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No title deeds registered
My late father built a house and didn't register or obtain title deeds for the property, the property passed to my mother. We have all the plans, planning permission docs, land owner agreement to build on the land letter etc. the property is a detached house built in 1990 does anyone know how I can obtain new title deeds…
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Buying my siblings out of the family home.
Thanks to you all for your comments in my previous threads. I've read them all and they have given me some ideas so many thanks. Because of the £10k increase in our agreed sale price suggested by my siblings lawyer last week (no doubt with their agreement) I have now decided to pull out of the deal. I should have mentioned…
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Airbnb our house out to our buyer ?
Hello we are moving chain free at the end of august and we have sold our house. We are hoping to complete with our buyer who is currently renting from friends on the 4th of October. Is it worth offering to airbnb our house to him in September / until we complete ? He may not want to but I wanted to explore the idea ! Thanks
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New freeholder
Hello, I would like to get some advice - two and a half years ago the freehold of our building was sold and it has taken this long for us to be able to make contact with the freeholder (or actually the managing agent). They have sent invoice for ground rent and buildings insurance (and a management charge…) - the buildings…
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Section 20 Major Works
I'm a leaseholder in a block of 80 or so flats, where we have joint ownership of the freehold, a leaseholder management company with 3 directors, and a managing agent, The roof of the block of flats is need of repair, with some flats suffering leak damage, and the agent started a Section 20 Major Works process, which has…
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Sale fallen through, what do I do next?
Back in February I told the tenant of my late husband’s rental property that I would need to sell the property in order to buy a suitable house for me and our children following his unexpected death (currently living in accommodation that came with his job). I gave the tenant first refusal. They seemed super keen and…
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Ex tenant taking me, the landlord, to court
i have a problem with an ex tenant. She was served with a Section 21 eviction notice which expired on 23 July. I know from the council she informed them the house would be "empty and unoccupied" from the 1st of June, 7 weeks before the Section 21 expired. I had the managing agent ( accompanied by a witness) attend the…
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Should/can we rent by still keeping our resi and BTL.
Hello, We currently live in a flat and own another flat that is used as a BTL. We are thinking of applying for consent to let on our resi and letting it out - we have a year left on our fixed rate mortgage. We have found a property close to our children’s school at a great price, it was actually a house we had viewed a…
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Accessing deeds
We are in process of moving home soon, I bought our current house 7 years ago, are deeds all digital now and how do I access them, mortgage was paid off a few years ago thanks
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Change of Direct Debit Date
Hi all, Looking for advice on my housing association changing my direct debit date. For background: I pay rent and service charge on my shared ownership flat on the last day of the month. Recently they flagged that I was in arrears from a payment that was "missed" last September. However, upon investigation (on my own…
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Help provide information
Good evening all, After a few years of job retraining as a teacher and my wife finalising uni, we are starting to plan out next step into buying a house. Thinking it will take us around 12 months to save based on our expenditure we run every month. The biggest things left on our budget is a car finance with 2 years left…
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Change to title deeds Scotland
I've recently become a widower. My wife and i owned our house jointly but without a survivorship clause in the deeds, meaning i need to go through some formalities to take on complete ownership of the property. One of those formalities is changing the title deeds to reflect my name alone. There is no guidance on the land…
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Management Company failing in their lease obligations
I'm a leaseholder in a small block of flats. Within the last couple of years other leaseholders/residents have taken actions that I'm not happy about: * One leaseholder has installed a keysafe on the entrance to the building. Maybe this is for convenience when letting out the property (AirBnB). Maybe it is to allow…
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Taking house of the Market
I am contemplating taking my house of the market and buying my ex out of our property, it is currently listed with an EA. I was just reading the sole selling agreement and the termination of agreement which states - Either party can terminate this agreement by giving twenty-eight days notice to the other in writing. the…
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Freehold and subletting
My aunt owns a flat, one of four. The owners all own the freehold. From what I can understand the owners are not allowed to sub-let their flats, but two of them do it anyway, and are not particular about their tenants which is causing problems for my aunt. She has brought it up at management meetings but is ignored because…
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Rental contract - Supplemental Agreements
Hi guys Just have a quick contract question which more knowledgeable people than myself might have the answer to. In 2020 we signed a 1 year contract on a flat. The original terms were 2 months break clause for us. In 2021 the agents changed that to 1 months break clause on the supplemental agreement extending another year…
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Recommendations for Management Companies for a Block of Leasehold Flats
I am a resident director of an RTM company and am seeking recommendations for management companies to manage a block of 205 flats. Our contract with the current management company is coming to an end, and I do not wish to extend it due to their poor performance. Finding a professional and dedicated management company is…
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Reposit Scheme
Hi everyone, first time posting here, when my partner and I moved into our current flat we opted for the Reposit scheme, we’ve now been in this apartment coming up on 3 years. But last year we renewed for another 3 years until 2026, which included an extension of the reposit scheme. Since moving in we’ve got a good amount…
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No EPC certificate....NatWest mortgage
Currently trying to purchase the place my husband and I have lived in for 18 or so years (I'm getting older so ignoring the time going past 😂) have applied to NatWest and gone through all checks, passed the first few hurdles and now being sent to underwriters and valuation to be booked. I know this place has never had an…