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I thought I’d start a thread for those of us who have just moved and are overwhelmed by what needs to be done. I know I’m expecting too much but I can’t help it. last week I moved house to a different part of the country. The house isn’t a fixer-up, more of a doer-up. The kitchen is a homage to the eighties, the en-suite is very tired ...Oct 6, 2023 ... Mine would be as follows: No Tree Preservation Orders or big trees in garden or neighbouring gardens which might block out light. Lots of lovely ...Property development is extremely volatile to market fluctuations. Especially if your are buying second hand properties to renovate and flip. You need an excellent knowledge of market conditions and trade prices. I know a few professionals (Architects/ Surveyors) who tried property development, but it really is a hit and miss as you are …Sep 5, 2022 · Buying a house. 1 reply. Hanstarlucky · 05/09/2022 12:51. I’m going to be buying a house soon and have two girls age 12 and 7. I was wondering if I should include looking at 2 bedrooms with the possibility of making the 2nd room into two if it’s a large bedroom? Survey maps are an essential tool for any property owner. They provide detailed information about the boundaries of a property, as well as any features that may be present on the l...

Nov 20, 2023 ... Sitting on the fence. your vendors have been good to you, really good. Yes they've moved but without this sale you could be putting them in a ...

Sep 3, 2022 · Join the discussion on buying a house and learn from others' mistakes and tips. Find out how to deal with damp, ventilation, and other common issues in old properties.

Feb 3, 2024 ... If you want to sell, you need to drop the price to an appropriate level for the current market. If your house hasn't sold in two years (and ...As a property owner, it’s essential to know where your property line starts and ends. Knowing this information can help you avoid boundary disputes with your neighbors and ensure t...Oct 8, 2023 · Buying/selling. 1 reply. LouiG123 · 08/10/2023 21:53. I had a offer excepted 5 months ago. I'm alone so all decisions are on me. The couple purchasing from me are wanting to do something that isn't legally required and originally asked for me to pay for this. I said no. Apr 11, 2018 · FlowerPower25 · 11/04/2018 16:50. Hi all, DH's job is taking us to Leicester at some point over the next year. The plan was originally to rent for 6months so we could get to know the area (and rent out our house), but now we are expecting! So instead looking to buy straight into the area, and avoiding moving twice whilst pregnant/with newborn.

SpidersAreShitheads · 21/01/2024 10:40. They give you a price which is significantly below market value - but that's before the survey. We didn't go any further as we thought the reason they offered so low was to avoid getting a survey done but that's not the case.

Bookmark. VenusClapTrap · 04/12/2020 13:46. We moved from London to a village twenty minutes drive away from Lewes. We considered Lewes itself, but at the time the trains to London were awful, and Dh had a daily commute, so we chose a village close to a station on the London to Brighton mainline instead.

LivingTheLifeofMum · 19/10/2021 13:59. Sounds ok. We paid around £1000 I think, and £100 refundable fee for boxes. 3 bed to large 4 bed a few minutes away. The additional packing service was extortionate though because removals were ridiculously busy: around £600 I think, so we chose to pack it all ourselves.Dec 29, 2020 · We have just found out close to the end of the buying process that the house flooded in 2007. I know the flooding was bad (in the north) but I was abroad at the time so I can't be sure just how bad it was. We don't seem to be getting any answers as to how bad the flooding was/how deep etc. We just know it was the ground floor and garden. Estate agent valuation. We live overseas and are considering selling our house in the U.K. (currently rented out) to buy here. Had an estate agent valuation, it’s way below what we thought it might be. The HPI has it at £637k and zoopla etc all £600k and over. EA was 100k plus below that.RAAC used in domestic property. We bought an ex-janitors house last year. It has a flat roof. The school has been closed due to safety concerns as it was built using RAAC. As our house was built at the same time, for school use, I'm 99.9% sure that our roof is made of the same material but the council won't confirm this.The money we invested wasn’t needed for anything else. Buying the properties didn’t leave us short anywhere else. 4. Similar to above, we don’t rely on the rental income. A big chunk is invested long term (tracker fund) so we don’t even see it, and the rest covers repairs / maintenance, and a bit of surplus for treats.Oct 6, 2023 ... Mine would be as follows: No Tree Preservation Orders or big trees in garden or neighbouring gardens which might block out light. Lots of lovely ...caringcarer · 07/08/2022 12:24. You need to speak to bank or building society that loaned you money for mortgage. If you want to let out the property you need a different mortgage. You would be breaking terms of residential mortgage if you let it out without permission. They will agree just switch you to btl mortgage.

