Buying or selling a property can be a fairly lengthy process. From the minute you make the decision to move, to the moment you hand over the keys to your old place and pick up the keys to your new abode can be months of...
When you come to sell a property, you’ll be asked to fill in lots of forms, to tell your solicitor all about the house and the land, which information they can pass on to the purchaser. If you are the purchaser, you’ll be asked to...
If you are buying or already own a property with the intention of letting it out to tenants, then knowing what to do when you want your tenants to move out is as important as knowing how much rent it’s worth and what type of...
What is gazumping? Gazumping is when another person puts in a higher offer on a property you are in the process of buying and their offer gets accepted by the seller, thus scuppering your chances of purchasing the property in question. For it to be gazumping, it...
A Section 21 notice is a notice that must be served on a tenant in order to remove them from a property when the tenancy comes to an end. The landlord does not need to show any grounds for possession, other than the fact that the...
The older or more unusual a building is, and the fewer the surviving examples of its kind, the more likely it is to be listed. Buildings less than 30 years old are not normally considered to be of special architectural or historic interest. How do I...
Most people find that their home is the most valuable asset they own. However, owning a property is not an easy task. Houses don’t come cheap! Often, homeowners have had to save up to buy the property, such as raising the deposit, and meeting the...
Money laundering is a term most people will have heard of, but don’t necessarily know what it means or how it could affect them. In particular, when purchasing or selling a property you need to be aware of it. Money laundering is a growing, worldwide...
We use them almost every day. We walk on them, drive on them, see them going past the window when we’re on the train. They are on the news, on our favourite TV programme, they’re even in the papers, although usually to complain about how...
What is a property chain? A property chain is quite simply, a sequence of linked house purchases. When you are in a chain, buying or selling a house depends on the purchases either side of your property. If you are a first-time buyer, your chain only...
