewings with the agency. As I want to get on with making offers on a house, I would like to get out of my contract with the estate agent and go with Nested instead. This is the 14 day waiver that I signed: "Cancellation Rights If you are…
-
Rented property
Hi I live in a rented property my 20 year old son is coming to live with me my landlord says that he needs to go onto the tenancy agreement is this true.
-
Is this an Estate Agent trick?
We are about to list our flat for sale in London. Had 4 agents round and have decided to go with the one that gave us a realistic valuation (slightly lower than the average of valuations), has the lowest fee and the biggest market share in our area. Just before we called them to instruct this morning, my husband had a call…
-
Told value if other offers ??
We put an offer in on a property and the agent told us the amount of two higher offers ? I found this unusual and am not sure if it’s a bluff ?? Any experience / advice . We haven’t been reflected yet as they are making decisions in a few days ??
-
Setting up a joint freehold advice please
I am buying a flat and there is only one other flat in the building. It is a house that's been split by a developer and the idea is for a joint freehold to be set up between the two properties. I have spoken to the other purchaser and we've agreed that it would be good to start a bank account now for any issues that may…
-
Change to Register
A court has ordered that a rectification of deeds should be applied for to the Land Registry for a carport that is beneath our master bedroom that never had any lease put in place when the houses were built 10 years ago. Long story short, we did not contest this as after 4 years of solicitor fees we have given in to the…
-
Buying freehold, different lease lengths
Hoping someone might know the answer to this. I think i'm right saying 50% of flat owners can buy the freehold but does the length of only their leases affect the price of the free hold. The situation is we have a 80+ year lease, whereas the other 3 flats are less than 60 years. I'm guessing 'our' freehold price would be…
-
Dad wants a share of property
Hi all, Thank you in advance. Hoping you can help me. My father is helping me out substantially (though not entirely) in getting together a deposit for a property. He had mentioned several times about wanting to give away his money to me and my brother before he passes away (note I've never asked him for money). I found a…
-
Problems with the Freeholder’s Solicitor...
I’m posting this on behalf of my daughter who doesn’t have an MSE account. “I’d appreciate some thoughts on how I can move on a stalled situation my flat sale seems to have run into. I am selling my leasehold flat in a converted house, the other two flats being owned and let by the freeholder. My lease has a clause…
