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Re: Freehold purchase.

If you are doing collective enfranchisement / purchase of freehold then I'd speak to Andrew Boast 0207 112 5388. I used him and he has both solicitors for the notice, negotiation and the legal work and the surveyor to give you the valuation. From a practical perspective it made sense and he was a ni...
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Thu Nov 27, 2014 11:51 am

Re: Recipease - gone, shut, closed

Regarding estate agents - I think they are the human between you and the solicitor. If solicitors had more people skills then you wouldn't need estate agents to be involved because the solicitor would be calling everyone, keeping them updated. I bought 5 years ago and then just recently bought again...
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Thu Nov 27, 2014 11:32 am

Re: New windows: pay everything up front? Surely not!

50% up front does seem worrying at the very least. We've often paid tradespeople in stages for jobs, not paying the full figure until the job is done. I don't think it's always a bad sign if people ask for something up front - they have got materials to consider - but it seems like not much is happe...
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Fri Oct 31, 2014 11:14 am

Re: Cheap/online conveyancing

I used SAM Conveyancing which I found online and I'd strongly recommend them; their website is www.samconveyancing.co.uk but you can call them on 020 7112 5388. They quoted me a little over £600 at the start, which seemed good value to me, and they never added to this. This is the second time I've m...
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Fri Oct 31, 2014 10:55 am