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New to the House Buying, Selling & Renting board? Start here
✅ This board is for... * Questions about buying or selling a home * Questions about renting a home * Questions about being a landlord 🚫 This board is not for.. * Debating the state of the economy * Debating house prices in general * Political debates Note: In order to help keep the Forum a useful, safe and friendly place…
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Tenancies in Eng/Wales: Guides for landlords and tenants
post 1 This thread is intended to provide information to both landlords and tenants relating to Assured Shorthold Tenancies (ASTs) in England and Wales. Updated April 2020 to include the Coronavirus Act 2020 and July 2020 to include the Electrical Safety Standards Regulations 2020. Topics covered: Post 2: Repairing…
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HMO Letting agency wants termination fees incl all vacant rooms!
I want to terminate with this agency due to their very low performance, that is about 75% of rooms have been vacant for months and they get 1 viewing per month for all of them combined ( and that's only when i chase them). Essentially, they are not performing. They made me sign a new 2-year agreement, after initial one…
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First time buyer land tax relief form
Hi, there is a common form to compile when declaring the land tax during the house purchase, solicitors don't provide consultations about that, so I wonder how it works. I'm purchasing an house less than 250k in England, I satisfy all the requirements to avoid the Land Tax, but does this mean that I can claim relief (FTB…
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Indemnity insurance for listed building consent
Hi Wondering whether anyone has any recent experience with this. There is a thread on here frrom 2021 but that's old now. We are buying a listed property which has had some garden rooms erected. I cannot find any listed building consent or planning for these so it has been suggested we get an indemnity paid for by the…
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What to do about neighbours parking
The people who live two doors down from me whenever they have visitors, the visitors don’t park outside their house they park outside my next door neighbours house. My next door neighbour is an elderly man and because his driveway is narrow he parks his car on the road outside his house so that 1. He can get out of the car…
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Moving home tips - anything over and above the usual?
There are plenty of lists of 'what to do' and 'don't forget' when you're moving home. All the usual - take readings and inform energy suppliers - book a good removal company - get plenty of boxes and packing tape - make sure you know where the kettle is - don't forget the teabags etc etc etc. But aside from these 'everyday…
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No management accounts available to seller of flat
I have a problem as trying to sell a flat as the freeholder is absolutely refusing to issue management accounts for the buyer. They said they needed 20 days but it is now over 40. We are in danger of losing the buyer. How can we force the freeholder to hand over this information.
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Neighbour attaching gates to my wall
Hi everyone. I was hoping for some general advice. Our new neighbour has purchased metal gates and called earlier to let me know someone was calling out to install them. When I went out to view them I realised that they would be attaching them to our wall. We have been in our home for over 20 years and so far as I can…
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Timelines for payments on sale completion - solicitor c*ck ups
Hi It's been 10 years since I sold a house so memory is a bit short on the facts on this. Due to mess ups by the solicitor, my sale completed quite late in the day on Friday 3rd May. They have had the audacity to charge me CHAPS fees on my completion statement for the payment back to myself. The mortgage was fully redeemed…
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Death of a tenant in common
Nine years ago, my MiL gifted her property to my wife and her two brothers. The older brother passed away recently. When my MiL arranged the transfer, she stipulated to her solicitors that the transfer was to be for the benefit of her children - something which the solicitors concerned agree upon. Following the death of…
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Selling my house to give money to my grandchildren
I’m a 69 year old man in good health but am thinking of selling my house and giving most of the money to put in trust for my four grandchildren. I’m thinking of just renting for the rest of my life whatever long that may be I don’t know. Is this a wise move?? hohn
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Stamp Duty
Hi all, I am buying a house in the UK, this will be my second home, however, the first home is abroad and valued at 45,500 Euros which translating at todays spot rate is below the £40k threshold for higher rate. My question is which exchange rate do I use, the spot at completion, an average for the month, or the HMRC…
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Help to take landlord to court for illegal eviction
I am a tenant in England and Wales. My 12-month contract was signed on Oct 2022 & I am currently on rolling. My Landlord has served my S21 notice on Form 6A and asked me to leave on 5th Feb 2023. I got a confirmation from CA that s21 is not valid. However, a few days back while I was not at home, my landlord threw all of…
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Land registry
During the conveyancing of the sale of my property I discover that an application to the title deeds was placed in my property 5 months ago by an ex partner . I was not informed of this and had resulted in the sale falling through . It’s proving difficult to get moved , is there any help out there
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Mortgage time approaching - nightmare deposit amount!
Hello Forum'ers. Im wondering if someone could cast some light, or give me an alternative method. I have recently gotten out of some debt, cleared debt, had defaults, NO CCJ's, but some missed payments ETC. This was over 18 months ago now, maybe even 24, Myself and partner have saved up a 10% deposit for the house price we…
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Additional survey request from buyer
Hi all, This is my first post, been an anonymous lurker for quite a while :smile: I accepted an offer on my Victorian Terrace recently, which I have lived in for 12 years, it was just over the asking price as I had 3 offers the day after it went on sale. I accepted the highest offer from a cash buyer who wanted to rent it…
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Selling - Open market or modern method of auction(MMoA)
Have researched on the internet so I understand the mechanics, but would like to hear from people who have experienced the MMoA. Inherited property, detached bungalow, circa £300K aged mother in-laws house so quite 'tired' needing work at some stage. My worry is the estate agents are pushing hard on MMoA, which they would…
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Dealing with Estate Agents
I get they don't want to waste their time with timewasters but they all seem to ask your current position before they'll agree to a viewing..... Our house is on the market, had a few offers, its likely to sell very soon. I just don't want to tell the Estate Agents that its not actually sold yet in case they lose interest a…
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Disclosing nuisance kids when selling
We live on a new build estate. The street we live on is lovely but on the other side is a large green and across from that, houses that were sold to a housing association for social housing. We're thinking of selling as we just can't tolerate the groups of kids hanging around from the social housing. They're not doing…
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Build to rent vs build to sell planning
Do build to sell developments have the same planning permission as build to rent. There’s a developer in my area who builds a lot of built to rent apartments and has recently started building another in the area which I am quite interested in. In response to a local resident who commented on the planning that this builder…
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understanding contract
I have been renting a flat for 6 months and about to sign long term contract , rolling type. So it would be for a year initially and then just rolling from then. Does it mean I must stay here for a year , cant give a notice if lets say I need to end the agreement? And then after a year I can give a notice if I need to. Or…