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Estate agent asking for a lot of paperwork
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Um :huh: :doh: :wall:
I don't think you should sell.
In regards to the Royal Mail thread, I feel sorry for any buyers(if any with lack of info at the start).
I don't think the OP should have any bank accounts and keep everything under the bed if their worried"It is prudent when shopping for something important, not to limit yourself to Pound land/Estate Agents"
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seven-day-weekend wrote: »There was a man who lived in the same village as me when we lived in Spain, he was one of the few who spoke English. He knew some friends of ours, who were in the UK at a time, were looking for a house to buy in the village. So he showed us round his house so that we could tell them about it. I asked him how much he wanted for it, and he said, that was a secret, he'd tell them once they agreed to buy it.
The OP seems a bit like this.
(Needless to say, our friends did not buy the house).
Lol he thought your friends would be mug's?"It is prudent when shopping for something important, not to limit yourself to Pound land/Estate Agents"
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Lol he thought your friends would be mug's?
No.... just a very rural Spaniard of the Andaluz variety. They are a law unto themselves. (AKA HRH_MUngo)
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Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is the Book of British Birds, and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology: Terry Eagleton0 -
Gold_Anaconda wrote: »Be quiet. Some of you are ridiculous.
All the OPs threads seem to go this way!0 -
Thread can be closed now. I've got what I wanted.This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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Gold_Anaconda wrote: »Thread can be closed now. I've got what I wanted.
I can think of at least 1 good reason to keep it open Some days you're the dog..... most days you're the tree!
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Gold_Anaconda wrote: »Thread can be closed now. I've got what I wanted.
But think of all us nerds! What will we do?
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I can think of at least 1 good reason to keep it open
me too.., and I have no problem with calling myself a nerd, particularly whilst laughing at threads like this!
But the not so funny side of this is that of any buyers who were told by the Estate Agent that there was a 80plus year lease, pay for surveys, legal fees and during their investigations find the solicitors have discovered that there is only a 50 or 60 year lease. By this time they have paid out many hundreds of pounds, and may now find they can't even get a mortgage on the place because their lender won't lend on short leases.
Then they are wondering if the EA misrepresented the situation to them deliberately. So another bundle of trouble as they wonder whether to waste more money trying to prosecute the EA.
These questions are asked on here quite regularly. Its not just the odd time.
If the prospective buyer had this information via a copy of the lease in advance, they could make an informed choice.., so reducing the chances of both seller and buyer wasting money on legal fees at least because the lease included something the buyer wasn't prepared for. The buyer can ask the EA, the EA can consult the lease and answer 'deal breaker' questions before any costs incurred by either party.
But I expect this answer isn't what the OP is looking for either. An explanation as to why it might benefit them as well as the buyer.0 -
Gold_Anaconda wrote: »Thread can be closed now. I've got what I wanted.
Hope you get what you deserve..... You will find if your not so forthcoming with your buyers they will also do the same."It is prudent when shopping for something important, not to limit yourself to Pound land/Estate Agents"
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Gold_Anaconda wrote: »Thread can be closed now. I've got what I wanted.
No. You got exactly what you were asking for. Ridicule!"When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty." - Thomas Jefferson0
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