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s21 notice urgent advice please
Hello All, I was served with s21 notice by the LL on 14.01. I'm on periodic monthly contract that started from the 1st of January. I was given a receipt of deposit I paid when moved in on 01.07.2007 but never received the prescribed information regarding the deposit protection scheme. I have found a flat and can move out…
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George Wimpey terrible options.
Has anyone bought a Wimpey house lately, especially in the North East. We have picked a house off them and been today to see about our choices for kitchen and tiles etc. Problem is the worktop choices were no good. We liked the one in the showhouse but apparantly are now discontinued and the remaining choices do not go…
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Tent city in Southern California.
Check this out; tent city in southern california; unbelievable…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmeHiFZUWtE Would it be too superficial to make a connection betwen the US housing bubble, and the recession now afflicting California. Of course, it couldn't happen here in the UK. Alice http://ukhosebubble.blogspot.com
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Buying a house with tenants in-what if they won't move out?
I'm interested in buying a property where the vendors daughter and her 3 children are presently staying/renting. She is wanting to get a Council House for her and the children and I'm worried that this will not happen before the sale goes through. We don't want a buy to let we want to occupy the property ourselves. What…
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House part-ex/stamp duty - is this legal??
Hi, There's a long story that I won't bother you with, but I wonder if anybody has any ideas about the legality of the following scenario? We're trying to buy a house, the house that we're trying to buy is being taken in part-exchange for a larger house for sale through a private seller. So, the person living in the house…
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buying a house in euros
I am moving house to live in Ireland. What is the best way to exchange a sum of around £200,000 for euros? Removal firm has promoted CurrenciesDirect, which says it is backed by HSBC. Is a specialist firm like this a good idea?
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Sundat afternoon day trippers
Hiya all, once again we are having people around to view, can't help getting the feeling that is just sunday afternoon trippers... we make a fuss of tiding up, emptying the bins, etc get rid of the dog. All for a quick 5 mimute look around and then a thank you very much! then thats the last we see of them. Rant over…
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Sold house, need to rent, can’t give agents reference as self employed
Sold house, need to rent, can’t give agents reference as self employed My girlfriend and I have just sold our house in West London for £800,000 with no mortgage or debt and the Estate agent/Solicitor reckons on 8 weeks to completion and we don’t intend to buy again (for at least 6 months anyway), so that takes us to…
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Advice needed!
Hello all, We are currently in the process of purchasing our first house - we are at the stage where surveys/valuations have been done, mortgage offer is all sorted and with the relevant people, searches are complete, everything is in place to sign contracts (sooo near!!!) The problem we have is that to the side of the…
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Subsidence - when buying and selling?
Hi Has anyone bought a house which had structural movement (where you could get a mortgage, and enough for a claim/or not)? What happened? What the claim going through at the time? Would you never buy a house that has had structural movement (subsidence), even it had been underpinned? How much would you expect a house to…
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Hip
Do you now need HIP for 2 bedroom properties....would you have to declare in these that it a new build with no NHBC certificate and therefore a mortgage cannot be taken out on it?
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Under Offer / Sold SSTC
What's the difference and when does one become the other ? Also can someone break down the process from offer to moving day please in simple terms ?;)
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Need some advice
The situation I'm in as follows. My parents were going to sell there property and pay off their mortgage with the sale and move to their other home and live there days out there. However my dad has offered me the house for 60k (its worth around 400k) and I could never afford that. Now I know u can't sell the house below…
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Cooling Off Period for Tenancy Agreements?
Hi there My sister has just split with her partner and unbeknown to everyone signed for a tenancy today when she is in a really bad state of mind. We have had to call the Doc out and she is going off sick (wont get paid full pay) and has just today signed for this tenancy! We have rang the agent and they are getting in…
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Landlord sends repair bill without initial quote? What shall I do?
There's a sample letter I've prepared on Page 2 (http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=707021&page=2) .. Please view it and let me know what you think My storage heater has a problem: sometimes, without any reason, it won't heat up - a real pain in winter obviously. It happens randomly. I've informed by…
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Dodgy Gumtree 'rental' replies?
I wanted some opinions about this. I recently put a 'flat wanted' request on Gumtree for my local area as I thought there would be no harm in looking. I have had some rather strange replies from people with terrible English that sound very similar although they come from different email addresses. The replies offer great…
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Confused First time buyer
OK long story so here we go.... Trying to buy a property - all ok until lender realises still dont have NHBC or architects certificate and refuse the funds (quite rightly) It is an 1960's house just been converted into maisonettes. I am trying to buy the leasehold on one maisonette. I discover no company will lend without…
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Landlords responsibilities
I have been letting my property out for just over a year now as I have being living abroad. It has being let through an estate agents who take 10% of the rent. When I move back to the UK in March I am looking at renting the house out myself instead of using a middleman, does anybody know what my legal responsibilities are…
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FTB - Party Wall issue
Hi, we have put in an offer on a freehold house in London, we are due to have the survey next week. One thing we noticed was in the garden next to the kitchen the neighbours have built a lean-to which has a chipboard wall & the guttering seems to hang over into our potential property's garden. We would like to build a…
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Property Contract
Last April I Sign A Contract And Put Down 20k Deposit For A New Property To Be Ready In Feb 2008. Now I Have Been Told It Will Not Be Ready Until May 2008, By This Time My Mortgage Offer Will Run Out. If I Am Un Able To Get A New Offer Considering The Recent Credit Crunch, What Poistion Will I Be In?
