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New to the House Buying, Selling & Renting board? Start here
✅ This board is for... * Questions about buying or selling a home * Questions about renting a home * Questions about being a landlord 🚫 This board is not for.. * Debating the state of the economy * Debating house prices in general * Political debates Note: In order to help keep the Forum a useful, safe and friendly place…
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Tenancies in Eng/Wales: Guides for landlords and tenants
post 1 This thread is intended to provide information to both landlords and tenants relating to Assured Shorthold Tenancies (ASTs) in England and Wales. Updated April 2020 to include the Coronavirus Act 2020 and July 2020 to include the Electrical Safety Standards Regulations 2020. Topics covered: Post 2: Repairing…
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Stamp duty when separated but not divorced
My daughter and her husband lived in rented accommodation while together, they have been separated for 5 years and have no financial ties and have not bothered with a divorce. Since separating he bought a house and lives in it with a new partner. My daughter now wants to buy a house and I am worried it may be treated as…
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Freehold flat maintenance
This is a very unusual set up. Eight purpose built flats 1960s. All sold as freehold. No leasehold. No landlord, no ground rent no service charge. One of the flats owns the grounds and common parts. The deeds for all the flats says the eight owners need to co-operate to share maintenance costs and if they can't agree they…
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Deliberately vague
Our new neighbour (Mr. A) is on a mission creep to see how far he can go before we react to his intention to remove and replace our fence in the back garden. He's already removed our front garden fence because he doesn't like wood. The boundary is Mr. A's to maintain. The fences* are on our side of the boundary and were…
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When to pay what; solicitors, surveys, movers…
Hello just wondering at what stage in the house buying process do we pay for certain things. We’re in wales. Selling our home and moving to new one. We pay initial solicitors fees but then at what stage would we pay remaining solicitors, surveys, movers etc
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Stamp Duty on Shared Ownership Property
Hi All, My mum has inherited 75% of a house with the housing association owning the final 25%. She would like to purchase the remaining 25% (and continue to rent it out). Would she need to pay stamp duty on the 25% that she’d be purchasing or would it be on the value of the entire property? She owns her own (different)…
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Moving van cost?
Just looking for ball park figure for moving van costs? 3 bed house in Wales. Just so we can roughly budget thanks
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Redrawing garden boundaries when moving next door
Hi all, I hope this is the right place to ask this question. I am currently in the process of selling my house and purchasing the property next door. To address a problem with the very odd shaped garden at the property I'm purchasing I plan to "take some of my garden with me". This is an area approx 10m by 10m at the back…
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Neighbour threatening to try and complicate sale
Good afternoon all, My wife and I are looking to put our house on the market soon, and have always had good neighbourly relations. The short version is we feel our neighbour is threatening (blackmailing might be too far?) us, using the threat of raising a formal complaint to the council to complicate our sale, and we're…
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Transfer of equity - permissible/allowable deductions
When making an offer to purchase my former partners 50% share of the property in a transfer of equity, are there any permissible/allowable deductions that can be made (e.g. my legal costs, stamp duty I will have to pay, etc etc)? Any advice would be appreciated.
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Residential property/holiday let
I am just in the process of buying a small weekend/holiday cottage. My husband’s job comes with accommodation provided (where we live most of the time) so the cottage will be my only owned property. The seller has used it as a holiday let when not there and has offered to transfer the existing letting bookings in July and…
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CCTV at new property
The house we bought has a cctv camera at front door not sure if it’s a dvd recording one or via phone but worried about possible privacy issues does the owner have to transfer ownership or would I have to pay to deactivate it?
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Has anyone had problems recovering property sales proceeds from Tunisia?
I really don’t know where to turn. I sold 2 studio apartments 3, almost 4, years ago in Port el Kantaoui and I have not received a penny even though the buyers have been able to live in those apartments all this time. Has anyone been able to speed up this process? I’ve paid my taxes on it which happened a few months ago…
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Management Pack process from Management Co. Viewpoint
The grounds/roads of a small estate of freehold houses are owned by a Management Company, limited by guarantee. The residents are the only members of the company. One of the owners is selling and we have been asked by their solicitor to supply a FME1 form. I am comfortable with most of it but am a bit unsure of the legal…
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House boundries
My house is due to complete sale in a few weeks. The neighbours are getting a driveway but we have a shared middle path down both sides. If they try and move boundaries what happens?
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Landlord wants to sell
Hi All, I been renting an apartment for the last 18 years. My landlord texted me Friday that she wants to sell and I have a valuer coming tomorrow. At present she has made no indication that she wants me to move out. I am a widowed man with mental health issues and became ill and now have to have a catheter while I wait…
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New Build Part Exchange
Hello, just looking for some advice on the above. My partner and I are looking at part exchanging our current home for a new build. I'm just a little unclear on the process. Obviously the developers will be looking to buy our current home, and I know it will more than likely be an offer slightly under market value, as I've…
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Painting liability after property tenancy ends - Scotland
I am about to move out of a flat that I have rented for over a year in Scotland. We filled in a few holes (tv wall mounted with agreement from landlord) and touched up some normal wear and tear on paintwork. Asked LL for exact paint colours, got them from Dulux Paint Centre - bedrooms all fine, but the rest of the house…
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Stamp Duty on a Second Property - Let to Buy
Hello, Can you please help me understand how much stamp duty I will pay in the below scenario? I currently own a flat worth £160,000 which I live in and next year I am hoping to change it to a Let to Buy mortgage so I can purchase a new home to live in but keep my flat to rent out. I am looking to purchase a home for…
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Spray foam insulation removal tax position
I have a small flat that I rent out. When my tenant left, I thought I might as well sell it as I'm getting too old to fix/clean/paint the place every time a tenant leaves, plus now that I'm getting my state pension I would be paying most of what I earn in rent (after expenses) in tax, so why have all the hassle.... The…
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Owning property abroad
My mother wants to gift her holiday apartment in Cyprus, to me and my siblings. It is not rented out and is used just for family holidays. If we take it on, does it affect us financially in the uk? Eg tax thank you
