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Martin Lewis Blog: 'House offer accepted, now they want £20,000 more! What should I do?'
A passer-by stopped Martin in the street recently to ask his opinion on her house buying dilemma. You can check out his view in a video he posted: Martin Lewis: 'House offer accepted, now they want £20,000 more! What should I do?' What would you do? Stand your ground? Walk away? Pay the extra? Negotiate? Tell us your…
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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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First time buyer issue with completion date
Hi! Newbie here so just looking for some advice or if anyone has been in similar situation. Background: •First time buyers in rented accommodation •Offer accepted on property early April 2025 •Few teething problems with survey etc but generally feel things have moved quite well •2 weeks ago was told by agent that our…
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Rights to evict
Hi, I have a council property of 13 years. 8 years of this has been with my ex partner. During the the first 7 years I have covered every bill for the household. Begrudgingly I discovered last year that my ex partner ( mother to our daughter. Has been earning far more than I do but didn’t disclose this to me. I asked her…
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Buying a house from Vendor with power of attorney. Legal issue
Hi Can someone help clear this up for me. My daughter is about the exchange on a house purchase via a pre -auction offer (deadline today) Everything has gone through as expected except that the vendor is has a lasting power of attorney (seen by the agents) but not seen as certified by my daughter’s solicitor who is…
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Find BTL investors Bromley
We are trying to sell a property but a busy road nearby is putting off FTBs. We think a BTL investor would be best. We have had two btl offers on it but not the price we want (10k difference). It's a 2 bed freehold semi detached in a good area with high rents Any idea how we market it to these investors?
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Complete candour here. The experience of selling a house has made me suicidal.
Not stressed, depressed, frustrated, angry, but suicidal. I am suicidal. On Tuesday when the house auction ended with one bid, which was then pulled by the buyer. When I received the message from the well known auctioneer, I was on a train. I rang my brother, who burst out into laughter. I hung up on him, and I was like my…
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First time cash buyer - where to start .
A bit of advice please . I have never having bought a property before and not too sure where to start. I am a cash / first time buyer ... Spoke to a solicitor who said they will only take me on once I have found a property and then they could start checking my finances etc . The estate agent says that I cant view any until…
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Septic tank treatment plant permit requirements
I am looking to buy a property which has a fairly newly installed treatment plant a couple of years old and replaces the old septic tank set up. It is a slightly unusual situation where the new plant is installed in a slightly new position with all the old pipework being utilised with the final discharge which has been in…
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Am I eligible for SDLT relief if previous property was joint owned? Even HMRC unclear!
Hi Guys! I am buying a £315,000 house for the first time as a solo applicant. Do I have to pay SDLT if I joint-owned from 2011 to 2015? Am 'I' a 'first-time' buyer? No one seems clear on this, not even HMRC! Thanks in advance! BD
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New "Have a Look at This" thread
The other one has disappeared and any posts I have made are not listed in either my posts or thanks. This thread is for things like: . Spotting pets in properties . Anything awful - decor, extensions etc . Quirky properties . Timewarp properties . Properties in serious repair and anything which is different and of interest…
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Selling my house and buyer delaying
Hi, I am selling my house and the buyer and their solicitor are taking forever. It has been over 10 months since we accepted the offer and there is no end in sight of the sale completing. I have spoken to our estate agent and they are lovely but wont chase anything up. I threatened to pull out of the sale and take the…
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Want to buy this house? Over my dead body!
Came up on my Facebook feed... At first I thought it was a fake, but maybe not.... https://www.onthemarket.com/details/9824778/ Is that even legal? On a serious note, if someone did purchase this, how would they go about getting the cadaver moved? EDIT: Just found out it was on the market in 2021, so a few years old, but…
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Buying a House - looking for advice
I have around 120k in cash (excluding other savings) and I'm looking to purchase my first home, more as an investment than for living in. I'm close to 30, no kids or partner and self employed earning around £35K a year currently (income has lowered significantly since covid). I rent in one of the home counties and…
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Advice on Driveway obstruction and potential sale implications
Ever since we bought our house we have had issues with 2 neighbours who have “claimed ownership” of the kerbs outside their house and respectively our driveway entrance. On 5-6 occasions access to our property was restricted due to inconsiderate parking and had to ask people to move their cars. After few years not taking…
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Capital Gains Tax on property
Hi, I am hoping someone can help me with a CGT question... I purchased a property in 2015 and lived there as my main residence, I ended up moving in with my new partner and renting it out in 2022 for 1 and a half years, the remaining time just over a year was spent fixing the damage caused by the tenant and then listing…
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Rent/Housing benefit
Hi, my partners rent, including surcharges each calendar month is £1404-03p, her housing benefit is paid 4wkly at the rate of £818-04, could you please tell me what her contribution is each month that she has to pay. Rent- calendar monthly Housing benefit 4 weekly Thank you
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Properties that say offers in excess of
Hi guys, any opinions/advice are most welcome Having recently lost my husband, I want to move nearer my sister. I'm totally on my own. I saw a house for sale with offers in excess of £270k, it only came on last week, and the EA said they have mega interest and 8 viewings were to be held over the weekend. As the house is…
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New build with shared access way to garage
Hello people, We are looking to buy a new build with double detached garage. We have liked 3 plots of the same design - numbered 1,2,3 on the attached site plan. Plot 1: - West Facing Garden - Cheaper as it has 2 parking spaces and not 4. - Is last property on shared access way Plot 2: - South facing garden. - 4 parking…
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unregistered land
We are almost at the end of the house buying process. Three months in and our solicitor is still not able to solve our problem. A small slither of land in front of the house and highway forming the parking is unregistered on land registry . The lender said they wont lend unless the boundary is updated . We reached out to…
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Next door neighbour has asked permission to put a flue on the side of his kitchen extension
Hello, I live in a terraced house and my next door neighbour has had a kitchen extension built at the back of his house. He has asked my permission to put a flue on the external side wall of the extension. He has said it will only come out by about two inches. However, I am not entirely comfortable with this. I said I will…
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Charging order
i have a charge on my property from an old debt over 20 yrs ago that I simply just forgot about, i want to repay the debt and have the charge removed so that i can remortgage, the company that the debt is owed to no longer exist since @ 2012 and have no forwarding details or including contact details, from investigations…
