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How much do you think this is worth? number 11/first link
Property (number 11) was bought by the current owner in April last year for £325,000 - https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-81878545.html A smaller 3 bed was also sold on the street in November last year for £249,00 - https://www.zoopla.co.uk/property-history/16-moorhead-terrace/shipley/bd18-4la/51767995…
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Conflict in Deeds (parking space)
I bought a house which was sold with the remaining land highlighted in red on the image below. Whilst the neighbours have rights of access to my land to gain access to their house, only two properties have written in their deeds and also shown in green on the image below, the right to park a vehicle within said green area.…
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Probate sale and beneficiaries
Hi I am selling my parents house after they died 4 yrs ago. There is no will and I applied for probable and have dealt with estate. The house proceeds are is to go between my brother and me but my parents also wanted my son to have 50k. He has not had that money yet and it could be paid out of house or or other assets they…
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How to negotiate after survey
Hi everyone, We've just had out survey back and there are a few things that look like they would be unexpected (and costly?) problems. So just wondered how you go about negotiating any money off the purchase price to cover these things. From what I've read on here over the years, that seems to be the done thing. The…
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How long for Clydesdale to approve a mortgage?
We applied for a Clydesdale mortgage through an advisor on 16/7/20. On 21/7/20 a valuation was done and approved by the bank. they asked for additional information on 24/7/20 and then again on 30/7/20. Our mortgage advisor is confident that they now have all the information they’ll need. But we now have a move date of the…
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Home renovation/ investment advice
I have recently bought a small back to back. When I bought the house i had a lot of plans for it (making open plan, building larger dormer, converting basement). But upon moving I have discovered that the area is much worse than I thought, i used to live in this area but it has rapidly declined and there is drug dealers…
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Estate agents And buying a house
Hi all, I am again in need of your collective wisdom. Find this forum extremely helpful. We are in the process of trying to find and purchase our forever home. It is the first time we are buying a house (even though we are not first-time buyers). We are also immigrants and our experience of going through this process in…
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Unable to obtain Building Extension Completion Certificate
Hi, My wife and I had an extension added to our house over a year back. I have been chasing the builder for a year to try to try and get the building regs certificate/ completion certificate, but had slow progress. Right now he is not picking up the phone. Unfortunately I have paid him in full for the work and did not keep…
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Buying and selling at the same time. What is the process? Help to buy equity loan.
I am currently considering selling my property to buy a new home in the near future. I bought my current house using the help to buy equity new build loan. Anyone had experience of buying while selling one of these? Also, in terms of down payment for my next home, can I put money from the sale of my current home towards…
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House Title - what does it mean?
My partner and I viewed a house last week and are looking to put in an offer but have noticed the below in the title, we are trying to understand what it means. Obviously if we proceed our solicitor can check it out but any ideas....? Our understanding is previous owners sold part of the garden to a neighbour. It is hereby…
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Loft conversion regulations
Just want some help to understand how this works. Relatives buying house with loft room, not counted in bedroom count in the sale. Although clearly been used as one. Current owners inherited the house so have no evidence that building regs were followed for the conversion. They have been to the council who have visited and…
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New Home Buying question Bridging loan
Hi all i have a question reference home buying, My Sister Is looking at buying a property and will be a first time buyer, Now my parents have a home which is not yet on the market , but my father said if my Sister finds a home she likes , then my Parents home can be used as Bridging loan until my parents home is sold once…
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Querying council tax band
Out of curiosity, after seeing it mentioned in this weeks MSE email, I had a look on the gov.uk site for checking your CT band to see what the neighbours were on. Turns out that we are all more or less the same, C, with a few Ds. But then I noticed that although we are listed as C on the gov.uk site, the CT statement from…
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Lease on a freehold property
I am in the process of buying a house which the title says is freehold but it also says there is a lease on the property going back to 1957. The solicitor has sent me a copy of the lease which gave the original leasee the right to build a house on the plot and For the leasor to visit the property to check it was in a good…
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Selling a Leasehold property suddenly being asked for £9321.45 Service Charge
Hi, I'm at a bit of a loss of what I can do so wanted to ask all of you. I'm in the process of selling my £630,000 leasehold flat. I have never been asked or received letters in regards to service charge or ground rent. In my original leasehold the ground rent is set as £250 and the service charge amount has a question…
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Student Utility Bill Packages
Last July my son and 3 others rented a property within the contract was a utility bills package. The boys signed the contract but in the months leading up to the start of the tenancy I questioned the amount they were being billed and asked to have an amendment to the contract to remove this and was told this was not…
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I've seen the perfect house, now what to offer?
Hello everyone, I mismanaged my sale badly, have never bought a house on my own before, and would really appreciate your advice. I'm looking for a house/bungalow in Kent or Devon, and am visiting them both over the next two months. I've just seen a house I'd really like to buy, it's the first one I've liked after months of…
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Tips on DIY sale, accepting offers, financial viability etc
OK,So initially we decided to use a local EA. Had to sack them off very early in process, through lack of confidence and being fed multiple piles of BS. Looking into online EA now.... We are considering Visum which operate a monthly fee. Having poke to them today they seemed honest in saying it would be up to us to do the…
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Can I help parents buy bigger house?
Hi I hope you experts can help. I’d like to understand what borrowing options are available to me to help my parents buy a bigger house. They would have approx 2/3 of the amount of the house available to them and I would like to borrow the remaining amount. I would make the repayments. I already have a mortgage on my home…
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Assured shorthold tenancy notice period requirement for end of tenancy
Hi all, I've read a lot of conflicting things online about this. I'm currently signed on to an Assured Shorthold Teanancy Agrement with a minimum term of 12 months starting 1/10/2019. There is another note that says that the "tenants notice period which must be given in order to terminate the tenancy" is 3 months. In…