You need to start by finding the legal agreement (financial settlement) from when your parents divorced. If your Mum was supposed to become the legal owner as part of the agreement this should have been recorded with Land Registry. Legally if your Dad is on the Land Register with no restrictions he is the legal owner.Feb 16, 2024 ... It been due to the fact that people have made really big offers which have been accepted - literally 60/70k over asking and then the buyers have ...Sep 24, 2023 · It depends on what kind of subsidence. It depends of lots of houses in the area have the same issue. Go knock on some doors! It depends if the area is amazing.and everyone wants to live there. If so then combined with a favourable answer to 1) and 2) then less of a worry. Nov 20, 2023 ... Sitting on the fence. your vendors have been good to you, really good. Yes they've moved but without this sale you could be putting them in a ...AmberGer · 26/05/2022 14:18. As pp has said, if you were claiming for the housing part towards rent, then you weren't entitled to this as you owned a property. Only people that rent and have no other property are entitled to this. If you live in a property that you own, pay the mortgage etc.

Mar 1, 2023 ... This time round it's largely interest rates returning to normal which is causing the downturn. If you need a mortgage to buy - as most FTBs and ...

Join the Property/DIY forum for advice on house buying, selling, renovating and decorating. Find answers to your questions and share your experiences with other Mumsnet users.Property development is extremely volatile to market fluctuations. Especially if your are buying second hand properties to renovate and flip. You need an excellent knowledge of market conditions and trade prices. I know a few professionals (Architects/ Surveyors) who tried property development, but it really is a hit and miss as you are …It went to closing and sold for £271k odds. Another identical house came on recently and it sold after a few weeks for £260k. So not the same madness but still sold pretty quick and a slight reduction in price but not much. These same houses were selling for £220K before the madness started.The money we invested wasn’t needed for anything else. Buying the properties didn’t leave us short anywhere else. 4. Similar to above, we don’t rely on the rental income. A big chunk is invested long term (tracker fund) so we don’t even see it, and the rest covers repairs / maintenance, and a bit of surplus for treats.Feb 11, 2024 ... Most houses have been on for months. A couple were "sold" but came back on market. Few have sold (but they are super nice and were still reduced) .....Spring break is from 27 March for two weeks. The Eid holiday will be around 20-24 April so that is a time when nothing will happen. You cannot rent, let alone buy, a property without your Emirates ID so you need usually to allow a month after arrival for processing and being ready to do anything official - any kind of commitment requires your …It can take time for a house to:feel like a home. Also, unless you plan to sell soon, the price is irrelevant. We brought our house in 2008 crisis. It’s increased every year despite austerity, brexit, pandemic etc. also, if your house decreases in value, others will also, so it’s all relative.Jan 22, 2022 · Ever since our very first house purchase (150k back in 2014) I've struggled to feel certain about any house I've seen. I don't quite know why. I think it might be because houses we are looking at are 400-450k and it's such a lot of money! Also constant rumbles that the market is going to crash (hasn't yet), etc, interest rate rises. Jul 5, 2023 · Did you get surveys done on the property? How long was it on the market for? although an estate agent will want to get the best price for the property, it’s cut throat Industry so rarely is it possible to overpay that dramatically as so much goes into valuing a property and getting the bank to agree on the mortgage for that property.

One lucky Mumsnet user will receive a £100 B&Q voucher and a £100 worth of Valspar Premium paint in vouchers. ... Few properties have the mains water supply in the garden. You normally have an individual supply to your property but nothing else. These, and drainage pipes, are often not accurately laid by builders and hardly anyone …

Cats in a leasehold property. We have had an offer accepted on a leasehold flat but through general incompetence of both ours and the sellers solicitors 3 1/2 months into the process we have only just received the correct lease and discovered the lease does not allow pets. We have two cats. We were told by the estate agent when we viewed that ...

