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Statutory Periodic Tenancy/Pro-rata Rent
Hi All At a recent house viewing, we mentioned the date that our current statutory periodic tenancy begins/ends with regard to when we would need to give notice (i.e. one clear period). The agent in question suggested that it was now possible to give notice at any time so long as it was equivalent to one period (in this…
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Rented house, sweeping the chimney
We live in a 3 bed Victorian house with 4 fireplaces/2 chimneys. We think only one of these actually works. The living room still has the actual fireplace whereas the others all only have surrounds. We have never used the fireplace, as we've never known if they were really working and just haven't had interest in using the…
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Repaying Help to Buy loan before house sale completes
Hi all, Pretty much as the title says really. We are due to sell our house in the next 2-3 months (offer accepted for £330000, now in the hands of the solicitors etc) and will be repaying a HTB loan we took out to purchase the place. If we redeem it on completion, we will be set to repay £66000. We have a RICS valuation…
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Am I being over cautious?
Hello, hopefully sometime soon someone will make an offer on my house and then I will need to appoint a conveyance company. My concern is, with many of these companies being online, I will at some point need to send my financial details in an email to people I’ve not met, and this gets me nervous because of all the online…
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Have a feeling estate agents are trying to push for exchange before I inspect the property.
Situation - I'm buying a flat which was occupied by tenants. The estate agent/vendor says the tenants have moved out and the vendor is keen to exchange and complete. I said I need to view the flat before exchange to make sure it's vacant. But the agents seem to be dragging their feet on booking an inspection yet - it still…
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Different types of “for sale” prices
Hi all, I’ve just put my property up for sale, and listed it with just a simple price, but I notice on the online sites that some other local properties are “offers over” and others have “guide price” listings, or a guide price range, or “fixed price” in the listing. Can I ask, what are peoples options of these sort of…
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Nervous about level 2 survey
I'm selling my house and I have a ceiling in a room upstairs with a crack across it (not on walls, just through ceiling plaster) and in a room downstairs (again, not walls, just ceiling plaster). They're not huge, more hairline. Everything else in my survey when I bought has been rectified.I am getting myself wound up with…
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House sold, seeking advice on timescale
Chain free, we are just selling. We accepted offer on our house mid March. We have had limited contact with EA or solicitors, survey was completed beginning of April, we didn’t hear anything back, (so assume it was fine). On 22nd May We got a couple of enquiries ( 1 asked for paperwork for extension that was built 40 yes…
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Obstructive Estate Agent
Hi, we've had an offer accepted on a house - the mortgage has been approved, now we're waiting to exchange contracts. In the meantime, I need to start booking in tradesmen to do work in the autumn following completion. In order to do this, I've approached the estate agent and asked him if I can have access to the property…
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Sold now what
we recently sold our house. February time. Then the sale fell through due to the roof needing repaired. (Buyer wanted 6k taken off along with the 10k we already took off) property sold again within a day and we are replacing the roof next week. I just wondered what the process looked like. I’d imagine we need a survey. Can…
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Land Registry NEED HELP ASAP
So were in the final stages of buying a house and believed today we would exchange. We need to complete before end of stamp duty holiday or its an extra 9000! My solicitor rings me today and says the postcode on the title deed is incorrect. I checked with seller who says this is an old postcode. Royal mail post code…
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Being pursued for debt after property sale - who is liable: buyer or seller?
I recently sold two freehold cottages that have been in my
family for many years. They are rural
cottages that are not connected to mains water, and therefore rely on a neighbouring
farmer to provide water from a borehole on his land. The farmer charges a yearly fee for use of
the water in arrears, which is usually…
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Who is responsible for repairs
Hi there. I live in a rented property and have had ongoing problems with a leaking shower door, it had obviously leaked before I moved in 4 years ago because there were watermarks on the ceiling below and the carpet (yes carpet!) in the bathroom had some water damage. I have reported the problem several times, the earliest…
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Has anyone taken a TDS decision to court and succeeded
Hi, I have recently got a decision from TDS, ruling in the agents favour awarding them the money and as a tenant this is extremely frustrating as we had so much evidence but all they took into account was the agents evidence. I am thinking to take this to court so they can take our evidence into account and make a proper…
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Estate agent tactic
Is it an estate agent tactic to say to the potential buyer they are being too slow on deciding whether to increase offers and that it will mean the buyer will no longer be taken seriously by the vendor? And that a higher price is likely to get the deal. Then when sticking to the offered price they then say the vendor will…
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How long does it take to find a house in Cambridge?
I am FTB and would like to know other's experiences. I am trying to find a decent house in my budget in Cambridge (south and east mostly) for around a month but It seems like there are few houses coming to the market which makes me feel I have to settle on one of these available options which are OK but definitely worse…
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Mortgage & Unused credit cards
Sorry, wrong thread. Moved to mortgages.
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How long to wait for a vendor to find a property to move to?
Hi All!We just had our buyer pull out from our house sale after just over 4 weeks, with the reasoning being that we were taking too long to find a suitable property to purchase. They have been pestering us to see if we had found anywhere since week 2, making life exceptionally stressful. We viewed quite a few and put…
