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Can I contact previous owner?
Hi, we bought a house in July so just about 4 months ago. The bathroom is fully tiled including the bath panel, we may have a small leak and was wondering if we could contact the estate agent to see if they could in turn contact the previous owner to see if there is an access panel. If there is one what tile should be…
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Boundary advice
Hi everyone. I wonder if I can ask if anyone knows about the legal side of things with regards to my issue. First off, I'm in Scotland, so Scottish law will apply. Basically my neighbour and my property share a fence at the boundary. The fence is in poor condition and found do with being repaired or replaced. Issue is that…
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Mortgaging house for disabled mother?
My mother and I currently live in a council house and have lived her for around 18 years. I'm 23 and we moved into this house when I was 5 years of age. My mother is 58 but does not own the house as she's a disabled woman and probably makes £12,000 per year through benefits, and has to pay the bills. She has been with the…
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Indemnity insurance or insist on building work? Pic inc.
I’m in the process of buying a ~1970 terraced house that has had work to convert its garage into living space by a previous owner (as a new user can’t provide a pic, maybe later). It’s looking like there is no building reg permission for this. In addition the first floor windows were reduced from ‘door sized’ to smaller…
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House not selling? Think about this.
Has your house been on the market for 10+ weeks? It's probably over priced and the answer is obvious. You probably took the advice of three or more estate agents, then checked the for sale prices in your area for similar properties and voila you arrived at a price. Well all you've done is look at a list of prices that…
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purchasing a house to either sell on and rent
Hi all, we are in our 30's and just had an extension on our house so we're content with our home... i've always wanted to purchase a property and either do it up to sell on for a profit, or rent it out. Having not done this before, can i open up a discussion on what you advise, whats best to do? Is it a good market to buy…
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moving a boundary as right of way has been historically been used
Hello, can you please help? We live in an old terrace of cottages. We have the end terrace and there is a right of way attached to our deeds for my neighbour. The right of way is at the back of our cottage and to the side of our garden. The right of way to the side of our garden is about 1.3 meters wide and 10 meters long…
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Borrowing capabilities for buying in London
Hi all, What are the borrowing capabilities of a couple whose yearly combined salary are in the region of 100k/150k? By reading this thread (the initial posts, no the last ones where they go quite OT), it made my think it would NOT be possible to get a mortgage/buy a property in London falling within the 500k/650k (top)…
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Who is responsible for repairs in a rental?
Am I (the tenant) or the landlord responsible for the following repairs in my rented flat. - the toilet is suddenly taking an hour+ the fill up with water - I've noticed there's only 1 screw (out of 2) keeping the toilet attached the the floor - the steam from the shower has made the ceiling 'emulsion?' crack and fall off,…
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Partner Eviction
Hi all.... looking for a bit of advice for my brother in law. He’d been with his partner for several years, in August last year he sold his house and moved in with her and her kids, bills mortgage ect stayed in her name so he just sent her a bank transfer each month to cover everything. A few months back thing broke down,…
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Dreaded Leasehold - looking for guidance
After a long and somewhat frustrating house hunt, we have now found a property we feel is suitable and would like to submit an offer. Nervous isn't the word! The property is a semi-detached house, currently on the market for £204,000. Very difficult to price as the street hasn't had many sales recently but it is in great…
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Buying a home in Woking
Hi everyone, I am looking to buy somewhere in Woking as a first time buyer for future commutes into London. I wondered if anyone could advise me on which would have more rentability and chances of resale in the future: 1 bed freehold property or 2 bed flat? I'm looking for somewhere walking distance to the station (up to…
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Can i just walk back in my house?
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Infestations in rented property - responsibilities?
Hello all A couple of threads this week have got me pondering. (maybe I need to get out more...) There has been one about mice in a rental property, possibly coming in from other parts of the building, and another about carpet beetle infestation where the beetles seemed to have been brought in inside a carpet/rug belonging…
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Change of tenants at end of AST
Some of our tenants are moving out at the end of the AST but we have agreed that the others can stay on a monthly rolling basis. The tenants who are moving our will want their deposits back and not to be liable under the AST. As the tenants are changing, does that mean that the AST will not automatically roll on? Do we…
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Should we stretch ourselves now fo long term gain?
Hi all, I’m new to the forums and looking to some members who may have been in the same scenario as me for advice. My wife and I are looking at moving to a 4 bed house in the Swindon area. We currently own a 2 bed terraced (first home) recently valued at £180k (89k left on mortgage). We have been offered a mortgage up to…
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Think my mother is being overcharged rent.
Hi I’ve been checking through my mothers finances she’s severely disabled and has mental health problems, she privately rents a flat in London and the rent is £884.22 per calendar month. She receives housing benefit in the amount of £198.11 per week. So the landlord receives currently the housing benefit directly to his…
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Leaving Property/access - what are my tenant rights?
Hello! Sorry for the long post but I'm hoping somebody might be able to help me/share their experiences with renting please! Me and my partner's rental tenancy ends at the end of Feb and we'll be looking to move. Based on our tenancy contract, we have to give them a months notice - which is more than reasonable. We'd like…
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Trans Female moving to Yorkshire, where should I move to ? Nervous/Worried!
Hey Everyone :A I suppose this is quite a niche question, I'm in the process of finding a new place and Yorkshire is top of my priority list, mainly due to distance from family/friends and overall the property I can get for my budget is good. However, as a 25 Year Old Trans female ( I often find it sad having to even think…
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boundary issues
I wonder if anybody with more experience in how to buy a house could help us with two issues: Our buying process is ticking along nicely, mortgage offer is in place, searches are done, etc. However, there are two issues, both related fo the boundary of the property, that make me feel nervous and which I think need to be…
