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Japanese Knotweed
Hi everyone, first time buyer here looking for advice. I'm currently in the process of buying my first home, everything going well - searches fine, mortgage offer received. However after having a building survey completed the Surveyor has identified Japanese knotweed in the garden. Although there was no valuation on the…
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Right of way / Right of access across garden
Hi, Hoping someone can help me please. I'm in England. Where can I find out if my neighbour has a right of access across my garden and what the access allows? I live in a row of ten victorian terraces and I am number 5 from left to right with an alleyway down the right hand side of the house which gives access to the top…
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Keep trying to sell or give up?
I have been trying to sell my apartment since 2023 on and off and am now at the point of 4 separate sales falling through. They have all fallen through for different reasons (first time buyer fear, £250 ground rent issue, BTL investor changing mind about investment…) When we decided to put it back on the market this year,…
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Management Company Advice
I am an leaseholder flat owner and Co Director for a small block of flats and our management company was taken over a few months ago. We have been advised by letter but only now being requested to sign the new management agency agreement. Their performance has been generally very poor and only recently being reactive. Are…
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Stamp duty help
Hello. Im looking at going into a shared ownership property but i cant for the life of me work out stamp duty. I owned a house in 2005-2010 have lived in private rent since. So technically a ftbThe mortgage value of the shared ownership is £80k. Leasehold One place i look it says no i wont pay then the next i look it says…
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Waiting to exchange but buyers are now waiting to confirm if on lenders panel
We’re nearly right at the end of our sale and move. But as the buyers of our house are a company apparently we are now waiting for their lender to confirm if their solicitor is on their approved panel for a company purchase. My solicitor says they are approved individually but not as a company. If it comes back as not…
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Rent increase -- Landlord
I have only one rental property in Manor Park, E12, East London which I am renting through a Letting Agent. It is a three bedroom terraced house with two receptions, open plan kitchen/diner and upstairs and downstairs bathrooms. We started letting through the letting agent in December 2016 with monthly rental of £1700.…
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Property buy: Breached restrictive covenant and lack of building control - Is it worth it?
I am looking to buy a 1930s semi-detached property which has restrictive covenants. I have 2 issues that I need help with: 1. Extension to house a toilet which was done at least 17 years ago (exact date not known) The owners prior to our vendors have built a small extension downstairs to house a toilet. They don’t have the…
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Rent Guarantee Advice Needed
I’m about to take out a rent guarantee with Alan Boswell. The is a criteria that the tenants have to meet in the case of a claim. The letting agent has confirmed the tenants meet the criteria, however they will not let me see any proof saying that it goes against general data protection regulation. Has anyone ever asked to…
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Highly unfair stamp duty 2nd property charge
Please help. I purchased a property with a previous partner 21 years ago. We split up shortly after, and I moved out. I have not lived in the property for over 20 years, I have paid nothing towards the house for the same time, am though obviously on the title deeds. The SDLT implications of me now buying a new house with…
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why do estate agents charge so much to sell houses?
My house is worth £600k. A local estate agent wants 1% plus VAT which is £7,200. Does it really cost anything like that to sell a property? Most houses go onto Rightmove, Zoopla etc so the human activity that used to take place in agents offices is now mostly done online, which must save agents costs. They do an initial…
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First Time Buyer - Negotiating House Price
Hi All, I'm a first time buyer. My grandparents old house has gone up for sale, which they sold ten years ago. It's up for £160,000, but when you look at the listing description on Zoopla it says guide price £160,000 - £170,000. I think it's worth about £150,000. I've lived 100 yards from it all my life and other houses in…
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How long do we stick this out?
We're FTB and 9 months in on buying our property. To make it easier, we'll call our sellers B and their sellers (current top of the chain) C. At our end, the purchase has been simple and we signed our paperwork in October. We had initial delays because the house B were buying had some verrrry slow land registry-related…
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Leasehold issue with pets
I recently bought a property that is leasehold. The leasehold company is owned and managed by the residents. The lease states that residents need permission to keep pets. When I was at the conveyancing stage I asked about this because I have three dogs. Other residents have dogs and have been there for over a decade. I was…
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Do I continue with Shared Ownership or put this into a pension and rent
I feel I am at a cross roads. I claim Universal Credit as am a single PT working mum, I own a share in my SO property which is worth around £80-90K, I am not able to obtain a mortgage due to my low income so I continue to rent from the HA. I have virtually no pension. I am planning to move soon (sell my SO share) and feel…
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Hedge
Hi all, I have rented out my property for 6 years, theres large hedges in the garden. I paid to get them done once but my question is am I liable to trim them, I dont have the equipment. in the tenancy it says - To keep the garden in the same character, weed free and in good order and to cut the grass. Thanks
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Anyone looking for 2bed house with garden in SE London (zone 4) under £450k who doesn't mind road no
We're trying to sell in SE London ( think around Beckenham area) Our house needs no work but no offers because the garden has road noise. For context there is a fence ( which could be replaced by an acoustic one), a hedge and tall trees then busy road. We and out neighbours think it's Low level but struggling to get offers…
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Average charge for access rights
Hi there. Seeking advise/any comments on anyone's experiences re charging their neighbour for access rights to undertake build works. The upstairs leaseholder has planning agreed to build in to the dormer however to undertake the works the scaffolding needs to be placed in my front and back garden (privately owned). This…
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Cost of replacing a fire door
Brother has put an offer but there is a section notice about fire door replacement with Islington council. The seller said she was given an estimate if £12,000 but got it reduced to £6000 on appeal. She will pay for it I find it hard it’s still expensive at £6000 in a block of four flats. He also asked whether there are…
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Residents Committee
We live on an estate which is served by two access roads. We are an original property and not one of those built as the estate development around us some 15 years ago. The builder sadly died after completing the development but before formally setting up a resident’s management committee, which has now been formed as a…
