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Rent a house without a job
Hello, I'm not a British citizen and I'm shocked how much is difficult to rent a house without a job. I'm in Kent and I'd like to rent a house but I haven't a job because I have some savings ( around £50,000 in two bank accounts in my country) and I don't need to work to live for now. I just want live in UK for 1 year. I…
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First time buyer - How much to offer
Me and my partner are first time buyers and viewed our first house today. It's in a nice village location great views but for the size of the house they're asking too much in my opinion. They brought it for £185k 2 years ago, they've decorated it to their taste and had a new kitchen (which is big enough for 1 person to fit…
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Landlord not returning deposit
My son moved out of a rental property on the 30th June. The place was left spotless and the landlord was happy with everything. There was a small amount of damage in the bathroom. It's those plastic tile effect panels. One had a small crack which my son did when he slipped getting out of the shower. The landlord owns…
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No option for rolling contract
I'm coming up to the end of a one year fixed term contract in the property I rent. The landlord (via the agency) has offered us another one year fixed. I have gone back and said that we would like carry on as a rolling contract as per our contract however the agency has told me that our contract does not allow this. This…
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Converting flats back to a house
Hi, I'm thinking of buying a house currently converted into 4 flats, will i need planning permission to convert back to a single dwelling? No planning permission was ever given for the original conversion, though it was signed off by an architect as meeting the standards at the time. I'm assuming i can simply convert back…
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Would you make an offer yet?
I’ve viewed a home that i’d like to buy and frankly have fallen in love with. I wasn’t actively looking but now preparing to put my home on the market next week and had some private viewers today. Houses on my street normally get snapped up for various reasons and a neighbour recently sold theirs in 48hrs. I know the…
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Access Path behind Row of 14 Terraced houses
Hello, I live in a house in the middle of a row of 14. We each have a back garden, then there is a path for us to take our bins out etc. and then some of us own further land beyond the path. One set of neighbours, for reasons unknown, have decided to block the path for access for workmen, they did this while I was away,…
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Help To Buy bonus
I'm trying to complete at the end of this week and my solicitor has suggested exchanging the day before (no legally binding date yet). That's all good but I have a nagging concern about my HTB bonus. I only closed the ISA (as waited for solicitor's instruction) at the end of last week. The solicitor has my closing…
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Using a holiday let as a short term abode, in between sale and purchase
I anticipate there to be a two month gap between completion on my sale and my new build house being completed. My furniture will have to go into storage anyway, but I've been considering where to live for those two months. Although pricey, it seems possible to book a holiday rental (as in a cottage in a pretty walking…
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Moving from North to South
Hi ! Looking to buy a house in the South West, Devon, Cornwall type areas, not set on a specific place just within 30 minutes from a beachfront. I'm from up north and just seeing if there is anyone on here that moved from up north down south that has any pointers, tips, or useful things they wish they were told upon…
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Rental agreement - guarantor
Our daughter (33 years old, single) lives and works in London. She has lived down there for over three years, and lived in two rented premises so far but is now looking to move again. We have acted as guarantors for her at both locations in London and prior to that when she was renting whilst at university. I fully…
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Is buying a house deprivation of capital?
I currently have over the £16,000.00 threshold of savings ( equity from house sale with ex-partner) so I am not entitled to any benefits. I work part time ( single mum) and I am currently using my savings to top up bills & rent. 1) If i put the money into a mortgage for a house i will live in with my children is this…
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Preparing for legal action
Ex Landlord has charged us £300 for garden maintenance. We were told on initial viewing of flat that the land behind the property was not for our use. We moved in to a flat in Jan 2016. We moved out June 2020. The flat was being handled by an agency who deal with commercial property, so they had a 3rd party "domestic"…
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Cancelling Short Hold Agreement Before Time
Good afternoon, Hope some one can give me some advice regarding my current situation. At the end of June me and my partner split up with her having the two kids, I went to my parents house to stay until I could rent another property. I had to be out of my parents place as I was sleeping in my brothers room who was away but…
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Would you approach upward chain sellers directly?
I could write war and peace to explain the process we have been through trying to buy a house. We had our offer accepted back in Jan, and all our legal work + HB survey completed in Feb, initial mortgage offer expired July which has been extended till Sept. Our vendor is on his 3rd property choice (pulled out of 2); but we…
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Snagging advice
Hi, We've recently completed the purchase of a new home. The snagging list is quite long but i wanted to ask your opinion. Am I being too pedantic demanding this to be fixed? All windows are like this, it just looks !!!!!!. In my opinion aluminium windows and doors should not look like this! cheers
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Negotiating New Build Price
I’m hoping to reserve a new build persimmon home over the weekend. The house type I’m looking at was sold for £80k less than it’s being advertised at now. It’s the only house of that type available and has been on the market for sometime. I’m hoping to agree a discount on the price but is it reasonable to assume I could…
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Why are we not exchanging contracts?
After a long drawn out sale of my late mother’s house and my subsequent purchase of a vacant property, we are now supposedly ready to exchange. Both my solicitor and those acting for the vendor are ready and waiting - and have been for a couple of weeks. My purchaser’s solicitor emailed and said his client “will endeavour“…
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Best and Final Offer made - waiting on seller...really nervewracking
After a recent awful experience where we found out the estate agent didnt properly communicate our proceedable position to a seller, we have found another property that we have fallen in love with. It was a blessing in disguise that we missed out on the last one. Anyway, it had an open day viewing on saturday - guide price…
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Moved in and found a lot of problems
Hi all, we have just moved into a property and have found some substantial problems that were not declared by the vendors. Is there a duty of care for people buying property for previous owners to be as transparent as possible?
