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Alienation
Hi everyone I'm hoping someone will be able to help. I've found a maisonette that I'm looking to maybe put an offer in for. I looked up the title register from the land registry and it said this- The lease prohibits or restricts alienation. From what I can gather it has something to do with subletting. I would be looking…
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Co-ordinating sale of house with going into rented
I’ll be moving into rented initially after selling me house. It’s going to be challenging finding somewhere with pets so may take a while and I won’t want to sign a tenancy agreement until exchange. Normally I’d ask for 4 weeks between exchange and completion but people are not advising this due to Covid. Any advice please…
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Moving from England to Wales during Welsh lockdown
We have just completed on the purchase of a house in Wales, we currently live in England. We collected the key to our new property last week just before the 2 week Welsh lockdown began. We intended travelling to & fro to our new property for a few weeks, decorating etc, before moving in. However, because of the lockdown,…
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Weird rent contract, need immediate help please
Hello, I've got a rent contract where it says the following: The dwelling-house is held for the purpose of being available for occupation by a minister of religion as a residence from which to perform the duties of office and: a) not later than the beginning of the tenancy the landlord gave notice in writing to the tenant…
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Garden Wall
Hi, so basically I moved into my home in March. The other day my neighbours was out measuring the small walk which is around my front garden grass. The neighbours house is a semi detached and both houses front gardens look on to the side of mines. But there is a council path which separates my garden and their property.…
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Solicitors Searches
FTB so a bit clueless.. Do the local searches the solicitor undertakes include any planning permission applications? Just found out the house next door has put in planning permission to build a dorma bungalow down the side of their garden meaning the garden in my property will now be overlooked. This didn't come up in the…
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Severing a Joint Tenancy
In discussing having new wills drawn up we have discovered that to achieve our aims we need to change the ownership of our house from joint tenants to tenants in common. We plan on doing this part ourselves rather than pay our solicitor £120 to do it on our behalf. My question is regarding which form we need to complete -…
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Side utility extension question
Hi all, The house I am in the process of buying is on a corner plot and has a semi-permanent single story utility structure on the side. It is a mixture of wooden framed, and concrete tiled roof and is accessible from the front driveway and the rear garden. I think it used to be attached with an internal door since bricked…
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What would you compromise on?
If these were the options, what would you compromise on to get a house within your budget and why? 1) kerb appeal 2) interior space 3) location of the property 4) noise levels (e.g. near main road/traintrack) 5) type of property (e.g. detached vs semi detached) Any advise/tips from those of you that have made such…
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Succession rights
My partner and I are joint tenants in council flat and have children under 16. According to the tenancy agreement (secure), we have one succession right. If I were to die, it would be going to my partner automatically and this would count as succession. After the partner dies, the adult children would be asked to leave the…
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Low voltage wayleave agreement
Wondering if the above might have any adverse effect on future property sale? Is it something I'd need to actually highlight if selling or would it just come up in searches etc? Are prospective purchasers likely to be bothered by underground cables in the same way that some are by pylons? I don't want to sign the agreement…
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Are we being realistic with our budget?
Hi guys. To keep it short, we are basically looking for a property that has/is: - private driveway - detached - kerb appeal - 4 bedrooms - 1800sq ft or above (or the option to extend to make this space) - adequate sized garden - catchment area for good schools- good location within Leicestershire (e.g. safety, not rough,…
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Gloss kitchen worktops
Any opinions on gloss laminate kitchen worktops - heard mixed reviews about them so just asking a wider audience for opinions. We're choosing a new kitchen and like the gloss worktops but am suspicious of their reistance to scuffs and scratches. All help and advice gratefully received!
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Can the council reduce your priority for one refusal?
A lot of adverts from Housing Associations on my local site for social housing have no photo, so you don't know which property it is. It's important that I know because I have a cat that goes out, so one end of the street might be better than another, for example. I have requested this information from the HAs and the…
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Advice Please - How long to wait for chain to re-establish??
We have been trying to move since October last year... nightmare with our old buyer chopping chains and chain breaking and loosing our dream house in the end due to re-sold for higher price (guzumped). We decided to leave old buyer and toxic chain(a year of mis-information and lies) and start again with New buyer who needs…
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Bought flat at auction. Cannot complete.
Recently exchanged on a flat I saw at auction. The property seemed undervalued and I was surprised when it didn’t sell. So I reached out to the auctioneers and made an offer at the reserve price, which was accepted. I was frankly surprised that it sold for that low and it seemed too good to be true (hint: it was). I had…
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Selling property in Trust. Trustee has dementia
Hi all, Property trust had been setup years ago with the property initially owned by the deceased. One person dies leaving the trustees as the widow/widower (2nd marriage), a solicitor and children of the deceased. The widow/widower has dementia and has been in a home for a couple of years. So my question is, the trustee…
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Has my first home potentially lost me a small fortune?
Last Friday I became the proud owner of my first home. Years of working hard and saving had finally paid off. Exciting times... or so I thought! The conveyancing process went fairly smoothly with all of the relevant surveys, searches and reports carried out and no major concerns were raised. The property is a semi detached…
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Planning application objection
Hello, We live in a London borough and own a terraced home. Our property is on a row of three, directly facing a large detached house that has a large front space. We've heard via our neighbour that the the owner of the detached house is planning to build 2 new houses on his land, one of which would be directly in view of…
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Can i avoid paying Stamp?
Hello All Please don't take this request the wrong way, its a genuine question. WE are about to buy another house. I already have a house but my partner has never owned her own house. We are in the lucky position to cash buy this new house, I have 75% and my partner has 25% because I already have a house we have been told…
