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How complicated is this?
FiL has died and left house equally (worth about 160k) to 4 adult children, eldest aged 69 has lived there all his life and paid "keep", in cash. One option floating around (because of his situation and extreme attachment to the house and the fact that he can't afford to buy the others out) is that we (me and wife)…
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Landlord increased rent 25%
I have rented a 2 bedroom terrace in wales for 2+ years. My landlord recently emailed me a letter and RHW12 saying that the rents going up from 700.00 to 900.00 pcm on May 1. Currently im low income (UC/PIP) and get 525.00 LHA towards the rent, and I pay the difference. Im also responsible for the energy & water. This rise…
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Finding “serious” buyers and adding conditions to accepted offers
Would appreciate any advice as I haven’t been in this situation before. After 6 months, I am at the point of exchange on a property that I am purchasing (no onward chain, ex rental). My buyers withdrew from purchasing my property two days before exchange. They have refused to provide a reason and will not negotiate on…
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Served Form 6a
Hi, My landlord has served me with a section 6a asking me to vacate the property by end of May. If I find another property quickly, can I serve my one month notice and terminate before that date? Thanks in advance, finding this all very stressful and not sure what to do.
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Leasehold - Mortgagee Protection Clause
Hi all, I'm in the process of buying a leasehold house as a cash purchase. The lease runs for over 900 years and the freehold is owned buy a company set up by the owners of the houses - I'm told a share of freehold will be transferred as part of the purchase, but confirmation of this is yet to be confirmed despite being…
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Deed of variation for ground rent
Hi. I was wondering if someone could offer me some advice or guidance with regards to a deed of variation on the ground rent of a flat that we live in.We live in a very small flat and the flat is only worth about £50,000, The flat is outside of London and the ground rent is £375 per year which means, under current rules,…
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Estate administrator buy the another house separate from the admin estate
when a estate administrator of deceased house want to buy another property separate from this house and this estate administrator have no own any other house at this moments. So could this new property which he want to buy should be regards as a second home related to SDLT calculation? I would like say more of that the…
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Is there SDLT relief for FTB if the partner had a property in the past
Hello, I wondered if someone can help with this dilemma my friend is in and they're getting conflicting advice from solicitor and online. Person A & Person B are couples (not legally married). Person A has sold a property and wants to buy another for Person B. Person B will be the sole individual on the deed and contribute…
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How to split house maintenance
My partner and I have bought a house. He put £250k deposit in and I put £120k deposit in. We spilt the mortgage (£300k) 50/50. This has meant the split for the ownership has been put at 60/40% despite me technically ‘losing out’ on £2k. We paid for the solicitors/stamp duty etc 50/50. All bills are split 50/50. The house…
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RTM managing the building themselves
Hello, As a Director of a RTM of 23 flats and frustrated by the MA we are considering managing the building ourselves. What are the major things we need to take into consideration? We've already negotiated our own companies to provide services cheaper than MA eg our own accountant, our own broker for building's insurance…
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Random Furniture Left In a Rental By Landlord
I’m a landlord myself and I don’t really know how to advise on this so thought I’d get some opinions on here… Short Version: If someone is moving in to a rental property that is advertised as unfurnished, but lots of random pieces of furniture left by the landlord, what could the tenant do? Longer Version: Someone I know…
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Transfer of Equity - Stamp Duty? (No Mortgage)
Hello. I need some advice please. In 2023 my wife purchased a 'new' home (for us) with her own funds in her name only. [Let's say it was £1Mn]. Last year I sold my property [Let's say for £500k]. (it was solely in my name) We now want to co-own the 'new' home with me taking a 50% share and understand we will need to…
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Tip removal company?
Its not cheap but they've been good so far. Am I supposed to tip them at the end?
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Neighbour built lean to attached to garage
Hello I’m not sure if this is the correct forum but any guidance is welcome. Following the fun that was going through the buying process we’ve now moved into what we hope will be our forever home. However after popping round to say hello to the new neighbours we’ve discovered they have built a sort of lean to which is…
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Right to Buy Query
I am 51 years old and a sole carer for my 83 year old mother. I live with her in her housing association rented property and have done for years, although I am not named on the tenancy agreement. My mum has the right to buy the property, and under the rules I am able to make a joint application with her. This has been…
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Kitchen finance
Last June ordered a Homebase kitchen (taking out Finance) but the designer got 2 key measurements wrong. As a result several units turned up but didn't fit. Turned into a marathon saga throughout July to October when eventually some units were taken out of the re-design now based on correct measurements (collected by…
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Am I unreasonable for thinking of pulling out (leasehold flat)?
The situation is that I am buying a leasehold (share of freehold) flat and there is ground rent payable but all leaseholders have stopped paying ground rent at some point but never altered the leases. All leaseholders form a freehold company. The ground rent also increases every 30 years and this opens up the danger of the…
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Minimum of 5 years RTB. .. new rules before summer
I've just been told by someone in the council housing. That RTB is changing from living in the house from 3 years to a minimum of 5 years in the next couple of months. Just a head up to everyone
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Help Please
Tennant texted a few days ago that he wanted me to come over to the property today. On arrival I knocked the door no answer I knocked again no answer the lights for the whole house were off. I phoned the tennant no answer I phoned again no answer I then got a text from the tennant saying the door is open. I was in shock…
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Purplebricks vs local estate agent
Hi, Appreciate its probably been asked a lot before but can't seem to find a more recent thread. I'm hopefully going to be listing my house in the next 3 months and working out what my plan is going to be. Last time I sold a house I asked this very question and was told everyone low balled the offers when it came to purple…
