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Give me your honest feedback
Hi everyone Went on market last week. Not sure how my house looks to outside eyes so would like some honest feedback. Is there anything that puts you off or that you’d change? Link here : Rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-68143021.html Thanks x
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Pre-1985 modification without building control approval
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buying tiny place with small mortgage
Hi people! I can see a lot of people trying to pay off their mortgage. My husband and I are thinking in a different direction, maybe completely crazy. We have £40 thousand saved for the deposit, but we were thinking about buying just a 1-bed apartment for £80-100k so that we can repay it as soon as possible. We have a…
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Important looking mail for landlord
Hi, I've been renting my apartment for two years, and every now and then I get mail addressed to my landlord. When it has a return address I've written on the envelope 'not at this address, return to sender' and mailed the letters back. For the last year or so it hasn't been a problem. However, today I received an A4…
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Service Charge Liability - Passed to Renter?
This is an unusual set of circumstances, I originally posted the message below on the Benefits forum but it was suggested this forum may be able to offer some advice from the repairs and service charge perspective: I'm hoping someone can help point me in the right direction with some advice. The lady in question is 75, and…
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Land Registry question
We have sold a property recently, with a delayed completion due in a year's time. The buyers made a search at the LR about two weeks after exchange, and they have repeated it today, around 28 business days later. Are they going to do this every 30 business days until completion? I must admit that I assumed they would only…
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We Buy Any House
Hi, I'm looking at selling my property fast and have seen a few adverts online such as We buy any house companies etc. Has anyone been down this route and could advise if there is a good company to go with? Thanks J
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Conveyancing...
Hello All In the process of selling our house, which is currently under offer. Struggling to find our place, but am getting pressure (not surprisingly) from our Estate Agent/Purchaser to instruct a solicitor. My Agent says creates the right perception, and keeps the buyer happy that things are moving. I wanted to get some…
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Buying property off a relative, help needed
Hello, My husband and I have decided to put our house on the market as we would really like to buy his Uncle's house which has been on the market for a little while now. We couldn't understand why it hadn't sold yet but we discovered the property is leasehold and has less than 60 years left on the lease. After getting some…
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Partners IVA, Rental Income & bonuses
Hi I'm new to the forum so apologies if a problem like this has been covered previously. I’ll try to keep this as brief as I can! It feels very complicated to me but hopefully someone on here can make some suggestions. I have two flats, one that I live in, one that I rent out (£1200pm 2* Mortgage re-payment) and there’s…
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Can homeowner get a council/HA property ?
Two colleagues discussing this at work today, I think a no no, but if possible would be ideal for my MIL. Colleague was saying her elderly mother who owns her own house cant manage the stairs very well now, but if they sell the house cant afford a bungalow. So she says plan is for mum to sell her house, move into equally…
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Extending lease
Hi, Please can anyone advise? Can you only extend lease for 50 years on a house that is free hold? Can you extend for longer if house is leasehold which my house is? Ideally wanted to buy free hold but have been told I can’t as although a house it has a shared garden. Would want to extend for longer than 50 years as plan…
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Selling a shared ownership flat
We are just entering into selling a shared ownership flat in London and am finding it hard to get concrete information out of the housing association who owns some of it. I'm wondering if I can pick the brains of people who have been through this process or are in the middle of it! We have been told that they will arrange…
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Been in our home since May...absolute house of horrors...
So many issues, mainly plumbing, must have spent a few £k on it - just really upsetting! It’s not things that would come up on surveys just things like leaking shower units, boiler issues ahhhhh part of me really loathes the house!!! Just seems never ending....
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Retrospective planning consent
Hi.. To cut a long story short - i have undertaken works on my leasehold flat without the freeholders permission (we have a Tyneside Lease - upstairs /downstairs are freeholders of each other)..i'm hopeful that this will be granted but would like to know if the document is required to be drawn up by a solicitor (am sure it…
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Extending a leasehold as a freeholder
Hi all As a freeholder (one of three in a four flat block), we recently allowed extension of a leasehold to the fourth flat. The fees rendered were not massive, but am I right in understanding that the fees generated are to be distributed amongst the freeholders and do NOT need to go back into the LTD company we created to…
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renting out your property
anyone with any experience , knowledge on renting out their property ? im aware that you are advised to tell your lender ! fine ! great :j so you tell them and how easy is it ? i have heard horror stories that you can be forced into a buy to let mortgage but i also hear of people letting out there residential properties…
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Strange estate agent behaviour
I’m in the middle of offering on a property which has received considerable interest which is understandable as it has never been available and highly desirable. I have bought and sold before but never really taken much note of estate agent behaviours as previous sales and purchased have been relatively simple - at least…
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Using first home as collateral for a second home?
Hello. I've seen this question has been asked before but my circumstances differ and am therefore unsure if the answer will differ also. I own my own flat purchased nearly 2 years ago for £90k (I put a 10% deposit down) it's now worth around £105k. I wish now to buy a house with my husband so we can start a family and…
