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UK Cheapest Conveyancing ???
Hey Guys I am not too fussed about the solicitor, I have used many of the 'cheapest' before had zero issues with them. Please can you help me hunt the best price inc all costs? Purchase onlyLeasehold£98,000No mortgage No schemes2 applicants Best Quote thus far: Conveyancing fee for purchase £280.00Leasehold supplement on…
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Possibly Buying house with no central heating??-Link to house in thread
Looking at the following house at the weekend, long story short we were due to exchange contracts on another property, however the people we were buying from have pulled out , so looking at the following house. It looks like there is no central heating , although the listing states gas heating (i have no idea what this…
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Served (another) invalid notice?
I've been having issues with my landlord who threatened eviction after serving us with an invalid S21 (gave us 2 months instead of 6). I told him that he needed to serve a valid one and he has now served us with a 6A. Does anyone know why he would do this instead of serving an S21? He's now given 4 months notice to Oct…
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Developer dissolving company after each project
Is it normal for an independent developer to have a history of dissolved development companies. It seems he creates a limited company to build a property then dissolves it once it’s done. He sells off plan but it gives me suspicions that he’s not making money on any of these developments and is dissolving the companies to…
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Help 2 Buy....RICS Surveyor needed
Hi All, Does anyone have a good recommendation for a RICS Surveyor in the Cambridgeshire/Essex area that can supply a sensible valuation at a sensible price ? Thanks in advance
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Worried about Guarantor?
hi im 28yr old and i live in a one bedroom flat, my moms husband is my guarantor and they are going though devorce and im worried they will pull out and i will get evicted, ive lived at my flat for 2years and always payed rent on time and deal with my landlord directly, what can i do, will i get evicted, thanks in advance
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Transferring a NRB ?
Just looking for some advice. My mother, who passed away 3 years ago, left her total estate to my father. During the 7 years prior to her death, she gave cash gifts totalling £30,000. Her estate, including these monetary gifts, was below the current IHT threshold. My father has now passed away and we need to transfer my…
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Absolutely Exhausted Please Help
Hi Everyone, I'm hoping somebody can advise a way in which I can get myself out of a mentally draining situation and I'm hoping you will please be kind. Basically I bought my house 15 years ago for £85,000 no issues were raised and I've lived here a decent length of time. Within that time my eldest son was born terminally…
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Tenancy contract signed - is it too late for the agent to insist on a Guarantor?
Child #4 is off to uni, after spending the 1st year online. She's made some friends in her study group and they're renting a house together. (Which they've never seen, nor have they met each other in person). The letting agent asked for details of a Guarantor and so she gave her dad's email & phone number. Then the letting…
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Deficit with Service charges
I brought my flat last July 2020 on a shared ownership scheme with L&Q. My solicitor carried out necessary checks. At the time there were no outstanding charges. 6 months later I've been billed £2,631 for outstanding service charges for the year 19/20 ending in March 2020. 4 months before I moved in. It came with a new…
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Including kitchen appliances as part of property price
I’m currently negotiating a price on the sale of my property. I don’t really want to go much lower in money terms but was thinking of offering the kitchen appliances (cooker fridge washing machine and dishwasher) as a sweetener for the deal. The appliances range from fairly new to quite old but all work fine. It will save…
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New build delay
After developer accepted my offer, they advised there’s a construction delay due to a legal issue involving a neighbouring property. They agreed to a long stop date 9 months in future which is fine for me. Is there anything else I should get clarity on before I reserve the property?
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Mould in new home
Hi, I’ve recently bought a flat which completed on Friday. During decorating we peeled back the wallpaper that they put on the ceiling and realised it was thick with mould. We did a basic survey during the process but I doubt even if we did a better one it would have picked anything up as they’ve concealed it with the…
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Culvert not found in local searches
We purchased a property in November and have started some renovation work. We have found this week that there is a culvert running along the foundations of the house causing major damage. Should this have been picked up on our local searches when we purchased the property? The previous owners were obviously aware of it as…
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Things to look out for when buying a Flat - I made big mistakes
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Had enough!
Another day, another phone call “your offer has been rejected”! I’m very very VERY tempted to just say “sod it”, & take my property off the market, & not bother anymore because I’m being pushed out left right & centre. I’ve sold to investors, at the almost exchange & complete stage, £95k deposit, mortgage ready to go,…
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Unequal deposit - what happens after marriage?
My partner and I are looking to buy a home and our deposits are unequal, which we want reflected in the deeds of the house should anything go wrong. What then happens if we get married down the line? Does the house revert to 50/50 ownership automatically? And in the hopefully unlikely event of any future divorce what would…
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Overseas families buying in our street as holiday homes - how to market?
I live in a town in the South East, within walking distance of a train station that gets to London for commuters. In the last few years, my particular street has had the recent interest of some families from abroad, who only visit for a couple of months a year. The street is still pleasant, though now quieter outside of…
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Share-of-freehold lease extension before completion and additional clauses added by co-freeholder
I'm in the process of purchasing a share-of-freehold property with an 89 year lease. The building is split into two flats. The vendors solicitor is representing both the seller and the co-freeholder and I have some concerns over the proposed lease extension process (up to 999 years) and additional clauses being added to…
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Partial Title Deed transfer when purchasing a property
Hi everyone, Hoping someone can advice regarding the following: I purchased a house ~6 months ago and I was sent the 2 parts of the title deeds by my solicitor: the one outlining the house and another one for the extra bit of the garden that was purchased by the sellers separately. I found out from the neighbor that there…
