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Extending Lease - Being asked the value of my place? Why doesn't my solicitor sort it?
Hi I am ready to complete my lease extension on my flat. Built in 1993, 2 bedrooms on the 2nd floor. Top floor with loft access above. The solicitor has asked: "HM Land Registry will require confirmation of the estimated market value of the property to calculate the registration fee. I would be grateful if you could please…
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Probate and buildings insurance
Hello I'm in the process of selling a probate property. I have probate insurance currently. If the buyers take out buildings insurance from exchange, should I cancel the probate insurance at that point? Happy to keep it active until completion, but I'm aware that having two policies might cause issues, should anything…
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MSE Guide – Rent increase rights (Wales)
Hi everyone, This is a dedicated thread for our guide on: Rent increase rights (Wales) Please let us know your thoughts and give us your feedback. If you haven't already, join the forum to reply.
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Springbok property sales
Has anyone completed selling a property with them and are you happy
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Share of Freehold Transfer Nightmare - advice needed 🙏
Hi everyone, Hoping someone here has experience with messy share of freehold situations. We’re in the middle of selling our flat and have hit a bump in the road. Our setup: * Our building has 4 flats. * Each flat owner has a 25% share of the freehold. * We’re all individual joint freeholders with no management company or…
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Everyone is selling up their flats should i?
Hi there i live in a big apartment complex with around 8 blocks of apartments. i checked with neighbours, the land registry and estate agents and the only block everyone is selling their apartments are in my block. Some are also selling for less than they origionally paid for? If you were in my position would you sell your…
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Estate agents solicitor?
Due to agree on a purchase on Monday. Broker (independent and DIP) in place just need to choose my solicitor have had a few quotes from just under £2k to around £2.5k. I contacted a decent sized firms branch local to me for a quote and then received one from another branch of the same firm through the estate agent. This…
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Freeholder's responsibility?
I own a leasehold first floor flat in a small block, converted from retail premises in 2013. Over time it has become evident that an internal wall and some of the floorboards are sinking (ie there is a problem with the underlying support/ excessive settling). A surveyor has concluded that it is the freeholder's problem to…
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Ground Rent and Service Charge question
Hi 25 leaseholders in apartments. we’ve seen the Letting Agents annual statement showing costing that we all question to be outrageous to say the least. As a group collectively, what would the process to question, with the attempt to reduce the charges? Managing agent has already had a case against them upheld for…
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Solictor arguing over plans and East and West
Hi there I'm hoping someone will be able to give me some advice. I don't want to drip feed but I also don't want to overload with info. We are buying a house (Scotland). It is a former station from many, many years ago. The station is split into 2 properties, but the same family has owned both for the last 50 years and…
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Cash buyer + remortgage
If I try to remortgage a house that I’ve bought for cash will I get a worse deal than if I just buy with a normal mortgage?
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CGT on transferred property
Hi all, I'm after a bit of advice. My mum is wanting to transfer her property (only residence, owned in full, total value c. £85k) to my finacee, so that she can draw some equity via a mortgage to pay off a few debts, then sell with a view to buying my mum a bungalow with the remaining equity as a deposit plus a larger…
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Buying a property with no building regulations certificate for bifold doors
Hi I'm in the process of buying a property without building regulations certificate for bifold doors. The doors are in an existing extension and replaced a window thus extending the existing opening which required building regulations. The sellers said the builders advised no building regulations were required to do the…
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CLARIFICATION ON SECOND STAMP DUTY PLEASE
Hello, I would be really grateful if anyone has any advice on the following situation for me please. I have owned my residential home since 1994 and bought a buy to let in 2014. I am now thinking of selling my residential home and buying another residential home to live in, ie a normal house sale. Will the rental property…
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lodgers and cooking on the landing
I've searched the net in vain for an answer to this, so thought I would ask on here. I have two lodgers on the top floor of my 3 storey house. On the top landing is a small kitchenette with cabinets, sink, fridge, kettle, toaster. I supplied these to save lodgers having to come all the way down to the ground floor just to…
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Management Company
I am selling my mums home as PoA as she is now in care. I have received a statement of account from a Private Estate management company which dates back to 2003 so 22 years worth of fees. I have found no record of mum receiving invoices/statements:letters chasing the money outstanding. My question is does this need to be…
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Landlord wants to raise rent despite damage to bedroom wall
I rent a room in a shared flat. The agency managing the rental contacted me last week saying they want to raise the rent by £60 from January. Previously it’s been a £20 increase twice per year. They said this is non-negotiable. I don’t think this is fair as one of the walls was badly damaged by flooding in late October and…
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New build with 'major defect' - next steps?
Please can someone advise me if the steps to take. Background: Insurers of the structural warranty have just confirmed that they want to do more investigations to confirm the extent of ‘major defect’ They’re talking about then doing a plan for repairs after these investigations. . I’ve done some googling and see that major…
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Advice on buying a small slither of my neighbours land
Hi, I am thinking of approaching my neighbour to ask if I can buy the land that is next to my driveway. The developer of the newbuilds that we are on decided it was a good idea to leave this strip of land to the house next door, as opposed to making the driveway wider. But it means we have to walk across their land to get…
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Help! Second Home Stamp Duty Mess!
Hi all! I am reaching out for some help in what seems a unique, but may actually be quite a common situation. I am buying a new property in England with my partner and have been told I need to pay second home stamp duty on it. My background situation is as follows. I owned a house with my now ex wife, we separated in…
