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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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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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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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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…
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Do we keep ours to rent out for future pension
Hi All we have lived in our house 19 years this month and only owe 10k It’s worth around 170k and we want to move house. new house will be approx 230k. We have savings of around 40k My questions are; 1. Would keeping ours so we have something for the future to sell for our pension, and would renting it out be worth it…
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Budgeted Service Charge issues
I purchased share of freehold flat in December 2023. I have just been issued with a Service Charge Budget identifying a cost of c£2k for communal electric for the year. This would be shared between 6 flats. We are a 3 storey building with 6 flats. This is an extortionate amount of money . Where I lived before it was…
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Very Hard Water
Hello hello! I live in a very hard water area, and looking for remedies to prevent limescale on appliances. Upon researching (googling) there are so many options - Combimate - limescale prevention Water softeners ScaleGuard - limescale remover I am more inclined towards ScaleGuard. Has anyone used it? It is any good? What…
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Management agent informed solicitor about leak
Hi all, I'm just trying to understand our position legally. We are in to process of selling a leasehold conversion flat (not exchanged yet but close). We have had a leak from a mains pipe supplying the flat above that is buried into an external wall. This has caused part of the ceiling to collapse. We have located the leak…
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Tenancy agreement questions
I have a tenancy on a flat until Aug 24, but I have moved in with my new partner early. I understand I am liable for both my rent and council tax payments but can I stop paying for other utilities ie water/electricity/gas, TV licence etc? Any info/help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.
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Bath only, no shower in concil property
Hello all I viewed the property today and there is only a mixer tap, no shower in the bathroom (even though on the advert it says shower over bath). I wasn't going to turn it down over that because you only get 1 offer and if you reject it, you are suspended for 6 months My question is, do I have to wait 12 months before…
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Link Detached
I am considering a link detached property which is linked by 2 garages (house-garage-garage-house). I am guessing that the risk of sound travelling is fairly minimal considering it would have to go through my garage, but wondered if anyone had any experience. It’s a new build and I haven’t seen the covenants yet so I’m not…
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Property has suffered some movement & trees within the influencing distance
Hi, I am planning to buy the property. Its the end terrace property. Year of construction is approximate 1900 as per the bank valuation report Below is the report which I received from the bank (a) Is the property in an area that (to the best of your knowledge) has suffered flooding or is at risk of flooding? No (b) Is…
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Redeemed a mortgage without Solicitor
In the process of redeeming the mortgage. The bank gave me the option of using a solicitor or not. I want to do it myself. The bank has sent me 3 things now. DS1, TR1 and a power of attorney. The forms are all filled out and signed by the banks solicitors. I know I need to sign panel 12 (on tr1) Once this is done, I intend…
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Buyer asking for us to fix things following survey
Hi, we’ve recently accepted an offer on our 1930s house, and the buyers have had their survey done. We’ve just received an email with some issues the survey has found, with the buyers saying “Ideally the vendors will fix these before exchange, but we can have a discussion regarding price if preferred.” I think they are all…