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Martin Lewis Blog: 'House offer accepted, now they want £20,000 more! What should I do?'
A passer-by stopped Martin in the street recently to ask his opinion on her house buying dilemma. You can check out his view in a video he posted: Martin Lewis: 'House offer accepted, now they want £20,000 more! What should I do?' What would you do? Stand your ground? Walk away? Pay the extra? Negotiate? Tell us your…
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New to the House Buying, Selling & Renting board? Start here
✅ This board is for... * Questions about buying or selling a home * Questions about renting a home * Questions about being a landlord 🚫 This board is not for.. * Debating the state of the economy * Debating house prices in general * Political debates Note: In order to help keep the Forum a useful, safe and friendly place…
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Tenancies in Eng/Wales: Guides for landlords and tenants
post 1 This thread is intended to provide information to both landlords and tenants relating to Assured Shorthold Tenancies (ASTs) in England and Wales. Updated April 2020 to include the Coronavirus Act 2020 and July 2020 to include the Electrical Safety Standards Regulations 2020. Topics covered: Post 2: Repairing…
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Tenant obstructing access rights.
Posting for a friend. Two adjacent terraced houses, both tenanted, different landlords. One is an end of terrace and the mid terrace has a right of access to their own back garden, through the back garden of the end of terrace. This is written in the deeds of both properties. Tenant of the end of terrace has started to be…
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Can/should my estate agent give me info on the full purchase chain?
I'm currently in a chain that's 5 links long (was in a 4 link chain before but it fell through). I'm rather keen not to just know about my vendors and buyers, but my buyers' buyers and their buyers. I'm pretty sure my estate agent knows the details of this (like their estate agents and properties, at least, not sure about…
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Converted outbuilding
We have jut bought a house which has an outbuilding. From the outside it looks like a stone built property. Inside it has been made into a studio with electric heating (all checked last year for safety). The work was completed 13 years ago by the previous owner. (email from previous owner confirming this) I am looking to…
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Renting a house to family while overseas
We are moving to Switzerland this summer and our daughter and son in law are selling their property and moving in to ours. We are not charging them rent (savings their mortgage is a gift to the newlyweds) but wondered about the best arrangements for bills etc. We are in our mid/late 50's, mortgage free and owned the place…
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Rental properties and pets
Despite the change in the law on 1st May that renters have the right to request permission for a pet, every one of the properties I've found through email alerts on Rightmove have categorically stated no pets, both in the summary and the description of the property. These are all new postings, so it isn't as if they are…
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New "Have a Look at This" thread
The other one has disappeared and any posts I have made are not listed in either my posts or thanks. This thread is for things like: . Spotting pets in properties . Anything awful - decor, extensions etc . Quirky properties . Timewarp properties . Properties in serious repair and anything which is different and of interest…
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Services charges on an over 55's flat
A friend is buying on these - how can they be sure that the service charges won't go increase a lot in 10-20 years?
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Tenancy guarantor - insurance
We find ourselves in a position where we have no choice but to act as guarantor for all the tenants living in the house our daughter is renting a house with (post uni so not students). Until she reaches a salary of £33k we have to do this otherwise she won't be able to earn anything at all. We don't know the other tenants,…
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Rents increasing
Locally in Essex where we have rental properties we own and manage rents have, on average gone up by 10% and we have noticed fewer properties for rent. It looks to us as if the renters right act is having the opposite effect intended. Less homes to chose from and higher rents? Is it the same in your area?
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Leasehold Carpet Clause
We are looking to buy a leasehold property but have just been informed there is a "carpet clause". We would really like to have hardwood flooring instead and can't see any issues since there isn't a property below it. However, I'm wondering if anyone has had experience in convincing their leasehold landlord to allow them…
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Bank wanting zero balance on reward credit card
Hi, I'm in the middle of a mortgage application and the bank is currently holding it up because they want a zero/nil balance on two credit cards I use for my daily spending and then pay off each month. The cards are a paid (£300 annual) BA Amex Premium Plus (and a back up Barclaycard Avios Mastercard for where Amex isn't…
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Pull out of flat purchase because of uncertain parking?
Hey — would really appreciate some thoughts as I’m in a bit of a strange situation with a flat I’m in the process of buying in London. I viewed a flat that was marketed as having secure allocated parking. The listing heavily emphasised this (including photos of the space). When I spoke to the seller at the viewing, they…
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Dilemma: stick with buyer after long delay or remarket?
Selling parent's flat - it was put on the market last May before my parent died as they had moved into a home. Buyer is an older person who was first one the flat was shown to. They loved it, offered asking and parent accepted, then died suddenly about a month later. I then had a very long probate delay, finally getting…
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Could my friends car, parked on my drive stop me from selling my house?
Hi, I would like to sell my house, but my friend's car is parked in my driveway. He has been working on the vehicle for over the past four years, doing very little to it. I did tell him I want to sell my house, and could he move his car off my driveway? I'm starting to lose my patience with him as I now want to move this…
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What will happen if a joint tenant stops paying rent
I am on a joint tenancy with 2 other girls. One girl has moved and stopped paying (fixed rate) utility bills two months ago. Since then she has been looking for a replacement but keeps sending individuals outside of our desired criteria. We stated that we would prefer female tenants who are students and non-smokers in…
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Periodic Tenancy Agreement Template (private landord)
Hi all, Could anyone advise me on where to obtain a Periodic Tenancy Agreement Template for a private landlord, please? Also, where can I download a Right to Rent document? Many thanks Bruno
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Processing time of Land Registry to aid New Build resale
I have just found out that the leasehold portion of my shared ownership home has not finished being registered in the land registry, but the freehold portion has (i think that’s how it works). I attempted to expedite the process and they informed me that they had sent a request to my previous solicitors and are awaiting a…
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renting furnished or unfurnished for 6 months or so
Hi looking for a nice flat for around 6 months possibly a slightly longer makes sense to me to go furnished, due to time frame. however, does anyone think i'm limiting the market unnecesarily? i mean could i just buy a roll up mattress on the floor and a cheap chair table/desk which i wouldnt even take with me at the end?…
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Rental holding deposit
has anyone had experience where holding deposit on a rental is being asked to be paid via rightmove ?
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Short Term Lets after May 1st?
I have been told by an established rental agency that after may 1st it will be illegal for landlords to advertise their property as a short term let even if thats what they wish to do. So this raises the question. If one has a property they wish to let just for a limited period. Say, for example, you are not sure what you…
