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Why is 'Real' Estate called 'Real' Estate, not just 'Estate'

My husband and I bought the house several years ago for 38,000.00 and were told when we bought that the building foundations were faulty ,and that you could get no morgage from the banks. If so what...

Tony Monero

Help - Legal Advice!!!!

I live in a flat on the ground floor which I own. I have water leaking through my ceiling in the bathroom, kitchen and know the lounge. It must be from the flat above. I have a solid concrete ceiling...

Yai

Legal question - gifts?

If someone gives you a gift, for example a birhday present, does it become your possesion? If a boyfriend buys his girlfriend something and they end up splitting up, would that gift be legally hers to...

snowballed

who owns this house

husband never got house he built for us on his family farm to be in our name it is in his parents name now his dad is decesed , his mother mentally incompetant and greedy sister has Power of atorney....

calibrax

How much for a witness signature?

I have a document which I need to sign in relation to the sale of a house... my signature needs to be witnessed by a "Commisioner for Oaths". How much will he charge for this?

stowaway

house deeds

Before my mother died she had a trust deed drawn up saying myself and my husband were the owners of her house and that she was just the tenent of the property. The property has a small mortgage in her...

m.willetts

property deeds

my sister and I inherited my mothers property after her death .The deeds at the time of the execution of the will were transfered in to mine and my sister's names. I susbquently bought my sister's...

jadel

Roof beams

My property has a large crack in one of the beams of the A Frame. We have been advised to place a brace on which has been done but one company has told us that replacement may be our only option. Any...

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