- Solar panels not included with house sale
Several weeks after having my offer accepted, my solicitor tells me today out of the blue that the solar panels are not included with the house and the seller is "taking them with them". I viewed...
812 points706 comments2 d ago
- Previous owner using us as free storage
Hi We moved into our new house at the end of September this year. On completion day the previous owners left a mountain of junk in the garage and said they would collect it within a month. We...
485 points453 comments4 d ago
- Previous owners items left behind - they now want to collect!
What the title says really. We completed on our house purchase a few months ago and there was a box of cosmetics left behind in the house which I threw away alongside some odd items of clothes....
476 points223 comments4 d ago
- Seller won’t take this clause out of the transfer
We’re buying a house in England and our solicitor flagged this bit in the transfer: For the purposes of Section 6(2)(a) of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994 all matters now...
152 points71 comments1 d ago
- The obsession with single family homes isn't building for the future
Does anybody else not feel like we're living in that town in the movie 'Vivarium' in every estate from the turn of the 20th century because I do. The same old uninspiring semi-detached design copy...
146 points198 comments5 d ago
- Letter From New Neighbours
I'm after some advise on how to tackle this situation. I live in a 1950's first floor maisonette, of a block of four, with my partner and two children (8 and 4). It has a solid concrete floor...
128 points212 comments1 d ago
- Accidentally took Hive thermostat - buyers want £400
Humour me while I wait to hear back from solicitors! For various reasons we sold and moved in with family while waiting for our purchase to go through. We have a small child who was in hospital so...
117 points725 comments2 d ago
- How soon can I sell after buying?
Hi all, Recently bought a house near a school thinking I’d be able to acclimatise to the noise. So far I’ve been unable to; the hours of screaming kids per day while working from home is really...
101 points159 comments4 d ago
- Bought our first flat a month ago and already want to sell due to neighbour noise. How screwed are we?
My partner and I recently bought our first flat in East London for around £350k, with a roughly 40% deposit. It’s a one bed in an older ex-council block. Unfortunately, we’ve discovered that sound...
83 points116 comments3 d ago
- Request after request
My mom is selling her house and receives 4 offers. She decided not to go with the highest offer but one 10k under as the estate agent told her it’d be a “faster easier sale” due to no upward or...
80 points89 comments3 d ago