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Hi, Looking for some advice on planning rules for this. We're undertaking a small rear extension with a kitchen renovation (extension is exempt from planning as its a lot smaller than the 40m2 limit) . The kitchen will be in the middle on one end of the house with a new living room at the rear...

Thanks for clarifying that, especially what the pre 2013 contributions were as I had struggled to find exactly what that could mean. Now we know we can plan accordingly.

I've reviewed those links RedOnion, thanks - the TSB is particularly interesting

Great thanks. Yes married and jointly assessed. Just to add - my income has significantly increased the last two years - before that, no bonus, no stock. base salary increased by 20/30% over last 2/3 years so that probably accounts for some of the reasons. Hence why I want to start doing things...

Hi RedOnion, Yes with PTSB.

Age: 41 Spouse’s/Partner's age: 40 Annual gross income from employment or profession: 109K (€86k base salary + 11K car allowance + 12K Bonus) Annual gross income of spouse: €24k (actually its 39K gross salary but taking 2 days parental leave a week currently) Monthly take-home pay: €6,150 (not...

I took voluntary redundancy a few years back and because I no longer had life insurance which was covered by my then employer I took out a Zurich life insurance policy for myself and wife after some financial advice. I am now working for a company that provides a very generous policy which will...

Going through this with PTSB ourselves... Hardest part of approval was us getting all the paper work together! Took a couple of weeks after that was ready. Our deposit will be the equity from house sale but we had savings too. Even though you are second time buyers deposit required could be...

Thanks - Its been 11 years but yes we did. I'll dig out their details and try them.

Would anyone know where I should go to get a copy of my mortgage agreement so that I could check for myself if I would lose my tracker because I'm letting out my home renting another house? I am reluctant to go to the bank in case it draws unwanted attention...

I'm about to start into the process as a second time buyer but I've had a number of meetings with different banks and all of them have said I don't need the full 20% deposit. I don't know the exact formula they used but its based on a number of things (including the value of the house to be...