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Potential for extension
Hi all, the house I’m selling is essentially identical to every other property in my street, almost all of which have had extensions added at the back. My property has no rear extension (I planned on doing it but wasn’t financially able) so I wanted the agent to mention it had potential for extension subject to planning…
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Forwarding Landlord Mail
I have rented my house for 4 years, my landlord has lived in America for 3 of the 4 years and for 3 years I've forwarded their mail but recently, they sent an email wanting me to forward it quicker as they're expecting important mail. After mentioning the forwarding to friends, they said it shouldn't be my responsibility…
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Questions from Potential Buyers - Fuse Board and Rental Price
Hi - we've had a few questions from a potential buyer and not sure how to answer a couple of them: * Would the electric fuse board be legal for a rental property? * How much would it rent for? How would we know the answer to the fuse board one? Also, had a look at RightMove but couldn't see a similar property (ex-housing…
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Extractor fan?
Hi all, I am in the process of buying a flat (first floor - 3 storey building). There are no windows in the toilet and no extractor fan, however from the plan it looks like there is supposed to be an extractor in the bathroom (see picture). The seller was not able to confirm if there are existing wiring and ducting or if…
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Slow solicitor?
Hello! I am looking for some advice please. We are currently buying a shared ownership new build from a housing association. Me and my husband are first time buyers. We didn't go with the recommended solicitor but got quotes from many and read reviews. We went with a middle priced one with a 5* rating on Google and Trust…
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Council tax
Do I need to pay council tax if my property is on the market
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Seller not finding a place to rent before 30th June
Hi there, My husband and I are rather in a predicament. We were ready to exchange and complete on the house we love in May, and both parties are chain free, however we are still waiting for the seller to find a place to rent. You would think that it would be a rather straight forward house purchase, both being chain-free,…
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Property information form - building work
The property I am planning to buy was extended before the vendors bought it. On the building works section of the property information form they have said “No” for the “Has any building works been carried” section. Should they still answer yes to this even if the extension was in place when they bought it? If so what…
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Leasehold extension or freehold purchase of house with 47years remaining on lease
Hi All. My cousin has a 4 bedroom detached house in Wales and has just asked me to assist him in extending his lease which only has 47 years remaining, or to explore purchasing the freehold. The property is valued at £200,000. He pays ground rent of £16 every 6 months. Before I reach out to the landowner, does anyone have…
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Advice regarding choice of conveyancer/solicitor for FTB!
Wondered if I could get some advice regarding conveyancer/solicitor choices. So we're first time buyers who have just had an offer accepted on a house so we're now in the market for someone to handle the legal side. We've done some research, checked reviews and had some recommendations. We've narrowed it down to the…
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Have I missed my chance to buy in London?
Hi everyone, I posted here a few months ago now asking if I should go ahead and buy a one-bed flat in London as a single person. My original budget was £280K and I went to loads of viewings and got very close to making an offer on a couple of places. I then got news of a small payrise in April due to kick in this month,…
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Shared Ownership: Leasehold to freehold and staircasing - lease query
Hi all, I’m looking for some thoughts on my Shared Ownership
lease. I realise that there is currently a very similar topic going on (which
is what gave me the idea of asking!) but thought it better to start my own
thread rather than hijack someone else’s as the details are slightly different. The background: I purchased a…
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My seller has gone AWOL! Help please
Hi all, I am mid house purchase, having had offer accepted on the house in August 2020. The vendor struggled to find somewhere as they were moving to the other end of the country and lockdown presented problems. They didn’t find anywhere til Feb 2021- fine for us as our house sale had loads of delays, so worked well. We…
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Urgent...is it legal to switch off my water?!
My ex landlord has switched off my water I'm a dispute over past rent. In a nutshell, he has gone back on a deal we had and has now decided that I now owe a month that he said I wouldn't owe. He has messaged me a couple of times this week but I've been at work and unable to respond. Today I get back from food shopping and…
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Can a Residential Management Company set up to purchase a freehold get a loan?
Hi all, Our apartment block has recently recieved an s5 notice offering us the Right of First Refusal for purchase of our freehold. Does anyone have any experience with the process as far as setting up a company after accepting the offer? We have a few tenants that are intersted and would be willing to take on a loan, is…
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Revenge evictions - how do things stand ?
More curiosity on my part - this is in England. My neighbour went to the council about the state of the house they rent. Council has given landlord a long list of work that needs doing to make the place fit to live in. (Neighbour says council also told them they couldn’t increase the rent - not sure about the accuracy of…
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Moving energy supplier address before tenancy end
Hello! My current tenancy ends on July 17th and I have already signed the contract for a new tenancy at a new address. I would like to move in there a bit earlier than the 17th though, on the 10th, and would like to move my supplier there as early as possible. But I don't know what happens with costs in that week my flat…
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Security contracts related to service charges
Hi, I'm a leaseholder and therefore pay a service charge on a monthly basis. The lease states that the service charge can increase year on year to cover any increases in costs to the services provided. After receiving a massive hike in costs for security it has come to light that the contract the management company awarded…
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Notice to complete - Grace period
The seller of the place wants a completion date which with the notice to complete grace period ( 10days) will take us into June. Obviously if all is fine and we complete on the desired completion date then there is no issue, however if something does cause a delay in completion and we go into the grace period into June…
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Double glazing building regs
Hi all, I’m new to this. I’m selling my house and the solicitors are asking for the building regulations for the double glazing windows, that I organised a company to do about 6 years ago.. I don’t have building regs. We changed single glazed windows to double glazed, we didn’t change the size of any of the windows and the…
