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What to do with items no wanted
I've got the following items that I don't want taking to our new house: Electric piano - two keys not working Washing machine and dishwasher - both only two years old and in working order old Leaf dining table with stains (not ready serviceable) very very heavy wardrobe. With the electrical stuff I don't want to be…
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Buying from Landlord but he wants us to pay extra for furnitures we paid for?
My landlord has accepted an offer to sell the house to us, but is asking for additional £1300 to pay for ‘fittings’ which i imagine includes beds and wardrobe and whatever was in the inventory. We’ve been renting this house for over 10years, it was furnished and throughout the years when things broke down/ worn out like…
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Rental garden secure for dog
Have been offered a rental property with permission to keep dog. Garden is not secure on one side ( low fence posts and crossbar that a small dog could jump through to next doors garden. Agent says it’s up to me to source and fix fencing not her. As I’ve not signed the contract yet, And it’s not my property , is that…
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New porch gutter overhangs neighbours drive
Unusually my problem is with our extension. We've built a small internal porch at the front of our terraced house. But our builder for some reason has gone right up to the boundary with the wall (not a problem) but the guttering and a small amount of the roof overhang the neighbours. Their landlord is obviously not happy…
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Mortgage redemption problems. Bank didn't receive money.
I have sold my buy-to-let property on 14th May. I received a completion statement from my solicitor, followed by the remaining money after paying the bank. Today my usual mortgage payment was still collected by the bank. I called them to find out why the payment has still been taken, and they told me that they have…
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Stuck in the help to buy trap.
So I've posted here before and still stuck. My question is, "when help to buy say they can give consent to let temporarily, how long is that"?
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Landlord using break clause...
Hi all, My sister has just moved into her first home, 2 months into her contract her landlord has decided to use a break clause to end the tenancy for 'personal reasons' (after sis has forked out for furniture and spent the last 2 months cleaning the filthy house and garden). In her contract it states at 4 months she is…
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Missing transfer deeds detailing restrictive covenants
We are FTBs currently progressing (slowly!) through the purchase of a freehold residential property. The property in question was bought by our sellers just over 10yrs ago, at auction, from the local council. Our solicitor has informed us that there are pages missing from the transfer deeds for that purchase and, that…
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Should I trust my solicitor?
We are first time buyers, looking (like everyone) to finish our purchase before the end of the month. I'm beginning to suspect our solicitor is just telling us what we want to hear and then doing nothing. I might just be being paranoid, but as I have no prior experience with the process. The estate agent seems to think our…
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Should we submit an offer while viewing is still being carried out?
Hi Was wondering if we can get some past experiences of forum members here. There is a property that we are very interested in though it is being tenanted in-situ at the moment. It has a guide price of around £375K. Was wondering if we should put in an offer now or wait till viewings are done by other people? Our plans…
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Moving - Pickfords Opinions
Hello everyone, We're moving from a 3 bed 3 storey town house to a 2 storey 3 bed in a town just over 7 miles away. The narrowness of our current property means lots of things need dissassembling (wardrobes, beds etc) and it's a little akward. We've had a few quotes ranging from £300 (did it over the phone) £600 (local…
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Property developer trying to take land back from young family
Bovis Homes sold us a house two and a half years ago,
and now they're trying to take land back from us to sell to someone else! We’re
at a loss as to what to do. We purchased a new home from Bovis Homes in December 2018.
The house was complete before we exchanged contracts, including the garden and fence
line. Prior to…
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Thoughts on Norfolk
Hi all, Anyone live in Norfolk who can give me a pointer on best locations please? As I have been working from home for over 18 months with no end in sight (moving to once or twice a month in the office max from Sept according to my manager) it occurs to me that I dont have to live near to my expensive south east office…
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Advice Needed - Lodger Agreement between "friends"
Hi all, I'll try to bullet point this so it's easy to follow the situation. Need some advice here please. * I was looking for a temporary living place 3 months ago, knew my friend was considering renting his spare room and bathroom out. * Agreed as friends it's only short term but he insisted on doing a proper contract…
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Eviction
Hi, the house we are purchasing is a probate, the brother lives in the property and the sister in Wales. 3 months into the process and the brother says he can’t move out as he can’t afford rent! I have been told he is willing to leave if he is evicted and the council will rehouse him as he will be homeless. I was under the…
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No lock on communal entrance
Hi there, I have had a viewing at a small block of flats in a nice area. The only thing of concern is that the ground floor communal entrance has NO LOCK. I have never seen this before. The communal hallways and lift are immaculate and clearly if it was a concern to the residents then there WOULD be a lock? Just seems to…
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Quick advice required please - buying a property where tenants have been given notice
Hi - looking for some advice please. Situation is husband and I are first time buyers, currently renting and our tenancy is up in August this year. We have put in an offer on a property which is currently rented, and the tenants have been given notice. The estate agent has just rung me and advised that, due to the current…
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Solicitor checks
Hi I know every properly is different but was is the average time for the solicitor searches etc to be completed? Thank you x
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What's left behind...
Hey everyone, When thinking of what we need to do moving wise I'm trying to understand what we *should*, *should not* and what falls in the middle with regards to what we leave behind... There's two main areas I'm thinking about: Garden * We have a small play house our son uses, which we didn't intend to take with us -…
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Service strip
I bought a property with a service strip to the side front the council have allowed person fron another street to put a gate on our boundary and allowed him to drive his car out onto our cul de sac across this access strip The gate is in a at the bottom of my steep drive and neither I or neighbours consulted or informed…
