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Council tax
Help I can't find the check your council tax band thread.
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Relationship breakdown and house sale?
I am having some severe relationship troubles and am looking for some advice in relation to if this ends up in us selling our house. We bought a run down house and have been renovating it and are about ¾ of the way through but are by no means finished. Houses in our area are being put on the market for around 110-115k we…
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Getting credit at your new address - help!
I am moving house in a couple of weeks to an unfurnished rented property from a furnished rented property. Obviously this requires getting hold of some basics like a bed, sofa, fridge etc. The first 2 I've managed to sort out with Homebase/Argos (buy one sofa get one free, woo hoo!) and they will deliver to the new address…
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how to sell a house quick!
Right i need some advice. we need to sell our house quick....there is a house we want, and they have dropped the price for us, but we need to sell our house asap. :confused: but how do we do this? how do me make someone offer!? i know its a long shot but can any body help?
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Breakdown of house price movement
We keep getting news of 'house prices rised by 0.5% this month" and similar. But this really doesnt mean anything. Prices could rise by 30% in the North and drop by 29.5% in the South. (ok the maths is wrong, but u get the idea!). Does anyone know of a site which breaks it down a bit more? Kent - 0.75% Essex -0.5%…
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Plaster bottom inch of fireplace area on new build
Plaster bottom inch of fireplace area on new build. New house comes with fire surround and hearth and the middle bit (where fire fits in) is plastered down to final inch where it's just like rubbly hole. I wasn't bothered and didn't bring it up because I was going to get a fire installed, however seeing how expensive they…
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what would you do
were just in the process of buying our second family home.we have managed to get quite a discount of this properety due to the owners emigrating and wanting a rapid sale as they previousley had the property rented and the tenant has moved on. now my dilema is our house we live in now is up for sale.but we have had to break…
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Freehold v Leasehold?
FTB and dont know that much about leasehold. Have viewed a couple of freehold properties but also seen a leasehold apartment with 125 year lease, £1 ground rent and £300 per annum service charge. Just wondered what the disadvantages of a leasehold property are? will it make any difference to the mortgage amount we can…
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help required
i have just had the envirosearch come back on my property and it has come back as 0.1% chance of flooding which has labeled it as a high risk(1 in 100 chance per year)and get this 0.5% of sea flooding(1 in 200 chance per year) the nearest sea to me is approx 45 miles away. there is a brook approx 50 mrts away from the…
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Pulling house off the market - now going to rent it out...
Right, I've had the flat on the market for 6 months, and despite it being very cheap, no-one interested as it has only got 57 years left on the lease.. So, I'm going to get the lease extended, which will take up to 24 months (the owners are in Paraguay, and will take the maximum possible time), and I'll rent it out in the…
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Home running costs
is there a list of things somewhere on here that you need to consider paying for when you run your own home? I am looking to get my first place, maybe in the new year, and I am trying to work out how much I am going to be able to afford (without pushing myself to the limit!). I have come up with a few things but there is…
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Rightmove UP and inflation UP
They are unofficial, but the rightmove asking price index is expected to be up by .5% in October (booo!), while inflation is again "expected" to jump to 2.7%. So both factors point to no change to interest rates before Xmas, and a possible rise after Xmas. But again a month is a long time in the world of economics, so it…
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Sitting tenant - regulated tenancy question/views????
Hi I’m considering purchasing a house at auction, and was wondering what the situation is with regards to” sitting tenants / regulated tenancies”. The house is worth approx £180 thousand on the open market. The problem is that there is a person who occupies the property is a sitting tenant and pays approx £91.00 per week…
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Rent out property - consent to let
As a FTB and having no clue about mortgages, i visited loads of banks etc on line for best offers. I chose the best deal for me and went with A & L. The mortgage was accepted and i got my key facts pdf file (a little thing that peed me off was i requested a call back, we through the process and the seller said "i'll call…
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contracts signed ..yepeeeee
Contracts signed yesterday . moving next Friday . this time next week i will be in.;-)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
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Advice please for a confused and worried poss FTBuyer!!
I live in a property that is rent free and goes with my job. I have saved some money and have been left some, I dont have a pension, (I am 34) and I thought that I should be buying a property and letting it out in the hope that I would be on the property ladder and that I would be making some money in the process - on the…
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Any advice on diy conveyancing?
I am selling a house, freehold, no mortgage outstanding, I have the deeds. I also have copies of contracts from when I bought the house. I'm not buying anything and as far as I can remember the selling part that I paid the solicitor for was did not appear onerous, just writing the contract and answering some questions from…
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Rent out proprty - Tax question
Hi all, This is a very niaive question and for that i apologise!! :o :o I am about to rent out a house through a letting agency. I have set up a seperate account for rent payments and any bills i should receive. I have been advised that i can offset any bills etc against my tax bill, my question is how do i do this, what…
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Buying property in Nottingham
Can anyone reccomend good areas to buy a house in Nottingham . Would woodthorpe be a good area?
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Rent or Buy equation
I know people don't like the never-ending house prices debate, and I'm not trying to start it here. However, I labelled the thread clearly, so that those who don't like it can steer clear. Basically I'd be really grateful if somebody could set out for me mathematically the equation(s) I should use when trying to work out…
