Q:Some of you may remember that im gearing up to sell with House Network. Ive paid them 199+vat for them to come over & do the photos on tuesday.
However, Ive taken advice from on here and booked 3 local EAs to come over & do valuations.
Now I like to think of myself as fairly property savvy but the 2 valuations that Ive had this morning have been SIGNIFICANTLY higher than Id anticipated. Both very similar indeed.
Im reluctant to discuss figures on he
Q:Hoping for some clarification on ground rent and the costs we should be paying. First a bit of background, my girlfriend owns her own flat (leasehold), when the flat was bought there was a delay as her solicitor insisited the lease be changed as there was nothing to stop the ground rent being put up to any figure the owner could come up with.
Now she's had a bill from an agent acting on behalf of the landlord and they're charging for the following:
Ground rent (as laid
Q:Is anyone able to give me some advice on the best way of going about buying a larger house bearing in mind the following points:
My husband and I would like to get somewhere with an outbuilding that we could use for our 3-year-old business (we're currently working in the converted garage of our existing end-of-terrace), in order to grow the business but still work from home.
We don't want the business to own the house as we don't want our home to be wrapped up
Q:I am a graduate ant want to start looking in to buying a house in a year or so. I am trying to sort out my credit file at the moment to get it into a good condition when I am ready to buy.
Does anyone have any advice, tips hints into how this whole process begins as I don?t have a clue where to start looking and researching (I don?t mean area?s to buy) e.g. how do I find out step by step procedures, alternative options?? (A friend was telling me about shared ownership?? Not sure if
Q:My brother & his family need to rent my flat for a couple of months, while his house is being renovated. Can anyone advise of any issues involved with this with regards to accounts, revenue etc.
Q:My Mum passed away recently and together with my Brother and Sister, we need to decide what to do with Mum's house. It is a 3 bed detached with integral garage and is very tired. Structually it's fine but it really needs a new kitchen & bathroom, ceilings repaired etc.
2 agents have come round so far and recommend marketing it at ￡160k as it is. They suggest that spending ￡6k+ will only increase it's value by about ￡10k. Should we trust their judgement or do the
Q:Don't laugh but a firend of mine does tarot readings and she did me 6 this afternoon with me asking the questions about moving house and to which one.
I understand a bit about the cards as i have my own set but don't really know how to read into them.
All 6 of her readings came up with conflict and delays and more delays and telling me i would not get the original house i have been planning on since March this year.
All very spooky.
I then came home and did 2 more r
Q:just a quickie hope someone can help me please
i have a neighbour that has i cctv camera on the front of his property which is angled and my property across the street from him
it is actually pointing directly on my front door i have contacted the police for advice to which i was told… that because it is above his driveway on which he parks his car it is just a security measure for his car which he has had vandilised in the past. yet the police have not even been out to
Q:Hi. I was wondering if you fellow money savers can offer any advice on cheap / online conveyancing as I've just been quoted ￡1600 + VAT by a solicitor and I'm sure I can do a whole lot better!
Does anyone have recent experience of various companies such as http://www.convey365.co.uk/ ?
I've searched and read some other threads on this subject but would be grateful of any advice / horror stories etc from recent use
cheers!
Nick
Q:Does anyone know can you claim back costs you have incurred as a result of a house not completing on the agreed date.