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Rent Reduction due to lack of central heating?
I live in a shared house with 3 others. We have 4 bedrooms in 2 floors upstairs and a lounge/kitchen area in the ground floor. After moving in in July, we realized in September that the central heating only works in the ground floor. We got in touch with our landlord and they said they would take care of it. A man from…
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Chain delays - options, financial or otherwise?
I'll try very hard not to turn this into a rant against useless estate agents, solicitors and buyers, but... For several weeks we've been setting up relatively small chain involving three parties (including us). We are buying a new build and have just been served notice to complete the purchase in 10 days. Everyone in the…
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Declaration of trust
Hey guys, my friends are moving in together and want to be tenants in common due to unequal contributions. they are therefore entering into a dec of trust. however one party earns more than the other and to reflect this they wanted to have it so that their percentage share decreases over tme depending on mortgage payments…
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Financial Times: UK owners may be forced to sell homes
You'll need to be registered to read the full article, but it's free.…
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How much was my house worth in 1991??
Hopefully this is the right place – it’s more about house price than council tax. I’m currently waiting to hear from the appeals panel regarding my council tax banding appeal. I’ve challenged their E banding (58-80k) and think I should be D (45-58k). I’ve used the Nationwide house price guide and worked backwards from our…
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Bellway Residential (Leeds)
Hi folks I’m at a bit of a lose end here. Ill give you a quick break down of what has been happening. Me and a friend have just moved into a apartment in Leeds. My friend found a letting agency http://www.bellwayresidential.com/ with some good apartments. We moved into one on a week or so ago. We paid our £1000 bond and…
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IS THIS LEGAL?Only 1 electric socket in a room
I wondered if someone could answer this question :question: I know someone who lives in a privately rented house There is only one socket in each room :eek: Hence her tv ,stereo, lamps ,electric fire and xmas decorations are all in one socket and I think it's dangerous.... her landlord says it'fine ! :confused: :question:…
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Is there gonna be a crash?
OK so this thread isn't really about that but you might as well read on now you're here! :p :rotfl: I know this is probably a really daft question and I'm asking miracles but; With properties on rightmove, is there anyway of finding out how long they have been on there for and/or how much they might have been priced at…
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chimney capped/ balloon/ other advice wanted
hi there. I am currently renovating a property which has 2 chinneys (3 fires) which I want to leave revealed (the whole vase of flowers or logs thing). the fires need sweeping. After that i am a little puzzed. the ballon thing seems a common soloution and im not sure what capping involves. Others just shove some black bags…
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House price sites
I have houseprices.co.uk on my IE favourites list. It seems fairly comprehensive but I've noticed over the last year that it hasn't picked up on one or two sales in my area which I had my eye on. Are there better sites or are these all fee-paying only?
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sold house in sept07, oct07 pllaning permission is given and my buyers arent happy
Trying to make this as short as possible, I posted about this some time ago and I thought it had all been sorted. We had viewers round our house in june and they decided they liked the house put a offer in and everything completed on 19th september 07. A week after moving the buyers raised concerns via the solicitor that…
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Security grilles
Hi all, As we have been victims of crime before, we would like to install retractable scurity grilles on the windows in the kitchen which is at the side / rear of the property. These grilles would be behind the glass (basically not "outside" the window). I would like to know if any permission is required to install these.…
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Repayments equal to half net income
My partner and I have split. I would like to keep the house. To do so, would mean that the repayments are just under half my net salary. I have an offer in principle for a mortgage. I also have a huge emotional attachment to my home, even though I moved out 6 months ago. I just need your thoughts please, to see if there's…
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Upstairs flat causing damage
Does anyone have any advice please. We rent out a property and the tenant has informed us that there is water coming in through the walls. She thinks it is coming from the balcony that is attached to the flat upstairs window (water gathering and seeping through). She first became aware of this 6 months ago, but didn't…
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End of Short Assured Tenancy - What to do next?
I am about to let out my flat for the second time (first tenant was great but has decided to get back together again with her husband).The next let will be on a short assured tenancy again for 6 months, once this ends what is the best option for continuing with the same tenant. IS it better to move onto a periodic month to…
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How much should I offer?
I somehow managed to sell my house a few weeks before xmas and I'm now hunting for a new house. I have now found a nice place in Birmingham that has been on the market for over three months. The house is pricier than other houses in its vicinity and the sellers recently dropped the price by 2%. Apparently the sellers have…
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Garage been stolen? Where do i stand
i have moved into a property which has a garage on spare ground at the back of the house. unfortunatly the man next door as possesion of it and will not let me have the keys. the story goes that the house belonged to a friend of his as he lived next door to him all his life etc. when the man died the house and contents…
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Does anyone know anything about planning permission?
I'm not sure I have put this in the right place, so if I haven't, apologies. I live in a cul de sac off a main road. There is a dispute going on between residents on the main road as someone wants to build some houses in their garden, and petitions etc have been bought round. A neighbour was telling me this morning that…
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Does anyone know anything about planning permission?
I'm not sure I have put this in the right place, so if I haven't, apologies. I live in a cul de sac off a main road. There is a dispute going on between residents on the main road as someone wants to build some houses in their garden, and petitions etc have been bought round. A neighbour was telling me this morning that…
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House share websites?
Can any of you kind folks recommend some good websites for finding a house share in my area, in this case Rugby. I've just split with my girlfriend and have about 2 weeks to find a place or I will literally be homeless :( The only decent one i've found so far is easyroommate but they want £20 just to contact people,…
