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Have I made a mistake contacting building control about planning ?
My dad passed away the beginning of August. We are going to have to sell the house. It has a third bedroom loft conversion done in the 1970’s. We cannot find the plans etc. I phoned and spoke to planning and they have told me how to look in the archive. I contacted building regs and they told me to email which I did. They…
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Son temporarily coming home to save to buy house
Hi My son wants to save to buy his own home and is currently renting. I understand the issues about him being registered at our address etc but we took equity release on retirement and were told nobody could effectively live with us. He is hoping a year will be enough time and really doesn’t want to live here permanently.…
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First time buyer stamp duty
Hi, I am a first time buyer but my partner is not. If I buy a property for us both to live in do I have to pay stamp duty because it is a home for both of us?
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Can i allow my Son & Family to live in my 2nd home rent free ? No mortgage.
I have previously rented my 2nd home (no mortgage) to my Son and his family, but I now intend to cease charging rent. They will maintain and improve the property. Are there any tax implications ?
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Encroached or Not?
I recently had my conservatory roof replaced at my semi-detached property. The work took place over a 3-day period. From the very first day, my neighbour stormed round to my place to give the installation engineers hell, alleging that the guttering around the conservatory they'd installed, had encroached unto his property…
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SDLT and NPV
Hello, So I purchased a property in 2016 and at the time my solicitor worked out no stamp duty was due as It was a shared ownership plus I had first to.e buyers relief. I'm trying to get a better understanding of these kinds of topics etc. I understand as my share was £105000 and I opted to pay in stages the SDLT on my…
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Planning Permission
Hi everyone, I am in the process of buying a house, but my solicitor has only been able to locate conditional planning permission for the property. As a result, they have requested a full residential structural survey and an indemnity policy. Is this sufficient and could we face issues if we decide to sell if we want to…
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Approved Inspector not responding
I live in a Victorian conversion. The downstairs neighbour (who also owns one room at my level of the house) is doing extensive building work. A couple of months ago they removed most of the external guttering and pipework. I asked that it be replaced ASAP but they've been fobbing me off. I now have water coming through…
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InfoTrack eCos Onboarding being used by my solicitor
It's been over 30 years since buying a house and I'm now in the process of buying my flat. My solicitor tells me that their firm has switched to the online 'InfoTrack eCos Onboarding' system which is to verify my ID, proof of address and source of funds. Has anyone else used this system and is it used to pay the deposit…
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Section 52 indemnity
We are in the process of selling our 1850's house (not listed), we thought we were very nearly at arranging exchange and completion (1st time buyer and we are moving out), Been on going since middle of May. We have already agreed an indemnity policy, because we had 2 composite doors installed recently (a friend of a…
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Solicitor Account
Hi there, In the final stages of purchasing a small commercial property. Will need to send full cash funds to the solicitors client account v soon. Nothing has occurred to cause real cause for concern, just a bit of the heebie-jeebies when thinking about transferring the full lump sum to their account. The solicitor is…
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Is it possible to restrict to a SMALL CLAIMS COURT ?
hi everyone, quick update. I want to lodge legal proceedings in the small claims court, however total expense I have paid to date is about £16,000 and a number of issues 1. All NO WIN NO FEE solicitors, say its below £50,000 and not worth their time 2. I am told if I restrict it to a small claims and insist on £10,000. Its…
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What can I do to reduce the noise I hear
I am looking for some advice, I live in an end of terrace house. I can hear my neighbour running up and down the stairs, slamming doors. Is there a way I can reduce the noise? I was thinking of getting soundproof room dividers but not sure if they will work.
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Restriction on land registry
Hi, We are in the process of selling our house and the land registry has a restriction recorded on there going back to 2014 and we have no idea what it is, the company number on companies house is showing as a company that no longer exists but is now a new company that deals with boilers only we have never had a boiler…
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Help please Derbyshire folk!
I am planning to move to Derbyshire from Northumberland and have seen houses in the following areas but would appreciate any help/recommendations. For context, we are a middle aged couple with a dog, who like the quiet life. North Wingfield Danesmoor Staverley Bolsover Ripley Shuttlewood Swanwick Clowne Inkersall…
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SDLT and inherited share of property
Hi all, I inherited a share (16.66%) of my late father's home which my mother still currently lives in. I don't own any other properties and so if I were to buy a property in the future as my main residence would I have to pay second home SDLT given that I technically own a share in a property or would the percentage share…
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How to pay S21 court fees?
My landlord tried to evict me through S21 and the court awarded him costs. My deposit is protected and would cover most of the fees. However the landlord decided to ask for far more than the deposit scheme holds (lots of nonsense, easily refuted false claims of damage etc) and has refused to use Alternative Dispute…
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Solicitors have gone into Liquidation ... What next?
I purchased a new-build property in 2023 (completed October 2023) The Management Company of the development requested documents from my solicitors to set my account up. After nearly 2 years of chasing my solicitors, I finally got a response that the Solicitors' firm has gone into liquidation and an intervening solicitor…
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Welsh water plans wrong, live pipe running under existing extension and where new extension is going
Does anyone have experience with this? We purchased a bungalow and paid for the searches with the intention of extending an existing extension. Searches came back fine for the extension and planning permission was approved. On digging the foundations a pipe was discovered, Welsh water first said it was a live pipe, then it…
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Seller refusing to pay for indemnity policy
We are very close to being all sorted to exchange but our sellers are refusing to pay for an indemnity policy for missing building regs for a garage conversion when it was originally done. This was done previous to them buying the property and since then the sellers have added a utility to the garage conversion where they…
