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Double yellow lines and property prices
Yesterday I got home to find double yellow lines outside my house and was wondering will this affect the price of my property? We had no letters from the council saying they were doing this and the line is the length of my house which sits around 1/3 down the street of 70 houses and no where near any junctions or corners…
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CCJ's on property I want to buy
Hi all. I've never had any debt markers etc myself so I'm a bit unsure on certain things and can't seem to find the answer I'm looking for. I'm interested (as a first time buyer) in a house that I know has at least one CCJ against it. The CCJ is at least 5 years old. Does this affect me as the buyer? Or the sale of the…
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Looking for conveyancing solicitor recommendation in East London
We're staircasing our shared ownership flat up to 100% and have got a quote fo £640 from our old solicitor firm. Feel it's a bit steep so wondering if anyone has used a good solicitor in East London that they can recommend to get a comparable quote. Thanks
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Tips for viewing houses to buy
Would love to know your key questions, things to look out for, or any tips in general when viewing a house to buy? What do you look for in a house? Is there anything you find off putting and won't compromise on?
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Best site to get Removals Quote?
Which site is the best to get Removals Quote..? I used Anywan before is there a better place? Thanks
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Which Survey for House Purchase
Hi All, Looking do undertake our fourth move to a new house, I normally opt for a homebuyers survey on all properties I have purchased to date, they have been no older than 50 years and pretty standard construction. New house is a 1960's three bed semi detached, again standard construction cavity wall etc.. However the…
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Home Insurance Cover from Exchange..
I understands I need to place Home Insurance cover from exchange. So is this normail home insurance cover with building & contents (though contents are in my current home till completion) or any specific type of insurance need to be done?? do I need to specifically say this is for exchange period..? Or my current insurance…
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Is there any way out of this hell (EWS1)?
We accepted an offer on our property in September and everything looked to be going smoothly until we got the dreaded email... "The buyer's lender is requesting an EWS1 certificate". I then learned that our building had an EWS1 certificate that found that our balconies (annoyingly we don't have a balcony) have combustible…
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Is it weak to chase Estate Agent for offer response
Hi, we put an offer on a house last week. I didn't hear back for two days so I phoned and was told that the seller was looking closer to his initial value. Fine. I raised my offer by a substantial amount and that was last Wednesday. I haven't heard back from Estate Agent. I didn't say if this was my highest offer. I could…
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Survey results - proceed, chip, or exit?
Throwaway account. Hi everyone, After two failed purchases due to Covid, I have just received the results of a full structural survey on a 1905 semi-detached house. We paid slightly over the odds (£500k) as we liked the fundamentals of the house and the area, and were happy to pay the price based on what we knew at the…
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New build chain question
Seen similar threads on this but just wanted to be clear!!The buying process for a new build is clearly very prescriptive and I think I get it. The exchange completion window is variable in length and then often short notice given to an accurate completion date. but what about the others in the chain? If we exchange say in…
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999 years leasehold house vs freehold house
Hi all, We recently went to see a an old mid 1950's house and it happens to be a leasehold house. Not freehold. We have been told there is a small fixed annual ground rent to pay to the landlord of £5, which is negligible and not an issue to us. No other charges. The lease was 999years. So over 900 years left on it. We've…
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So Angry 😤
Well last week our vendors estate agent told me that their solicitor is now ready to talk exchange and completion date informed our solicitor, well today vendors estate agent (different man than usual) now informed me vendors solicitor still awaiting 5 enquiries, which I was told last week they were all done we are wanting…
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Searches and slow solicitors
Hi. I am buying a property in Leicester, and between myself and the seller, we have managed to get the council to sort out the local authority search in 2 days. That was 2 weeks ago, now the solicitor is adamant that they haven't received these searches back. My guess is that the search company there are using is just…
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Parking space on plan but not registered
Hoping for some advice. We are buying a house which has a separate parking space opposite it. On the plan included, the house is shown edged in red, and the parking space is also shown edged in red with the house number and P (House is 93, parking space is P93). The solicitor is saying that the parking space is not…
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Remortgage to buy, fix and then move - or sell, rent, buy fix and move?
I'm looking for a renovation project for our (hopefully) forever home. I've been thinking about how to do it in a way that's least disruptive to my family and see two options: 1) Move into a rental in the target area, buy, fix and then move again. The three negatives I see with this are 1) two moves, 2) possibly another…
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Shared ownership lease extension extortion
Hi all, We have unfortunately got ourselves into a bad situation - being made worse by a housing association being very unhelpful. Background : We moved into to a shared ownership flat in 2012 and as first time buyers we did not realise the implications of the lease being down to 81 years. Our solicitors failed to make us…
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How to know what type of survey to get on a house purchase?
Hey guys I am buying this property... https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-96097061.html I have instructed the solicitors, searches are underway, but I would like to get the survey sorted, but any advice on which is best? I will say that I am bit of a worrier, so would appreciate the peace of mind...!…
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Comparing with the house down the road...
So the house we're considering is on sale for 5k above the exact same house down the road that is further away from a train track, has pvc windows instead of old wooden ones, old furnishings and decor (kitchen, bathroom etc). That house sold for that rate (415). So surely this house we're considering should be sold for a…
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Homebuyers survey
We are in the process of buying a new house that still has several years left on the NHBC. We have already had the valuation completed. Is it worth having an additional Homebuyers survey conducted on a relatively new build property?
