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Moving House - how to get Sky reinstalled free?
Im moving house on Wednesday (finally) and just wondered if anyone had moved and managed to get Sky to reconnect them in the new house i.e new dish etc for fee?
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Tenancy Renewal - A few Questions
Hi I have just stumbled across this forum and as there seems to be a lot of knowledge here in these forums I thought I would ask a few questions. I live in the North East of England, I rent a 1 bedroom flat paying £550.00 pcm excluding all bills. My tenancy is due for renewal at the start of May and my landlord has advised…
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Substation risk - cultivation agreement
The house we want to buy has a patch of land on it’s garden which is actually owned by Scottish Power Manweb. When the houses were first built 18 years ago, this bit of our garden was reserved to be an electric substation. This was found not to be needed, and was never built. It just means that legally, they have reserved…
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Landlords responsibilities: advice please
Hello, my aerial has fallen off the chimmney on the roof of my rented property. Thus i have no television. I emailed the agents and they have said they think that, that is my responsibilty and i have to pay for repair. Surely this isn't right.:confused: Can anyone help me please.
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Offer Accepted - House Still Advertised
It's been a while since I last moved house, and I can't remember the exact process I went through on my last purchase, but is it unusual for an EA to still be advertising a property for sale even though someone (me) has had an offer accepted at the asking price? When I initially made the offer my own house wasn't on the…
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Please Help BIL - Homeless in 3 days
Please can anyone offer any advice, the situation is as follows; Brother In Law is in a fair bit of debt and has been suffering from depression for the past year, it turns out he is in £3,500 arrears with his rent, (he rents privately) he is on housing benefit and Incapacity benefit. The Estate that he rents from have now…
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House Selling Advice Please!
Hello. Ive never posted on these forums before and wondered if anyone could help....... My girlfriend and I are currently in the process of selling our house. Our buyers recently had a wall tie survey carried out which came back with a quote of £2.5k to replace the corroded ties. We thought this rather steep so obtained a…
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Buy or Continue Renting? A personal case for MSE to debate.
I know it feels like this has been done to death before but there's a key difference here - I am aiming to make this decision as head-based as possible and not let emotion enter it. I would like to move closer in to London and ideally into a flat/house where I can let out a room to a like-minded lodger, so I'm looking at…
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chancel liability, insurance etc
Our solicitor has just thrown up some information about our purchase to say that the house is on land that is subject to chancel repair liability. On reading up on the web about this it would seem that a basic search showing we MAY be liable could then be covered by an insurance policy. However, our solicitor has then…
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Any Advice? Northwood UK - GUARANTEED RENT
Hi Guys, I am looking to rent out my property and came across a company called Northwood UK (hxxp://www.northwooduk.com) their platinum service offers a guaranteed income, regardless of there being a tenant in my property. Has anyone had experiences with this company? Do you think they are more likeley to put ANYONE in the…
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Does anyone know about extending a lease on a flat
HI We have found a flat with 78 years left onthe lease and was wondering if we could negotiate with the vendor in terms of price due to the fact that the remainining lesae we so low?. Also does anyone know how much it costs to extend a lease? Thanks in advance for your replies Yasmin
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Estate agents ruining housing market
I am so cheesed off with flaming EA's, they shouldn't have be allowed to have such an influence on the market. I have been trying to buy in a little village for over 2 years now, houses were few and far between and were sold within days so we kept missing out. We decided to sell and got a great price the end of last year…
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Anyone know anything about damp?
Hiya, Hope someone can help and that this is the right forum! I viewed a lovely house yesterday which had its cellar converted into a kitchen. The guy had a dehumidifier running constantly because he said that air we breathe has no where to go! There is some kind of 'bubble wrap' behind the walls to stop the damp. I am…
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Anyone know anything about damp?
Sorry if this is not the right forum to be posting on but I am in need of some advice about a house I am thinkin of putting an offer on. They have had their cellar converted into a kitchen, it's really lovely and spacious but there is one problem. The guy had a dehumidifier running constantly and said it was because there…
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Late rent charges - can I claim back?
I've been having problems with my letting agents - wondered if I could get some advice. They have it written in the tenancy agreement that late rent payments incur an automatic fine of £25 - I can't help wondering if you can claim these charges back the same way you can claim back your bank charges? It seems exactly the…
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Valuation report- Worried (as usual!)
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Got valuation report through from Abbey. Some areas of concern... There is an extension in the kitchen, very small just providing a utility space at the end of kitchen - however, survey says it's sub standard, i.e. single skin block brickwork approx 110mm thick, will be prone to…
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Housing Associations
Does anyone know how i can join a housing association in london as i am tired of paying exorbitant london rentals , i cant get any mortgadge due to bad credit history riddled with defaults , please help.
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Lodgers - what bills they can contribute to?
Hi, i have just brought a flat with my girlfriend and we have decided to rent a bedroom to a friend of mine, we have provided him with a double bedroom and provided a bed, wardope, chest of drawers etc all that is required and have allowed him access to the kitchen, lounge, bathroom, all that would normally be allowed, for…
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urgent advice to calm elderly mum
My mother was left the house she lives in by her mother 11 years ago, with no mortgage on it. My mum has lived in the house for 60 years (she lived there while my gran was there) Mum has the deeds to the house which are still in my grandmothers name, and she has my grandmothers will leaving the house to my mother. When she…
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help with searches
How to i go about getting searches done and whats the cheapoest way? I can have it done through my mortgage provider they quoted a £300 one and a £600 one do these seem fair prices to pay?
