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Where does the responsibility lie with this situation? Opinions please.
Messy situation- I have a friend who bought her one bed upstairs flat using 'Right to Buy' many years ago. A couple of years after buying she decided to apply for planning permission to turn it into a 2 bed duplex, putting a bedroom upstairs in the roof space and having the bathroom/toilet moved upstairs as well. The cost…
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Missing PRC certificate
I'm in the process of selling my property and my solicitor cannot find thd deeds or the PRC certificate which was issued 1987 I cannot sell my house without the PRC certificate and the solicitor is not being helpful, can anyone advise me what I should do next
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Ground Rent review - crazy increase!!
Elderly parent has a privately owned assisted living flat - this is leasehold. Already paying high service charges and ground rent - but following a ground rent review they have increased the payments by 125%!! The review was expected - as it is detailed in the lease - but an increase from £365pa to £822pa for this is…
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CGT query
We are selling my dad’s property. During probate, the solicitors obtained a single valuation of £450k (incorrectly based on it having 3 bedrooms instead of 4), and used this for the estate valuation. When preparing to sell, we got three estate agent valuations of £600k, all within six months of the original figure. We…
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Conveyancing delays...
Hello, I'm buying and selling with the same solicitor, no chain is involved but obviously my sale needs to complete before my purchase. I'm selling leasehold and buying leasehold. The issue is both solicitors have had everything required for several weeks and my buyer (like me) is not understanding what the hold up is.…
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Son puts a Section 106 on land we rent to him
My son has put a planning application in for his own land, and incorporated land that belongs to my husband and I as part of the application. He has offered to sign a section 106 agreement with the council, so that we can never use our fields, but have to plant trees on them.
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Online conveyancing - views on My Home Move / generally
Looked up this subject and it seems that most posts are ancient. Has anyone got some recent experience of using one? I’ve got a quote on My Home Move for Wilson’s which is £2200 cheaper than my high street solicitor quote.
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Subletting clause - what does it really mean?
Hello all, I am having a little trouble understanding my lease about subletting. I am thinking of renting my flat out so I have been reading my lease over and over but I am not really sure what its saying. The lease says: Not at any time during term hereby granted to divide the possession of the flat by an assignment or…
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Problems with lodger
I got a new lodger (to earn extra cash). She brought someone at 1am without asking for my permission. She stayed with him in her room for about ten minutes and then they both left. She said that he is her partner, but she knows only his first initial and a phone number. She claims to have known him for four months. She…
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NEW & DIFFERING RULES ABOUT DOUBLING OF COUNCIL TAX FOR SO CALLED EMPTY PROPERTIES
The rules regarding the above matter seem to be a bit variable on a Council by Council basis. Whilst there is 'national legislation' - the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Act 2023 - the rules (based on seemingly subjective discretion available to Councils) seem to be somewhat all over the place. I had made a post regarding…
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Assent to only one sibling?
Hi, so my mum has left a will that she made before my dad died. It seems like it collapses down to everything (apart from specific jewellery items) being shared equally between me and my sister. Her house isn't specifically mentioned. My sister wants to keep the house. Can we assent the house to her and then give me a…
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Buyer wants me to drop the price to account for windows
I'm waiting to exchange but my buyer wants me to drop the price to account for 2k new windows. What do I do? I dropped the price off their asking price by 8K to account for it being a victorian property.
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Mis-representation after house purchase - anyone ever had any luck?
Yes I know to a certain extent its a case of Caveat Emptor and you are relying a LOT on the seller actually being a decent human being........ The house we sold I fixed all little things and cleaned the house from top to bottom. The one we moved into looked like pigs had been living there. But thats by the by. The issues…
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Share of freehold TR1
Hello folks, I am several months into the selling process and I have finally reached the point at which we might exchange contracts. However, we have encountered a problem. we live in a block of four flats, where as original freeholders we all had an equal share in our personal names. Last September the lady above me sold…
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Selling shareownership property
Hi all, I am selling my shared ownership property. It is with midland heart. I have paid admin fees to sell. I am now being told I have to pay £450 upfront for the management fees ( £650 for a quicker processing) I don't have 450 just sitting in my bank account. The whole reason I am selling is because I can no longer…
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Proof Of Deposit
Apologies if this is something obvious, however this is my first time selling a house, so please bear with me. I am in the process of selling my first house and buying another house. I have accepted an offer on my house and the ball is rolling with that sale. I have a solicitor and have just completed the initial forms…
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Selling/renting my property
Hello i currently have a flat with mortgage but will be buying a property with my boyfriend. If I sell it for £25k more than I bought it how much capital gains tax will I pay? Also if I don’t sell my flat but rent it how does this affect my income?
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Not sure whether to continue
We put an offer on a house on 13th Feb. We are cash buyers. When we made the offer we were told the vendor had put an offer on a property, and that the seller of said property "had somewhere to go" so we could aim for a quick completion. Our conveyancing solicitior has steamed ahead and been brilliant, we are in a position…
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Stamp duty refund?
Timeline May 1998 – xdh and I bought house in joint names July 2019 – xdh threw me out of the house May 2020 – divorce finalised October 2022 – I bought a house for me to live in (in my name only) May 2023 – xdh had marital home repossessed as he “forgot” to pay the mortgage (could afford to buy his fiancée an expensive…
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We have a cash buyer for our property. Should we sell and rent until we can buy?
We have been on the market for nearly a year but now have a buyer who wishes to proceed quickly. The rental market looks very expensive but if we sell and rent short term what sort of return could we possibly expect on approximately £500k? This is a dilemma so any advice would be appreciated. Thank You
