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...
Do you have noisy neighbours? Or maybe there is a tree on your neighbour’s land which has its branches hanging over your land and damaging your property? Or there is some boundary dispute between you and your neighbour that remains unresolved i.e. neighbour disputes? Although you...
You will be happy that moving in day has arrived, but it is very important to know what you need to do when moving to a new house. Moving to a new house can be a very busy and exciting time, this means it can...
Getting a mortgage can be quite a stressful time, especially when there are a plethora of mortgages available on the market. If you are buying a property with financial support, you need to consider carefully which type of mortgage would be most suitable to your...
Buying a property is the biggest purchase that most people make. You may look at a lot of properties, and you may only get a short amount of time inside each one, so you want to make sure that there will be no surprises. Viewing...
With Halloween just just gone, and people rushing to complete on their new properties and move in before the Christmas holidays, here is a salient reminder of the things that can go wrong with your new purchase as well as the steps you can take...
Often when you own property you will need someone else’s permission to do something. That permission is set out in a document called a licence. If you are buying or selling a property, and your solicitor starts talking about needing a licence, what they mean is...
You might think that when you buy your first property you will be in control of everything. That instead of having your parents or flat mates complaining about the mess you have made, or landlords complaining about the damage to the carpets, you can make...
If you’ve made the decision that it’s time to put your property on the market and move on, you may focus on the obvious things like picking the estate agent, deciding on the price, and thinking about where you’re going to move to. Picking your conveyancing...
There are lots of different ways in which you can own property, so we thought it might be useful if we set out some of the most common property ownership terms, which might help you understand the process. Residential Property A residential property is usually either freehold...
