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14 day cool off period
Hi, I've recently signed a contract to sell my house and am now dissatisfied with the estate agents services so would like to cancel within the 14 day cancellation period. The house is not yet up for sale or live on any websites but my query is what I will have to pay as it states on the T&Cs that any services between the…
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Moving house because of neighbour
Hi It's a long story so I'll try and cut it short. We moved into our current home in 2009 and wanted to build an extension, neighbour tried to take us to court claiming we would be blocking their light. We had planning approved and light survey done and all came back fine, yet he was being really awkward saying that our…
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Halesowen, as a place to live?
So our grandson has just got his first job but it is in Halesowen, B63. We are helping him find a small flat to rent. What are the good areas and what should he avoid?
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Garden driveway conversion
Askig this for a family memeber, i have searched myself but cant find anything concrete, does anybody know the size requirements to convert a front garden to an open driveway ? It will probably just fit a single car but cant find measurements online
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Massive fee for short-term guests?
Hi, I'm about to rent a room in a 4 bed flat in London (no live-in landlord). While looking through the agreement draft (AST, 12month fixed term), I came across this: 'To not allow any friends, family or any person to stay in the property for any more than a single night only without the express permission from the…
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Renting in Manchester City Center
Hi everyone, just looking for some advice from anyone that may have it. I am relocating to Manchester for work, and I am currently looking for somewhere to rent. My work will be based in the city center, and so I'm looking for 1 bed flats that are also in the city center. I haven't visited Manchester that often, and I am…
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First time buyer looking for advice
Hello, This is my first post and I'm new to this forum, so apologies in advance if this has already been covered at length elsewhere... My husband and I are first time buyers. We have about £40k for a deposit, and have an agreement in principle, no chain, but aren't losing loads of money on rent and aren't in a huge hurry…
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Indemnity / how big of a problem
Hi all, I'm in the process of selling my property, and have noticed a couple of things that I don't have certificates etc for - I'm just wondering how much of an issue it is. Firstly, all of our double glazing has been replaced by a friend of ours - A very good builder, but not FENSA approved - I appreciate that this isn't…
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Abandoned mattress after completion
Hello, I recently completed on a property and in one of the rooms there is a mattress. We specified we wanted to receive the property unfurnished. I checked with the council and it's expensive to get this collected. What do we do now? How can we charge it back to the seller who presumably moved abroad? Thank you
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Council tax while living rent free from family
Hi My great grandma owns her own house and has now moved into a nursing home for care. Her 2 daughters (my grandma and great aunt) have power of attorney and are looking after all her finances. They have agreed to let me and my partner live in my great grandmas house rent free as we save some money to buy our own. The…
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Selling house myself directly
Hi, I've got my property on sale with two estate agents. My contracts with them is multi agency, and I can terminate the contracts free of charge. The other day I got someone knocking on my door asking to view the property. So they didn't view the house through the estate agent, but rather directly (obviously by noticing…
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Purchase parents home
Some guidance if possible Looking to sell my home, with the proceeds convert my MIL's house to allow for Granny Annexe for her. My family to then live in main (existing) house. What do I need to look out for ? Gfting or purchase of house at below market value ? Change land registery so myself, my wife and my MIL are then…
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Advice needed on house ownership between me and my partner
Hello, New to the forum, hopefully I’m posting in the correct thread, I really need some advice on my current situation. My partner had a house before we met with no mortgage she has wealthy parents. We currently live in this house she owns as its a very nice house and has a lot of potential for extensions and making it…
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Best areas for student buy to lets?
Hello, I, along with a couple of friends are considering forming a Limited company and buying a property to use as a student buy to let between 3 - 5 bedrooms. For people with some experience with this, are there any particular towns and cities in the UK you'd recommend as good areas to invest in? ( and areas to avoid for…
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Stamp Duty on 2nd Property Deadline
Hi I have done some research on this and was hoping that someone may be able to confirm my understanding. I own a flat which I have been renting out since 2005. In 2005 I also bought my main home. I sold my main home in 2007 and have been renting ever since having not quite got back on the property market. My wife and I…
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Deposit on new build
We are thinking of buying a new build house. Price around £550,000 We would need to pay the reservation fee of £5,000 which is fine. Then 10% is required on exchange. How does it work if you don't have £55,000 cash in the bank? We would be selling our current home which has over £200k of equity but obviously we don't see…
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Rentcharge Informally Exonerated
Hi everyone On my Land Registry title document is says that a rentcharge has been informally exonerated by a conveyance dated 13th May 1896. When perusing that deed there is no mention of the rentcharge being exonerated. This makes me wonder whether there is a rule that automatically deems a rentcharge informally…
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Neighbour dispute
Hello Wondered if anyone could give any advice please.... I had a new combi boiler installed and they gas engineers ran the gas pipe along the outside of my wall which is also my neighbours alley way (not my access). They attempted to contact the neighbour before hand but she wouldn’t answer the door so they carried out…
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Flat burgled whilst block undergoing repairs- can freeholder/contractors be made liable?
Hi, We are having major works done on our block and there is a scaffolding enclosing it, which makes it easy for outsiders to access our flats via the balcony and windows. We have been fighting for some security measures to be installed but to no avail. So the inevitable happened- my neighbour left terribly traumatised by…
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New property purchased. Lots of new cracks. Advice?
Hello everyone. I just joined the forum after weeks reading all the interesting and informative bits and bobs on here. So I recently purchased a new property. It has been recently refurbished from top to bottom. I had a full building survey done prior and all came back fine apart from some bits of work to be done to the…
