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Buying house in conservation area, no planning permission
Hello there! My partner and I are buying our first house together, a renovation project that we hope we can turn into our forever home! The current owner has lived in the house for 50 years and has made some additions to the house over that time, including a garage, a workshop and a rear single story kitchen extension (3m…
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Sold house now diagnosed with Covid-19
Advice received. Original post now deleted. Thank you.
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Rent question if paid fortnightly?
Hi if my Rent was £390 Per Calendar Month can anyone tell me how much i would pay if i paid fortnightly? Many Thanks
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Spread bet on UK house prices to hedge risk of house price fall?
I will be selling my property in a few months but am concerned about a major dip in house prices due to COVID 19.I would like to hedge that risk with a spread bet, but I cannot find any company which offers a bet on house price indices. It appears IG used to do it, but it appears not so any more (I have an account there…
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power company ' wayleave '
has anyone heard of ' wayleave ' it is money you get if an ie. electric pole is on your property
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No Missives and one week to handover
We accepted an offer on our house 8 weeks ago and date of entry is set for the 31st of this month so we really need to be packed up and moving out in the next few days to allow time to clean house etc. My concern is with no missives concluded it could all fall through and were left needing to move back in. Our solicitor…
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Communal bike storage - Compromise
I live in a 2 story building of 4 flats. Each floor has 2 flats whereas the ground floor has no flats. There are 2 doors that open to the ground floor, one towards the main road and one towards the communal parking and a side road. Most people living in the building use the latter, as we own and drive a car. As you enter…
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Will my move go ahead?
My house sale is sorted, just waiting to finalise my house purchase before sorting out exchange and completion on both sale and purchase. With what is happening in the world right now, what would happen if we were to go in to lockdown? I am assuming that this would put a delay on the completion until we are all return to…
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Another exchange thread...
As per my previous post.. I proposed the 1st or 9th April to my buyers to complete however they have to give two months notice on their rented property. They can cover one month where they pay rent and mortgage payments but not two months. my solicitor will not exchange without completing the same day because of the…
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Another COvid-19 House Buying Thread
In two minds on what to do : Me and OH pulled out of a house end of last year due to subsidence and have found another one we like after being crushed with the first house. We had our offer accepted a few weeks ago with a mortgage deal of 2.39%, paying full asking price £270k - I am first time buyer, however my partner has…
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Removals companies. Covid problems?
For info, I have second hand information that some companies are demanding full payment well in advance of a move, I do not know if there is any provision for return in the event of non-performance/ company ceasing to trade etc, however even under normal circumstances you still lose your deposit. In addition (source BAR…
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Capital gains tax
Hi Iam buying next door to knock through and we have got,second home, 7k capital gains tax bill can I claim some back when we knock through?
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First time buyer - submit lower offer, or wait this out?
Hi, I've just got a deposit together to buy my first home, and was about to start looking at places. I'm looking at new builds and using the 5% deposit/government equity loan to buy. My job is pretty secure and don't expect any loss in income because of the coronavirus. Just wondering if anyone has any advice in this…
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being bought out of a property
Hiya just need abit of advice. Long story short i bought a property with an ex 3 yrs ago. We split up in December and i moved out of the property but carried on paying my half of the mortgage. The property then went on the market for sale in January and has been lowered in price twice already due to no viewings. The…
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Retirement Housing
My son and partner are currently staying with her mother at her retirement residential site. It was always planned to be a temporary arrangement until they could move into their new flat; I think site rules allow for around a month. The virus situation has blown all of that out of the water and although the new lease…
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EA breach of contract COVID19
EA has written to us to say they will no longer conduct viewings in person until further notice. Now I don’t disagree with the steps but does this mean in terms of sole agency agreement I can cancel with immediate affect due to breach of contract?
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Urgent renting advise
Hi guys, my niece took out a private rented house with me as guarantor over a year ago on a one year contract which is now up. She hasn’t signed anything to say she’s extended it but continues to live in the hosue and pay rent. I was contacted yesterday by landlord being rude and abusive due to her being late paying. Is…
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Should we pull out? Buying our first place and Corona Virus concerns
Myself and my partner are currently proceeding on a house in the UK (first time buyers) Purchase price is 243000. We have received draft contracts and the solicitors are no sale no fee. We're currently living in rented paying 825 pcm. Naturally we're very concerned re the potential (and seemingly probable) fall in house…
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Capital Gains Tax - Selling a flat and buying a new one
Hi All, I'm about to sell a flat bought for £200K and sell it for £350K. The capital gains tax is £150K, where I should pay roughly 28% of tax. Is there a way to pay less if I invest all the money coming from selling the flat into a new property? Is this a possibility or do I still need to pay the tax when I sold the flat?…
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Estate Agents
Just wondering if I am being too cynical. I went to see a house I liked a while ago and made it known I was interested. The hose has been on the market since May and when I spoke to the EA that showed me round she said they had had interest but no offers. Following advise from our EA we phoned to make a non proceed-able…
