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House buying company
Selling my house to a quick house sale company, I had another post about missives being completed. Has anyone sold to one of these companies and were they under the name of a smaller limited company? I am very worried that they may fold or say they don’t want to continue with the purchase anymore. checked the missives and…
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New Build buyers anyone???
New build buyers hello. How are you guys doing? Any update from your developer? We received an email from ours last week saying that our new build will likely get delayed due to obvious reasons. The house is supposed to finish this summer but since there’s lockdown we don’t know now when. I just have a couple of questions…
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Attic room without building regulations
Can anybody shed some light on whether this is a problem regarding insurance or anything else for that matter?
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Can I continue with my purchase or not?
I possibly want to continue with the purchase of the property I have reserved. I am just waiting for a couple of searches to come back. I don't believe there is much left to do. I am just not sure if I am allowed to continue with the purchase or not. I have not exchanged contracts yet. So.... My solicitor is saying…
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HELP! Student Rent Dispute
This is an email I sent and the reply I got from my landlord in response to my plea from myself and my house mates about how we have no income to pay all of our rent as we were advised to go home by our university for our safety, so would it be possible to lower the rent for the coming months. What advice is out there? Who…
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Instructing Solicitors when we dont yet have a buyer?? advice please.
Hi, we recently have had an offer accepted on a house we love but we are yet to have an acceptable offer on our house. The estate agents of the house we are buying are asking for our solicitor details however I am nervous that we will be delayed some significant amount of time due the current COVID lockdown and the…
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Essential travel advice - travelling to hand over keys
Hi, can one travel 100 miles up north to hand over keys for a new tenancy that was arranged a few weeks ago. The new tenant is a nurse and needs to move in, can the travel up north be classed as essential? Thanks
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Trying to delay end of tenancy due to lockdown
My partner and I are due to leave our rented flat next weekend (5th April) after providing the landlord and letting agents with notice in early February. Following the instructions and guidelines on lockdown given by the government last Monday (including delaying house moves), we contacted our landlord to understand if new…
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Student rentals
I am a landlord and rent to the student market. I have been told by my solicitor that students still have to pay their rent despite the current situation with the Corona virus. Many have left to go home and are now asking to cancel their contracts and not to pay the rent. Please help.
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How to buy out your partner in a mortgage
Can anyone give me any idea how much it would cost me to buy me x partner out of are mortgage we have five yrs and 9 months left to run on it we still owe £34000 and house was £90000 just need some idea how much is it gunner cost and how they work it out thank you if any body can help it would be appreciated
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Buying/Selling - Exactly what is on hold during lockdown?
Obviously physical things like viewings, property surveys, removals etc are on hold, but I would like to make sure the process is progressing as far as it can to avoid any unnecessary delays after lockdown ends. So my question is, are the following still going ahead...? - Desktop valuations / AVM - Area searches -…
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Leasehold with provision for permission to let
I was asking yesterday about pulling out from a 2nd BTL purchase: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6121621/buying-a-2nd-property-as-btl-should-i-pull-out Today, my solicitor has informed me there is a provision in the lease that requires me to get a permission from the freeholder to let out the property, and…
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Sell leasehold but retain freehold - without other f/h sign?
Hi, I own a flat (ground floor) with share of freehold with another flat (1st floor). Owner of that flat is near to impossible to reach. Is it possible for me to sell my flat as leasehold and retain the freehold without the other freeholder signing documents to complete the sale? There is no ground rent or service charges.…
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Council Tax?
My mother in law recently passed away at the ripe old age of 100. She owned a semi bungalow, which my wife and family want to sell when all the furniture is taken out/sold. It will be a while before all the sorting out is done obviously. So I wondered how she stands with the council tax (which is due soon). Will it still…
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To pull out of house purchase?
We had an offer accepted on a house in January, it had just been reduced by 15k to 175 after sitting on the market for a few months. We don’t believe it was ever worth 190 at all, we got it for 170 in the end (2k of that was knocked off after survey). We’ve paid for searches but they’ve not came back yet so we’re not…
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Student rent
I have two children currently renting uni accommodation but will not be using it next semester due to current lockdown rules and so will continue to live at the family home. Should they still pay rent or will there be options available to them in line with special conditions for tenants?
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Ex Military person going for an SC (Security Cleared) job with the MOD, with adverse credit rating
Hi all, I left the military a time ago, and got a job interview coming up shortly which needs SC clearance. In the meantime I have owned my own business and missed 3 payments last year for an outstanding loan (Personnel one). This is now being rectified. My credit rating is in the middle (not the worst, not the best). I am…
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FTB - Should we reduce offer?!
Hi everyone, We were due to exchange contracts last week and complete 08/04 although this has all been put on hold during the lockdown (by our solicitors). There is no onward chain with the property we are buying, the seller is moving in with a relative. We are so confused with what to do -do we reduce our offer before…
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New build Avant with April move in date.
Hi all, I know there have been similar threads recently but wanted to vent :) We reserved a newbuild apartment in november, paid in full for all the extras and had a completion date of last friday in April. I know Covid-19 is serious, and id rather all tradesmen are home safe instead of working, so i have no problem with a…
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House Prices (what's next?)
Hi People, I know practically nothing about economics, house price movements etc.... so I'm curious to hear other peoples opinions. (I know crashytime will say everything will crash, so I don't need their comments and the ongoing arguments they bring). Are we going up, down, staying as we are in terms of house prices?…
