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Advice Needed: Problem with Rental Agent
Hi, I am currently renting and have been in the rental property for 5 months, during June we went away on holiday for 3 weeks and the agents asked if they could come in and paint the house as we had a boiler leek a few week earlier. When we returned from our trip, we were surprised to come back to our house that was left…
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Payslips required for mortgage!
I have received a decision in principle for a mortgage though to proceed the mortgage company requires the last 3 payslips, however one of my payslips has a court order on it, and i am worried they will refuse the mortgage if they see this. Any advice on purchasing payslips online, will these be accepted by the mortgage…
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Valuation of a new house
Can anyone advise me please...I am buying a brand new house and have just had the mortgage valuation done on the property (I was advised to only do the level 1 valuation). The full value of the house is £xk, we obviously aren't paying this....we are paying £xk. However, the value has come back at £1xk :eek: and for…
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Renting to local Council
:confused: I am writing to ask if any of the members have rented their houses to a local Council? We are looking at all our options ie selling or letting our house out before we make a final decision We understand that although you do not receive as much income from the local Authority, they continue to pay even if their…
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Advice urgently needed-crisis in my life!
hello Well having a traumatic time of it the last week or so, my partner of 11 years says he loves me but dont know what he wants!!:mad: Wants for me to be happy but dont know if he can ever do it!!!:mad: :mad: Now we have a 2 bed house together (mortgage) Owe about 100k. Bought for 120k, worth about 165k now! I am a…
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FTB - Building Regs Advice Desperately Needed
Hi. I've been looking to purchase a property for some time. I found a 4 bed victorian property over 3 storeys that fitted the bill. I have had an offer accepted and a valuer from the mortgage company has made a report. The property has an attic conversion which is a single bedroom with ensuite bathroom. The room was…
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Asbestos
I am buying a 1960's property and the surveyor noted the possibility of asbestos fibres in the ceiling artex, the soffit boards and the garage roof. I have contacted a company dealing with asbestos and they have advised they will need samples to check whether asbestos is present and will charge £125 + VAT. They went on to…
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Should I worry?!?!?!?!
after going through all the hassle of selling my house to a cash buyer ,then finding a new house for me (found one that isnt in a chain), and had offer accepted, mortgage offer done, everything signed. my buyer pushed and pushed and has wanted to be in the house immediately. finally all agreed that tomorrow was the day,…
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Flat for Sale with 106 year lease-- advice??
We're looking a a BTL property in East London with a 106 year lease. It's going at a good price, but as its less than the typical 125 years, should I take this into account if we decide to bid??Cheers!!
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Homebuyers Survey 2 months into sale
I have just been informed that my buyer want a Homebuyers Survey completed on my flat. This is 2 months after the offer was accepted. Why would someone do this at such a late stage? Has anyone else ever had this happen?
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selling my house (i should be so lucky)
Last november we put our house up for sale with a local estate agent christmas came and went not one viewing:p spring came still no-one knocking on the door:o then summer arrived they suggested a open day no one turned up for that:cool: they said have your flowers come out in the garden yes we said the garden looks really…
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Foreclosure Listing in Your Area!!
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Share of Freehold ...
Hi All I know i am asking the same question again but i have just spoken to Conveyancing Warehouse my solicitors and they have just really confused me. I am purchasing a share of freehold flat but it has both leases for thet op floor and bottom floor flat. However, they Conveaycning Solicitor is off sick today and they…
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Help needed with renting out property
Hi I have a 2 bed flat in Edinburgh which I am wanting to rent out. I am not wanting to go through a letting agency for this but obviously want to make sure I cover everything in the tenancy agreement. Can any one advise where I can get a standard agreement where I can just fill in the blanks? Or can someone advise what I…
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Need help regarding old rent arrears please.
Hi there I hope someone can help me, this is the first time I have posted on here. In 2004 my then partner of 14 years walked out on me and his three kids for another woman leaving us in debt with rent arrears, water arrears, council tax arrears, you name it we got the arrears for it, although I know it takes two to get…
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anyone tried out Tesco for selling their house yet?
any experience be interesting to find out. dont know if having to be upfront £199 is the best way of advertising houses.
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Changing Estate Agents
Advice please. We are 4 weeks into a 16 week contract with an estate agent. To cut a long story short, 1 1/2 weeks ago accepted an offer on our house. The buyer came round that night for a 2nd viewing ( odd after putting in an offer), suggested we got rid of the agent and split the commission...we said no way, and also…
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Need your Help to get another Rented House..
Hi There, I am currently in a privately rented house which is no longer suitable to mine and my partners needs... It is basically a tiny (studio sized) 1 bed house but it won't be suitable for when our baby arrives in a few months. We have debts and doubt very much that we will be excepted for another loan or increasing…
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HMO wash hand basin rule to be amended
The prescriptive requirement for wash hand basins, bathrooms and toilets as specified in Schedule 3 to SI 2006/373 met with much concern from both landlords and local authorities. Most local authorities wanted greater flexibility to adopt local standards, and to enable them to use their discretion, where they felt it was…
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FTB advice needed
Hi, I've been looking to buy a flat/house in Southampton ready for when I start my graduate role in Sept. I've seen a property that I really like, 3 bed terraced, however it's a concrete build. After getting the EA to enquire from the council it was built in 1974 and is of pebble dashed reema conclad construction. With not…
