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Fixed term Tenancy with different payment date
Hello, Me and my partner are currently private renting a property where our tenancy start date was 09/12/24 for a fixed term of 1year. The estate agents pro-rated the first months rent up to the 31/12 so the payments would then fall on the 1st each month thereafter. We've had a section 13 notice letter to say our rent will…
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Wayleave relating to power cables either underground or attached to my property
Hi all, Have been checking out the Forums regarding the wayleave topic but all I've come across are those who have power lines above their properties, presumably on telegraph/pylon type poles/structures. We are an older property so we carry a power line that services two of our neighbours, this line is underground down our…
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Cash deposit no solicitor will help
Hi guy's. We have a cash deposit made up of the following and we're up against solicitors who are refusing to act for us and I need someone who can finish off the mortgage. A few years ago we sold our business and invested some of the proceeds in to gold bullion ( full audit available) and kept a small cash fund £6k in our…
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Stamp Duty Changes
Hi! Me and my partner are in the process of buying our first house, we have just had our mortgage offer approved and the process with solicitors is already underway (with proposed exchange in December and Exchange in January although this feels tight). Currently under the rules we'll need to be paying 8750 in Stamp Duty…
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Can I transfer my BTL share to my spouse?
We (myself and my spouse) bought a BTL property together with both of our names. I am higher band tax payer and my spouse is home maker. Can I take my name out of the ownership and transfer whole ownership of the property to my spouse? How can I do that and what are the tax implications?
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WeBuyAnyHome Scam
Good Morning team I have a quiet desperate situation where my mother and father in law have engaged with an online house buying company
(WeBuyAnyHome.com) in the pass few weeks they have had the house valued and
agreed a price that is less than half of its market value. They have signed a
contract for the sale on Friday…
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HM Land Registry Property Alert unsubscribe?
If you're no longer monitoring any properties, is it possible to stop the 6-monthly emails telling you that nothing has happened with the zero properties being tracked? I can't see an option (paging @Land_Registry)
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Contractual periodic tenancy
Hi, We found an another property and we will to move out. I gave to my landlord a short term notice, but he could not accept this. As per the contract we have contractual periodical tenancy which started on 15th of every month. According to the contract he wants 1 month notice. I accept this, because I don't want to do…
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Buying a house with no right of access over side alley - Is it an issue?
Hi all, My partner and I are buying a semi-detached house with a shared alleyway leading to both our garden and a neighbour’s. Our solicitor checked the original 1996 deeds: this shows that we own half of the alleyway, but there’s nothing explicitly written about an express right of access over the neighbour’s half of the…
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Should I complain about a small step up to my drive?
The outside of my house is a private road which I believe I own part of. My neighbour needed a new electrical cable installing and I signed a wayleave agreement to northern powergrid allowing them to install the cable. It has been installed but when they have re-laid the road where they dug the trench they have left a 1”…
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Level 2 survey came back with some concerns about electricity and water - next steps?
Dear all, I really appreciate all the advice I got so far on my few threads regarding to my first ever flat purchase :) and I would love to get some further input on my next steps (I am absolutely new to everything property-related) My Homebuyer survey report came back on Friday. Leasehold flat in North London, block is…
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Redrow part exchange
Have been to view a house tonight and considering making an offer depending on the outcome of a viewing at a different property on Wednesday. The house is a 5 year old Bloor build and owner has reserved a plot on a new estate with Redrow. Both houses are in the WS postcode area. They have said Redrow are driving the sale…
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Conflicting messages from estate agent and solicitors
In the process of selling. The offer was accepted at the end of July and things have been moving slowly due in large part to the buyers’ funds coming from multiple places (gifting/ inheritance/ mortgage). A few weeks ago, the estate agent emailed to say the buyer’s solicitor had mentioned they were almost ready to start…
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Obtaining a copy of my property deeds.
I bought this property over 10 years ago and my solicitor at the time was unable to find out who owned the boundary fences, I replaced the one on the left of my property a few years ago, the neighbours behind replaced theirs last year. The one on the right, my previous neighbour said it was his, the new neighbour is not…
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Passive conveyancing solicitor
Hello, I would appreciate some advice please. I’m struggling with our solicitor who is seemingly doing anything in their power to do nothing at all on our purchase. The purchase has turned into quite a complex one with their solicitor messing up a land registration. But all my solicitor seems content to tell me is that…
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Elderly person buying council house
This is a situation within my wider family Woman aged 79 has the right to buy her council house at a massive discount with a view to giving it to her adult grandson. Grandson has been good to her (unlike adult children) House has been valued at £165K and she could have it for £62K. What would be the best way to go about…
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To stay on market or temporarily de-list
Hi all Any impartial advice appreciated Selling our late Mum's house (1930s bungalow). Been on market since 1st June - zero interest. Have reduced price three times, and it is well within the average locally for similar properties, but the market round here is absolutely dead. The Agent we are with (who have been great)…
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Tenancy advice
hello all i’m after some further advice please. My family member has a fixed term contract that was recently signed and is in place for another two years. The landlord is currently selling and the sale was ready to go through to new landlords, the estate agent had told said family member they had “lost” her contract and…
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Buying ex out advice
Ex partner and I separated 6 months ago (not married) and he has agreed to me buying him out for 20k, had a DIP and all was going well (eventually, after months!), but have hit a snag in that my affordability wasn’t input correctly (I did provide info, applied directly, lenders mortgage advisor missed it) so now the lender…
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Process after signing TR1 Form
We are selling our share of a house - we have now signed the TR1 form and I know that the buyers have signed. On the form we signed there is room for the buyers to sign and I take it that on their form our names would appear. What happens now? Do those forms get sent to the other parties or are they somehow merged? I.E. do…
