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Rough estimates for conveyancing costs

Hi Just wondering if there was a general overall figure for conveyancing house purchase/sale? Inclusive of all the searches etc. I am selling a flat with share of freehold for 190k and purchasing a...

123steven

What are my rights after split with a joint mortgage?

Hi, I need some advice. My partner and I have recently split after 8 years, 4 of which we lived together in a house we bought together and have a joint mortgage. She decided it was over without much...

mancmo

Driveway dilema!!!

Arrrghh!!! I could just scream!!! I live in a row of mid terrace houses with a large garden at the front...my neighbours are constantly parking outside my house making me parking around the corner,...

j0nb0y

GROUND RENT ON A LEASEHOLD FLAT????

I am thinking of buying a Leashold flat in the Hull area. First question is: How much is the average amount I should expect to pay in ground rent per year? This seems do differ quite considerably from...

carolegif

kitchen, family room or bedroom?

Our bungalow has two bedrooms downstairs and two upstairs. One of the bedrooms adjoins the kitchen (which is not small, about 11ft square) and I would like to knock down the wall and have a lovely...

fitzyafcb

How can you find out if a house is now owned by the council?

I bought a privately owned semi detached house 4 years ago. My neighbours split badly and their house ended being repossessed after it was gutted. for the last 10 months we have had new neighbours...

craft1948

Canopy

I had a 30' long cantilever canopy fitted onto my bungalow 4 years ago by Canopies UK. A couple of weeks ago I noticed that part of it seemed to have dipped and rain was pouring out of the guttering....

crazygirly

Who owns ajoining land?

I live in a Victorian Terrace. To the rear of the row 10 of properties is an overgrown roadway/lane at one end of the row that emerges as a footpath at the other end of the row. This area is...

Mr-H

Cavity wall insulation

Simpole question, but maybe not the answer.... Foam or beads, which is best and why please? Pros and Cons are?...

funkylad20

Sold house without estate agent - next steps

We have sold our house without using an estate agent, so somebody we know. What are the next steps? I know that our buyer needs to instruct a solicitor and have a survey done for his mortgage lender,...

jackthehat

FAO : 'The Builder' or A Builder

New extension 7m x 1.8m. Current house built in imperials. 10bc = 850mm. What is difference in construction costs between (sourcing and) building in either, a) matching imperials, b) matching metric...

Rubyrose

Searching for Property to Rent

Hi, Where else can I look online for advertised properties to rent? I keep checking Rightmove and FindAProperty but they don't update it that often. I've just checked Gumtree but they don't have what...

Markhilton45

No hot water/heating for almost 4 weeks now! Should we be entitled to anything?

At the beginning of December our boiler starting being very temperamental but we still could get hot water at random times throughout the day. We had a plumber come around with a part on Dec 24Th,...

Mr-H

Loft insulation/flooring

I have recently topped up my loft insulation from (maybe) 50mm to perhaps as much as 250mm.However, with the loft flooring going back down on top of the insulation, it has compressed the total to the...

hallj1

ceiling collapse.

We have have had part of ceiling collapse through water leak in loft caused by frost.Have thrown out all carpets and drained all water down.Flooring damaged (chipboard).Have checked insurance policy...

slid_away

Away over Winter

Hi All I'm away for a week over winter and looked up advice on the net to see what I should be doing to avoid any burst pipes. I'm going to leave the heating on around 13-15 degrees but a lot of sites...

roadie3rd

Gaing access to flat above with leak into my property

I live in a ground floor 2 bed maisonette and we have water dripping through the light fitting in the nursery of my 8 month old kid. I own the freehold to the building and upstairs owns her property...

getpooh

Stamp Duty

I am selling my house valued at £265000. I know that stamp duty land tax (stamp duty) is 1% up to 250000 and 3% above 250000 on the entire value of the property. By this calculation I would get...

Finwoodhill

Selling freehold flat, managing agent will not provide freehold info that my buyer needs and is jeopardising my sale

I am currently selling a flat. It's one of a small block of 10. I bought the flat 6 months ago - it was repossessed, had been empty for some time and there was therefore little info available....

ericc

home emergency call out

my heater isn't working properly. If I call out home emergency service (I've paid extra on home insurance) through my home insurer, does it count as a claim on my home insurance.

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