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Non-refundable reservation fee
I reserved a new build apartment and was asked to put a non-refundable reservation deposit of £500 down that was paid direct to the developer, Claremont Property Group. Unfortunately I now can!!!8217;t get the mortgage for the property. The reservation form states it is non-refundable, but the memorandum of sale…
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New purchase and restrictive covenant
Hi after some advice if I may. We are buying a new house which was built in 2006. The house was built on land that came with a covenant from the 1970s. One of the conditions on the original property and land was that no other property could be built on the land. But in 2006 a house was built with planning permission…
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Freehold purchase
Does anyone know how to calculate how much it would cost to purchase the freehold on your home? I've contacted the company for a price, but they're taking so long to get back to me and I'm impatient! Or could someone work it out for me? I live in a 4 bed detached house in South Wales Value approximately £220,000 Left on…
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House prices rising by 15-25% in 6 months?! No way!!
So I’ve been watching th housing market in my area for well over 2 years now. What I’ve learned is mostly that it makes no sense what so ever! I mean some houses you can see and think “are you for real asking £xxx for this?, then some you see are so beautiful and you wonder are they mad to mark it so low?” I’m personally…
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Prescriptive Easements Over Unregistered Land
Our house and 3 other houses use a shared private roadway for access. I've checked with the Land Registry and the roadway is unregistered. We've been in the house for 6 years, the other owners have been there 20+ years. We're now selling our house and the buyers solicitor is kicking up a fuss about the lack of right of…
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house buying Chaps transfer
Hello, I would like to know if anyone suffered any issues when trying to send cash over for their house purchase to their solicitors. did the bank hassle you for proof of funds and all that or was the solicitor's letter enough for them to send the money over? Thanks
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New online estate agents
I have used this forum in the past for advice to help get myself out of debt problems and thanks to advice on here and a debt management plan with PayPlan my past problems are now well behind me. I am now looking at setting up an online estate agents as a part time (for me) venture along with my wife and friend. We have no…
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NHBC CEO email address
Have a problem with my house that NHBC are liable to resolve. Long story short, i’d like to email the CEO. Have tried the website “c e o e m a i l . c o m” but this lists the old guy who quit in 2017. Current CEO is Steve Wood. Have tried applying the logical method of standard email addresses and emailed swood@nhbc.co.uk…
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Online estate agency recommendation
Looking to sell a property in the Shropshire/Worcestershire border area and wondered if anyone in that area had any experience of using one of the on-line Estate Agents that are now advertising. Good or bad I need to know as even though they are cheaper than High Street offices, there are still considerable costs involved…
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Service Charges - Will i see the benefit?
Hey, I was thinking the other day about the service charge i pay on my property, my property is on a main road owned by the council and the pipework has been adopted by United Utilities. My understanding of a Service charge is that the management company is to ensure repairs are made to things like Roads and Grounds…
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Do I have any rights?
Hi everyone - hoping someone can shed some light (sorry for the essay). I'm in the process of buying a shared ownership property, but we're 4 months down the line and there's still no sign of a moving date. Basically, everything that could have gone wrong, has gone wrong, but no one is accepting any responsibility and I'm…
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Sign new Tenancy Agreement or benefits will be suspended?
Hello. Got a letter from my landlords agent on 10th March stating that 'they will no longer be the agents from 1st April 2018. The new agents will contact you from this date.' Got a letter today from new 'landlords' stating that 'your landlord should have informed you about the sale of this property.You will be dealing…
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Option to Purchase Freehold of Leasehold flat
Hi I have been served notice of my landlord's intention to sell the freehold of my flat (bought leasehold). The price I would need to split with the others in the development has increased and I would need to take out a loan. Would it make my flat more valuable on resale? Also, I am worried about how the freehold would be…
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New house title issue
I have recently bought a new house and the title is not correct I don't think A developer bought a house on my road with a large garden, he split the garden off, and also bought some of the garden of the house next door and built a house on it. This meant there were two titles making up the plot. what seems to have…
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Rent Arrears - They setup the wrong direct debit amount
Hello All, A quick low down of the situation. We have a shared ownership house, half mortgage half rent. The Housing Assocation setup the direct debit over a year ago for £336.67 per month in March 2017. In May 2017 I asked them to confirm the amount was correct and that it wouldnt change for a year, they agreed (have…
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non standard construction/spooner home?
i went and viewed a house yesterday that i was advised by the estate agent is of non standard construction - timber frame with brick skin. it's price is good (obviously haha) and location also perfect. I'm buying following breakdown of my marriage, i have 2 children and a small deposit so my range of houses is very small…
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Repo House at Fixed Price Going to Closing Date
A repossessed house (in Scotland) for sale that's about 40k under market value, the Lender is English and is selling through an Estate Agent at 'Fixed Price' but has set a closing date to try and achieve the highest possible offer. Has anyone heard of a 'Fixed Price' going to a closing date before?
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Considering renting my 1 bed flat to local council
Hi I am about to rent out my 1 bed flat and considering renting this out to the council rather than a private tenant. I don't want to use an agency as they charge ridiculous fees, I have a friend who could help me through being a landlord - has shared tenancy agreement examples etc, but would like someone to move in sooner…
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Openrent
Good evening, Just looking for any information regards the company ‘openrent’ Me and my partner are looking to move and have seen properties advertised by them. All I can gather is it is like a p2p direct rent from landlord. Has any one got any further information? Thanks
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Stamp Duty Query
Hi everyone, I'm in the process of buying a house with my husband, the price is £118,000. He owns a house which he rents out (mortgage of £40K left and house not worth much more due to falling prices in that area), he's not lived there for about 3 years. He moved in with me in 2015 and I sold my house in 2016 as we were…
