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House purchase problem with drain
Hi I am in the process of buying a probate property. The house has a rather large outbuilding, which according to the daughter of the owner, was used as a motor bike repair shop. In the middle of the building there is a large drain hole which, according to the estate agent , connects to the main sewer. My solicitor has…
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Surveyor let himself into my flat and bedroom while i was sleeping, as agent forgot to tell me apt
You really couldn't make up the catalogue of disasters..I know I had an issue with my sellers agent for not letting me measure u[p, butbut this is waaaay worse.. A week ago, I had my 4th change of agent,as they have a high turnover of staff leaving. and I wrote an email requesting that all communication be via email as…
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Cash house buying companies!
Hi everyone, has anyone ever used a company called Bettermove, when selling their property? They can apparently sell within 30 days at a less reduced amount than the property value or buy for an even lower amount within 7 days, with no fees to the seller, only the purchaser. They are registered with ‘the property watchdog’…
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Selling 2 houses to buy 1 big house with an annex
My parents and paternal grandmother are thinking of selling both of their houses and moving into one big house with a granny annex for my grandmother. I would also being moving with them (young single adult). My grandmother owns her house and my parent's have a mortgage on their house. My father is an only child and he is…
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How to market best?
I am thinking of moving. Most of the houses in my area are detached 3 bed houses, with two double bedrooms and one single. Lots of these are marketed as 4 bed, as the dining room is labelled as a bedroom. In my road, there are 22 addresses, of which 4 have parking so parking is difficult, but I have two off road parking…
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Being chased for a statute-barred debt by Property Debt Collection Ltd for Moreland / MW Freeholds
Hi all Hope this is in the right part of the forum. I bought a BTL flat in Cornwall in 2009 and, along with the
other leaseholders, exercised our Right To Manage (RTM) in 2014. I have
duly continued paying the ground rent yearly to the freeholders MW
Freeholds, however their in-house management co…
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COUNCIL TAX LEVY ON SECOND HOMES
Hi everyone, reaching out for some good strong advice here. my scenario>>> I have an elderly aunt and uncle, he's English, 90 yrs she is a Swiss National 85 yrs They have lived in Zurich for over 50 years, they bought a house in UK in 1997. From 97 to 2024/25 they paid the normal council tax going rate . Since 97 they have…
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Unexpected issue with owning / selling my affordable home
14 years ago when I was single I bought a leasehold house. The freeholder is a housing association. I paid 60% of the open market value at the time, and when I sell I can only sell for 60% of the open market value. The HA always describe this as a shared equity scheme - in reality I think it's actually a…
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Red book valuation
Hi everyone, I am selling half an inherited property to a sibling who owns the other half. We have probate. We got a red book valuation for probate but it is now almost 18 months old. Sibling will need to sell their house to buy me out and has not put their house up for sale yet. I am keen to ensure a fair market value for…
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Relocating to short term rental before moving abroad - changing addresses?
We're selling our property and we will be moving to a short rental accommodation for approx 2 months before moving abroad. I've set redirection to the new address from completion date to the date of actually moving abroad, however I was wondering what to do with the multitude of companies that have our address. I know for…
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Wanting to stop using Letting Agent
Hi, I currently rent out my property for £895 a month and the Lenting Agency take a Management Fee of £96.66 (around 11% of the rent). They haven't been the best company, don't do regular visits and when I had a previous tenant, the house was left in a terrible condition which would of been picked up on routine visits. I'm…
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Manhole
Hi there. I am buying a property in England. The property did a rear extension and obtained the planning and building documents. However the property extension covered the manhole and there is no access to the drain. The seller has later got back the retrospective build over agreement. I am worried about the repair issue…
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Gifting house, CGT and IHT
Hi all, this is my first post so please be patient if this has been addressed already. My wife and I are thinking of gifting our 4 bed house to our son who has 3 young children ( recently divorced) abs is staying with us. He cannot afford to buy, that's why we are considering gifting with no attachment. We will move out,…
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Student Let
Not sure which thread to put this in. My DD is at university and is house sharing with two
friends, the other week sadly one of her friends tried to take her own life,
this has of course been traumatic for all involved and now the house share has
become impossible. The university have been very good and re-homed them for…
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Is this normal?
Please bear with me on this. My house has been on the market for two weeks, and we have had ten viewings. I appreciate that this is a really positive thing and am grateful for it. However, I'm a bit concerned that we aren't getting to second viewings. We did have a second viewing booked today, but they cancelled this…
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Section 21 but landlord said I can move back in?
Hello, new here so hope I am in the right place! My landlord has issued me a Section 21 notice which expires in May. Along with the notice, he emailed the agents saying that I am more than welcome to move back in in July. The landlord was served a council warrant for repairs in Aug which he carried out. I had six months…
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LISA and Buy to Let
Hello fellow MSE members! So ive done a bit of googling and i haven't found any real answers to this question. I have a LISA and im building it up to get a strong deposit for my first home but recently I've also starting to look at getting a mortgage for a Buy to Let property to get into the rental market. My question is,…
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First time buyers stamp duty
My daughter is a first time buyer. her name is on the deeds of our house. what stamp duty would she have to pay?
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FENSA certificate for selling our house?
Hi, Me and my partner are wanting to sell our rental property and are looking into the whole selling process. My partner has stumbled across FENSA certificates and how all windows after 2002 need one. We had the windows replaced at the property a few years ago and never received one and didn't know about them to ask...what…
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Forced house sale help!
My ex partner is forcing me to sell the house we jointly own outright. He owns 35 I own 35 and his parents own 30. We have 2 kids together one is severely disabled and has had alot of adaptations to the current property. My son is not biological hisX My ex had an affair left me out of the blue refuses to see the kids. Ive…
