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House Built on a Disused Mineshaft
Hi, I was wondering if anyone could offer me any advice. I am in the process of buying a mid-terrace Victorian house. We had a coal authority search and a follow-up Mine Interpretive Report which revealed that the house is sitting on a disused mine shaft. The Interpretive Report emphasises that the risk of anything…
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Deposit withheld
Id be really interested to know what you would do if you had gone through the following saga: - You lived in a rented house for 1 year. - At the end of the tenancy you had a house walkthrough during which time it was decided by the landladys husband that the stairway carpet needed cleaning and another layer of paint needed…
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Serving S21,Tenancy Deposit rules and Sword of Damocles
Following on from a thread a few weeks ago where it was raised that the requirements of the new Tenancy Deposit Scheme(s) must be complied with before a S21 can be served...I have the promised clarification. Please do no assume I do serve a S21 at the time I sign a tenancy agreement...I just promised to clarify the…
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Gas and electrics: service before exchange of contracts?
Apologies if this has been covered in other threads, I did a quick fruitless search. I am in the process of buying a 12 year old property, survey has come back fine except to recommend servicing boiler and electrics - basically there is no service history for the gas boiler (12 years old) and the electrics have never been…
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Household removals & pet relocation
Hello - new to this so hopefully I'm using the right place. We're moving back to Australia and as it's been a number of years since we moved over I wanted to see if anybody had any recommendations re who they'd use to do a house removal and a pet removal. Any advice gratefully received. Thanks Adelaide
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boiler broke in rental, how long to give the LL to repair
quick question, the combination boiler broke last night (water gushing from back of it) i turned the boiler off because it lost all pressure, so i phoned my LL this morning, and he said he will get one of his builders round, he's just phoned to say that the guy cant get round til tomorrow now. leaving us without hot water…
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All Inclusive Rent: Good or Bad?
Hi all, I have rented a few rooms in my house out over the past year to help with the mortgage. I'm planning to get a new lodger in (one of my friends). My problem is that in the past I made the rent all inclusive of bills (except a phone) but one of my housemates really took the p***. She constantly invited friends round…
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Can anything be 'reused'?
Hi Newbie to the site so hi all! In brief we were in the process of buying and selling when our original buyer pulled out quite a long was into the process (all surverys complete, searches done) It was a 'personal' reason apparently and nothing to do with the survey or anything. Luckily a new buyer has stepped straight in…
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Showhomes - snagging report required?
We are about to buy a home in a new development. The house was the first to be built out of a total of 7 four bed detached houses. The house we are buying is currently the show home and has been used as a show home since August 07. We are completing in December 07. My question is whether you think it is worth having a…
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BTL remortgage?
Hi, Not 100% sure of getting things on the forum! But here goes for a second time! I am moving in with my boyfrined in January and I want to rent out my one bed flat which I have lived in for over 1 year, due to remortgage Aug '08. I have spoken with lender and they would require between £250-£450 for a right to let for 6…
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Prices ARE falling!
Ok it's another one of those threads, feel free to add your "Yawns" and "Whatevers" ...but this is merely a report of TWO seperate phone calls I received yesterday. I'm a potential FTB in Bournemouth/Poole/Christchurch, deposit, AIP, solicitors all sorted and been looking for a while now so on first name terms with most…
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Home buyers: be very careful!
Properties on offer through estate agents are looking increasingly like a false market. Home owners are attempting to sell at bubble prices. To be fair, a few unwary buyers who have failed to follow events in lending markets are still being suckered in. The numbers of these sales however are falling like a stone. Auction…
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My solicitor has not repaid charges on my old house
I have just found out that my solicitor did not actually repay charges on my old house (for debts of mine secured on the house) before passing the residue of the money to me (some three years ago). Does this mean the new owner is responsible for the debts? Who actually owns the house now? Do I still have to settle the…
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House prices drop 0.6% in September
House prices fell by 0.6% during September as the property market continued to show signs of running out of steam, figures have revealed. The fall, the biggest drop since last December, helped pull annual house price inflation down to 10.7%, its lowest level since May, according to Britain's biggest mortgage lender…
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Est Agent found buyer, we can't find home, what now?
Estate agents have found a buyer for our house, after 10 months on the market. Buyer wants to complete within 6 weeks. We have spent a week viewing 17 properties and can't find anything at all that's suitable. We now think we want to take it off the market and wait until the New Year BUT don't want our potential buyers to…
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Period of Rental can it be increased after initial period
after listening to some peoples comments regarding rental and some tenants saying they love renting but would like a longer contract is there any systems in place whereupon once you have had a tenant for say a period of 1 year and everyone is happy a new contract could be carried on but with an extended period say i.e. 2-3…
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Employer wishing to obtain rental for staff
my friend has had an offer of a tenant for his rental property the tenant owns a chain of shops and would like to give staff a place to live has anyone experienced this and has there been any problems with it
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Renting out my property
I am in the forces and due a posting away from home, i have arranged to rent out my house rather than sell it, this is being done privately. I do not have a buy to let morgage but my morgage company is allowing me to rent it out due to my circumstances. Does anyone know if i will have to declare it to the inland revenue,…
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do I own the house I'm paying for? timescales for paperwork after you complete
I completed on a house on the 27th of july and am happy and settled in. I am still waiting for the paperwork to catch up though. I have rung the solicitors a couple of times to ask for the indemnity insurance cert and other docs but they kept saying the land registry had them. So just to be nosy I rang the local land…
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What is it that I have done?
I just felt the need to say that I feel violated; regardless of what sense of humour I appear to have, it's gone too far. I am sickened by some of the pm's to me. Yes, I'd very much like to meet up with some of the people on this board. No, I don't want to be sent messages that make me wonder what would happen if I did. I…
