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Selling your house with minimal EA involvement?
Hi there Has anyone handled the selling of their own house before? I am thinking of paying an online EA for a listing on Rightmove etc but then doing all the viewings and fielding any offers myself. Can anyone recommend an online EA for this? Thank you
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Part exchange help...deposit explained
Hello everyone Hope you can help - please excuse my ignorance I am completely new to the property world! My boyfriend & I bought our first house (Taylor Wimpey new build) in 2018. We love the house and the area, but are now looking to the future as we bought a 2 bed and it’s been great but definitely not a “forever home”.…
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Party wall / boundary scenario
Two semi-detached houses. Both houses and surrounding private land are owned by a single company. The houses have never been individually owned before but are then sold to two different private owners. The first house is sold a few months before the second. When the first house was sold, a wooden fence marked the boundary…
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Persimmon - Part Exchange
We are looking at part exchanging a house we bought 2 years ago off Persimmon for £197,000 for a Part Exchanged (PE) house Persimmon have listed as £259,995. The PE house has been listed for about 4 months now and when we asked for a valuation for our house yesterday Persimmon offered us £195,000. We were going to ask…
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Moved into a house that was apparently cleaned!
Hello myself and friend moved into this place on the 29th February 2020 and whilst signing the contract and inventory forms the agent was saying how it was professionally cleaned the day before so we thought ok it's going to be cleaner but as soon as we got to the place our hearts dropped and our family was shocked which…
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Staircasing to 100% and selling simultaneously shared ownership house
Hello, I would really appreciate some shared experiences on this topic. I am 14 weeks into the conveyancing process where I am selling my shared ownership home on the open market by staircasing to 100% and selling to buyer simultaneously. There is no chain. My housing association has removed all pre emption rights clauses…
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Due diligence on purchasers borrowing chances
Our house sale has just collapsed after nearly 6 weeks of being STC. We have just found out our buyer only has an Indian Passport with no right to reside and who knows what other factors would prevent him getting a mortgage which turns out he can't. What I don't understand is how he can get a mortgage in principal if he…
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Would you buy this flat?
Hi, I hope you can help. We’re in the process of buying a flat in London (marked in purple). We’ve just discovered that the small hotel next door has been trying for planning permission to extend. They have purchased the building the other side of our small block and the land behind. Their proposal would literally ‘wrap’…
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Barratt Homes - Media Panel/Ethernet Connections
Hi there, Has anyone bought a Barratt home? I wanted to know if the Media Panel or the Telephone points upgrade will carry ethernet/internet connections. I want wired ethernet around the home, but the sales rep doesn't seem to know what I'm talking about and the barratt upgrade site doesn't mention anything to do with…
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Buying a house / ending HMO tenancy
Hi People, I am currently going through the process of purchasing a house, all seems to be going fine.... I currently live in a HMO (House of Multiple Occupation) and I'm on a rolling month by month contract. I have a feeling my house purchase may complete in very early April and I have not given notice to my landlord yet,…
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Will they take my new flat from me?
Hello, This process is driving me to insanity! I wrote a post a couple of days ago but I will recap. So myself and my partner broke up in December and we have had to sell our house, offer went in at the end of January. The sale has actually been going well, buyers have their mortgage offer, enquiries are answered, searches…
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Management Co dissolved
Im buying a one year old house. The management co have dissolved and no one appears to have taken over. Its a private shared access to parking. Lighting of that area, thats about it. No trees or grass to maintain. The solicitor said the transfer doc says any purchaser should be joined as a director with £1 share obviously…
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Valuation time scale .
Hi I've finally sold my house after being on the market for months . It's coming up to 5 weeks since we agreed on the sale price there's still no valuation/survey been carried out . I've spoke to my estate agent a few times . He said there was a small issue when they renewed there morgage they would need a bigger deposit…
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New Build, Fire Safety Cert and Building Control - not signed off before legal completion
Hi All, Just wondering if anyone has experience of this. I am buying a new build property. It is essentially complete and some people have already moved into the building. Yet today, after I asked questions, I was told that they did not yet have a fire safety cert and would not arrange one until the building was…
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Letting Agents have been sold/taken over. What do I need to make sure I'm not being scammed?
I've privately rented a properly for three years through the same LA and received an e-mail mid-feb with a notice that the LA had been sold/taken over and was now known by a new name and with new bank details to send my rent to. Now I've come to pay for March (I always paid via BACS rather than a DD as they used a…
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Shared Ownership Buildings Insurance Subsidence Excess preventing sale
Good evening all, We are trying to sell our shared ownership house and have found a buyer. During the conveyancing process our buyers mortgage lender refused the £5,000 subsidence excess on the existing buildings insurance. Under the terms of the lease, the freeholder is responsible for the buildings insurance and are…
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Am I right to refuse sale to investors?
Hi all, First time seller here, had our house valued last night and have already had 6 viewings booked before the pictures were even taken. The house is a 3 bed semi for around 180k and is perfect for a young couple/FTB, however I've noticed that a property investment firm is coming to view the property at the same time as…
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House has only a single chimney breast
Hi, hope you guys and girls can help. I'm looking to purchase a 2 bed Victorian mid terrace house. I noticed it has a chimney breast all the way from the master bedroom to the ground floor lounge. But in the dining room and 2nd bedroom it is missing, presumably been removed. I'm getting a survey done but just wondering if…
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New build Gypsum search results
First time poster, so please bear with me. I am in the process of buying a new build detached property with the support of the Help to buy equity loan. Today I received an email from my solicitor, stating that she has asked my lender to revalue the property due to the results of our Gypsum report that shows that there is a…
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Completion date
Hiya, My solicitor wants to me give a completion date I have in mind. I don't know how to figure it out- I have to give my landlord one month notice (6th of every month). I can't afford to pay two places. The home I'm buying is vacant. Is it realistic to set date on 27th April?
