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Transfer of Equity
I'm hoping someone can help. I've recently approached a conveyancer regarding adding myself to the deeds of my wifes home, but the costs quoted seem to be spiralling out of control. IN light of this I checked what exactly needs to be done and whether or not I can do it myself. It would appear that all I need to do is…
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Co op sinking fund
Hello all Right ok here goes, I live on a co op housing estate with about a hundred properties on it, I’ve just joint the committee to try and help out on the estate. So anyway we have a sinking fund with a extortionate amount of money in it which gets bigger every year and are being told we can’t use hardly any of it ??…
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Tracy deposit dispute
I'm looking for some advice regarding a deposit dispute. Myself and my now ex-partner rented a property for 4 years. The deposit was lodged correctly in a government scheme in both our names with myself as the lead name. Long story short, my wife and I separated and I moved out. The agent refused to simply remove me from…
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Transfer of BTL property to spouse in divorce
I'm currently going through divorce and as part of the financial settlement, I will be getting sole ownership of a BTL property which is currently a marital asset. I realise that there will be CGT implication, but my main concerns are around actually getting the transfer to happen. It complicated by the following: -…
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Selling my share of the house
I own a property outright with my brother, my brother is living in it but I don't get anything as I myself live elsewhere in a house that I own with my husband. I no longer wish to own the property with my brother and would like him to have it. It's our family home and we inherited it when our dad passed away nearly 5…
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Help Needed for two housing issues
Dear all, Thank you for reading my thread, please kindly let me know if this is not the right forums section to post this, basically I have two questions about housing/rent: 1- I am on my placement year, and next year will go to finish my uni, I am 35 years old and receiving student finance, the normal one and the extra…
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Short lease flat with issues
I have posted about this before, but since I have the situation has developed: I was/am in the process of buying a flat with a very short lease (57 years). I hasten to add I was naive going into this purchase and didn’t realize this initially. I am a cash buyer (with inheritance funds). As the purchase was via an auction…
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Unreasonable charges from management company
Hello. My wife and I purchased our new build freehold house 6 years ago. We were advised by the sales lady at the time that we'd have to pay about £60 a year to maintain some acquacells for drainage (not in our garden), which we thought was reasonable. It took about 2 years for us to receive a letter from the management…
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Declaration of Trust
i, I have now finally found a copy of my declaration of trust for a property bought back in 2010 The main bulk of the wording that matters states; 1. The Legal Owner declares she holds the Property and its proceeds of sale and repaying the Improvement Monies to the Account) and the net rents and profits until sale UPON…
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Land Registry - Shared Ownership
Hi was wondering if anyone could offer me some advice.....I was a shared owner with a 50% share and purchased the remaining 50% mid December so am now 100% owner. I am having an issue with Land Registry over stamp duty and have not yet registered the purchase.....I am trying to find out from the land registry how much…
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Land Registry - Non TR1 compliance
Hi, Sold some land over two years ago. Buyer will not/ has not complete the TR1 transfer of ownership form even though he has paid me the money. The land registry records still show my name as the owner. Land Registry say it is compulsory for buyer to complete the TR1 form but have not stipulated a timeframe. Am I still…
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Advise Needed - Sellers wants to retain part of garden
I recently made an offer on a property which was accepted but after solicitors got involved I came to know that sellers is trying to retain 35% of the garden space to store his goods and also wants services like electricity to be provisioned from the house being sold. Mortgage lender has said the offer is one the higher…
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Planning permission objection, neighbour dispute property information form - do we need to declare?
Hi all, We’re going through the daunting prospect of selling our first house and I have a question on the Property Information Form in regards to our planning permission. We considered extending our house with a single storey extension and went through all the planning permission process. We had a good relationship with…
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End of fixed rate, but want to move
Hi, I'm coming to the end of a 5 year fixed rate (2 months left). However, I'm also looking to move house, for which I'd need to borrow more. I plan to have my current place up for sale within the next month and will start viewing properties as soon as it's appropriate. Talking to my mortgage provider, it seems I have two…
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House subfloor
I am looking to buy a bungalow which needs renovation work. My plan would be to knock down all the internal walls, as they are stud partitions and star again. I understand the floor is likely to be concrete and was wondering if this is something I should look into more in terms of the condition of the subfloor. Any ideas?
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TV aerial query
Hi all, We just moved into a new house. The TV aerial has one visible wire that comes from the aerial through the exterior wall and into a bedroom upstairs. We have a NOW TV box that requires a normal aerial. I assume we simply need to pay an engineer to sort the wires out so they go downstairs. My question is whether it…
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Removals companies
Our house sale and purchase are currently underway with searches in progress at the moment from both parties. Starting to prepare for moving day in terms of researching removals companies and costs vs hiring a van and doing it ourselves. As I’ve never moved before and I’ve never needed a removals service, I was wondering…
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Selling house with leasehold
My wife and I are trying to sell our 3 bedroom house in Crewe. We bought the house 12 years ago whilst it was still being built. When buying this house we knew it was leasehold but that seemed to be the norm. We have now grown into a family of 4 and are looking for a bigger house. Our house has been on the market since…
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Rental income spreadsheet
Does anybody have, or know of, a good property rental spreadsheet i could use please as i have to do a tax return but thought it would be easier to put it all on a spreadsheet first Thanks
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End of tenancy - Landlord trying to be smart
Hi all, and thanks in advance to whoever will help with this. I will try and make it as short as possible: September 2017 - I rented a room in a house with supposedly a live-in landlady (who was rarely in though). £500 monthly rent (all inclusive), £500 deposit (not protected due to live in landlady status). During my…
