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Loosing your deposit!questions??
Hi, I wonder i any one can help me. We are currently looking to buy a new house and have aroung 20k deposit. I was just wondering what ways i could loose the deposit ie, if something goes wrong with the mortgage or we find out something about the house that makes us change our mind. Just wanted to know at what stage will…
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would buying an entire building get you a cheap appartment?
Hello I am Jan from Geneva and housing prices here are almost as bad as in the UK. I am looking to buy my first appartment since renting it does not seem to make sense anymore (about 1000€ rent for a 2 bedroom flat) However I have been thinking about an alternate route to becoming a home owner. My brainwave of today was:…
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Bond rights?
Hi, I appreciate questions like this have been asked before but I don't know the specific legalities of the situation. I've recently moved out of a new 2-bed flat and the property was assessed independently regarding the state of the flat on check-out. My partner and I cleaned all the rooms to the best of our ability but…
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don't know what to do
The full survey has come back, highlighting the fact that there needs to have work done costing £6-£7k off course most of this work does not have to be done straight away. they also recommended a drain specialist i'm not sure about negotiating - do we show them a copy? GRRRR
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Some advice please...
...I'm in the process of buying a house, the deposit is mainly from money I've managed to save myself & an amount my dad has kindly given to me as a gift. My partner will be moving sometime in the near the future & should we split, I would obviously like to protect myself financially. If he contributes to half my monthly…
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help mortgage advice
hi i will be renewing my mortgage in may 2008 and want to sell and buy another property. my question is i have 2 defaults on my credit file that are incorrect one from o2 which says i owe them £369 i have contacted 02 who says i dont owe then anything and default should never been issued but still having problems getting…
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council homes - rent - heating
hi i have a council flat in epping but wondered if this was also occuring over the country. our flats currently have blow air heating but they are slowly fitting central heating in some flats. rumours have it that they fit it then up your rent by £100 a month. anyone had any experience with upgrading there heating in…
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hypothetical £6,000 to invest in property
ok, say you had a spare £6,000 and wanted to invest it in property, what would you do? what other options would be available? ps. this is up north where property is still 'cheap'
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What a way to advertise a house!!
What estate agents would use images like these to sell a house: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-17065097.rsp?pa_n=4&tr_t=buy Whilst I appreciate it isnt highly priced you surely would only use the better images that didnt have washing or junk everywhere.
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Where do we stand? (getting our bond back)
Hi We've just had a call from our landlord to say that she hasn't been given any rent for the past 3 months from the estate agent she uses (although this has gone from our account) and that she thinks that it is likely that the estate agents our going to declare insolvency. The kicker is that they hold our £1200 bond and…
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No more House Buying, Renting, Selling & Prices threads please
Since it started this forum has been overwhelmed with threads on House Buying, Renting, Selling & Prices. Time to give it a rest.
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No current contract,but want to move & get bond back.
Hi, In need of some advice. Currently renting with Harlequin Propertys, whom have a bad rep regarding getting bonds back. We are buying our first property and asked landlords for monthly contracts, we were due to resign 6mth contract in september but they have just kept stringing us along so I wrote them a letter saying we…
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Advantages of Tenancy In Common
My wife and I are hopefully about to buy a house and had decided to buy as Tenants in Common rather than as a Joint Tenancy (which our present house is in) because of the potential inheritance tax advantages. Since IT has now been changed this is no longer an issue for us. Are there other advantages to us owning the new…
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Whats more desirable for bathrooms? Advice required
We have just purchased a 4 double bedroom dorma bungalow. All the living space is on the ground floor (lounge, kitchen/diner and conservatory) along with 2 double bedrooms, seperate toilet and large bathroom with big bath and large walk in shower unit. Upstairs there are 2 further double bedrooms with a bathroom (quite…
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What adds value to a house??
Hi folks. Just interested in your opinions! I've seen two properties which appear identical, however one has had a kitchen and dining room knocked through which to be honest I prefer and would have to carry out this work if I moved to the other one. The one with the kitchen/diner also has a south west aspect and is not…
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FENSA & LArkins
Larkins installed a large conservatory in 2003 on the house i want to buy. I think FENSA came in 2002. My solicitors as part of acting for the mortgage company are asking for the FENSA from the vendors (pretty much last thing as we've been in the process for a while now). I was looking up on the FENSA site and there is no…
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Just moved into a rented apartment and want to leave. Have I any options to get out?
Hi, This thread is aimed at both landlords, tennants and wise people in the know. I have just moved into a luxury apartment. Paid one months rent in advance, paid a deposit etc. I have been in there 15 days and I don't like it. I initially chose this property because it is a very prestige development etc and liked the…
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No more threads saying what type of thread you don't want to see any more of
I'm fed up of these threads. So stop it.
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UK's Best/Worst Places To Live??
Good morning: As many property-!!!!!! fans already know C4's Phil + Kirstie will be counting down the most/least attractive places to hang your hat tonight. Any predictions? After the results are 'revealed' will you have discovered your hometown is on the carp list or the idyll list? Comments please;) Canucklehead
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Part Rent Part Buy Help!
We're in a situation where no bank will lend us a mortgage since only my husband works cos i'm bringing up the 'little darlins' . But we're so sick of renting and landlords and letting agents and the other 99 pains in the bot associated with renting. We want to get on the property ladder! So we've applied for the part rent…
