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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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Renting long term - Employed by own Limited Company
We are looking to rent long term and need to produce 3 months payslips, bank statements etc. We're relocating to a new area and setting up a new project. We already own a Limited Company and will be working under the same name. I have been informed by both my accountant and one letting agent that we are not classed as…
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Mid-Terraced Ex-Council House - "Shared" Passageway
So a few years ago I bought a house, freehold mid-terrace in a block of 4, the middle 2 have an enclosed passageway inbetween which services me and my neighbours back gardens via our own back gates at the end. From the moving information i received from my solicitor at the time, the Land Registry Title Plan shows my…
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Shared ownership flat has lost significant value – what are my options?
Hi, I'm hoping for some advice on what options I might have with my shared ownership flat. I bought a 25% share of a London flat around four years ago, when the full market value was £685k. I put around £50k of my savings into buying it. My partner and I now want to live together and ultimately buy somewhere together. My…
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buying freehold of house that has had subsidence
anyone had any experience of this, and would the freehold be easier/cheaper to purchase in this instance?
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New "Have a Look at This" thread
The other one has disappeared and any posts I have made are not listed in either my posts or thanks. This thread is for things like: . Spotting pets in properties . Anything awful - decor, extensions etc . Quirky properties . Timewarp properties . Properties in serious repair and anything which is different and of interest…
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Garden fence rules...
Hello all, our rear garden is 3ft lower than our neighbours as we are at the bottom of a hill. This neighbour does not have a fence on top of this wall at all. We have a 6ft fence meaning the neighbour has roughly 3ft and he likes to drink and peer over the fence and talks !!!!!! which we are sick of. If we want our…
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Buyer involving his company in house purchase
We have sold our house ( subject to contract) and are almost at the end of conveyancing process with our solicitor asking for exchange dates Our buyers have signed paperwork today at their end We are due to sign in a couple of days But today things took a slightly worrying turn We have been advised that despite signing…
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Unadopted Road
Hi all I am currently buying a property which is on an old unadopted road. There are other unadopted roads off of this road and the road used to access our road is also unadopted. It has never been adopted by the council and I don’t believe it ever will. There are around 15+ properties on the road and the house we are…
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Solicitor held my money for 20 years should I get interest on top of the capital amount
My solicitors who acted in conveyance for me in a sale of my property just contacted me. They found they had accidentally withheld a significant amount of money on my file/account - unbeknown to me. They rang me to ask for my details to pay me the amount. After confirming it was the solicitors and not a scam they took my…
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How should we negotiate an offer to buy our rented home
Advice on making an offer on a house we currently rent and how we should respond to our landlord. We have lived in our current rental for past 5 years and are in a position to buy. We approached our landlord to see if they would consider selling and they have agreed to sell for 400k. We are unsure if we are in a position…
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Micro housing ?
Why has our planning system in the UK focused on massively expensive bricks and mortar homes ? With modern materiels and bulding technology now it is easy to create a comfortable home on a permenant or non permenant basis on small holdings, unused agricultural land, repurposed land ect there are plenty of ways to do this…
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Stuck in a shared ownership nightmare
Hi My late aunt died more than three years ago and left her flat to myself and 5 other beneficiaries. I was designated executor, along with my brother and mum. The flat is a two bed in a retirement block and is shared ownership (75/25 in our favour). We have had no luck with selling the property for more than three years…
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Selling my house - my way
hi hope there is people here have sold their houses independently their own way if so please can you help with any of the following? I thought the purple bricks £999 package, do I need to have them do an evaluation or can I just set my own price? For this package, will I be able to make price changes and change the copy…
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Rentcharge scam or genuine?
In 2024, I bought a semi detached property in Greater Manchester which has a rentcharge. The rentcharge was created in 1976 when the house was built and was in favour of the house builder. The house is on a small estate of similar houses, and the neighbours have a similar rentcharge. The building company named in the title…
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Urgent housing association advice
asking on behalf of a family member - they have a HA property and had planned to move to a private rented house. Handed in notice on HA house and now private one has fallen through. Does anyone know if they can revoke their termination of tenancy ? They are now panicking they will be homeless. Can anyone advise?
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Big mistake transferring house deeds - help!
5 years ago, my father sold the property we grew up in and bought a new property (mortgage free) which somehow his lawyers permitted him to buy in my name at the final hurdle. He wanted to do this after some (poor) advice from family members to protect our inheritance from his new partner and her children as she had not…
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covenants say that the council can take any part of the land without payment
Hello. My conveyancer highlighted a risk that the council could take any part of the land without payment but the risk is very low. More importantly, he is saying that no insurance can be taken against this risk. Do I walk away from the purchase? "The Purchasers shall give up to the Council when required and without…
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New Home/Old Home
If I were to purchase a house, move in, spend the next 6 months renovating my old house before putting it up for sale. Will I pay capital gains tax on my old property when it eventually sells? There will be no mortgage on either property. I am unsure if my old home would be classed a s a second home and whether that would…
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Another thread about foam insulation
My Son is a FTB & found a 2 bed semi bungalow, his deposit is approx 20% of the property price. The seller has already advised the loft has spray foam insulation, this was already in situ when they purchased the property 20+ years ago & they have no paperwork pertaining to the insulation. I gather that a mortgage is not…
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Consent to Let vs Buy-to-Let: Best Mortgage Option for Renting Out My Property and Releasing Equity
hello thank you for reading. I have a 5-year fixed residential mortgage with Nationwide, which ends in September 2026. The mortgage itself is a 30-year mortgage. I need to move back in with my parents because I need to help care for my dad, so I can no longer live in my current property. I would therefore like to rent the…
