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Landlord Moving Back Into Rented Flat
I was wondering what the legal position would be for someone who was on an AST if they discovered that the Landlord was moving back into the flat they resided in (It has three bedrooms). The relationship between landlord and tenant is frosty to say the least, due to exceptionaly bad (and illegal) treatment by the landlord,…
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Shared ownership with Parents
Hi, As a first time buyer I am in the fortunate position of having parents who own a second property outright. After making the decision to sell the property, and after my decision to return to my home area, they offered me the opportunity to get onto the housing ladder by buying half the property now, and hopefully the…
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Having split with my wife am i entitled to any of the house we rent off her parents?
Hi, I have just split with my wife, we have a house worth around £1.4m, it is owned by her parents and we have a contract to pay a peppercorn rent, around £125/month, we dont pay it and the contract is in place to just protect thier property should we split up. We have been in the house for 5 years and been married for 14…
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How to force tenants rights without costing a fortune?
We have found ourselves in a potentially problematic situation. The LL of our property is under the impression that we are only renting the house and that does not include the garden etc. Our solicitor is of the opinion that he is in the wrong over this. Anyhow, the LL instructed people to come in and pull down some trees.…
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Loft Conversion - Freeholdvleasehold
We purchased our leasehold terraced 1st floor flat in Nov 06. Already it is too small and we would like to convert the loft into a bedroom and toilet/shower room. We have 111 years left on our lease but our downstairs neighbour who we would share the freehold with if we purchased it only has 63 years. We can approach the…
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Renting - Where to put the deposit
Hi, can anyone help, I am about to rent out my house and have been told that any deposit I take must be put in an account which belongs to the government and that I have 14 days to inform the tenant where it is. Any idea's how to go about this ?
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Exessive items left by previous owners on new house purchase
I am looking for advice. During the purchase of a new flat, the previous owners who were devorcing managed to leave the place in a total mess (which we expected to be honest) but they have left us with enough items that we require a skip to get rid of it all. This includes a broken dishwasher, bikes etc. We complained to…
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Estate agent using photo of my house in marketing flyer
I completed on a house a month and a half ago and today i got a flyer from the estate agent we went through with a picture of my house and enquiring if other people in the area were thinking of moving...i.e. drumming up business. At no point do i believe i gave the agents permission to use a photo of the now 'my' house to…
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So are these prices sites accurate?
I've been doing a bit of research for my local area (as part of my research into buying a house ) and I am not sure how accurate tese websites are (houseprices.co.uk and nethouseprices.com) If they are I am thinking the EAs in my area (Bridgwater) are in for a tough time... according to houseprices.co.uk only 26 properties…
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Bridging Loan Help
I am due to move house shortly but the buyer of my current property does not move until 4 weeks later. Nationwide our mortgage Lender does not provide bridging loans therfore can anyone advise as this is the first time we have had to do this.
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sold house now new buyer a nightmare
my son just sold his house and the new buyer has been a nightmare before moving and since moving in on tuesday cut a long story short keeps ringing him first of all it was the buyer was having trouble with bt ? and needed his phone number they had at that address which my son took with him when he moved so im not sure why…
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joint mortgage to sole name
Me and my partner bought our flat in joint names however we are no longer together. He has moved back to his mums and im living in the flat. He says i can change the mortgage to my name and keep the downpayment he paid for the deposit as he doesnt want anything. the mortgage was for £77,000 and is fixed for 2 years we have…
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What to offer? what to pay?
Hi All, I think after a year and 3 sales that didn't complete I'm finally going to sell my home. I'm interested in the new builds on the link below and would be interested to hear what you think my initial offer shoud be and what I should end up paying. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-8773389.rsp?pa_n=2&tr_t=buy…
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Mortgage application without Indefinite leave to remain.
We're currently selling our house and everything had been going smoothly as far as we knew. I've found out today that 6 weeks after accepting an offer , our buyer's buyer has still not had the survey done. It turns out this is because she is struggling to get a mortgage as she doesn't have indefinite leave to remain in the…
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Can Barratt do this?
Hi all, this is only my second thred since joining. I bought a 2 bed house off-plan from Barratt. When I went into the sales office the rep told me if I was interested I should put a £99 deposit down to secure the plot as the prices would be going up a couple of days later. After telling them I wasn't sure I could afford…
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Selling leasehold and having real problems - any advice apr.
I'll try and explain as best I can and understand. We bought a 3 bed maisonette four years ago and started the process of selling it in November last year. We seem to be held up at every possible hurdle - here is a rundown of the problems I can remember (from the most recent) Solicitor (acting for buyer) is requesting a…
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Renting - Rights re: worn staircase carpeting?
Just wondering if anyone knows if landlords have any responsibilties re. replacing VERY worn staircase carpeting. It has worn through to the wood on most of the steps, and we have had to use duct tape to limit the possibility of catching feet on the loose carpeting and falling headlong down the stairs, however it's still…
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MoD?
Has anyone had any dealings with the Ministry of Defence with regard to selling or buying a property to a soldier? Apparently, our purchaser's solicitor is having problems getting information from MoD and in having them put on the mortgage as second charge... Any helpful insights would be extremely welcome!!!
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planning consultant nightmare..help......
Hi! I've got myself in a right old state over this.......here goes.................. To save money and to start a family business, myself, partner and child want to move in with my parents and buy a bigger place together. We roughly decided a budget and went to view a property which we thought would be ideal, only problem…
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FTB - payment protection etc help
hi, we are exchanging tomorrow and need abit of help , do we need to get both payment protection and life insurance ? and do we need them for both of us ? i earn 17k my partner earns 24k, thanks
