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Garage Conversion
Hi All, I have a detached garage which I want to turn into a simple office/utility room. I asked to keep the garage door as it is and just block it using wood. I also asked for storage above the ceiling. The builder has been recommended by someone in my estate. Not sure if he works for a building company. I have been…
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Freeholder refusing to extend lease and approve sale
We’ve accepted an offer for our share of freehold flat. However, as the lease is considered short the buyer’s bank will not approve the loan. We have asked the other freeholder to extend the lease but they have ignored all correspondence. The buyers are understandably jittery and about to walk away. If we take legal action…
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'good leasehold'
Hi, I have recently purchased a property which is listed with land registry as good leasehold', the garden area is listed with a possessory title separately, and there is a piece of land at the back/side of the property which has been used and gated by the previous occupants for the past 8 years. Our solicitor informed us…
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Rented Property - Key Safe
Hello all, Just want to rant/bit of advice maybe. Someone new has taken over the property I am renting and I have come home to find a key safe on the wall of the property. My idea of hell! In my mind I think that makes me a burglar magnet and there goes my content insurance validity if i do get robbed as the key is right…
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Rent Renewal Contract Offered - then ask for more money?
So a bit of background first... We moved into the property 6 months ago, and the residence was offered on a 12 month lease. We had viewed a number of houses, but this was one perfect for us; not too great condition, but nothing a little TLC and elbow grease wouldn't touch up, particularly the garden. The day the contract…
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A bit of advice regarding no hot water/heating after 3 weeks
Hi, (This will be a long one but kind of need to rant and get some advice, basis of story no hot water/heating for 3 weeks!). I rent a 2 bedroom house myself through an estate agent. On Friday 27th July I phoned up at 5pm to say that my boiler had just died and was showing a fault. The day before it had been making a…
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Ridiculous estate agent / landlord?
I'm probably leaving where I am after 11 months, because I feel like I'm on the end of a witch hunt. So, they've asked me to pay in 6 months blocks, signing a new tenancy each time (as well as paying an "admin fee" each time) because they want proof of earnings above £15k (I'm self employed with accountant, and Im not rich…
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Buying before selling
Hi Once we have my husbands pension lump sum, we are looking to buy before selling - ideally with just a month or so inbetween. But we will need a short term loan/mortgage of about 40% of the price to allow us to do this Has anyone done this if so can you recommend the route you used. We have never bought/sold so we need…
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Moving landlord's furniture & damp
I'm shortly moving to a new flat which comes fully furnished. For various circumstantial reasons, I am unable to be picky with which property I rent, and this has been the first suitable one that will take me. I do, however, have some of my own furniture which I would like to keep. The flat comes with an unconverted…
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Seller not supplying title deeds
Hi all, I am currently in the process of buying a flat in Scotland, it's been weeks without word, my solicitor sent me this email today; " We are being pressed by the seller to conclude missives which places you in a binding contract. Our normal preference would be to check the Title deeds first but we haven’t received…
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Landlord difficulties
Hi everyone, I've not received confirmation of the deposit scheme the landlord has used. I chased him earlier in the year to which he confirmed he'd send me a copy over, but I never received it. I've already done a search on the three UK mainland schemes (DPS, TDS and mydeposit) and NI's versions but they all come up empty…
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Gifted deposit reclaiming
I gave a gifted deposit to my now ex partner who I have a son with. I gifted a sum of nearly 65k to her 3 months before she ended the relationship. I gifted it her through a solicitor who did all the documentation, we did this as at the time I was a student and was told that the mortgage company wouldn’t allow me on…
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Son looking at house but I'm not sure its a good buy.
Son is a FTB and has seen a house he likes in a nearby village. It's a lovely village and the house is an old traditional one bed cottage and is very pretty. BUT, It's been on the market for months and been reduced 3 times. I think it's because there is a right of way across the front garden to next door but more…
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Vendor rescheduling viewing (earlier!) as now property under offer - would you go?
Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by, FTB here, booked a viewing (literally less than 3 days ago) for this weekend. Just got a message from the EA asking to reschedule for this evening...and, surprise surprise, there is an "under offer" tag which was not there 24 hours ago. Would you cancel the viewing? Feel bad for…
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Final offer rejected l - FTB need advice
Hi there! So basically we, we found a property we love. It is on the market for offers over £174,950. However, it is been on the market for just under 3 months and only two other people showed interest, 1 of which couldn’t afford it, and the other one has to sell their house first but apparently the sellers weren’t…
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Deposit Not Secured - No GSC - Potentially Unathorised Tenants
Good Morning everyone, Apologies in advance, this is potentially a long winded one for a Friday morning... So, I’ve been renting a property since 04/2016, which is the first property I’ve rented, and my partner and I decided we’d like to see whether we could get Hive installed, to control the heating over the winter.…
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Tenant wants to change leaving date after giving notice
hi guys looking for some help here: I have a tenant who is currently on a periodic tenancy (after fixed term finished) ending on the 12th of each month, they gave me notice on July 18th to terminate on Aug 22nd. The AST states "You must give at least four weeks (or a month if you pay rent monthly) notice to end it. This…
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how to find out Chancel repair liability
Our search by CLS Chancel Check came back saying the flat we are buying “has a potential chancel repair liability based upon historical parish boundary data and the relevant Inland Revenue Indices held by The National Archives.” I went to The National Archives website, followed their instruction and found the parochial…
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What time are keys ready on day of completion
We complete today - first time buyers buying a no chain property. What time should we get the keys at, solicitor is saying 2pm as stated in the contract - I thought it was lunch time?
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Buying our first flat - Questions
Hi everyone, We've reserved a new build with Berkeley Homes and while we love the flat we are starting to have questions. During reservation it was stated (written) what the Service charge would be, however it appears the service charge is in fact 10% more than what was originally stated. I have raised this with our…
