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Should I rent it out in the hope the price will increase in the future
Hi, I am thinking of buying my grandmothers house and have a few options one of which is to rent it out then sell it in a few years. Would this be worth doing and are house prices going to rise. Any advice would be most welcome. LJW:rolleyes:
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23 yr old extension, no paperwork
as a potential buyer, what should i be expecting/asking the vendor to be sorting out so that this extension isnt a problem for resale? many thanks
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Wahoo! Good news!
Well, we are delighted that last Thursday we accepted an offer for the full asking price!:j But the goodness doesn't end there, we had an offer accepted on a place yesterday (£2k below asking price), so all systems go... Well, saying that, the seller needs to find somewhere yet, although the estate agent seems to think…
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Change of heart re:selling
Could anyone let me know how we stand if we take our house off the market? We sold it within 5 days and have been searching for 3 weeks for a new house, but cannot find anything suitable. If we are going to pull out, we would rather do it before our buyer has incurred too much expense and time. If we pull out, will we be…
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House Letting
Can anyone help me please if my son has just bought a house with a mortgage that is not interest only and he comes back to live with me will he have to pay tax on his income from it. The income will not cover his mortgage repayments Thank You
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Buying through a holding company
Hi Greetings to everyone! I am a FTB and read with great interest the postings on this forum. I have a query. I have recently seen a two bed flat. The flat is in a fantastic location with great school nearby. There are seven flats in the block. The freehold title is owned by a holding company.The owners of the flat become…
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Excessive Service Charge
Bought a new build 1 bed flat in September 2005 and my service charge bill for 2006 was £746.75. This figure included £45 which was documented as being for the Management Company's Reserve Fund. Yesterday I received the Service Charge demand for 2007, which was for £801.08 plus a demand of £353.87 for the reserve fund (…
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prefab housing
Does anyone have any information on council tax rebanding in Scotland regarding 1940's wartime prefabs? Should they be in the same band as similarly sized stone or brick housing? Ours, which we are renting from a private landlord, is in quite a bad state of repair structurally. The interior walls are made of asbestos.…
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Social Homebuy Questions
Hi im interested if anyone knows about this new Scheme that just came out early 2007. Id like to buy my council property but 2 simple questions hopefully someone can answer them ;) 1) It says min payment is 25%, if I was to put down 50% of the house payment would they effectivly then give me 50% off ie the house would be…
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[B]Deposit Return Time?[/B]
Can the good landlords please tell me how long they wait to return a tennant's deposit ie What do you consider as reasonable time? Do you wait to see proof that the utility bills have been paid before returning the deposit? Thanks MissMP
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Would you buy a loft conversion flat in a popular location
I saw a property yesterday , a 2nd floor (top floor) loft conversion flat, lots of windows and lots of sunshine but a sloping wall in every room (2 bedroom). Good sized bedrooms though. The location is Prince Charles' Poundbury, in Dorchester , Dorset. The kitchen is modern (the building is only 2-3 years old), with enough…
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New Landlord Deposit Rules
As a landlady, from April 2007 I will not be allowed to keep the new tenants deposit. Does anyone know what I should be doing with it? In an article I read it says it has to go into a custodial scheme or one of the two insurance based schemes. How do I go about this? I do not want to end up paying an estate agent a huge…
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Chancel Repair Law ??????????????
Dont know if this is in the right place but my friend has just been told this is what has been found out about her house and she is gutted . The purchasers are now requesting that she pay's £63 insurance to cover any future "claims by the church" http://www.chancelrepair.org/7.html. I am disgusted people are been sh***ed…
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Help...So close yet so far
Hi all. I am new to the site, but thought I would ask what other users of the site think of the situation I find myself in. During the middle of January, I received a call from the estate agent to say a property had come back on the market, as it had failed to exchange the day before. Details were emailed over and it…
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Cheap but good quality packing boxes?
Hello, I searched for boxes in this forum and couldn't find a mention... We're moving three times this year and so we need boxes that are sturdy, can be collapsed and then put together again and most importantly, are cheap! Does anyone have experience or knowledge of a really good company that doesn't charge the earth?…
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Trying to sell Need advice
HI All We are currently trying to sell dh & BIL's family home which has 7acres of land & 2 dwellings, Unfortunatel neither of us are in a position to buy the other one out. It has been marketed since novemeber we have had about 8/9 viewings. The agents have said the market is dead at the higher end \ours is pricey for our…
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Do you regret selling your last home?
I moved 2 years ago and still haven't really settled into this place. I often wish that I hadn't moved and even dream about my old house. Do you wish that you were in your old home?
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FAO: Robert Sterling
In your signature, you state: "We learn by our mistakes. Happy is the person who learns by other peoples mistakes" In that case, I've just learnt from you that you should have an apostrophe after "peoples". ie. "We learn by our mistakes. Happy is the person who learns by other peoples' mistakes" Maybe you could learn from…
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Awm?
I know I'm gonna feel really daft for not being able to work this out myself, but can somebody please tell me what AWM stand for in relation to Renting a flat? It's driving me bananas!!! TIA Ancalime
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A garden's value
We have seen a property (A) we like that has a very large garden and was on market at £118k, we also viewed the same style house (B) that is on the cul-de-sac opposite at £105k Both properties are virtually identical semi's. * Both have 1 double master bedroom and a large single room. * B has driveway to front and is a…
