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Removal company charges
We are in the process of finally moving into our new house. Our stuff has been in storage since August. When we first instructed the removal company and stuff should have been stored in a depot close to where we are moving to. On the day of removing our stuff which we thought was being taken to the local depot to the area…
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Building Completion Certificate - Is this it?
I am buying a house built in 2021. My understanding is that the seller should provide a building completion certificate for the property. The local authority said that 'building control' was not done by them but by NHBC. They have provided the following as the NHBC Building Control Final Certificate. Does this seem…
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How to find a structural engineer
You'd think this would be easy but no. I went to the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) and used their "find an engineer" function. There is apparently no engineer firms within 100 miles of my postcode (Dorset). I called them because I didn't think this could be right and the person on the phone says it is.…
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Right to manage claim accepted, now comes the fun stuff
Hi all, We’ve successfully claimed the Right to Manage for our block, with the official acquisition date set for 23rd August 2025. 🎉 We’re planning to self-manage, and have already prepared quite a bit in anticipation including spreadsheets to track service charge income and expenses, and google drive folders for…
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Deed of Variation for estate rent charge refused
We're in the process of buying and selling. We live on an estate built in 2019 that has estate management fees, and the house we're buying is very similar, built in 2019 and will have estate management fees once it's handed over. I'm aware this is known as "fleecehold." I had done some reading around this, and so I was…
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Moving Large Amounts of Money from GBP to EURO
Hi all, We're nearing completion on selling our property. After the money comes into my UK bank account, we'll then need to move it over to Euros. We're moving to the Netherlands. We're needing to move around £290,000. Has anyone had any experience moving large sums of money with Wise? Or, has anyone any experience with…
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Selling my house and completing on purchase on same day
I know its been done but can anyone give me some advice please. Ive made a start with filling a container and will arrange a van to take the majority of what I want kept. Im going to arrange someone to come and do a deep clean but how do I arrange all this with the bed and sofa still in the house.
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Estate Agent
When to have a discussion with the estate agent if there is only 2 viewings in the past 3 weeks? and I am now regretting using this branch.
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What Are Our Rights Regarding Neighbour's Polluting Wood Fired Hot Tub?
Advice please on wood fired hot tub. Next door is an Airbnb and have installed one for guests right by boundary wall of our property. When running it spews smoke into our house. Our daughter is asthmatic. Her bedroom window right by the low chimney. Ought to mention here this is a cottage so bedroom windows are ground…
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Long Stop Date Reached looking for advice
Hi I'm just wondering if anyone with more experience than me can advise regarding an off plan property I put a deposit on in November 2022. I have received an email this morning from the solicitor (who they were very pushy about me using and are named in the contract) saying I need to let them know ASAP if I want my…
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Restrictive Covenants on a FREEHOLD property with a management company
I am in the
process of buying a FREEHOLD house built in 2021. The developer is Barratt
homes. My solicitor has sent me the list of RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS that I must follow. To my surprise, this ran to 6 pages of restrictions, including; - Not to run a business from the property - which would include things like an
AirBnB.…
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Tax on Trust Property
A property came to me via a trust agreement, the long term occupant having passed away. The trust was set up over twenty years ago to secure the occupants life long residency. I am in the process of selling the property. Will i need to pay tax from the sale money?
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Help to buy isa
Hello I'm in the process of buying a shared ownership flat 155,000 30% share (£46,500) I'm able to purchase the 30% out right with no mortgage. I also have a help to buy isa with 12,000 in it. I was told the help to buy isa bonus won't work with deposit. Should I just take the money from my isa and place it in my current…
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Deed of easement registration
Does anyone have any experience on deed of easement registration times with land registry How long does it take?? Straight forward with everyone agreeing just need registering due to relocation of a septic tank to neighbours land
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Estate agent/Communication
I'm selling my house through a estate agent locally I chose to instruct them because they have 80 postive google reviews. I made clear to the agent from day 1 that I want them to be proactive as I want the sale to go through quickly. 3 weeks after offer was accepted I was the one who asked if searches had started. As they…
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Septic tank Running Costs
I am trying to source running costs for a particular model or ascertain how the Treatment plants actually operate. In the property I am looking to buy there is a Bio Pure 3 Gravity 5 --13 person treatment unit. My research tells me that is a 92w power usage. Do these systems use the same power 24 hours a day or does it…
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Land registry after death advice needed
Hi, my father has recently passed away, we owned a property together jointly with both our names being on the deeds (and on the mortgage) I assumed dad's half of the property would be passed to my mum, but my mum has contacted the land registry and is going to fill out a:Deceased joint proprietor (DJP) form on the gov.uk…
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Estate management fees
Hi, not sure if this is the right area of the forum. We live on a Taylor Wimpey estate with RMG as the
managing agents for the grass and parks etc… We pay about £300 a year, there’s
about 150 houses. For the purposes of this post that’s all fine, not debating that. The question I and others
have is should we be paying…
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Old Management Company Compliance
We accepted an offer on our house in February and so far it has been a long complicated process as the old managment company has a restriction on our deeds. The estate (13 houses, 3 affordable) has a new management company of which we are not members of. We cannot use a RX2, RX3 or RX4 for the old management company as we…
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Council tax when there's an overlap
We're selling our flat in one London borough (Brent) - late in the process, currently driving us to insanity but not the topic here. We've also just agreed to rent a flat in another borough (Richmond) to cover a gap between selling and buying. For practical reasons there is an overlap with our flat being sold and the flat…
