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Would this put buyers off
I live in a Semi detached, and am going to be putting my house up for sale within the next couple of weeks. My neighbour doesnt live in his house, hes currently working in Dubai. There was talk that he was going to rent the property out, because when his contract finishes, he wanted to stay in the house, then, there was…
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Management Agency to start legal proceedings against me
Hi guys, A newbie here, i read a lot of the posts but never post myself. I need some advice so, here i am. I bought a flat last july, as part of the purchase i had to pay an apportionment of the ground rent and the management fees. the management fees are paid twice a year, £250 in september and £250 in march. So i paid…
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Free Tenants & Landlord agreement
Hi Does anyone know where I can download a free Tenants & Landlord agreement thanks
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Guardian Financial Services - endowmwnt underperforming
Can any one give me some advice. I have written to the above two times using the Which Templates that are recommended here and been told by GFS that I have no case. I am not sure what to do. I can go to one of these endowment collection agencies OR may be go to the Ombudsman on my own. I do want a result. I have held…
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Advise for a newbie please
could someone please explain what is meant by bids by formal tender. house that needs a lot of work doing. many thanks
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Energy Saving Grants
I've read a little bit about these at the EST website and am looking at a new boiler, loft insulation and cavity wall insulation. Has anyone managed to get a grant and if so off whom? My wife doesn't work to look after our son and gets child tax credit. Anyone?
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Costs of Renewing A Private Tenancy??
I moved into my current property back in November last year. It's a 2 bedroom second floor flat, the rent is £600pcm. I initially paid a total deposit of £1550. This consisted of £200 Initial Deposit £1200 Security Payment £150 Admin Fee My tenancy is due to expire on the 8th May 2007. I have this morning recieved a letter…
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Building Regs Problem
We are in the early stages of buying a house that had an extension about 15 years ago, before the current owners purchased. Discussions with the vendors seem to indicate that they didn't inherit any paperwork or certificates for building regulations. There was an application for planning permission. We indicated our…
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Selling House --any Help
Hi all---we are selling our house after 26years in it ex council semi det, five apt, in edinburgh worth about 150,000 the questions? are what will we need to do and what fee,s will we have to pay ??? We have someone coming from RE/MAX but should we get more ? Any help appr, thanks.
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Threat of gazumping
I wouldn't usually be posting at this time of the morning but...._pale_ We have looked at a p/x house being sold by a major housebuilder, and having discussed offers with EA agreed a price that the builder has said woudl be ok. But not had a definate yes to the offer. (yet) However, the builder is insisting that even if he…
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How long do I give them?
I'm a FTB (3 bed terrace £150k), in a chain of 2 houses. The one I'm buying and the one my vendor is moving to. I've recieved my contract from my solicitor, recieved my mortgage offer, signed everything, crossed the T's dotted the I's and given my solicitor a fat cheque with my deposit! Phoned the EA today for a update,…
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A plea to tenants and homeowners
I'm not implying that you are all like this but please listen. Now, I know this isn't a money saver for you, but believe me, it is for me. I am a self employed painter and decorator. I do work for some insurance companies. Today I was to repaint walls and ceilings in a bedroom, kitchen and living room due to water damage.…
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cancelling estate agents
We have had our property on the market for approximately a year now and had only a handful of viewers.We had no feedback from the estate agents as to why they did not wish to proceed any further, with constant assurance that the property was in good order and at the current market value. We finally told the estate agents…
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Help for my sister please
My sisters landlady does nothing and its really getting to her now(my sister that is) lots and lots of things, most relavant(sp?) ones at the min, my sister and her partner and 2 kids aged 4 and 2 have had to go 2 days with no heating and no hot water, because when she rang the landlady she said no its not broken mine…
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Best and final offer
Hope someone can help! We've found a house that we'd like to buy, spoke to the estate agents selling it today and they've asked for best and final offers by Saturday noon. The house is lovely but needs considerable work doing on it, some of it I've been able to cost out but some of it, for example there are serious…
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Help Needed re:- letting spare rooms
Hi, to cut a long story short I have just purchased a large 8 bedroomed house and would like to rent out some of the rooms monday to friday. My questions are what type of insurance do I need? Who do I need to tell? Are the people renting the rooms classed as lodgers? how many people can you take in? - as you have probably…
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Vendor left us with £5K management fees
My solicitor recently informed me that the previous owner of our flat left owing £5000 to the management company. The management company are now pursuing us for the money and refuse to open a new account in our name until the money has been paid. Does anyone know if we are liable for the fees? Surely our solicitor should…
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Rightmove Website, is there an easy way to...
On the Rightmove site, unless it's staring me in the face (or discreetly hidden) I can't see if there's a way to work out how long a property has been listed, or if there's a history of it's previous asking price. I don't mean what it might have been sold for, previously, just offered & which agents had it. Thanks in…
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WOM Mortgage Advisor - how to find?
This feels like a very stupid question but I'll ask anyway :o How does one go about finding a *good* WOM mortgage advisor?
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How long before we reduce the price??
How long would you leave your house on the market before you reduce the price?? We put our house on the market mid last year had quite a few viewings and actually sold at one point but the sale fell through, we decided to change estate agents just after christmas and it has been on the market about 3 weeks now. I just want…
