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Advice before offer is withdrawn
Hi, posting on behalf of my parents. Parents house (house A) is being sold for £280k The house my parents have had an offer accepted on (house B) is being bought for £180k When the offer was first put in, the vendors advised as they were after a quick sale they would go into rented accommodation. Reason for this is that…
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Notice to quit tennancey Period
We are on a rolling periodic contract that ends on the 22nd of each month We have found a new home to rent and it is available from the 27 September 2018 We were waiting for our referencing to go through. We were told by the estate agent to give our notice in on the 27th August to leave on the 27th September. Will we have…
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very bad survey on old house
Hi guys, I am in dilemma and would prefer some guidance, suggestions. i am in process of buying a house, it is 100 years old, was advertised for x amount which is 50k less than the similar house sold last year. i offered 25k less than asking price and it was accepted. the other house was in very good condition when it was…
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Land registry buying from developer
Hello, We have recently bought a property from a developer. The property has a long garden and we have bought the house and a third of the garden. Our solicitor applied for land registry registration online and rather than the usual £270 fee the Land registry determined it was a 'new title' and therefore for £570 fee. My…
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Getting notice to vacate
Hello. We are renting flat at the moment and our tenancy agreement comes to the end. We had loads of problems at this place and when tenancy was ending we felt like it's a good time for landlord to do something about it. So we told agent for landlord to address issues before we extend our tenancy but next day we got a…
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Selling with a 50/50 mortgage
Hi, i was wondering if anyone had any advice on selling a 50% share of a house. Basically i live with a friend and we did a 50/50 mortgage. I have now got a job elsewhere and would like to move closer to work but im unsure how you even start to sort out selling my share to my friend and get my name taken off the deeds of…
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Challenging the tenancy renewal fee
Hi everyone, I know that this subject has been discussed before in the forum. But I was wondering if anyone has been successful in challenging estate agents for those unfair renewal fee at the end of the tenancy and which arguments did you use to achieve that. Our fixed term 18 months contract is ending soon and our…
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Boiler has been broken for a week + water bills...
Hi all, I have a question regarding renting and boilers/water bills etc. I just started a new lease in a 1 bed flat just for myself. This started early August which gives me a month overlap with my current 3 bed shared property. My new property is on a water meter. When I got to my new flat, the water in the bathroom…
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huge discrepancy in estate agents valuations
We are selling our house, which is an extended ex-council property. We have had 5 valuations from different estate agents, with a £55,000 price difference from £200,000 down to £145,000, with the others floating around between them. Each valuer seemed very sure of themselves, giving us different reasons for their…
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Buying Parents House - Shared Ownership
Hi Guys, Looking for some advice. My parents bought their house around 1999 on shared ownership with the housing association for £95k. So they own half of it with a mortgage outstanding of £38k. The house is currently worth around £160k They have had a lot of financial problems over the years so have been on an interest…
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Advice on Selling My House
Hi everyone! I am selling my house after 5 years living here. House has been on the market since Friday 27th July so 4 weeks tomorrow. We are upsizing. Houses in my area normally sell within a month. It is a very popular area with buyers. It is priced at £125k. That’s how much 2 bedroom houses fetch in the area. This is my…
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Landlord hasn’t “checked out” yet
We finally bought our first house and moved in earlier this week :) Our last day on our tenancy agreement was yesterday (Wednesday 22nd) but Landlord text me on Tuesday and said he might be too busy to come and do “checkout” on Wednesday and if so he would ring me and let me know and come Thursday instead. I didn’t hear…
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Please help! Dodgy LL and facing eviction.
Hello all! Stumbled across this forum and hoping to get some facts from you knowledgeable bunch! CAB helpline (after an hour's wait) were pretty clueless and a bit rude. Forgive me if a bit long winded but I'll relay all of the facts: I'm a guy living in a 3 bed rented property. I have joint custody of my 11 year old…
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CHAPS payment missing...nationwide
Hi All, Due to exchange on a property tomorrow so in readiness i submitted a CHAPS request online from Nationwide at 12.45pm on the 22nd Aug (yesterday). This was processed at around 4.45PM on the same day (22nd Aug). Money was debited from the account as per online banking. Solicitor checked at 5, 5.30 and 6pm, but…
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Cooking Smells
Hi there, I was wondering if someone could advise. I live in an apartment block of 12 apartments. Either side is a coffee shop which there have never been any problems with and the other a graphic designers. 2 months ago the graphic designers closed and suddenly a bubble tea shop opened which also sells food. The tea shop…
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Letting agent sharing personal information without consent
Please may I ask for some advice regarding a data protection breech by a letting agency. My daughter is a student and about to move into a house she is renting with 2 other students. Over the past few weeks the letting agency has been the cause of a great deal of confusion and frustration so I would deeply appreciate any…
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Not heard back from vendor re offer: how long would you wait?
Hi everyone, Thank you for stopping by. Viewed a property on Sunday - offer rejected on Monday afternoon. Put another offer (above asking price) with EA at the same time and heard back nothing since. I know it's only Thursday and, from previous thread, a week seems to be a perfectly reasonable time. Big decision for…
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Gas Main Equipotential Bonding
Hi all, I am a buyer and my vender forwarded me a gas record sheet for their boiler service. In the record sheet, the engineer ticked "Is main Equipotential Bonding present/correct" as "NO" and commented "AFTER 1ST TEE AT METER" I have no idea what this means. Could anyone who know gas safety better tell me is it a serious…
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Valuation Issues- EA vs Surveyors
Our property valuation has come back at £325k with the agreed sale price at £375k...totally blindsided now, we are providing comparables etc with the support of the estate agents. We were one of the first offers on a property and we were the first to be proceedable, houses are flying like hot cakes in an expanding area.…
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First time buyer wanting to buy and sell
Hi! New to the forum!! Me and my partner are looking to buy a house in the near future, but we want to buy something a bit run down, do it up, sell it on and repeat the process a couple of times to build up enough equity to buy our dream house!! Between us we’ve got about £9k saved and would probably look to purchase…
