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Premium for end terrace over mid?
In an ideal world, both houses being identical, same state of repair, etc how much more is the end terrace to the mid terrace?
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Private Renting or Agency Renting
Hi All, I am moving in with my partner soon and have decided rather than sell my current property I would like to to rent it out. I know the law has changed recently, could someone run through the basics with me? Its a two bed leasehold property. Should I get an agent to do it for me - don't they take a large cut for not…
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Gas and electric certificates
Hi all, Quick question, the survey report on the maisonette we purchasing states that we should get gas, electric and heating certificates from qualified engineers / electricians if none are available from the vendor. Is this something we should ask the vendor/ea about ourselves or does the solicitor do this? Thanks in…
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Reassurnce needed.
Hi all, I would like a few helpful words as to doing the right thing! Our 3 bedroom semi has been on the market for 4 weeks, with 4 viewings. 1 viewer said they did not like the ind. estate opposite. 1 viewer said they did not like the main road. But 2 x viewers said the upstairs was to small. Bedrooms are 1 x double, 1 x…
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No Deeds
I'm buying a house that has no deeds it has been registered at the Land Registry with title possessory, the vendor has had to take out an Indemnity Policy of insurance but i'm concerned whether this will cause me a problem when we want to sell??
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Help needed: Deposit on next house
I am a next time buyer, having just sold my first house I am unsure whether the £58k equity in my house is classed as deposit for my next property. I am sure I am missing the obvious but we have only a small amount saved for sol fees etc not for a deposit. I have found a house and want to offer £10k under asking. We have…
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Any advice would be helpful
I have a large 2 bed terrace house, with a mortgage of £60k outstanding. I have let it out for 3 years and as the lodger is leaving, I am debating whether or not to take out a few grand from my mortgage lender (add onto mortgage) and carry out some plastering\cosmetic repairs to re-let OR sell the house and buy a smaller…
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new kitchen or not
what are your views should my sister replace her dated kitchen and bathroom or let it go cheaper ? What would you do?
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buying house with crap credit rating (already own a property)
my house £195k , house i want to move to £135K. since i got the original mortgage my credit rating has erm.......... taken a slight dive, nothing major, im just worried that RBS wont give me another mortgage if i sell my current home :( £195k will pay off mortgage and secured loan. not to sure what to do, i need to move,…
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Quick Question about Landlord/Tenant Dispute
Hey everyone, Further to my previous thread "Complaint about landlord" I have another quick question which I would like to ask everyone.. Whoever reads this is probably going to find this very pedantic but I promise theres reason for it, which in a nutshell is that hes a knob and therefore we're going to claim for…
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Help - Issues with Landlord
Hi Hoping you can give some advice. I started renting my current property 2 1/2 years ago. The guy I was renting it from was in partnership with his father and was the son of a friend so he said that there was no need for me to pay him a bond. He fell out with his father about a year ago and his father took over sole…
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student having trouble with new landlord
My student daughter and 4 friends signed up and payed a deposit on a house 3 moinths ago. They signed up early in order to get a house that was safe traveling distance from places of work (my daughter has part time work in a city centre restaurant and returns by bus late at night). The also handed over two post dated…
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Tenancy contract - how to write one?
Hello, I've bought a new house, and I am renting one of the room. I have already found a tenant what will move in in September. I now need to write a tenancy contract, but I do not know where to start. Does the government publish a standard "guidelines" contract that I could use? Where to find information on that subject?…
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Advice please
I have found out today that the estate agent (RSKHomes) that I am selling my house through has misrepresented us - they are supposed to get us the best price (we put our house up for £265k) - they TOLD the buyer to offer us £250k (even though he wanted to offer us £255k). So they've intentionally made us lose £15k. We have…
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It's worth what somebody will pay for it...
I keep seeing the phrase "A property is worth what somebody will pay for it" repeated on this forum. And at that precise moment in time the statement is said to be true (but arguable). But do people really think about the huge amount of money they are actually offering on a property, or is it too strongly biased towards…
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Any experience with small claims court - Not bank charges
Hi Has anyone any experience with small claims court. We have just had a judgement upheld against a letting agency and they have been ordered to pay money owed etc. The judgement said if they paid within the month then it would not show on their credit records as a ccj. So far nothing received, we know the company is still…
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Buy or rent?
Hi all, I've been living in the UK for a bit more than a year. I'm here with my wife and we're currently renting a 1 bedroom flat in Wandsworth, and are paying £800pcm. Our plan is to stay in the UK for some years (something between 10 to 15 years). Then, retire in South America. This £800pcm is not expensive comparing to…
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Best way to find a new flatmate?
My sister wants to move out of the flat we share in South London. I don't want to move out into a smaller flat as (a) I can't afford it and (b) we have a cat and I don't think it'd be easy to find a new place where the landlord was ok with that (our current landlady's ace). I've discussed this with my sister, and need to…
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Short Term Renting Question
Hi All, I'm currently in the process of selling my property for the 4th time in a year(long Story). Assuming it goes ok this time we are considering taking some of the stress out of the move and putting us in a stronger negotiating position by going in to rented accommodation for a few months as a kind of chain break.…
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Notice on rental property
I have a 6 month rental agreement that expires on 4th Dec this year. I'm going to America for 4 months at the end of August and am wondering where I stand re getting out of my contract early. There is nothing in the agreement about giving notice. Do you think i'd be able to give 4 weeks notice, or any notce at all for that…
