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What to do when buying a flat
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Cheeky bump.Stop! Think. Read the small print. Trust nothing and assume that it is your responsibility. That way it rarely goes wrong.
Actively hunting down the person who invented the imaginary tenure, "share freehold"; if you can show me one I will produce my daughter's unicorn0 -
Very informative post, thanks.Debts 2004: £6000..............................................Aug 2007: £0!!!!0
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propertyman, if only we'd had this info years ago when we bought our leasehold flat. We were so green!!! Seven years and a lot of stress and one expensive lease-extension later, we are still having probs with it.
Hopefully your post will save some buyers a lot of hassle and money. Keep bumping.0 -
Bump in the nightStop! Think. Read the small print. Trust nothing and assume that it is your responsibility. That way it rarely goes wrong.
Actively hunting down the person who invented the imaginary tenure, "share freehold"; if you can show me one I will produce my daughter's unicorn0 -
you should publish this on a simple website where people can search for it via google, yahoo etc0
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you should publish this on a simple website where people can search for it via google, yahoo etc
Thanks for that- I did email MSE to ask if they would consider it as a sticky but they didnt even bother to reply. :doh:Stop! Think. Read the small print. Trust nothing and assume that it is your responsibility. That way it rarely goes wrong.
Actively hunting down the person who invented the imaginary tenure, "share freehold"; if you can show me one I will produce my daughter's unicorn0 -
bump bump
Stop! Think. Read the small print. Trust nothing and assume that it is your responsibility. That way it rarely goes wrong.
Actively hunting down the person who invented the imaginary tenure, "share freehold"; if you can show me one I will produce my daughter's unicorn0 -
you should publish this on a simple website where people can search for it via google, yahoo etc
Its available her
http://leaseholdpropertymanager.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/what-to-do-when-buying-flat.htmlStop! Think. Read the small print. Trust nothing and assume that it is your responsibility. That way it rarely goes wrong.
Actively hunting down the person who invented the imaginary tenure, "share freehold"; if you can show me one I will produce my daughter's unicorn0 -
Great post- and worthy of being a sticky I think!
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Wish I had come across this one before I spent £££ and then decided against buying due to management company issues.[STRIKE]Deposit: 25000!!/15000[/STRIKE] Homeowner :j
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