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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…
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Tenancy where EPC had expired
Daughter & boyfriend are university students in nearby cities. They saw a property near her uni with secure parking which was convenient because he can drive and can commute to his uni. After signing a 10 month tenancy agreement March 2024 and moving in that September, they were soon offered the chance to sign up to live…
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Should I buy this house?
I am looking to buy a house and have found one that I really like. However, the house flooded in 1968, but has not flooded since then. Some work was undertaken to avert the flood risk by the Environment Agency after the event as about 50 houses flooded at the time. However the house is in a Flood Zone 3, and I am worried…
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Capital gain tax
Hi all I was wondering if someone could give me some advice. I purchased (cash) property (call it property A) (shared ownership with spouse ) in 2019 and lived in it until 2023 - then we moved to a different city and rented out property A at eg 600£ and at the same time we were renting a property in new city for 1000£ a…
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EPC advice
Hi Ive an 18 month old EPC - C 73. Based on assumption there is cavity insulation. Seems like i might be eligible to cavity insulation grant is a D which it surely would have been had the EPC been done properly. Guess I can’t get the EPC adjusted. Do I have any alternative to carrying out a new one? I have had solar and…
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Title register
It has been a long time since I last bought a property and it used to be the practice that your solicitor would send you the title register a few months after completion when your name has been registered as the new owner with the Land Registry. Do they do this any more as my ex bought a new house and I bought him out of…
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Estate Agent not allowing me enough time to measure up
I requested 45 minutes last week to measure up, and explained that due to my mobility disabilities, plus dyscalculia, and dyspraxia, it takes me a bit longer, but when I turned up they only allowed me 15 minutes, which was not long enough, so I booked half an hour but when i arrived was told it was 15 mins max, and was…
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Ground rent above £250pa
Hi all, I wonder if anyone has had recent experiences of being able to sell their flat with a ground rent above £250 per year. We have had a nightmare in that we lost two buyers, not due to the ground rent, but now we are in the process of trying to sell again and our buyers have settled on a lender that we know will not…
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Ground Rent Claim Advice
Hi Bought a house back in September 2020. Was sent a letter for the first time for collection of ground rent in Jan 2022 for Mar 2020 to Sep 2021. Ground rent was requested for my property and 3 others - which I was unaware of at the time but my property registry confirms all 4 houses are on one. Anyway, fast forward to…
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Survey AFTER buying house
We’ve recently bought our first home after doing a level 3 survey (building/structural). Now we’ve moved in and are generally happy with the house. However, we want to get a few things checked out before too long. The surveyor glossed over some issues by saying things like “ couldn’t move the furniture “ etc. Now we want…
