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Mugged!!
So recently had an offer accepted on a house after months of looking, great I thought... After seeing the property on rightmove I thought it was more than worth a visit in person, so I did. Was very impressed and put an offer in, after a little haggling we finally agreed on a sale price. Then I had a call from the estate…
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notification of funds release has wrong date
Hi, We exchanged last Wednesday (16th) and set completion for Friday 25th. This evening we received a text and an email from Nationwide (our lender) saying funds will be sent on 28th. At this stage we've booked movers, arranged time off work and ordered furniture to be delivered. We also have to be out of our rented flat…
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30% fall in property if no deal brexit
Channel 4 news just said it will be at least 30% crash in property prices if no deal. The good news is the uk will save the 39billion divorce fees
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Low asking prices but expecting more
How common (and successful) is it to do this? I’ve seen a few houses where the houses are valued at xxx amount, they advertise for a week or so before allowing viewings, and then when asked about the price/ wriggle room on the price , they say that the vendors are actually expecting more. This has happened three times to…
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First time buyer, Need opinion on when to instruct a solicitor
Hi all, made an offer on a house on Saturday and after chasing the EA yday evening it turns out the offer was accepted and they had just forgotten to ring us back. (not sure that fills me with confidence but ok... good news) basically our vender is looking to buy an empty property with the same EA. When i was told my offer…
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Help! House Purchase – Water Main, Lost Deeds, No PP/BC …
I’ve been reading this forum for a while now, and there are a lot of very knowledge people on here that give some great advice. So here I am seeking some assistance! �� We’re currently in the process of trying to buy a house (Week 12) and quite a few issues have come up. It’s a detached house (built circa…
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Sold house and now having to rent advice
Okay so I sold our house. We have attempted to buy two houses one went to probate the other we were gazumped. I’m afraid it’s time up for us and we have to move to renting. There is nothing else on the market we like and we’re praying something better comes along in a few months and we will be in a better buying position…
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Am I being too harsh?
I'm selling to a first time buyer and I'm buying a new build. Should be a pretty smooth process then... We were aiming to have everything wrapped up by the end of January but unfortunately that's not going to happen now. My phone was ringing off the hook yesterday and this morning from solicitors, estate agents and new…
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Am I entitled to compensation: Boiler repeatedly not working in shared building
Hi, I currently rent from an agency who manage everything for the landlord. I'm in a serviced building (high rise with 400 flats in) and there is a centralised boiler system. The rent is currently £1750 a month. Over the last month and a half we have had almost 2 weeks of no hot water and a 72 hour period of no running…
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HELP - Shared Ownership Negative Equity
I own a 1 bed flat that I paid £60,000 for 50% shared ownership 10 years ago. It is not anywhere near worth the price I paid for it then. I owe £45,000 on my mortgage and the property has been valued at £62,500. If I sold it and got £60,000 (for example), I would need to give back £30,000 to the housing association, then…
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Solicitor Searches FTB
Hi, I’m a first time buyer using HTB and have had my mortgage offer through today which I have now informed my solicitors that I will be accepting. We have not yet received the ATP for the HTB as my broker made an error on the form, I paid the fees for the solicitor searches last week on their request but they have advised…
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Shared access
There is shared access within two property's on one set of (A) deeds a certain area is much greater than the other set of (B) deeds (A) deeds vehicle parked on it Stationary on (B) deeds area is much smaller should be open no vehicles to be on it (B) Deeds house was built and dated before (A) deeds does this make any…
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Potential New Build Buy/ Selling our Property
We are after a new build property, which won’t be available until the summer – as the plots available earlier have already been reserved out. To reserve a plot we need to have sold our home STC . Our property is about to go on the market – but we are worried potential buyers will be put off by us not being able to move…
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Selling a property when let out
Dear All, I would like to ask you for an advice on how to most effectively sell a property which is rented out. I had to move out of my house following work, now it seems I won't be going back and thinking of buying a property in my new area. The house has been rented out on a 12 months AST, now I am in the last 7 weeks of…
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Turn Cul de sac into a private road
Hi, We live in the outskirts of London and there has been quite a few burglaries in our area recently (not our street), which has obviously got us concerned. Our street is a cul de sac, and I was wondering does anyone know if the council would consider allowing us to turn the street into a private road, with a gate at the…
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Initial offer on house rejected - next steps?
Hi, I'm fairly new to this forum so would appreciate any advice. We recently placed an offer on a property which was rejected in a couple of hours. Property marketed at £300k, and we offered £273k. The EA has suggested that he doesn't think the vendor will accept anything below £285k, but may consider anything from £280k…
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Mortgage-free house move
Hi - first time poster, but have been a regular visitor for years, and have really appreciated the advice everybody gives here. I'm just looking for some advice or gotchas to avoid. Essentially, I own/live in a mortgage-free flat, and my wife and I are looking to move to a real house. However, we have some savings, but not…
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Viewing etiquette
Hi everyone! Hoping for a wee bit of advice. I’m viewing my first ever property this weekend and I’m looking for hints and tips for what to do/ ask/ what not to do or say. Any advice greatly appreciated.
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sell or let out?
I am considering taking a new job which requires relocating to the other side of the country from where I live now. I'm currently in year 3 of a 5 year fixed term mortgage with early exit penalty (about £5k). Given the uncertainty of Brexit and housing market going completely stagnant in my current area, I was thinking…
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Who pays for the energy?
Hi, I just moved into my new rented apartment on the 10th of Jan and on Sunday I put the request to change to EDF. I was told this will take 3 weeks... My question is who is responsible for paying the energy bill in the meantime, my friends told me that I should forward the meter readings from when we got the keys to EDF…
