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Landlord changed management agency and now asks to sign new tenancy agreement and refund deposit.
Good day. Situation is : We have been with this landlord/letting agency for about 10 years now, and now we got informed that landlord is changed property management company. I received so called greeting letter from this new agency telling that they took over , provided new bank details as should but there is some strange…
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Delay to Cladding Repair Works
Hello, The block of flats where I live as a leaseholder has had remedial works done twice to upgrade the cladding. Around two years ago, more cladding was deemed to require remedial works so the property management company (who tried to engage with the developer) decided to apply for government funding. They anticipated…
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As a part owner/former trustee, do I need to transfer property to beneficiaries to sell?
I own one-third share of a property with the other
two-thirds belonging to my two sons, aged 24 and 21. However their shares were initially held in a bare trust with myself and my brother as trustees as they were under 18. The title deeds were not updated and are still registered in our names. Will I need some sort of deed…
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2nd home for elderly parent to live in CGT implications ???
My Mum was widowed last year, lives some distance from us but struggles, so we thought we could buy her a small flat near us.1. If we buy in our names only & Mum lives in it, when she passes & we sell, I assume we’re liable for CGT, or would it be different if we made a rental agreement, or if she contributed towards…
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access rights
Hi I hoping someone may be able to advise me. We have lived in our present house 37 year and when we bought the house it was put into our deeds that we have access rights over the hole of the next-door neighbours yard it states we can cross the yard with or without motor and other vehicles over and along the yard. We have…
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Nationwide - why is it taking so long?
Hi everyone - We are selling our flat and accepted an offer around 3 months ago. The valuation was done in person around 10 weeks ago and we submitted all of the relevant documents (EWS1 form, developer confirmation that all costs are covered, Fire Risk Assessment etc). The cladding remediation on our building is around…
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A non-cooperative seller for FTB
Hi lovely people, Me and my partner is buying our first house, which is exciting! Yet in the house report it was highlighted that there is an evidence of historical subsidence with some works clearly done on that area of the house (subsidence is on extention of the house with main house not affected as per report). The…
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Help to buy ISA query
Hello, I just wanted to check something about the HTBs. If for example myself and my partner have a combined total of £23,000 (£12,000 + £11,000) in our ISAs - with the government 25% bonus this would total £28,750. The deposit + the solicitors = approx £25,000. Would we get the remaining balance of £3,750 to use towards…
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House insurance
Would a potential buyer's solicitor know if the house they were thinking of buying was insured and if so how? Thanks
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Leasehold extension, new law. Advice needed!
Hello all, I'm hoping you can advise me here. Earlier this year, I applied for a lease extension for my flat, which I have had since 2004. The lease is now down to 49 years so I need to extend it, especially since I plan to sell the flat this year. The flat was rented until mid-May; the tenants have now moved out, so it is…
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Timeline for Buying a House
I'm currently in private rented accommodation. Our tenancy agreement ends March 2025 and we want to move into our new house in February 2025. We have nothing to sell, how soon should we put in an offer on a property and get a mortgage in place. We don't want to overrun/renew our March 2025 end of tenancy, but we can't…
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Interest only or repayment on BTL?
I invested my inheritance on two BTL properties, 30% deposit, interest only mortgage, with the purpose of getting an income from them and eventually in some years time selling them hopefully at a profit. I'm not worried about leaving anything to anybody when I die and I'm currently 66 and in full time employment. So far,…
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Best way to buy a house with father
My dad is in his 80s ( lost mum let year) and we were looking to sell our house ( equity £125k) and dad selling his (315k) and buying a multi generation house for around 500k with a small mortgage. I am a nurse that works from home and hoping to be able to look after dad at home in his older years ( fit as a fiddle right…
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Due to be served section 21. Advice please
My estate agent has informed me that my landlord will be serving a section 21 on me, as she wants to sell her house and move in here. What I would like to know is do the normal end of tenancy rules apply? As she will be gutting this house. It failed it's EPC certificate, needs new doors windows, cooker 15 ish years old.…
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Gifted Deposit from historic sources
My elderly parents are gifting me £112k to use as a deposit for my house purchase. The funds have been accumulated over the past 30 years and nothing is more recent than 10 years since deposit. Variety of sources such as inheritance, retirement, redundancy and criminal injuries. My Dad was the executor for the estate from…
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Rightmove sold property information
Why is it that when you look at sold data for flats, all the photos have been removed. You can look back at photos of sold houses, but flat images get deleted.
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Purple Bricks
Hi guys, has anyone ever purchased a property through Purple Bricks. I am trying to buy a house and they are trying to charge me fees, the buyer. They have started by demanding £60 to check my ID which my solicitor has done already but they say they are no longer allowed to accept solicitors word. Anyone else purchased…
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I'm retired, low income and want to move. I own my home outright.
Is there a way I could raise some funds to buy a more expensive place? I need a bungalow now.
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Mortgage deed
Hi, My boyfriend and I have just had our mortgage accepted on our first home, we got our mortgage offer through the post but don't have a clue what to do next. It says in the leaflet we got that we have to sign and accept it but there doesn't seem to be anything to sign and we can't get through to our broker which is…
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Buying house with kitchen extension without completion certificate
I am in the process of buying a house with a kitchen extension built four years ago. Looks like they started the building control process but didn't get the completion certificate and doesnt seem like anyone looked at it. Mainly concerned about it because the surveyor flagged an issue with the roof that a roofer then…