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Mistakes on HIP on property we are purchasing?
Hi there, Just a quick question - there are a couple of points on the HIP of the property that we are buying that are incorrect and I'm wondering if this is going to delay the sale at all? The mistakes are not an issue to us, in fact they work in our favour but I'm wondering if the solicitor might pick up on it? It is a…
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Selling house to housing association
A relative of a work colleague has moved out of the ex-council house she owns into a smaller, more manageable flat, as she's getting on. The trouble is, she's having great difficulty selling the house, as not only is it ex-council, but the local authority have also moved some 24 carat ne-er-do-wells into the flats…
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Damage in rented property
Hoping someone here can help! I'm currently renting a house with a friend, we have given our notice and will be leaving the property in about 2 months. We have lived there for 10 months. We have had several problems with the house which we have reported to the letting agents. They sent someone round yesterday to check the…
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Can't sell a shared ownership, not allowed to rent it.. have to move.. suggestions?
Hello! We have own 80% of a shared ownership home and 20% belongs to a first time buyer association. We need to sell, but haven't put it on the market yet as we're expecting problems. To be allowed to buy the house you have to fit certain criteria, which when we bought 3 years ago we didn't quite match but were allowed…
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which website
okay people, so which website do we all check the most? i used to check home.co.uk on a daily basis, but now i think it might be better to check righmoves instead i'm not sure which is the most upto date any ideas as i don't want to miss anything new to the market :)
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Housing Benefit Help
I have a friend who is having a pretty rough time at the moment and she's looking to split up with her partner and get her own place. Unfortunately as she is a full time adult student (having given up her job a few months back to go back to college) the only way she'd be able to afford her own place is through housing…
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Help - big problems found with new home
Moved into a property two months ago. Having some deocarating done and the builder has found a huge area of wet rot in the upstairs bedroom which may be right across the whole back of the house. It sounds like a huge job to remedy. Basically something isn't in place on the drain pipe and so water has run down and into the…
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Is this the landlords responsibiliy?
My DD and her boyfriend have just moved into a privately rented 2 bedroomed end terraced house. We decided to have a look in the loft yesterday to see about storage etc, and not only is is extremely damp and black mould everywhere up there, it is FULL of stuff, obviously from previous tenants, such as boxes of newspapers…
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To agent or not to agent
I have a little rental flat in London which I have been renting out privately for the last 9 months or so. It's been a bit time consuming, and I get the feeling that I am not brilliant at selecting tenants! I have done the right things with inventories, gas certificates and deposits, and have arranged for a few visits by…
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Shared Entry - legal rights?
Hi all, We're headings towards the contract stage of our purchase and my solicitors have requested that the vendor provide some legal paper work to prove rights over half of a shared entry. It's a mid terrace house and there's a shared entry that leads to a gate for the (our) back garden and to a door for neighbours (door…
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Deed of Trust now that we are married
Driving home from work today I had a thought. My darling gran passed away in 2004 and left me an inheritance which I put as the deposit on our first home together. The deposit was almost 50% of the purchase price and as it was money that my incredible grandparents had put away for me, I looked to protect it by getting a…
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Flying freehold ?
I have just spoken to an agent about a house that I like. It is terraced, with a garage and is joined to the next house by this garage. The odd thing is that above the garage is a bedroom belonging to the other house. Apparently it is part of the style of the house (60s). Does anyone have any thoughts or experiences of…
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How honest do EAs have to be?
First off, let me say this isn't intended as an EA bashing thread, rather I was pondering the answer to quite a specific question. I recently pulled put of a house sale following a survey which found evidence of structural movement in several parts of the house. Until I had the results of the survey the Sold board was up…
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Buying land from neighbor.
I have an elderly neighbor who part owns a piece of land(I am the other part owner) down the side of my property. I have made him very good offers over the years to purchase his part of this land, but as he used to use it occasionally for walking access (he also has main road access to the front of his property), I did say…
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Reducing the price of your house
OUr house has been on the market for four weeks. In that time, we have had 4 viewers, one of which was a second viewing. I feel that it is a bit overpriced and am prepared to be knocked down a bit, just like I will do when I finally find somewhere. Anyway, we did not get any viewers last weekend and, if we don't get any…
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Checking out
This may seem like a stupid question but when we have the check out inventory done in our flat would it be possible at the time to get the LA/LL to sign something there and then to say if they will be deducting anything from the deposit? cheers lily
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Buying land off a neighbour
Hi all A few months ago we moved into a new home and are very happy... although the number of jobs to be done are stacking up... Our garden boundaries are a very odd shape, basically some of the land was sold off and carved up ten years or so ago so that some new build homes could be built. Directly behind us is a home…
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Worried completion dates wont match - where will i go?
Sold our house, they need to be in asap as moving back to uk. Said will do our best to move out in march. Brought somewhere, they said they werent in a chain, yet had the paperwork from there solicitor and they said sale is dependent on them buying a new property. stated the stage they are at that its going through. So i…
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Buying ex-guesthouse?
I've seen a house which was a guest house. Can anyone foresee more complications buying this, rather than an ordinary private dwelling? I'm wondering about Council Tax, change of use. Thanks.
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building new house on LEASEHOLD land
Hello. One of my relatives has given me permission to build a house on his land. I have the planning permission and building control done. However, the land itself is leasehold, not freehold. So will there be any restrictions? Can the lease-owner (I don't know who that is) prevent me from building on the land legally? Can…