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Sellers solicitor painfully slow - how to chase?
Hi, FTB here trying to purchase a flat. I've got the point where I've had the valuation done, and then the solicitor has been having a lot of back and forth-ing about a legal issue and the whole process is going painfully slowly. My solicitor hasn't heard from them for a while and spoke to the estate agents to chase them…
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"Estate rentcharge" is it definite No go?
Hello We are in a process of buying a house. It's new estate about 3 years old and only phase 1 houses are finished ( out of 3 ). During conveyancing process our solicitor pointed out that house is subject to estate rentcharges. At first we had no idea what they are but after a bit of research we learned about all…
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First time purchase
Hi all, I’m a first time buyer and have stumbled across an issue with reserving a plot on a new development. I just wondered whether anybody here has had a similar experience or could share any advice. I’m currently on the waiting list for a property. Due to Covid, the building schedule has been set back and the plots that…
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Easy explanation of shared ownership
Hi all, New to this forum and this is my first post so forgive me if this has ended up in the wrong place or there is another way of getting the answers. :) Myself and my partner are in our early twenties and we both have help to buy ISA's to save for our deposit, by the end of 2021/early 2022 we should have a reasonable…
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Letting agency unauthorised access legal position
Hi would be great if someone could confirm the position on this. I came home from shopping today to find a gas certificate on my worktop and realised someone had come into my house not do this. I wasn't aware I am an doctor and left out my laptops and my own confidential data as I wasn't expecting someone to come into my…
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Would you accept this?
My MB told me last week he was applying for my MIP. After 5 days I heard nothing so I contacted him. He was in annual leave. Today I get an email citing he was to busy last week then he had a fews days off and he should get round to it this week. I’ve got to admire his honesty but this doesn’t feel right.
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Found a property we love how much should we offer?
I know how it goes, you offer based on how much you love the property and we do love the property BUT we also don't want to overpay. We are in Scotland the property is a very popular family orientated area in Glasgow. It is a 2 bed semi-detached with a dining room/bedroom 3, 1930s build in need of a degree of modernisation…
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Neighbour dispute and selling
Sorry in advance for the long post. About 2 years ago a new neighbour moved in behind us. He left us a note just after he moved asking us to phone him as he wanted to cut the height of our trees. We didnt want to as they are mature trees, we maintained them every year or two and compared with our next door neighbours were…
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Retaining wall collapsed whilst viewing!
I went to view a property and the rear garden has (or had!) a small wall that I've since been told was a retaining wall for the garden. The garden was all overgrown, full of rubbish and weeds, so was an absolute mess. The wall is quite high up and overlooked a patio. It was tilting like the leaning tower of pisa and not…
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Unequal shares in house purchase
My son and girlfriend are buying a house valued at £189,000. They are both putting down as deposits £5,000 each and my son has been gifted £45,000 from parents and grandparents. Therefore, having a joint mortgage if £134,000. Please can someone advise re unequal shares? I just want to protect his deposits that have my…
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Critique my house (for sale)
Hi all, I've seen on a couple of other threads that you're kind enough to critique properties for sale based on an advert. We have the following property for sale and despite over 400 views in a week, we're only getting one or two viewers. Only been on the market for three weeks (5 viewings) so maybe just need to be more…
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New Build - Building Survey Help
Hello, Really hoping someone could help this clueless first time buyer! I need to get a building survey done on a new build flat I am buying. However, the developer requires a 28 day exchange and the property is not going to be physically build until Oct/Nov. A building survey for me, I think, is key in covering your back…
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Street view incorrect
On rightmove who sorts out the street view as mine shows the inside of a random building half a mile away? Can the estate agent sort it?
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1st time Mortgage advice
Hello all, I am looking to buy my first property - long story short was going to wait til next summer, but have split up from my partner and rather than rent think may as well buy. I am on a fixed term contract (full time) until April which isnt as great as FT secure contact - I also earn c 10k from ongoing consultancy…
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New build
Hi,I've recently purchased a new build house, completion date end of November,I asked could I run a CAT 6 cable through to every room for future use before walls were completed. Been told by house builder that they can't do this as it's not in extras list. Anything I can do ?
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Why are there only two pages of threads?
I'm confused as to why there are only two pages of threads, with no posts older than today. This seems quite odd and I would have thought that there should be significantly more - for example https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/categories/debate-house-prices-the-economy has 1130 pages!
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The value of a house - Am I wrong ?
Now I appreciate it's not an exact science and in my mind there's at least a £5,000 window. However question for you. We had viewers look around and feed back to the estate agents they felt the house was worth £20,000 more than we paid for it in 2007. We have spent £70,000 on the house. it was valued at £330,000 and to get…
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House directly opposite primary school
I'm going to see a house that looks ideal for me. It is right opposite my old primary school, literally opposite the gate and playground. It's a desirable street/area. I'm wondering who has experience of this? I have thought about the pros and cons and think I'm OK with it. I don't have kids but used to like the sound of…
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Consent to alter refused
Hi This is my first post so please accept my apologies if this is not the right forum. I am a leaseholder of an ex council ground floor bedsit flat. It’s a purpose build flat in a two story building, all the flats are exactly the same (they’re all bedsit with the same layout). I wanted to convert the property into a one…
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Should I start worrying (First time buyer)?
Hi all, So I'm one of the (not so lucky) sods that ended up buying a house just before Corona hit. My offer was accepted in February and by March I had a solicitor and mortgage all ready. From this point my personal hell began, covid hit, my fee earner changed two times and I was having issues contacting my solicitor at…
