My wife and I have around £200,000 in our pensions and own our home outright. I am recently retired, and my wife is self-employed and still works part-time, earning around £2,000 a month. My daughter and her husband have a fixed rate mortgage that is set to rise by about £400 a month once they … Read more
My neighbour’s tree is blocking the sunlight in my garden. With every year the tree grows taller, the problem worsens. I have made a number of polite requests to my neighbour to either prune or cut down the tree, which he has rebuffed. We now get almost no sunlight in our back garden, but he … Read more
We are thinking of putting our house up for sale now the New Year has arrived. We have spoken to a few local estate agents, who say they can do valuations in the coming weeks and have indicated their fees. The fees vary a bit, can we negotiate on them and what is the best … Read more
I bought an off-plan flat in Battersea two years ago but so far have only paid a deposit. As property prices are expected to fall as a result of the coronavirus I do not want to complete the transaction and buy the property. But if I back out now can I still get my 10 … Read more
We are first-time buyers and had an offer accepted on a property just before coronavirus hit. We still want to go ahead with the purchase and exchange after lockdown, but we’re worried that the house will be worth less by then? We don’t want to gazunder the seller or mess them around, but also we … Read more