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St Modwen Homes - opinions good or bad
My partner and I are considering a new build home and possibly thinking of buying one from St Modwen homes. The site we are interested in Egstow Park, near Chesterfield. We like the designs and the square footage seems a little bit bigger than properties from other new build developers. Does anybody have any opinions as to…
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Offering over the asking price
A well priced house has come up in a nice area. It was put on as offers over . It only came on the market on Wednesday - I went to see it the next day . I rang the next day to offer - just under the asking price , that was not accepted and the estate agent indicated as its offers over , the seller expects more than asking…
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Honest Estate Agent?
Viewed a property yesterday that was on the market for 24% more than one nearby sold recently. The 2 houses started life the same except that the more expensive one has a better view. The agent also drew my attention to the (nice) extension and larger garden. I told the agent that I was afraid that if I bid full price, my…
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can my daughter buy our council house
myself and my husband are not in a position to be able to buy our council house which we have lived in about 18 years. our daughter will soon be able to buy a property, we were wondering if she would be eligible to buy our house if she continued to live in it with us for a while, also any chance our discount be able to be…
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When and who should inform me of a property defect.
Hi Everyone I am currently in the middle of trying to purchase a leasehold flat/apartment, I have paid the solicitor to complete searches etc. and for a home buyer report to be carried out. The solicitors have now flagged up that the seller has had to pay into a sink fund over the last three years on top of the standard…
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Buying a house which has had insurance claim - advice
Hi all, I'm helping a relative who is buying a house. The seller has disclosed that he made an insurance claim for electrical remediation work following accidentally damaging electric wiring. We understand that some re-wiring was necessary and possibly a new consumer unit. Please can anyone advise whether this history of a…
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Electric Safety Inspection
Renting a property which i've been at for one year now and received a letter from " gas-elec" stating they will carry out an electrical safety inspection on a given date, due to instruction from my landlord/block management. It also says " Appliances owned by the tenant are not required to be tested" etc etc So is this…
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Subsidence & Insurance (leashold)
Hello, I have been reading about subsidence for the past week or so, yet I am still in doubt. I felt in love (maybe that’s the issue) with a 2 beds ground floor flat (leasehold) in North West London. It’s been recently modernised (2016) and offer all i am looking for (open plan, garden etc). Because it’s “new” it has a…
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major issues or 1st time buyer nerves?
we have had an offer accepted on a 2 bed mid terrace house at top end of our budget. It needs some work doing and we are a bit concerned about the costs involved and thinking is it best to withdraw our offer and keep looking ( maybe best to only go top of budget if nothing needs doing ), and potentially renting untill a…
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Buying a house with Probate granted
Hi. I put an offer down on a house about 6 months ago and soon after the offer was accepted we found out that probate had not been applied for. Long story short after 6 months of waiting we were told about 3 weeks ago that it had been granted and we would start seeing some movement. My own house is sold and we should be…
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How much rent will we owe?
Our tenancy recently became a monthly periodic tenancy. Our landlords are trying to sell the house, and verbally told us that they are giving us notice to quit (written notice to follow). I assume they intend to use a Section 21, so giving us 2 months notice. Let's say we find a new place and want to move in a week's time;…
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Off Plan New Build - 10% Deposit
Hi there - I am looking at reserving an off plan new build flat. I am a first time buyer so very new to this. I learned today that if I reserve, I will exchange within three weeks and have to put down the 10% deposit. However, the new build will not be complete for another 11 months at the earliest and possibly as long as…
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New build sale advice please?
Hi all Been after a house in our area for a while now but as the house hasn’t been finished, i suffer with anxiety and can’t seem to have the guts to buy off plan so have just drove past every now and again to check it’s for sale. The sales woman does know we want the house as we have enquired about it for a few months…
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House change of ownership
OK so my mother who is 75 wants to gift me and my brother with her house. The house is under her name only and has no mortgage on it. My brother still lives in the house and so does my dad. We was looking at changing the name on the register ourselves with the forms and taking them to the land registry. But brother is…
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Need legal advice please.
Hello. Any advice will be appreciated. I have a Assured shorthold tenancy agreement witch state's: - " At the end of the agreement if you have not received two months notice to end the tenancy , it will carry as a monthly contractual tenancy. You must give one month notice to end it. " - " If you give us notice that you…
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Fletcher Longstaff solicitors
Hi I am purchasing a flat in london and trying to identify a solicitor and after some research am considering appointing fletcher longstaff. Does anyone have any experience of using them and if so would they recommend? I am slightly reticent as they are an out of town firm but they have very good reviews and have had some…
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Estate Agent won't allow us to surrender tenancy early?
I handed in the notice for my flat start of this month as per my tenancy agreement, and Letting Agent has confirmed that tenancy end date is beginning of December. They agreed that if they could find a new tenant who would move in sooner (mid Nov) we could end our tenancy earlier, as we have just exchanged contracts on a…
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How to tell estimate house age in Rightmove ad
Is there a way to tell how old a house when looking at an advert online? Sometimes it's quite obvious, either the ad will say "1930s semi" or you can tell from the decor that the house hasn't been redecorated since 1970s so it must be at least that old... On the other hand, if the house is "in a popular development" or has…
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Surrendering a fixed term tenancy
We signed a fixed term lease for 12 months in July this year (through an agency). We knew that we would be looking to buy towards the end of it but since we really don't like the area we moved in to and the neighbours, we're actually looking buy sooner than later. I know that it's really down to the landlord's discretion…
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Buying from family
Hi all, My partner currently owns her own home, but has the opportunity to buy a house from her parents. This house would be a forever home, and was built by her parents nearly 10 years ago. There’s still a mortgage on the property, ca.£150k, and my question to this forum is, what’s the best process for ‘purchasing’ this…