Mar 7, 2023 · Property asking price. 58 replies. Alexalee · 07/03/2023 07:54. About to put a house on the market. General consensus is sale price will be around 525k. Would you list at 525k. 550k to allow the buyer to make an offer and think they were getting a deal. Or offers over 500k to get the most amount of viewers. Jan 22, 2024 ... How much over home report you need to offer will vary hugely by area and popularity (it could be as much as 15-20%, but maybe it's not so crazy ...Look at the Heatons - SK4 area. With your budget you could get a house in Heaton Mersey/Chapel - great local primary and secondary schools and lovely area. Only 30 mins to Central Manchester. Didsbury is lovely but more expensive so I'm not sure you'd get 4 beds for £500K.Mumsnet users share their experiences and opinions on buying a house, from feeling sure to feeling uncertain. See their stories, tips and advice on property/DIY …Hey all, so I am an idiot and don't understand how the property ladder works at all.. please help me with the following scenario.. Thinking about purchasing a 2 bed garden flat in London that needs work, price is £425k, 15% deposit which is £63,750, so we would be borrowing £361,250. We would put in an initial £30k to do the flat up ...Moving house and you're not quite sure what to go for? Or have you got some cleaning tips to share? For all things domestic, our house and home forum is the place …Hey all, so I am an idiot and don't understand how the property ladder works at all.. please help me with the following scenario.. Thinking about purchasing a 2 bed garden flat in London that needs work, price is £425k, 15% deposit which is £63,750, so we would be borrowing £361,250. We would put in an initial £30k to do the flat up ...Feb 5, 2023 · London mums - what's your property ladder like? 79 replies. mapotofu · 05/02/2023 20:17. Hubby and I are currently living in our first property - 2 bed flat, new build, near Tufnell Park. 2 bed felt huge initially, we thought we could live here for 10 years until our (future) kid is 5yo. Apr 22, 2023 ... House prices back on the rise. The madness returns! ... In fairness if you found a decent house in a decent area for 700k-900k, there would be no ...

Mumsnet users share their experiences and opinions on buying a house, from feeling sure to feeling uncertain. See their stories, tips and advice on property/DIY …Sep 24, 2023 · It depends on what kind of subsidence. It depends of lots of houses in the area have the same issue. Go knock on some doors! It depends if the area is amazing.and everyone wants to live there. If so then combined with a favourable answer to 1) and 2) then less of a worry. FlowerPower25 · 11/04/2018 16:50. Hi all, DH's job is taking us to Leicester at some point over the next year. The plan was originally to rent for 6months so we could get to know the area (and rent out our house), but now we are expecting! So instead looking to buy straight into the area, and avoiding moving twice whilst pregnant/with newborn.Find all the content on Mumsnet about Property in one place.Instagram:https://instagram. lolalytics yuumitvtropes akiraimagefap spankingticketmaster vancouver taylor swift Market has slowed here. In North London several have sat on the market for weeks especially those over 1m. Most houses are over £1M in North London more or less, bar the very small or “compromised” in some way, like an ex council or weirdly designed. Not seeing a slow down under £2M around here. panty and stocking with garterbelt wikitaylor swift lover diary Feb 16, 2024 ... It been due to the fact that people have made really big offers which have been accepted - literally 60/70k over asking and then the buyers have ...Jan 16, 2021 · Be prepared to spend a lot on extras when you move in. Light fittings are usually just bare bulbs, and there are no curtain rails, blind fittings etc. Allow time on moving day to put curtains/blinds up in the bedrooms you will use. There will be 'snags'. Make sure you report anything to the builder asap. nizoni humidifier tallrectangle · 20/02/2023 23:54. @daisychain237 we are in the process of getting the quotes. We've had anything from £850 to £2K for fitting units only. The worktop, old kitchen removal,electrics and plastering (stone) is being done by someone else. Plastering £750, electrics £350, kitchen removal (did ourselves), new radiator and it's ...Look elsewhere. Torquay is expensive, exclusive, and not a pleasant area in which to live. The council don't care about the residents, or the town, and the wealth divide causes serious social problems. The schools are good though, particularly the grammars and Shiphay primary. Quote.JustLikeJasper · 05/08/2022 07:01. We have just had a 4x6m extension but the shell only, flat roof x2 sky lights, patio doors and single glazed door cost us £31k we are in SE. Kitchen will be another £6k and internals another £5k ish. Parts only as we are doing the internals ourselves. Quote.