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Estate agent negotiation
First time house seller! I was just looking for advice on a percentage commission I should try and negotiate an estate agent down to? We've got 2 different agents lined up (at the moment) House is worth approximately £110,000 I'd like to sell reasonably quickly (within 3 months, completed within 4 ideally). I'm aware it's…
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Landlord Claiming for damages and betterment
Hi Hoping you lovely people could offer some advice... We have recently moved out of our rented property, having got on with our landlord well during the tenancy. On our last day the landlord came round to look at the property with us and noted that he did not feel that the carpets were clean enough. We have therefore…
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Downsizing but can’t sell. Is there a way to part-exchange or help me move.
I’m a 58-year old woman living in Scotland. I currently work part-time and I’m mortgage-free. Property market is slow in my area. I have a two bed flat but want to move to a ground floor. I’ve seen a beautiful self-contained flat with a garden that has recently come on the market but I’m worried I won’t be able to sell…
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5 chain house move collapsing due to one solicitor
Hi all We sold our house for the second time after first buyers changed their mind in August. At the time; we explained the urgency of the move and discounting £9k from asking price (3.27%) as our mortgage offer expires on 23rd November. Cut a long story short we’ve been told For weeks that everyone is ready. Our buyers…
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Damage To Vinyl Flooring - Landlord Ripping Me Off - Insurance Not Covered
Hey guys you might have noticed my recent post on how to clean candle wax from the vinyl floor in my last house which i was renting. I tried everything suggested and i could not remove the stain. I contacted my insurance company, they came out to look at the flooring and told me i wasn't covered because the vinyl floor was…
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new nextdoor and now new noise.
Hi, having a problem with our nextdoors recent renovations, lived in our semi for 20 years nextdoor to a really ok albeit stone deaf guy who passed away 2 years ago, house was bought through auction, met the new owner (seemed ok a bit cocky and forward) who said he was going to renovate it. they started renovation,…
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Buying flat - issues with gas inspection
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Stamp Duty exemption on 2nd property.
Would anyone be able to give me and guidance on my current situation. I'm 2008 I bought a house with my now ex and I haven't lived in the property since 2010, nor made any payments towards the mortgage since that point. Both of us have other partners with children now, however she still lives in the property and I've lived…
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Stamp duty 1st time buyer with property owner partner
Hi. Me and my partner (unmarried) are moving house, upsizing. My partner owns our current house which will provide a nice deposit for our new house. We're looking into buying in my name only to avoid paying stamp duty (£4.5K saving). I have a few questions - 1. Is this legal? Or are we asking for trouble down the line.…
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Housing chain dilemma
I wonder if I can pick the brains of you good forum readers about a situation we find ourselves in with a housing chain. We have had an offer accepted on the house we wish to buy, dream home, one of a kind etc. etc. We have accepted an offer from someone for our modern detached house on a small estate, south east, outside…
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Fence - Who is responsible?
We are currently renting our house, looking out of our house (rear garden) the fence to the right - is very old and looks like its needs replacing. It is being made worse by next doors tree is pushing on the fence. Is it our neighbours fence or our fence?
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Potential Garden Fence Issue - New Build
So we are in the process of buying a new build (already paid deposit and signed contract etc) but i have a query about a mismatch on the site plot vs the deeds. The house is plot number 154. The site plan shows that we only have access to 3 sides of the house, the 4th belonging in the neighbors garden as seen here:…
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Open deposit dispute
Once quick & Simple question Can a landlord re-advertise and look to rent out the property we were in before the current ongoing dispute we have open has not even be resolved and any decisions made, via the arbitration route?
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Tenant leaving before fixed term ends
Hello.. Just looking for some advice for a friend. She is 1 month into an AST agreement for a 2 bedroom house. The house was advertised as 3 bedrooms. She could not view it herself as was moving over 6 hours. I did on her behalf but could not check the third bedroom as there was no electricity and the third room was in the…
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Flat without share of freehold – possible snags?
We've seen a flat that doesn't come with a share of freehold. There are other flats in the block but we don't know whether or not they own a share of the freehold. The extended lease has some 120 years to run. Given our age and situation, the length of the lease is not a concern. The received wisdom seems to be that it's…
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Reducing additional stamp duty on second home by buying a cheaper property first
My wife and I are looking at moving out of the flat I own in the not too distant future. I'd like to keep hold of the flat which obviously makes us liable to pay the higher rates of stamp duty on our next place. We're looking at properties in the region of £300k meaning the stamp duty would be around £14k. I'm entertaining…
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Building that will block my view help
Hi, We bought out first home and one of the main reasons we wanted it was that it backs onto a farm and has a beautiful unrestricted view. This week we have seen surveyors surveying the land and we are worrying that they might be looking to sell land for people to build on. I've checked planning permission and nothing has…
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Moved house council tax
Hey guys, I just moved house. What's the process of getting council tax and removing my name off the previous address (I was not the tenent). But I was on the council tax under my mother's name. Cheers, J
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Solicitor forgot to do Local authority search!
Hello We were due to exchange contracts this week but at the final hour have found out that our buyers solicitor forgot to request the local authority search! This was only done on the 2nd of the month and they are adamant it’s due back this Friday so 10 working day since request. They have told my solicitor this also.…
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A place in the Winter sun (TV) ,moving to another country ?
Just watching todays program and its a common theme. Pople pitch up with a view to buying a property outside the UK. Often its in Europe so no apparent issues leaving brexit aside. The other day i think it was the dominican republic ?? today, Sarasota Florida.. One thing a lot of people aspire to is initially using it as a…
