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won't return balance of deposit
I paid £850 deposit. left 2 months ago and after a battle she gave back £500 as she said she needed to keep some back to clean stain off settee cover. She later said drycleaning cost her £180!!! and she has receipts. I have still to receive them. She also said carpet was dirty. This weas cleaned twice with carpet shampooer…
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Council Right to Buy - Its your right
Hi, hope ive posted this in the right place! My partner and i have been approached by a company called its your right with a view to us buying our housing association property, I just wondered if anyone here has had any dealings with this company, and if so what are they like to deal with? thanks
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Panic or first signs of fall?
Just looked through my shortlist of houses bookmarked since the start of the year and four have been reduced by £10,000, also noticed a couple of builders reducing their prices on new builds, I thought this was a no-no as they would try any incentives but sdrop the price. Builders are Shepherd homes and Elite homes in West…
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housing benefit pre-determinations??
Hello looking for a bit of insight into how HB calculations work, I am in the process of letting a house to a friend - her house is being repossessed and she needs a place quickly. I was going to ask £600. The HB pre-determination has come back as £500 standard rent for this type of property. I understand that the HB will…
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Can a property be both Freeold and Leasehold?
I have a friend who a few years ago bought a property that he thought was freehold. However, when trying to sell it this year it emerges that whilst he does indeed own the freehold, someone else owns the leasehold for the same place. This currently means he is unable to sell the place as he would need to buy out the…
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Selling HOUSES ABROAD? How, which URLS etc?
Hi all My parents have a house on a beautiful island in Greece. They have decided to sell the house this year. Now, ive been looking around on the net trying to find a good website to advertise the house. They have a local agent on the island but I am not too confident in her abilities. SO: my question is can any recommend…
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Free cardboard box
Been there done that. 5 year old deserves own bedroom one day. Please see thread "can't sell-loose everything if don,t - Yesterday, 6:56 PM"
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Random request...
Does anyone know of a good surveyors in East Sussex? Am buying a place down there and need a good one who isn't affiliated to an estate agent so I know they'll do a good independent survey. Am not using a mortgage provider so can't use their one. If anyone used one to buy their places or their mortgage provider recommended…
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Valuation surveyors visiting this week.. When to involve the solictors?
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Property Websites that Let You Search By Price
Does anyone know of any property websites that will let you search large areas (the whole country would be useful) by price only ?
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Rent instead of buy ??
Was surprised to get an offer on my ex-local authority property. Now I can't find a property in my price bracket, well I can but the choice is so small that I would just buy something so I have a home to move into. Has anyone considered renting?? It seems that properties are selling for more than they're worth and I am…
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Suggested wording for break clause please
I am a private landlord who manages their own properties. I have a tenancy changeover coming up shortly and and just re-doing (well, tweaking really) my master tenancy agreement to include clauses/wording to cover the new tenancy deposit schemes and how the deposit shall be handled....that I can cope with! Upon review, I…
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Rules to let a property
hi all, can anyone please tell me what are the rules for letting a property thru an estate agent or directly. also does the estate agent takes the responsibilty for maintenance and what if the house is vacant. also if there's a contract is it a yearly or 6 month contract. anything that i need to keep in mind before i…
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Could Buy To Let Turn Our Fortunes Around
We borrowed £65,000 so we could build a new property on land with the property we live in. It is secured on the property and a charge is registered at the land registry. Both properties are registered on the same title for the time being. We also have two unsecured loan adding to £24,000 and credit cards to the value of…
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A Land registry query
Is the ownership of all land in the UK registered with the Land Registry ? The reason I ask is that there is a query regarding who owns a piece of land and yet a search with the Land Registry shows no details of ownership. Is there any other way of finding out who owns the land?
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unusual properties for sale-railway viaducts/barns
interesting site http://www.property.org.uk/unique/
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Bargain Beach hut £140,000 Mudeford
Bargain Beach hut £140,000 Mudeford http://www.beach-huts.co.uk/huts/huts_sale.html
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developers that offer deposits paid do so because
developers that offer deposits paid do so because it helps sell the property for more than it is worth ? True of false
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Does re-decorating help sell a property?
Hello all, I am after some advice. My sister's flat has been on the market for a year and still no offer!! She has been with several estate agents and has reduced the price. Admittadley, some rooms are a funny shape but its a really nice, very very clean flat. However, the decor is very dated (long story), so my question…
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Building Soc Charges For Renting
I am going abroad with my family to work for between 12 and 24 months, leaving behind the one property we own. Obviously it makes sense to rent it out but the Portman Building Society have sent a standard letter saying they will increase my fixed interest mortgage by a full 1% and charge £100 for every time it is let or…
