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Terraced house with only main entrance
Side access for maintenance in block of flats. Am always puzzled with terrace house and flat with I only one entrance. How is maintenance being carried out. If flat is above commercial property how are repairs being carried out. Thanks
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Share of Freehold - flat within a converted freehold house
Hi folks Starting a new thread from a recent offer accepted for the flat that we are hoping to buy for our son. There are currently 7 newly converted flats (planning permission approved and completed) within this freehold house. We were initially informed by the estate agent that the seller of the freehold house will give…
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Going ahead or pull out
Those who have been following my thread say know I want to advise my brother re his purchase of a flat in a desirable location in Islington. Flat above commercial property, two council tenants above, he will be the only leaseholder. Section 20 served for fire doors initially est was £12,000 but reduced to £6,000 on…
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Freehold Management Enquiries (FME1)
I am one of the three directors who manage a limited company on behalf of the residents on a small freehold development.We manage the private roadway and the lawn and garden area at the entrance of the development.We took over from the developer last year and have had a number of problems that were not of our…
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Buying a home after receiving a Section 21
Hi, I have recently been served a Section 21 to vacate a property on 21st July. It's certainly not my intention to cause problems for my landlord, but there are some Shared Ownership properties available on the 26th September. If I find somewhere else to rent, I'd have to move twice and sign a six-month tenancy which would…
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Estate agents closed
So, I had a discussion with my estate agents about us moving out before our contract ended - they were on board and said they would try to find new tenants. They have also been incredibly lazy with this (had to remind them to put an ad up for the property) This was back in march-/april. Anyways, recently we just paid…
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Changing agents- I believe old agents provided a fraudulent "Introductions list" !
We are changing sales agents- the old ones were not good and only got 9 viewings in 2 months and two very low offers. Upon leaving them the provided a sales introduction list to hand to the new agent. It was TWO PAGES LONG! However, they only did 9 viewings, two they booked cancelled. But there is two pages of names…
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The 'We're saving for a deposit' thread
Hi all Thought I'd start one of these as it seems a lot on this board are in this position and I couldn't find such a thread. Sorry if there is one - please point me in the direction of it someone! Not sure of the best way to do this, but thought it would be good to have a thread where we can state our goals, log our…
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Deed of gift - costs, timelines and DIY?
I have a 50% share of a house I need to gift to my mother, who already owns 25%, within 6 weeks - in order to obtain a stamp duty refund. I have had a few quotes for this from solicitors of around £900. This seems excessive for what looks like a simple process - does a solicitor need to be involved? They have also advised…
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Given my buyers a deadline, anyone had any success?
I’ve been waiting for a month now for my buyers to close off our enquiries and close as satisfied. We had not any had response to our replies to enquires, even after chasing every day. Our buyers are a company purchasing our house as a buy to let. The house we are moving to is empty. We are ready to go and move - I’ve been…
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hoping to sell
So far this year plenty gone on market at inflated prices, few selling. However prices are reducing. Are we (the UK) not looking to buy/sell atm? I sense house prices falling.
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Rights for Viewings
So i have been a tenant the last 10 years and was served a section 21 on Friday out the blue. I had previously asked the question that are they looking to seek in November as they asked for the house to be valued. They said they didn’t know. They obviously did and it’s left a very sour taste in my mouth. We have been…
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Right to Buy discount affected with cost floor rule before new regulations
I applied under the govt Right to Buy for a flat before the
new rules of 21st Nov 2024 came into effect. Mine is a new built
flat built after 2012 and asks for 15 years of “cost floor” to get maximum old discount
and I have completed only 9 years of cost floor years. The new regulations of 21st November 2024 never
gave…
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Wrong purchase price on mortgage offer!
I recently got my Mortgage offer through the purchase price is wrong. We are buying a home at £112,500 and on the offer if states £110,000, this is what the home is valued at and we are adding the extra £2500 ourselves. The solicitor won’t accept the offer and says it needs amended, and will call bank for us. Is this…
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ID checks and solicitors
I've used the same solicitor for around 20 years and haven't changed my home address for 30 years. When my siblings and I sold our mother's property, her solicitor asked for our passports and a utility bill. We went into the office to hand these in and once the property was sold, we received 3 cheques (2 interim payments…
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Selling a property with a shop below
My dad owns a property, with a shop run by current occupier on the ground floor, living accommodation above and behind the shop which they use Dad had owned for many years but due to age he is looking to sell it The shop is run by relative who also lives in the house, there was a lease but it ran out 15 years ago the…
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CHAPS fees
When you buy or sell a property, there is a CHAPS fee for payment, which is fair enough, but why do solicitors add VAT to the CHAPS fee? It's not a payment to them and the bank that charges the CHAPS payment doesn't add VAT, so why is the solicitor passing this on to you?
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My Freeholder is refusing to complete a management pack.
My freeholder used to manage our property but the block of flats where I live won the right to manage RTM. I am all paid up on my service charges with the new management agent for more than 10 years. I am about to move and would like to sell my property. I bought LTE1 management pack with I paid for quick completion £950…
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Who is responsible for replacing windows in a leasehold flat?
The surveyor flags some issues with the flat my brother is buying. Islington is the freeholder. He is the only private leaseholder in a converted house of 4 flats. The rest are council tenants. Windows needs replacing, high moisture reading in bathroom, suggested he gets a plumber to remove tiles and investigate. Floor…
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SDLT again after a break up
My partner and I bought our house in 2022, paying c.£60k SDLT. Unfortunately, we have broken up and I am buying her out; we are unmarried. We had a deed of trust in place to confirm our unequal share of our initial deposits. I am astonished to find that as part of the buy-out, I now have another SDLT charge based on the…
