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Ground Rent- Can they claim after 10 yrs?
Hi all, this is a query on behalf of a friend. She lives in a row of 6 houses which are leasehold. She hasn't paid ground rent for 10 yrs-neither has any other house owner in the row. She wants to move and is now having to settle the arrears, the money must be given to somone to hold for her (over 1K). Can anyone help? Is…
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Estate Agent Suggest Low Asking Price
we had 3 agents over the past month who all came in more or less around the same figure - £175k - which is OK, I guess, but when the agent measured today, they suggested an asking price of £175,950, Now, he knows I need to sell within about 2 months & that my bottom figure is £175k - I just can't see any buyer only…
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Long term movement
I am in the process of trying to buy my first home. All seemed to be going well until we had a structural survey done independent from the mortgage company who had been happy with their basic valuation. Our survey has a paragraph that says the house has evidence of long term movement. He also states that he cannot…
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Local solicitor or not ?
I am about to buy a property which is about 100 miles from where I currently live and wondered whether it is best to get a solicitor close to my new property or one local to where I currently live ? Also the sale does not involve estate agents and i wondered if this changes the process at all ? Any advice would be greatly…
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flying freehold
Hi, my first time at this.... Can anybody advice? we have fallen in love with a unique property which is well within our budget, PROBLEM? it's a flying freehold! Does anyone know more about flying freeholds 1 will we have problems getting a mortgage 2 will it be a problem when it comes to selling it on? please help? all…
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Private Sale - Now Need Advice On Selling My Property
Our offer on a private sale has been accepted, so our house is going up for sale this week - it's in excellent condition & needs nothing doing to it (it's been thoroughly 'house doctored'!) - we can market it as 'no chain' - I, naturally need a reasonable price for it, but I'm willing not to expect top dollar - whats the…
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First time buyer needs lots of advice!
Hi I'm a newbie and need some help/advice..anything appriciated! Dh and I are interested in buying a property. At the minute we live in london but are keen to widen the search to somewhere closeish with good schools, good links, abit of greenery, a bit villagey etc..(the usual)Any ideas on nice, reasonably priced areas? I…
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House selling/estate agent problem
Hello All We've had our house on the market for about 5 months now. For the past 2 months we've had a buyer who's house is also up with the same agent as ours. During that time, although we've had viewings, we feel the estate agent hasn't been putting their full effort into selling our property, instead holding out so has…
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first time buyer... help...
my husband and i are looking into buying our council house.we're first time buyers and looking for around £40-£50 grand. looked into a few places but the re-payments seem ridiculous. can anyone advise where to try for the best mortgage deal?
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Low Offer
Low Offer How do i go about this low amount i have been offered on my house , already lowered by £10,000 after being on sale fpr a few months an no offers. Now the offer i just got is really ridiculous ie £5000 less than my asking price what do i do ? i am desperate to sell as i have a new house on hold and will loose it…
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Is It Possible???
Hallo MSEs Something has just occured to me, what is to prevent an estate agent from actually putting through your telephone offer, (you are not physically infront of the agent) you make on a property. say the property is £100,000 and you put in an offer of £90,000, to start with by phone, the agent says they will talk to…
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Shared Ownership - is it value for money?
Hi, we know that when you can't get credit and need to buy a car, there are companies out there that will sell to you with a higher interest rate and usually a higher selling price too. This is poor value for money since the buyer doesn't have many options. I'm just helping my brother out with some shared ownership ideas…
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Could I get a mortgage?
im only 20, I earn 13k a year. I've seen some nice flats near me going for around 43k. I have 3 k that I owe on credit cards and a further 2.5k left on car finance. my credit cards are 0% btw. Would anyone lend to me? I dont have much of a deposit maybe scrape together 1k. am i being unrealistic?
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Removal Firms - tips
Hello, We are in the process of organising our belongings in order to move houses (hopefully we will be exchanged and completed within the next month). We are now at the stage of obtaining quotes from local removal companies to quote us in moving from our current 2 bedroom terraced house to a 3 bed semi detached house…
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My First House!
:j Hi all MS! Just about to move into my first house! Was supposed to be collecting the Keys of the seller (Private Sale) at 9, but she is being silly and wont give me the keys to 11.30! I know there is nothing I can do, so I am not bothered about that. However, I have a quest for all you MSE's about there, give me the…
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Free Property or Land
Has anyone successfully used the Land Grab site whereby unclaimed land and property is available by telephoning a premium line?
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What survey?
Im currently purchasing a 2 double bedroom maisonette which has a single floor flat enderneath. Im unsure of what survey to have done? Its ex local authority in a terrace approx. 50years old. My father is an electrician and girlfriends father a plumber so they have offered to check out the services I just wondered what…
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Shared Owndership Info Reqd.....
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=31031 i know there is already a thread about this but i need some info on it and just didnt understand how it worked i went to http://www.chg.org.uk/keystart/sharedownership/index.html and http://www.housingcorp.gov.uk/yourhome/shared.htm which are helpful but doesnt…
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need help on new build apartment
hi i went to see a some new apartments which are not yet built but would be ready within 6 months. the price on the website was for £150 000 for 2 bedroomed apartments. However the qouted prices were like £156 000 for a one bedroomed and £186 000 for 2 bedrooms with ensuite. This was 2 weeks ago, and now i was phoned and…
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6 month shorthold tenancy agreement
Hi, didn't know where to post this so hope this is ok. I have just bought a buy to let property and need a 6month shorthold tenancy agreement I wondered if anyone could let me have a copy, Thanks