Property Solutions to Sell Your House Fast For Market Value
If your seller lied about being chain free and said there’s no onward chain you can pull-out of the purchase of this property, or continue to completion on the basis you’ve invested time and costs in the conveyancing process. Otherwise you’ll be back to the beginning and costs will have been wasted.
If a seller lied about neighbours there’s not much you can do, especially it wasn’t reported to the authorities nor the police. But if you discover the bad behaviour was reported and they lied on the property information form, you may be able to claim damages under the misrepresentations act.
You may own an ex-council house and you might be wondering if it is worth extending it. Ex-council house or not, the same question applies to extending any property. For any building work that’s done on a property, it’s about weighing up the cost of building an extension vs the additional value the extra space […]
If you own a property you are often excluded from the housing register for a council property, but there are exceptions and you can join if you need shelter, you can’t live in your property following a relationship breakdown of if the accommodation is overcrowded and conditions cannot be improved.
Most ex-council houses are freehold properties, which means you’ll have permanent and absolute tenure over the land and property included on the title plan, which means you will have freedom to dispose of it at will. But many council houses are bound by restrictive covenants you need to abide by.
Tricks to get a council house quickly include clearly communicating your circumstances to your local council on your application and keeping them up-to-date with changes in your circumstances. Once you are on their waiting list, bid for properties and be flexible when you’re offered a council home.
