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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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200% Council Tax for inherited retirement flat I can't sell, sublet or live in (costing £8K/year)
My mum passed away in December 2022 and left me her retirement flat as part of her estate, which was a 70% owned leasehold retirement flat. I've been unable to sell since it went on the market in May 2023, despite reducing the price in steps from £80K to now £55K. Since then the Housing21 management fees have risen 20%…
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Covenant interpretation
I have following covenant in the property I am finalising. Not to carry on any trade or business on the Property or in on or fromthe dwelling erected thereon Need advise on how does this impact my circumstances? I am into IT and work from home. Also thinking of contracting through a ltd company where I may have to register…
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Miss sold tenancy?
Hi I try keep it brief.. rented property from estate agent 3 months ago. 2 bedroom house. Second bedroom I’ve never been able to use as it didn’t have any form of heating. They put electric heater in. Big problem with floor it’s very weak and noisey. I am disabled and had to sleep on sofa . Anyways it’s come to light that…
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Bank of parent capital gain worry.
So, 5 years ago we, civil partner and I bought a house for partner's son to live in, on the basis that he would buy it from us in a couple of years at our purchase price. We were, in effect, holding it for him. No rent expected or paid. Then Covid intervened and a couple of years have turned to 5. His income still limits…
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Rent overlap when moving / council house
Hi all Its me again, ive posted lots recently and had some very useful replies I am after some advice please. I am currently private renting. I need to give 30 days notice to the LL. I can only give notice on the date rent is due, so 1st of the month. I was offered a council property a month ago now. Viewed it yesterday,…
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Land registry charge
Apologies this may not be the correct forum i moved house Aug 2022 paying in full the bill to the solicitor which included land registry fees. Today my solicitor has asked me for £605 stating that there is a back log at the Land registry department and they have now assessed and decided that as our house purchase comprised…
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Prohibited Tenant Fees Deed of Surrender
I'm leaving a joint tenancy early and the landlord has agreed to a deed of surrender. The other joint tenant is staying in the property, will be picking up all the rent & there are no arrears or damage to the property. The landlord has agreed to sign the deed of surrender only if I pay him £1500. There is no cost or loss…
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Home buying: house built on mains
I desperately need some advice on a situation we're in. We liked a house, offer accepted, mortgage approved, searches were fine. However, it was reported that there was an issue that potentially house was built on gas mains. Few weeks ago, a gas leak was reported at neighbouring property. Cadent turned up after…
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Negotiating price after survey
Hello, New to the forum and would appreciate feedback on this. My wife and I are in a completed chain and agreed a price of 375000 for a house with off road parking in a very busy area close to the city centre. The estate agents and vendor said, and I have in wrting, that the whole driveway belonged to the house. After…
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Management Company for Private Road
Hello! We need to set up a management company for 6 houses on a private road. The houses were built a few years ago and a company was never set up. What do we need to do to get this up and running? Is a company limited by shares or guarantee better? Is Public Liability Insurance a must? What kind of companies maintain…
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Buying another house/flat for the in-laws to be able to move closer
We live about 150miles/3 hours from my in-laws. They are in their 70s, and although have some health issues (which will only get worse as they age), they are just starting to slow down with being able to do everything themselves. As a result we're going to visit them more and more frequently, which we are doing at weekends…
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Shed Repair Not Included In Tenancy Agreement
Hi all, My tenancy agreement says that shed repairs aren't included. I was wondering if it is unlawful because it's a brick shed that was built when the property was. The reason I'm asking is because the roof is falling in and is dangerous.
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Remortgate - Certificate of Restriction - Extortionate Price (£750!)
I'm in the process of remortgaging my property. I have a restriction on the property and my solicitor informs me for the remortgage I need a compliance/restriction certificate from the 3rd party. I've been informed that the solicitor acting on behalf of the 3rd party is quoting £750+VAT for this certificate, which my…
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2 weeks and noone has viewed the house
We have had our house up for sale for 13 days now and not one viewing, is it the house, the estate agent, or just the uncertainty of the housing market at the moment. Our estate agent was full of promises when she came around to value, saying she already had a cash buyer and another buyer who was extremely interested in a…
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Halifax mortgage application timelines
Hi, Just being impatient! Following our AIP, we submitted our mortgage application through our broker with Halifax last week Thursday (18/04), hard credit checks were completed same day and valuation was booked in for today (24/04). We haven't hear anything to suggest otherwise so assuming the valuation is going ahead…
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Estate agent saying I have to buy through them
I am currently moving house and a while ago I found a property on Rightmove which was listed with two agencies (agent A and agent B) . I didn't care which I used so I picked at random agent A and booked a viewing. I did the viewing, liked the place and then booked a second viewing. At this point I put my house on the…
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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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Certificate of Compliance - Management Company question
We have recently purchased a property in a Gated community containing 4 Free hold properties. In order to maintain the communal areas and Entrance Gate. One of the property owners have set up a limited company. Each property owner is a director of the company and chips in £31 per month to the company. The money is used for…
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Landlord asked us to leave 4 months into tenancy agreement....can we do anything legally?
Hello, in March 2022 we moved into a rental advertised as "long term". 4 months in and the landlord asked the estate agent to tell us she wanted to move back in. Cut a long story short, in December 2022 we found a new rental and moved out. During that period we were harassed by the landlord to move out and they also gave…
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Delaying viewings when house listing goes live or delaying listing going live?
Hi there, Me and my husband are going to be putting our house on the market soon, we have selected an agent who came to do photos yesterday. We realised though last night that the field opposite our property is hosting a circus for a week in about a week's time. We are concerned how this would come across to potential…