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Am I the person to be blamed for the dampness on the roof - Agent not refunding the m
Hi, I had rented an apartment in Belfast and the apartment was newly painted when I moved in. After two months, we started getting dampness in the apartment over the windows, on the walls, in the kitchen roof and almost on every ceiling. When it was raining heavily, water droplets used to form on the ceiling and started to…
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Notice required on rental
We've been in our current rental home for 8 months, it's our first time renting so I don't really understand the notice period we have to give. We were originally on a 6 months contract, which ran out and we are now on the rolling contract. I know we have to give 1 months notice and when the landlord told me this, they…
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Help for make an offer for first time buyer
The asking price is 195,000 and I made a offer 165,000. However, the agent and vendor reject it after half a day. Then when should I make the second offer? and How much should it be? The property is on the market for couple of months.
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Sellers acting with more savvy?
I spoke with two estate agents in my area on Friday and both made the same observation in different ways: Rather than suffer any kind of huge drop in the value of their 'investment', many potential sellers are simply sitting tight and refusing to market their property. Both reported higher than usual numbers of sellers…
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Little worried about wear and tear in house
Hey, I'm renting a 2 bed house for £750 a month through the estate agents. The agents were quite good when I rented it, very nice and we got on well with them. I've been here for a year and a half, after signing a new contract after the first year. I'm a little worried about the state of the house now. We have cream…
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Assisting parents with house purchase
Hi, My first post and I'm looking for advice please. Situation is as follows: parents own house outright (worth about 120K) but due to illness they need to move to a bungalow (which will cost about 150K). They are on a small pension and will be unable to secure their own mortgage. I wish to help them by taking out the 30K…
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Property Investment Course (more legitimate than the norm)
Property investment courses have been discussed on this board previously, and I agree that they are generally a scam, in fact many people have been left in serious financial trouble after purchasing apartments in over developed inner city schemes where prices have fallen in a rising market. However, does anyone have any…
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Reasonable rent as % of net income?
I'm curious to know what people consider a reasonable rent to pay, possibly as a percentage of income. I've seen figures like 30% as being reasonable, but is that % of gross income or net? On a good month I clear 2K net. My gf and I are considering moving in together. Any advice on what we should be looking at?
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first time buyer...when to buy?!?
Hi, Hope this is the correct forum? Basically I am wondering with everything in the news currently about house prices and interest rates etc when etc the best time to buy would be?? I currently earn 27k a year and my partner earns 24k and we have a 37k deposit (40k but 3k to one side for fees) we dont have any current debt…
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who best to part exchange with?
We want to part exchange our house for a new development in the Glasgow area. We dont really want to start a chain especially at this time of the year so if anyone can point me in the right direction or give me tips on how to get a part exchange in a development we might see are the builders flexible??? Thanks All
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Neighbour has built on my land, what to do?
Thank you for all the replies about what to do. I have removed the details just in case anyone should recognise the case, as you could identify it if you happened to know the village. I am going to look into it.
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Any advice for housing committees
Hi, 3 months ago I moved into a block of 6 brand new flats, all but 1 are now in, and we are having issues with the landlord regarding service charges and maintenace fees. I've decided to set up a housing committee for the block (they have all elected me as chairman, i dont blame them, its not a fun job :rotfl: ). The…
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Massive price drops in liverpool over £100,000 Down
Not a good 'investment' http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7130000/newsid_7133800/7133833.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1&nol_storyid=7133833&bbcws=1
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earn money from falling house prices ?????
Does anyone in the investment industry actual contribute anything of value to society?? http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/investing/article.html?in_article_id=427362&in_page_id=166&ct=5 !!!!!! ... How can you set up an investment fund on falling house prices ? :confused: Nothing is being generated ... No wealth is being…
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How to get free packing boxes!
Hi, I am moving house in 2 weeks and were looking for boxes to pack our belonging. I was a bit reluctant on buying packing boxes on the net (can work out quite expensive!) so put a post on Freecycle to no avail. I was going to buy a pack on the net when I thought about calling our local tesco who told us that if we came…
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Wet Rot Treatmet
Hi All, I had a Damp Proofing specialist come to my house today to treat the timber in my house. We had to lift the carpet in all the rooms and the stair case. He took a copy of my keys and I popped out while he carried on working. When I got back, all the wood was wet, and he said he treated it. My only question is, does…
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Has anyone any experience of housenetwork.co.uk?
We want to put out house on the market asap (have seen a house we want) and I believe this company can get us on rightmove, etc for less than £500? What are the pros and cons? lisa
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Finding a house in South Devon
After months of searching I finaly found a home and also a great little site that listed I think all the estate agents in South Devon. Using this site I was able to access all the house's that each of them had for sale without leaving the comfort of my old house. Once moved I used the same site to find a local architect…
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Moneysaving on Moving House
Moneysaving on Moving House Is there a thread about this or can we start one please? I'm interested in storage facilities, cheap bubble wrap, cheap van hire etc etc - the full DIY move really. :rudolf:
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places for landlord to advertise
I have a house available for rent in London in 2008. I have posted details onto hallolondon, gumtree, loot, in the local shop and newspaper. is there any other online places I can post?
