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Letting agents fees?
I am trying to find a letting agent in the Durham area, So far I have been quoted about 10% of the rent per month which seems fair enough, however I have also been told that any work the agent organises, they will charge 30% on top of the invoice to me for having it done, I would have thought the 10% per month would cover…
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Renting Advice
I am planning our wedding for May 2009 and both my fiance and I are currently living with our parents. We are looking into moving out around the wedding so it all comes together nicely - she says...! We are going to have to rent because we can not afford to buy. We also dont think we are ready to buy a place yet,…
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House slow to sell should / could we part ex through Persimmon?
Hello, My query is two fold. My partner and I are re-locating. Our house has been on the market since February and after an initial flurry of viewings (about 10) things have now gone quiet. We've had good feedback regarding the house but we live down a private path and have to park the car about 50 yards from our front…
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leashold / freehold queries
To keep it short, i'm in the process of buying a house, that's leasehold, and the lease is so short it's unmortgageable. The owner is bankrupt and the trustees dealing with the sale, so there's no money to extend the lease or buy the freehold. The owners solicitor intends to buy the freehold then sell it to us on sale…
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House for sale - with 3 different agents
I am a first time buyer, and have just viewed a house, which is a repossession.It is currently on the market for £115000 with 3 different estate agents. I have made an offer for the asking price with one of the agents. They have told me that there has also been the same offer made with one of the other agents, and that…
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Letting without agent - Discount Letting Service Direct Ltd
Hi there, I'd be very grateful to receive any advice or people's personal experiences re letting without a lettings agent. I bought a buy to let in October last year and luckily it came with a tenant in place but he will be leaving soon. To save money I am thinking about trying to let myself. A website called "Discount…
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Gifted deposit,Property Deals(No Agent Fees)
Hello, I have been buying from property clubs for years. Am sick of paying crazy fees to them, 2%, and also some deals are poor. I have started approaching builders myself, and buying 5 plus units with other investors. Buying in bulk, we can get 15% discounts, and take that as a deposit when getting mortgages. Most…
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letting agency contract fees
Hi folks I'm unable to work at the moment so money is tight (same as for everyone else then:rolleyes: ) . I'm moving into a shared house and to claim housing benefit I have to provide a contract to prove that I live at that address and how much rent I pay. The letting agency has provided a contract but they want us three…
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Housebuying with Maternity Leave
I am looking for some advice on buying a new home, while my wife is on unpaid maternity leave. Our situation is that with my wife going back to work four days a week we can afford to borrow just over £230k based on 4x income. Our current house should sell for about £150k, and we live in Glasgow so it's the offers over xxx…
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Advice needed, please.
Hi all, for starters, this is a great site! I'm looking for advice on my present situation, which is that I'm buying a house for 200K and I will be borrowing 100K. The other 100K is my life's savings, it's a shame I was introduced to wine, women and song at an early age, I probably could have bought it outright otherwise…
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LA inspecting rented flat
Hi Just got a letter from our LA (who manage our flat for LL) informing us that they will be inspecting our flat on Friday. We won't be in at the time but they've told us thats not a problem. We're planning to give the place a good clean tomorrow and thursday and all furniture etc is in good nick (a couple of glasses and…
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Buy house w/ damp or walk away?
Hi there, Interested to hear people's opinons on this please. We offered on a house 6 weeks ago for £195k (it was marketed as offers in excess of £190k). The chain is now complete - there are 4 houses in front of us. Having had 2 damp reports, they both come out at just over £4k each. Both reports provide an estimate on…
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Going to view a rented property. What should I be asking?
Me and my partner anre going to look at a flat tommorow with the intention of renting it. What should we be asking the landlord so we dont look like complete novices. Are there are any legislations in place with regards to our deposit?
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House prices continue rising
Just thought I'd balance things up, amidst these threads of a crash. http://www.landlordexpert.co.uk/index.php?news=613 "Sound economic fundamentals and an ongoing shortage of housing supply will, however, continue to support house prices."
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How do I find out if there's a secured loan on the house?
My brother has got himself into all kinds of financial trouble and his house is on the brink of repossesion. It has been valued at 60k. I have offered to buy it off him for less than this, do it up and sell it on. On completion I would then give him the remaining 10k that I can't afford to give him now. Or maybe let it for…
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do you need planning permission to renovate a wreck?
title kind of says it all, i was driving down from oban and noticed a fair few derelict homes by the banks of loch lomand, some had no/damaged roofs, others were fire damaged shells. now its probably just a fantacy but im looking at getting a first home and frankly as a field engineer i can work from anywhere thats totaly…
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some reassurance need on this moving lark..
sold our house about 4 weeks back, (well accepted a decent offer on it) to first time buyers, we offered on a house which we eventually lost due to a higher bidder about a week after accepting the offer on ours. we have search far and wide for a suitable house but no luck yet, i'm more concerned that our FTB have not had a…
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Sell or Let???
DH and I have our house on market but with the HIPP date looming over us, so has everyone else put their houses up. Out situation is: we are moving to a new area and wanted house b4 selling this one to get it cheap and do it up b4 we move in, so we r nearly at exchange on a BTL mortgage, even though we plan to live in it…
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How Quick can we complete in?
On the 9th April we agreed prices to sell our home and to purchase a new one. The couple wishing to buy our Home have said they want to move in on the 10th May, they have cash buyer's and what will hopefully be our new home is chain free. On the 11th April I visited my bank (HSBC) and explained the situation to them, I was…
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Informal Tender
Anyone know the details of how this works and or if it is like sealed bids
