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Land Registry question: Title plan for first registration.
We are making first registration of a smallholding. The existing title plan does not comply with Land Registry guidelines, and our solicitor has asked us to instruct a surveyor to obtain a "promap" of the whole property. This seems to come at considerable cost and I am struggling to understand why it is necessary, given…
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Stamp Duty on Tenanted Property
I'm looking to bid on an auction property which has a tenant in situ. The agent had led me to believe she was leaving, so the vendor form indicates vacant while the auction particulars state tenanted. I'm currently renting and the property would be for me to live in - I am aware of the tenancy and court headaches involved…
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Remuneration fees for estate agents
My clause in contract says I need to pay this if I do not sell my house. The estate agent are asking full amount like the house completed in 30 days. I did pull out of the sale. The estate agents asked for a counter offer. I gave an amount... they didn’t except. They have said they will send the dept to the dept collectors…
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Guide Price?
I've been seeing a lot of properties popping up with a "Guide Price" usually a single figure or a range. What is the normal expected offer these type of properties, is it different to an "asking price"? I recently liked a property with a guide price of £280,000 but it sold for in excess of £295,000.... For example for a…
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Switching conveyancers mid-process
Thanks for reading. We're FTBs and have found this forum so helpful already! We are currently waiting to exchange but are still quite early in the process although, due to the fact that we're buying an already completed new build and have no chain, we're not expecting too long a turn around. Does anyone have any thoughts…
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Flat transfer ownership
I own a flat with no mortgage. Is it possible to transfer ownership to my mother who is NOT a resident in this country? If so, is there incurred fee or any impact on my tax status? I will not be having any profit. It will not be a sale of any kind. Simply changing ownership....
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Buying a house, borrow money or transfer ownership later?
Hello, My mother (58) and grandmother (82) currently live together in my mothers house since my grandfather passed away 2 years ago and my grandparents house was sold. Now, they have decided my mothers house doesn't really work for them and they need a bungalow. My mother wants to sell her house and buy the bungalow…
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Exchange & complete in 4 working days?
Hi All, Is it possible to exchange and complete within 4 days? Everyone is apparently ready, 27th Aug agreed but all for completion... but we haven’t exchanged yet. Our solicitor is being hard to get hold of, and has been working on my completion statement for 2 days now..... Our sales progresser called them yesterday and…
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Access?
I’m going to view a house for sale tomorrow. In the below photo you can see the front and side of said house. The grey parking area belongs to the house We’ve noticed that the neighbour appears to have access (where the two wheelie bins are) notice the gap in the wall I will ask the EA about this as I think it could be a…
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Solicitor increasing the search pack price after cancelling services with him- is that right?
Hi, We have decided to cancel the services from our solicitors after our house sell fall through. We have to pay an abortive fee + search pack. When we received our quotation, the search pack (estimated) was £140, however he is charging us £280 now for it. I told him about the discrepancy in prices and he replied the…
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Moving to another town
Hi all.just need some guidance.i currently live in sutton coldfield in a 2 bed semi and would like to move to a 3 bed semi in a different town .not too far from b ham city centre.moseley solihull and harborne not alot of house for your money.was thinking of bromsgrove .or does anyone have any other ideas.just think it time…
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Recent Leicester lockdown and completion
I am wondering if during the recent Leicester lockdown if people were still able to exchange/complete/move house? i am nervous something covid related could happen in our LA during our sale. My solicitors have said firms are generally not putting covid clauses in contracts at the moment.
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Buyers claiming money for damages after completion
We completed the sale of our house last week. Upon leaving the property we left the owners of our old home a note with instructions such as when bin day was where the best place is to park etc. We were just trying to be helpful. Also on the note was a list of how to open and shut doors (it's an old house so there will be…
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Moving Home/Changing Address
Hi All, Me and the Mrs are due to be moving out Next Friday - we're moving into my parents for a couple of weeks until we get the keys to our new house. What am I required to do in relation to changing my address with the DVLA? It's £14 every time to change your address, surely i'm not expected to change address within…
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Buying a house which was part-exchanged and Land Registry
I am buying a house where the owners part-exchanged it for their new build. They have already completed and moved into their new build. My solicitor is now refusing to exchange contracts with the solicitor acting for the new homes company, until Land Registry processes their application of their recent purchase of this…
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landlord wants deductions for the dilapidations
Background: We were renting, got stuck abroad and could not return. We got the flat vacated with great difficulty thanks to help from few friends. Flat was regularly cleaned by professional cleaners and clearing and end of tenancy cleaning was also done by the same team. We were renting for about 5 years and there were…
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Mould and electrical socket problem on final viewing - where do we stand?
Hi We are buying a house that has been part-ex'd by someone moving to a new build from the developer. They've been extremely pushy throughout the process, and as we're keen to move quickly too we've not put up too much resistance. We've not exchanged yet, but are due to next week. My partner did a third viewing of the…
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Holiday Park caravan/lodge purchase
Hi,I’ve searched the forum but didn’t find anything relevant, so I hope that my post is okay. My wife and I are in the process of buying a new lodge on a holiday park, with a 40-year licence, for £200k. I have paid £5k as an initial deposit, with a 5-day ‘cooling off period’. As I explained to the sales personnel, I have a…
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Buying A Residential Park Home In Midlands Area Worcester, Stratford On Avon,, Evesham
Hi, all I would like advice on the above topic. If anyone has good or bad a experience, I value your opinions. Can anyone suggest a genuine web site that provides information about buying park homes. Many thanks
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Confused use and ownership of garage
Hi, Looking for some advice in regards to ownership and use of a garage. We moved into the property 6 years ago with a garage in what I would call our back garden. We have had and still currently use this garage for storage and have maintained it since moving in, as we were given the keys to it. It has recently come to…
