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Getting solar panels in a rented property
I live in social housing. I've been living here for 22 years and have no ambition of moving any time soon. I've recently been thinking of paying to get solar installed but as I am a tenant, I am hesitant to do so. The local housing trust is supportive of their tenants getting solar so I am not concerned about permission.…
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Would you buy a smelly house? Anyone had experience of buying a pungent property?
Long story short, I've had an offer accepted on a house that smells bad. It's a bit of a fixer upper, and I disregarded the not nice smell at first thinking, "I can get rid of that". I am wondering if I have made a rash decision; this is despite the fact there is virtually nothing in my town that I can afford. At least…
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Rear boundary fence
Hello, the rear boundary (wire) fence at my property abuts a school playing field. The school is erecting a 2m high fence on their side of the boundary fence and infilling it with timber slats on the basis of 'safeguarding and security'. Are they permitted to do this? There has been no consultation. The original boundary…
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New build flats (only 4 years old), owners charged with £425,000 repairs, no insurance
As an owner of one of a block of 50 leasehold flats I have just been informed by the management company that I am liable for about £8,000 worth of repairs on the roof and associated drainage which is not covered by the building insurance. The flats are not yet even 5 years old, and were sold with a 10 year old new build…
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Missed stamp duty deadline
So my 1st time buyer changed mortgages at the last minute so myself and everyone in my house buying and selling chain have missed the stamp duty free deadline. We were supposed to complete on 30th sept. Now, no idea. How is this even allowed.
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Leasehold Flat Management Company Not Responding
Hello, I'm hoping for advice as I've found some of the posts quite helpful. I am buying shared ownership leasehold flat and we are just waiting on enquiries from the management company and have been waiting 6 weeks for the enquiries to be responded to. From trawling these forums I understand that they don't have to respond…
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Buyers complaining after completion
We completed on our sale/purchase last week. This week, our solicitor forwarded us a very strongly worded email from our buyers solicitor. It transpires that our buyer is extremely unhappy with many things in our house. These apparently relate to things like scuffs on the skirting boards and doors. The side bath panel…
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Asbestos in garage roof
Hi everyone. We have had our survey back on a house that we have had an offer accepted on. The surveyor believes that the there is abestos in the garage roof sheets and it would be uneconomical to rectify the issues with the garage, as there is some corrosion to the reinforcement bars. The surveyor has valued the property…
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Finishing contract with Estate Agent & contact afterwards
We had our property on the market with a local estate agent for 20 weeks, only 1 viewing and no feedback. We decided to cancel with them, confirmed everything in writing and have now gone with another agent. Now our property is back on the market, we've received a snarky comment via text from the previous estate agent…
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Do I stay withdraw my offer? Also query re: second charges
Offer accepted - 07 December 20 (yes really) Searches etc done - Feb 21 Sellers solicitor changes to a new one (no explanation given as to why) - March 21 (Radio silence from seller's solicitor) Finally most enquiries answered - 25 June 21 (Radio silence from seller's solicitor) 2 x Mortgage redemption statements…
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Viewing an ex local authority flat
What are the disadvantages of buying an ex local authority property?
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Seller refusing to sign LPE1 form
Hi everyone, I'm a solo buyer in the process of buying my first home. It's a flat in a Victorian conversion with a 50% share of freehold. There are 3 flats altogether in the house, one flat owns the other 50% SOF and one is a leasehold. The trouble is - the seller is refusing to sign the LPE1 form („Leasehold Property…
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Stuck paying £875pm until April?!
I moved into a flat with a guy I didnt know and signed a joint tenancy agreement until April 2022. No break clause Flatmate moved girlfriend into property without asking, no offer of contribution to rent/bills. My enjoyment of the property was made uncomfortable, having to share bathroom and small kitchen and having to sit…
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Land at rear of property on orginal deeds
Hi I bought a terraced house 4 years ago and on the orginal deeds is mentions a parcel of land, directly behind me is an allotment which is registered by 2 others approximately at the time of purchase of my property the allotments are all segregated into plots behind each terraced house and I believe each plot legally…
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Down-valuation on new build flat
Hi all, I purchased an off-plan 1B1B apartment with parking, situated within a minutes walk to LTN airport station with direct <25 min links into London and a <2 min train to the airport. This was way back in January-2020 at an agreed sales price of £260,500, contracts were exchanged a month later and a deposit put down of…
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Not sure penalties for pulling out of a sale
Basically we put my deceased mothers house on the market back in June, we received quite a few offers, the fist offer we accepted pulled out a week later, we then got a cash sale offer which we agreed on the 16th June 21, to cut a long story short, it has taken forever and we seem to getting no where, in the end we asked…
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Should I buy a flat in London without an EWS1 form/certificate?
Hi guys, I've been trying to purchase a flat in London and have been denied a mortgage from Halifax as they mentioned the reason for this was because the flat requires an EWS1 form/certificate. To help the situation, the management company of the building have provided the following statement: In March 2021, the Royal…
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Completion how do i deal with this and who is in the wrong
First time on the forum so be nice! We are due to complete on a new build this Friday, yesterday it became clear via the conveyancing solicitor and financial advisor (FA) that the funding is not correct and is going at best delay the purchase at worse we will not complete. In essence we are getting a buy to let on our…
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Question about renting clause
Hello, I came across a clause in a potential renting agreement (rental property in Wales) (ii) The tenant may not serve upon the landlord two
months notice at any stage from 1st October to 31st
October in any calendar year. This clause
overrides clause 5 (ii) of this agreement. What does that exactly mean? That the tenant…
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Ground rent for rental property
As a landlord I have not received an invoice for ground rent as they have sent it to the rental property that did not forward it to me. As a result I have been charged for 2 reminders costing £42 each and the outstanding rental from 2013. What happens in cases like this??
