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Strike estate agents
A house near us has gone on the market, and it’s now sold. The estate agent is Strike, which charges nothing for a basic service. Has anyone used them, and do you have any experience to share?
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Buyer wants an Electrical Report
My buyer has requested - at their expense - an EICR on my property. It's sensible from their point of view and understandable, but naturally as a seller it makes me feel uneasy and stressed about everything falling apart. I haven't tampered with anything myself, everything has been done by professionals so that is okay.…
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Purpose of EA?
What’s their full role? obviously to sell the house, but do they not represent your best interests and fight your corner in the process of selling and buying? money for nothing if it’s just sell your house and take a few calls to pass on msgs
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Price agreed too much maybe? - best way forward?
My daughter has agreed to purchase a property at a price just under the asking price. After some checking on various price valuation websites I am not sure she has agreed a price that reflects the true value of the property. We are going to proceed to getting it valued by the mortgage lender. The valuation they do may be…
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Chimney breast partly removed - options?
Hi I’ve seen various posts but getting more confused and unsure the more I read. We’re buying a house, and our survey has come back mentioning a number of issues, one of which is building control sign offs for the roof replacement (half has been replaced at some point) and for the chimney breast removal. The same chimney…
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Buyer getting restless - advice
Hi, we sale agreed our house in March to a lady and advised at the time that we were still looking for a new property but if worst came to worse we would move out if nothing in pipeline, or even move to temp accommodation pending new house. We asked at time would she allow us time to find another, she said she wouldn’t…
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Buying House & Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Hi guys, I'm a newbie here, so please be gentle. I'm in my 40s and been a renter from when I was young. I am thinking of getting my own house now. I was diagnosed to have a non alcoholic fatty liver disease. I was trying to get a life insurance but I was turned away by insurance companies that I approached because of this.…
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Spareroom/renting in London
Hi all my daughter is just finishing uni and has been lucky enough to be offered a job in central London, starting in a couple of weeks. She's staying temporarily with a relative and can easily commute. This is her first permanent job. Once she is settled she will move to central London and rent a room in a house share…
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Searches timescale - am I reading this right?
There has recently been a slight hiccup in our chain whereby the bottom of chain (our buyer’s buyers) pulled out at the end of last month but fortunately they found new ones within a few days. We have recently been updated on the progress at the bottom of chain and have been told that searches have just been requested.…
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Problem with neighbours please help
So I moved into a flat about 5 weeks ago now? For a period of about 10 days I would say there was arguments every night- I’m talking blazing rows, ceiling vibrating from it and being able to hear it word for word. Voice recorded them because I genuinely afraid that I would get someone at my door causing problems- I suffer…
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Buyers - are new to market properties in your required location dwindling?
I am looking in the Minehead area. In the last two weeks properties new to market have dwindled to average two or three a week and not suitable for our requirements. Is this the effect of the main stamp duty holiday drawing to a close? (The June end date). Does anyone think it will improve in July? I think if it doesn't…
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Stamp duty on shared equity
We are getting support to buy in London through work. Shared equity scheme. We have been told as work have other shared equity properties then this house will come under second home for them. ( it will be our only home) so we are liable for second home SDLT. Is this right? It seems crazy we are getting g help then we have…
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Rugby
Hi guys. Are there areas of Rugby that are better or worse than others? Are there particular areas to avoid? I guess I'm asking in terms of safety, school quality, young family community and proximity to shops/restaurants/cafes. Looking at properties on sale there appears to be some highly priced properties and some that…
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Landlord Selling My Rented Flat
My landlord has decided to sell the flat I'm currently renting. As a result, I've started looking to look around to see what';s out there/start viewing properties (landlord has said this is OK) I've requested a handful of viewings already and been told each time that there is a waiting list - up to 60 people per property.…
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Auction conveyancing
Hi All, does anyone have experience with auction back to back sale conveyancing. I bought a property on acution and upon recieving the contract realised the vendor's name is not on the land registry. My solicitor has asked the seller's solicitor to provide "Please provide evidence of the transfer from the current…
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heating home at night
A bit of an unseasonable question but I've been reading recently about heating and ventilating homes and the "ideal" temperatures or habitable ones. Until recently our gas central heating was on from the moment we got up to the moment we went to bed but we can't heat the house above about 15 degrees in midwinter even with…
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New conversion - How can you tell if there's broadband?
We're in the process of buying a flat in a newly converted Georgian building, no one's lived there since it was converted. There are new modem ports in the wall, but how can I know if they're functional before we move in? Our survey looked at the electrics, heating and water, how can we check we're connected to the…
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First time buyer - unanswered questions following completion
Hello MSE. I am a first-time buyer in a shared ownership property on a new-build estate. I completed and moved in during October 2020 and I have a number of questions that I have no one else to ask, so I am hoping the nice people on here may be able to help! * Despite completing in October, 8 months has passed and I still…
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Landlord rights
Hi I'm asking for a friend who is really upset regarding the issue. She is a landlord of a property and has rented it to someone who is carrying out illegal activities. Can she evict the tenant? Also she has no access to the property. Can she be held liable for her tenants activity if she was unaware of what was going on?…
