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Slow solicitor or is this normal?
Hi all, Just looking to get a bit of a sense check on my situation and whether I need to be chasing my solicitor, whether this is totally normal, or whether I should change to another conveyancer. I'm buying my first home and the timeline is below. Essentially, we're one month since the offer was accepted, chain free but…
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How to Speed Up Solicitor Enquiries?
Hi All I had my offer accepted on my first house on 12th March, due to various issues I had to change solicitor in April and so did the seller which delayed it slightly. The searches didn't come back until May 18th but My solicitor raised the enquiries the next day, however as of today they have still not received any…
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Sold Prior to Marketing
Hi all, a new newbie here! Hope you're all well. I'm an avid reader of the forum but now I'm posting my first post! Here goes..... We've sold our house (STC) - hopefully! Our buyer is in a rental property. Trouble is, there's very little coming on the market for us to buy now; quite a lot less since we first launched…
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Previous tenant/owners post
Hello, We collected the keys for our new place yesterday. A letter arrived today for the previous tenant - it’s from a debt management company regarding a DVLA penalty. Do I just wrote ‘not at this address and return it’ or do I open it and call them or do I give it the estate agent? Thanks
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Stamp Duty for second home
Hi! I've had an offer accepted on a property and have had the paperwork back from the solicitor to sign, but the stamp duty seems crazy... she is out of the office today so I was hoping someone on here could help me?! I own a BTL property (had it for 7+ years) I have a joint mortgage on a residential property (it's going…
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House purchase, Just been informed a “notorious” murder took place.
Hi, I have an offer accepted on a house, got the survey done and searches are nearing completion. I just received an email from my solicitor to say that a murder has taken place at the house and was I aware of this…..errr no.I am not from the area that I am buying so was unaware about this murder. I have now googled the…
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Building regs- load bearing walls
Hi All, I am in the process of selling my house, the buyers solicitor is asking loads of questions... one of them is.. Further to the Sellers replies at 4.1, please confirm whether the wall was load bearing, if so please provide the building regulation certificate for the same When I moved into the house there was a single…
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Contractor quotes after survey
Hey, We've had the survey report on a property we're buying, and it has some issues we'd like to get fully quoted before proceeding. We'd like to get 3 areas looked at: * Roof * External walls * Electrics What is the usual protocol for this? I've not been through this before, so I don't want to look naive to the estate…
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Local Authority Search via Agent
My solicitor advised me that our L A search was going to take 4 weeks. I checked the Council's website which stated up to 4 working days, so I emailed the council with the property address to find out why. The council tells me that the searches have already been sent 3 days ago and they believe my solicitor is using an…
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House buying frenzy? Except there isn't one.
Family have a 3 bed home in SW London to be sold. Accepted a low offer (10k below it's professional valuation) back in Jan. Buyer does a runner. House back on market.The house isn't a dump at all, good overall state of repair, invested 8k on a new roof, nice suburban location, mid terrace, cul-de-sac, communal gardens,…
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Final stage of being brought out of a property
Hi there - I am hoping someone can help who has perhaps recently been brought out of a property. My partner is being brought out by his ex and we aren’t sure what is left to be sorted before it’s all finalised. The land registry documents have all be signed and sent off now - does this have to be completed before the…
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Experiences with buy to let/investor buyers
I have posted on here about my buyer negotiating over ridiculous things after the survey which has rung alarm bells and is making me consider pulling out and finding a more 'normal' buyer and many here have been helpful. Despite the agent assuring me at the time of the offer that this buyer was moving to the area for…
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Is this S21 invalid?
Hi, Letting agent issued S21 Form 6A to tenant on 6th May 2021. Vacation date on the form, and the end of the AST are 2nd Aug 2021. Is this S21 automatically invalid on the basis that the notice period is less than 6 months? I assume so, after reading on the gov UK page: This seems like too much of a rookie error, and I…
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pebbledash vs Brick House
Hello All Gd morning. I need your advice. I am in the process of buying a house. The exterior of the house that I just viewed yesterday is pebbledash. I read somewhere that brick houses are better than pebbledash. I was even told that pebbledash houses should be cheaper than brick houses. Few (about 30%) of the houses on…
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Buying the house but not moving in to it for a while after completion
Can you complete on the house and do some work on it lets say for a month after completion and then move in to it? I am FTB and renting a house. Looking to buy a house but that house would need new kitchen and floors done. I would like that to be dine before moving in. Is that going to be ok with a lender?
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4 weeks since offer accepted but vendor still hasn’t t found anywhere
As the title, how long would you wait? Getting frustrated as looking as if we will have to rent short term (completing next week on ours and breaking the chain), staying with relatives for 3 months whilst they are out of the country.
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Should I Rent or Should I Sell?
Looking for some (hopefully good) advice. My wife and I have a house that we have a mortgage on. The LTV is about 43% so we have a fair amount of equity in the house. For various reasons, we would like to move (upsize) and as we are not in a position to get a mortgage on the kind of house we want, we are considering…
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Why are estate agents asking mortgage brokers questions?
Hello, We are currently looking at buying our first home. We have a mortgage in principle and have contacted a few estate agents. We have one viewing on Saturday- just booked us in, sorted. Another estate agency is asking for a financial check before we can even view the properties! There are two on their books that we are…
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Does anyone know much about the Building Regulation Completions Cert for a property?
Has anyone had any experience with getting building regulation completion certifications from the council? How long it takes etc. I'm purchasing a property but there's a hold up because of this. The seller does not hold a copy of the completion certs, so we asked our search providers to make enquiries. However, the search…
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Notice to quit
We have been renting in Scotland and our landlord now wants to sell. They have given us the notice via the letting agency of 6 months due to covid. It stated you must be out on or before .... I've now contacted agency and asked what is process if I want to leave before the date on the letter and she said I need to give 2…
