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Equestrian Development within the GreenBelt
Hello, I’m looking for some help and advice regarding a change of use of Agricultural land to Equestrian and the development a a small stable block and ancillary store. The site extends to 1.5 acres and sits wholly within the green belt. We propose to site a double stable and store room (approx 12ftx24ft) on a concrete…
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Buying my brother out.
Afternoon, basically I’m looking to buy my brother out of the mortgage we own together my mum also lives in the house, he put zero deposit down. And has only contributed to the monthly payments of house hold bills such as gas and electric, water rates sky those type of things and my mum has been paying the actual mortgage…
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Management Company sent Adjustment bill for period before I moved into the property
My management company has sent an adjustment bill for the period ending July 2018. I moved into the property in September 2018. The adjustment is because the cleaning costs was £228 under estimated apparently. My question is, Am liable for costs occurred before I purchased the property? Thanks
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Shared ownership in husbands name
Can my husband apply for a shared ownership property in his own name without taking in to consideration our joint income? We're just over the max income threshold if you calculate our incomes together.
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First time buyer anxiety
Hi, I'm in the process of buying my 1st home, early days but my offer was accepted on Friday. Now all I've done since is panic! It sounds daft but it's around 30 minutes from where I currently live (I can't afford to buy round here) and will be a 35 min commute to work. Did anyone else start to feel like this when they…
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Purchasing the freehold
Hi We purchased a Bellway property in 2006 and were at our maximum budget. Bellway advised it was leasehold however we could purchase the freehold for approximately £1500 at any time in future. We went ahead with the leasehold. Our leaseholders are now Chime Properties which is managed by Chancery St James who we paid £ 50…
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Inheritance tax or capital gain tax
My husband and his brother brought their parents house from them around 30 years ago so their parents could retire mortgage free. The house was purchased below market value. Both parents have since died and neither brother lived in the house since the purchase, their younger brother lived there as a carer and he is still…
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Part Owner Of House Rights
My father passed away in 2010. As him and my mother were divorced at this time, his 50% share of the property (no mortgage) was divided equally through probate, between my 3 siblings and I (12.5% share each). My brother wanted to cash in his share immediately, so my mother bought him out and now owns 62.5% of the property.…
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New house negotiation
Hello! We are thinking about buying a brand new house as first time buyers. How much should we be looking to “knock off” the asking price realistically? Any help would be greatly appreciated:j
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Some advice please
Hi all I’m in a tricky situation and could really do with some advice as I don’t know what to do for the best! I’m in my 30s living at home with my mother in the south east of England. She owns 1/3rd of a property; the other 2/3 is owned by a ‘family’ member – more on that later. To cut a long story short, she is now an…
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Deed of Trust - Interpretation
Hi, I currently have a standard Deed Of trust on a property with my fiancee, I put an amount of money into the property we live in but I am not on the mortgage but do pay half towards to essentially keep my % currently at 47% and hers at 53%. Am I right in my thinking that any working out on value due to me is based on…
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Issue with Title Plan
Hi All, I’m not quite sure whether this is the most appropriate place to post this and apologise if it’s in the wrong category. I have recently purchased some agricultural land in Wakefield, South Yorkshire. The site is served by a private access road build by Yorkshire Water Limited on land owned by the people who’s land…
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The house I'm buying has dropped 10k value
Hi, I'm looking for advice please. I'm a first time buyer, and have had my eye on an aelrea for a long time, 1st house we made offer on fell through as it went to a closing date. Almost a year down the line, another one pops up, just round the corner, but in a well established sought after area, so we jumped at it. We went…
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First House & Future Strategy Plan, Am I Thinking Right?
Hi everybody! So I'm in kind of a unique position, I'm looking at buying my first home alone and have a few ideas for how things might go going forward. I was hoping that if I listed some of my plan, whether you guys would mind reading over it and with your much better judgements, knowledges and experiences than me, offer…
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Letting agent fees (tenant side) - room to negotiate?
Hi Folks, Quick question. In London, I am in the processing of finding a new flat and one has come up, which is managed by Hamptons. I have read that Hamptons will want to charge me in the region of £450 - 500 for tasks such as screening, letting agreement, inventory etc. I find this preposterous to be frank, and wondering…
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Leak in rented house, landlord wojt call emergency plumber, and where do I stand with time off?
While showering the kids this evening, our neighhour knocked on the door to say that water was leaking from the alley between the houses. It has since started leaking through the hallway light fitting too - but it's only happening when water is going down the bath and sink drain. First issue is that the landlord refuses to…
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reasonable offer?
I'm thinking of making an offer on a house that's been on the market for some time now. During that time, (6 months) its been dropped in price from 765000 to 740000 and then in late Nov to 695000. I know that the vendors have split up and this seems to be the reason for the sale (which fell through once due to the…
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New build part-ex negotiations
Hi, We're vaguely interested in part-exchanging our 4-yr old house for a new build nearby. Builder has valued my house at slightly less than we would expect it to sell for (based on sales figure of identical house on estate a few months ago). So we rejected the offer and thought no more of it as we don't *need* to move and…
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Getting the most bang for my buck
I have been soaking up as much information as I can over the past few weeks when it comes to buying homes. I am a single adult looking to buy in 2-3 years with a large deposit - 3 or 4 bedroom with garden, way up North, Newcastle area. Houses with this spec can go for £80k-£150k depending on the area and if it needs work.…
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Liability for Water Damage in Leasehold Flat
Afternoon, I have an issue in which a leak from my flat caused water damage to neighbouring (downstairs) flat, the leak was resolved within an hour of being notified as the water was switched off. The source was identified and fixed the following day. Shortly thereafter I was contacted by the management company regarding…
