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First time buyers - what are you doing with the house price surge?
Not sure if it's just in my area but house prices seem to be going up; houses go for around 20/30k more than they would have last year and all are going within a week tops. Very demotivating. Area is in north london. Flats seem to be stagnating so perhaps that's worth looking at? Or just wait it out for the next year…
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Pre-existing problem before house purchase
Hi there. My wife and I are heading toward exchange for a house we're buying. Only major snag is that the survey found that the flooring in the kitchen extension had (1) been concreted when it should have been completed with timber and (2) not included air-bricks to allow the foundations to "breathe". Ultimately this may…
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What regions are performing best for house sales ?
I've noticed many threads suggesting offers are being made on properties within weeks of going on the market. What areas (outside of London) is this dark magic taking place?
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Piling vibration damage caused by neighbouring housing development
Can anybody point me to a thread regarding damage caused by piling. Preferably with a structural engineer who could answer some questions thanks
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Gentlemans agreements via an estate agent and the seller... is this normal?
Just looking for some opinions from those with similar experiences... We have made an offer on a property and quickly realised we are in a bidding war with 4 other parties. We asked the estate agent what it would take for the seller to accept a bid and take it off the market and we were told, offer an extra £10k and we…
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Freeholder building on top of a top-floor flat we're buying. What considerations should I be making?
Hi everyone! We've just found out through our conveyancer on Friday afternoon that the Freeholder of the Top-Floor Flat we are in the process of buying has sumbitted "notice of intent" to build another row of flats on top of the existing top floor flat. There was no mention of this in any relevant parts of the TA-6 form…
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Claimable Tax Items on Rental Property?
Hello everyone I’m a new user on the forum here. I’ve been a private residential landlord of one property for the last four years. I’ve always submitted my self assessments online through the HMRC website. However I haven’t really been clued up on claiming relief for anything other than the letting agents fees this entire…
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Purchasing Our First Home. Two rejected offers. Next steps....
We found a house that has an asking price of 425,000. Starting from here the house is way too high. Just comparing the houses available for 425,000 on the EA website shows it is too high. We also saw houses in the same area with different EA and you get a far superior finish for approx the same size for same price. The…
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Gifting Money
What is the best way to gift £10,000 to an adult daughter without any implications re tax etc.
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How much can the extras end up costing on newbuilds?
We've been looking at houses, and yesterday looked at a house that was 3 years old. It was finished to a really high standard, amazing kitchen, artificial grass in the garden, lovely bathrooms/toilet. The house was just immaculate, but there are also new builds going up on that same estate and the prices start from around…
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Permitted development rights
Good evening Would some knowledgeable folk please suggest reasons why a property would have reduced/removed PD rights? We are in the process of purchasing a property and would be keen to add a single storey rear extension in the future. I have spoken with the planning officer at the council and she suggested it is quite a…
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It feels pointless to pay more than I need to on mortgage
I'm buying a house now and I've got 25k aside for home improvements. Out of interest, I put it in the calculator to see how much it would knock off my mortgage payments if I just added the 25k to my deposit instead. That seemed like a more sensible option maybe. But I couldn't believe how little difference it makes to my…
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Self build valued less than build cost
We are building a hebhome kithouse In a rural area which will cost us >£375 to build including the price of the plot. We had a valuation done by a local agent who has valued it at £295k based on our plans. We are shocked at how low it has been valued and concerned we will not get a mortgage. Anyone experienced something…
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No viewings in 2 weeks
Our property (https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-95758835.html) as been on the market for over 2 weeks and we have had no viewings or enquires so far. Can anyone suggest where we are going wrong or things to try? We have already dropped the price as we thought it was on for too high. Thanks in advance…
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Cash Buyer - How Much Off Asking Price
What percentage is realistic to take off the asking price of a house as a cash buyer? Share your experiences...
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Can I delay prospective tenants from viewing my rental property?
Hi everyone. I'm shortly planning to give my one month notice on my rental property as I have bought a property. My plan is I will likely spend a while decorating my new house whilst remaining in my rental and then move out of my rental to allow me one week to give my rental a good clean and check everything is in order.…
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Rightmove - New listing format
In the last few days i have noticed that sometimes i am getting the listings in a new format. Seems to be only the properties for rent that are affected, and if you try the same property later it might be in the old format again. New format is an absolute disgusting, unusable mess in my opinion. Hoping that this is not…
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really need some help and advice
Hi everyone, could really do with some advice, a few weeks ago we viewed a property in Kidderminster, we are relocating there from Portishead (we have been renting here for well 5 years now), any way said we wanted the property and all was fine, we even offered to pay 6 months rent in advance.we sent agency bank statements…
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Question/Discussion - Estate Agent Price Inflation? How Much To Bid?
Hi All We've got our house on the market and are hopeful of getting an offer in the next few weeks that'll allow us to put in a bid somewhere else. We're looking at moving up the housing ladder and to the next village (where my wife grew up) so our son can go to a different school which will allow the in-laws and friends…
