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Ending an Assured Shorthold Tenancy
Hi My flatmate recently told me he couldnt afford to stay at our flat meaning we are both having to move out. I checked the tenancy and it was unclear about notice period required so I emailed the estate agent with this.... They replied with this... Now I've found a place to live with my girlfriend and we have paid a…
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Buying property from brother and sister
Hello I'm looking for some advice, my mam died last year leaving behind a house which at present my brother sister and I still live in. We have decided we would like to sell the house as they want to move away, I would however like to buy them out of the house so I could continue living here. I can get a mortgage for the…
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Moving house
Anyone know where i can get reasonably priced boxes from, everywhere i've looked has 'removal packs' but they are priced at £40+ in most cases and forget about finding boxes in supermarkets and such anymore, they just don't exist around my way it seems. Help!
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Unreasonable fees from letting agency
OK, it’s a bit of a long one I'm afraid... :confused: A friend and I signed a join assured shorthold tenancy agreement in June 2006 for 1 year on a flat. At the time we were charged £235 inc. VAT for a fee by the letting agent which included a reference fee quoted then as £60+VAT per tenant. From here onwards we paid our…
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Estate Agents being shifty
Hi, Seen a house that we like on for 225000. Its been on the market for a year next months so doesn't need HIPS etc. Vendor had 1 offer in that time that fell through so we put in a low offer of 200000 the week all the bank crisis stuff happened knowing they would say no but we had been told they were open to offers.…
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Help... is my landlord being unreasonable
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=805967 Following on from the above flood we are now having an issue with the landlord. i will try and remian concise but any help would be great especially regarding out rights as tenants. 1. We are having to be re-homed due to the flodd and have asked the landlord for…
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Renting Nan's House
My nan has moved into sheltered housing leaving her house, which has a very small mortgage, empty. Her income does not cover the rent and the mortgage so I am going to rent the house from her fairly cheaply which will help both of us out. We did try to sell the house but didn't get anywhere as it needs a fair bit of work.…
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estate agent selling contract
I red my selling contract 2 weeks ago and sign it, all looked ok. Now I started visiting some flats with another estate agent and he is trying to convince me to sell my flat with them and asked me for how long I was locked with the other estate agent. I was embarassed to say I didn't know, I really don't remember reading…
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Empty rental house - bad agents - Help please!
Ok, so this might take a while to explain so please bear with me. Firstly, my partner and myself both work away for 3-4 months at a time so we use the services of a fairly reputable agency (or so we thought) for full property management. Until now they have been excellent. We took on a family in one of our properties (a 3…
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It will be over by Christmas
Declines in US house prices are continuing to accelerate, according to surveys that signal there will be no quick end to the credit crisis. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/house-price-slump-in-us-dashes-hope-of-end-to-credit-crisis-800674.html Considering house prices are even more inflated over here I…
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Seller playing games
House on market for 265K for four months. Seller can't sell so he instructs a second estate agent. I put an offer in at 250K as I wasn't prepared to go over the stamp duty threshold. Another buyer shows up (via the other estate agent) and decides to offer 250K as well as he wasn't keen on paying the 3% tax duty either. The…
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Buyers solicitor making huge error - advice
we are selling our ex LA flat . we pay service charges a year or so in aqueers. i called the solic and asked whether our buyers has asked for a retention. the answer being no. should we keep quiet and let our buyer get a bill for services charges applying for the prev year? can we be liable?
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looking for forum help
Hiya, is there anyway we can store our own posting on the forums? Im finding it hard to find them again to see if there are replys?
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Step by Step Idiots guide please
Please can I have an idiots guide to how things work when one is buying a house. I know the obvious ones 1. Get mortgage approved in principle 2. Find house 3. Put in an offer 4. whats next! We will probably be able to work it out and as I am one of silly people who don't like to wait for the unexpected but prefer to be…
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stamp duty
Hi Do i have to pay stamp duty in one lump sum or can I pay it in instalments? I have to pay 13.5k:mad:
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Mortgage delaying house purchase - advice welcome.
Hi, this is my first post in these rather fab forums so please bear with me! Thank you in advance for any help. Me and partner are buying a flat. We put an offer in on January 28th which was accepted. The estate agents said that someone else had come in and offered higher but the vendor wanted to stick with us as we were…
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What to offer
after a weekend of house hunting we have fallen for a modest 6 bed. I know prices have come down a bit, so what should we offer? http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-19891685.rsp?pa_n=1&tr_t=buy
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My friend is in deep trouble!!
ok, where shall I start with this, i guess this is a story of stupidity, on his part and on that of the way the housing market has gone and lenders who have lent unwisely. in march 2004 my friend bought a 3 bed house with his partner for £30k, both of them were quite heavily in debt before buying this house. Their combined…
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how often prospective purchasers to view prior to exchange?
My elderly mother is selling her flat. She was made an offer which she accepted (after a small amount of negotiation) three days after the property was put on the market. The prospective purchasers have been to see the flat twice - both times they were there for nearly an hour. They now want to come again with a builder.…
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To buy or not to buy
Quite a simple question but I'm sure there is not a straightforward answer.. Is it a better investment to buy (say a 1-bed flat in London) or to rent and save the rest which would otherwise be a mortgage payment? I'm thinking of buying about 30% of a flat under the shared ownership scheme but have been trying to calculate…
