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Renting – Early Termination – Joint Tenants
Quick question...(private rental via agency)What happens
if half way through a tenancy the relationship between two joint tenants breaks
down, and one person wants to stay in the property but wants the person who’s
left to still foot half the bill. What happens if the rent goes unpaid – or only
half paid?
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Transfer of equity - can't figure out the legal/accountancy services we need
Hi all, I'm currently a guarantor and pay 50% of the mortgage on the property my partner and I live in. We have a joint buyer, sole proprietor mortgage. For various reasons we now want to do a transfer of equity and make us equal owners. The mortgage company are fine with it as I'm already fully on the mortgage. They just…
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SDLT Refund
Wonder if anyone could help me help my son. He's abroad just now with dodgy wi-fi so I'm posting on his behalf. Girlfriend and him owned two flats. Bought first in Edinburgh (when they both lived here) and 2 years ago bought a small flat in London (where they both live now) Jointly paid around £22,000 in SDLT at the time.…
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2 Dwellings 1 Title
Dear Forumites, OH and I have found ideal home to buy. In area we want, multiple bedrooms for growing kids/adults to live with us for many years. Problem is the lower ground has been converted to a purpose built flat which is own dwelling with council tax, separate utilities. This suits us as we can either rent out, AirBnB…
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Tipping removal men
We have 3 removal men moving out house contents. How much should we tip? We are paying the company direct
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Buying mum's house
We are considering buying mum's house. She wants to free up equity to buy a flat for my brother who has special needs. We would do a contract allowing her to live there forever, rent free. We would live there too. I understand the implications of this re relationships. We would need a mortgage. Price would be under market…
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Leasehold advertised as Freehold - Advice Please
Hi all, FTB here. I had an offer accepted on a property that was advertised as freehold. The estate agent’s paperwork and the contract of sale also stated that it was freehold, so I moved forward with the mortgage application and instructed a solicitor. A few weeks later, my solicitor sent me the title documents. I noticed…
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Care home fees
Hi. Mom is in hospital and definitely requires more care than I can give her as I work full time. Hospital are assessing her to determine which type of care she needs, but it's likely to be residential. She doesn't have enough medical needs for CHC. She has virtually no savings but has a warden controlled flat that is…
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Title Deeds documents missing
I am nearing completion on the sale of a leasehold flat. Our solicitor has received a late enquiry from the buyer's solicitor saying "When reviewing the file again to set up for completion we cannot trace that we have received copies of the charges referred to at entry 6 of the title SYK0000. Could you please supply…
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Leaseholder Deed of Variation for extension - do I have to sign?
A leaseholder in my block (we have share of freehold between 4 of us) has recently completed a roof extension/closet wing extension under a licence to alter and the completion license has been granted. The Freeholder’s solicitor is now drafting a Deed of Variation for each of us. This is the text form the licence. "On…
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Landlord does not want to renew, but repairs need done.. opinions.
My landlord emailed me today to say that my tenancy runs out on February 2026 (6 month, AST, this 6 mth period starting in August 2025) and that they will not be renewing the tenancy. I am puzzled really as to why but then I guess I need not know the intricacies. Now I am pretty gutted but I respect and understand their…
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Convenyancing lawyers
I’m really distressed and need some advice. My conveyancing solicitors (Cambridge Solicitors LLP) gave me a CON29M mining report but never properly explained the risks, and I’ve now suffered a financial loss because of it. I complained, but they’ve denied any wrongdoing and their reply felt cold and defensive. I’m waiting…
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Changing ownership after bereavement
Hello I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right category? My husband passed away and our house was in his name. Probate has been granted and now I'm looking to change the name of the owner from his to mine at Land Registry. I thought this would be relatively straightforward but I'm finding the Land Registry website…
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Register Update - waiting over 1 year
Dear all I've processed for a register update to change ownership of a freehold property. This was done October 2024 with an estimated date of February 2026. Is there a way it can be fast tracked? It's a very long time to wait, and I imagined it would be done a lot quicker. Please advise.
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Sending electrician invoice to landlord --
I noticed two weeks back, on an early Sunday morning (of all times), I woke up to find my electricity had tripped and not the individual circuit switch, I mean one of the main dark red switches on my Memera 2000 unit. I got in touch with my landlord and he came round within the hour really and told me to do something I…
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Moved: 103 year lease
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Is this allowed ?
If you were to own investment properties in a limited company. Would you still be able to use your LISA to buy your first actual home if it was your first time buying in your personal name, as your limited company is a separate legal entity?
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Big mistake transferring house deeds - help!
5 years ago, my father sold the property we grew up in and bought a new property (mortgage free) which somehow his lawyers permitted him to buy in my name at the final hurdle. He wanted to do this after some (poor) advice from family members to protect our inheritance from his new partner and her children as she had not…
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Merged: Is an undertaking normal for a Form A restriction in a probate sale?
This discussion has been merged.
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Charging order
i have a charge on my property from an old debt over 20 yrs ago that I simply just forgot about, i want to repay the debt and have the charge removed so that i can remortgage, the company that the debt is owed to no longer exist since @ 2012 and have no forwarding details or including contact details, from investigations…
