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How much can a freeholder charge for a premium?
Evening all, I hope you are all well. I am looking to extend my ground floor flat due to a second child on the way. My lease is restrictive in that I am not allowed to do anything structural. However I doubt the extension will add more value after the cost of the work. Expect it to be a maximum of £10K. I understand the…
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Renting with CCJ?
Hi, I'm hoping you could advise me on my situation! Me and my partner are looking to move out of our rental property. (Our neighbours are a nightmare). We have always paid the rent on time and the landlord is very happy with us. My partner has just told me that he has recently got a CCJ... (He didn't have this before when…
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Instructing a solicitor.. at what point is work chargeable?
We are selling our property and now have an offer that we have accepted, and are now looking for a property to purchase. We have been looking for 3 weeks but found nothing suitable yet. Our estate agent is pushing us to find a solicitor as the buyers are pushing. We got 2 quotes, and have said OK to one. They have sent us…
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Scotland - Additional Dwelling Supplement
In Scotland in 2016, Additional Dwelling Supplement (ADS) was widely promoted and sold to the population as an additional amount when buying a second home or a buy-to let. Purchasing a main residence was NEVER mentioned yet by the backdoor this is exactly what did happen. Buyers are being caught unaware when buying their…
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Offer accepted but now
Our offer was accepted Ona house we are keen on but now survey is booked for this week and vendor is now suggesting to his estate he’s been told he could get we offered him the asking price this occurred on Friday what should we do?
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Offering asking price on pre-market property
Hi, Hoping I can get some advice/reassurance... My partner and I are first time buyers. We have been looking to buy our first home for a short time. We have done all the preliminary checks with a mortgage adviser and have now started the exciting step of viewing properties. An estate agent that we had done a viewing with…
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ROW on house we have offered on
Wondering if anyone can help, Mortgage advisor is unsure and yet to make contact with solicitors. We have had our offer accepted on a house noticed the other day there was a gate between the neighbors garden, and a friend told me about Right of way access I was unaware of this (first time buyer). Looks like they had a way…
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'Moderate Movement' found above outside doors and windows on HomeBuyers Report
I'm looking to buy a bungalow built in the 1960's built in an area that has clay sub soils. What I'm concerned about is that there are gaps above the outside doors and windows on both the front and back of the property. The gaps are roughly around 20mm which the report calls 'moderate movement to front and rear openings'…
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buying at auction
Sorry if that has been asked before. I have seen a house on auction. I understand the bidding process (+ i have bought lots of furniture in auction rooms). What I am not sure of is the fact that if you are the winning bidder, the exchange is done automatically and you have 20 days to complete the transaction. Obviously we…
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Buying a house with Garage but no mention on existing title deed
Hi All. We're buying a house with a rear garden Garage within the boundaries of the property as per the title search. However, the house is from 1975-80s and the title deed does not mention the garage specifically. Though when we look at the visual plan, it indicates the presence of rear garage. Our solicitor has said to…
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OIEO advice
I have read around this subject and I am about to make an offer on a house which is OIEO of £270K in South West England. I am a FTB. It was originally marketed mid-April 2021 for £290K. Three weeks later, the price reduced to OIEO £270K and the EA has indicated that there has been lots of interest and 7 viewings in one…
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Making offer through purple bricks
Apologies if this has already been asked/answered elsewhere - I had a quick search through the forum first and couldn't see anything. I'm currently interested in a house for sale through Purple Bricks, and I've requested a second viewing for next week. Following this I think I'll be making an offer, but I wanted to…
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The Langham David Wilson homes
Hi, we were due to view a show home today but it got cancelled. We have also realised they haven't got a show home for The Langham and there isn't one in our area either. Does anyone have any photos or advice/feedback for this type of house. I'm already daunted by buying off plan and to learn there isn't even a show home…
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Relocating, new rental tenancy references
I have a small dilemma We are in the referencing stage for renting a lovely (dream) house as part of a complete relocation. My current employer has told me I can work from home, though nothing has been agreed in writing. This current job is only 16 hours contracted per week. The other 15 hours a week I work there is…
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Damp inspection 2 weeks from moving date
Live in Scotland. 2 weeks from date of me moving into new place and someone moving in here on the same day. My solicitor said yesterday that my buyer is now suddenly requesting a damp inspection, despite this not being in the original offer submitted four weeks ago. Solicitor says she had already alerted estate agents as…
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Garage advertised . No access for car
We only are looking for properties that have a garage. This due to visiting relatives abroad. Can be away for a month or longer. We find quite often that on advert , states garage. Sometimes when looking at photo’s . Cannot tell if vehicle access to garage is there. Even phoning EA, get answer . Not sure. Some are obvious…
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Can I have a lodger if there is another home owner who does not live with me?
I am struggling to understand the rules surrounding lodgers if the property has joint ownership. I am looking at buying a house with my brother in Cambridge because neither of us can afford to buy alone and we want to get onto the ladder. He currently rents a flat in London and will continue to work there initially but I…
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Self conveyancing
I've had my offer on a plot of land accepted. It has outline planning for 1 dwelling, I'm paying cash and it's individual to individual. I'm having a nightmare finding a conveyancing solicitor who is taking on any more work at the moment and just wondered if anyone had any experience doing it themselves. I've read up on it…
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Tenants in Common, unequal deposits, no deed of trust, going wrong!
I am trying to help a friend who cannot afford a costly solicitor at the moment. 7 years ago she (A) bought a house with a friend (B), for A to live in (no intention by B to ever live in it but she wanted a property investment) using unequal deposits of 2/3 (£24k) from A and 1/3 (£12k) from B. They were tenants in common…
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missing copy of lease
I am one of 4 flats. We each own 25% share of freehold. I purchased in 2009. At the time, the Land Registry confirmed they didn't hold a paper or electronic copy of a least for any flat in the building. My vendor found a paper copy and hand-delivered it to my solicitor (TJM) on 28th October 2009. I presume this copy was…
