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Renting -v- Buying
Good Points Of Renting 1) Rent is usually less than a mortgage (although not always) 2) You are not responsible for repair work to the building Bad Points Of Renting 1) Rent is dead money 2) You have no security as the property is not yours 3) The landlord can serve you notice to leave 4) You cannot decorate as you wish 5)…
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Tenent, is it law to have a handrail?
Hi I'm new to this but i'm hoping someone out there can help. I'm currently renting a house, the stairs don't have a handrail and i just wondered if this was legal?? In the last week i have fallen down the stairs with my baby daughter in my arms because i could'nt grab hold of anything but wall. This may sound stupid but…
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Sell mine and buy or rent?
Hi, Sorry if this has already been asked (I did try and search). Im trying to sell my house, however I ned some advise as to what to do once it has ben sold. Is it best to buy another place for same/similar price or should I rent for a while and see how the market goes. Plus, if I don't sell by August ish should I just…
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anyone bought a house with foxton hayes
hi there im looking at a house to buy whos on the market with foxton hayes the only problem is foxton hayes dont actually call us they send text messages i think this is really bad.Also i have checked a few houses down the same road as the house that we are looking at and this house seems very overpriced also its been on…
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Freedom Property - anyone used ot heard of ?
Hi - this is actually another cash buyer post cunningly disguised:p Has anyone heard of Freedom Property ? It is a cash buying company. Anyone got any experience of them ? Run by a bloke called Andrew Lockley - just thought one of you property type people may have heard of it ? Worth asking:j
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Nottingham property direct
Has anyone had any dealings with this company? They were recommended to me by a friend and they have a half dent fee structure, which one would you choose? Thanks ShellOption 1 From £299 + Vat at start of marketing Option 2 0.95% + Vat on completion No Sale No Fee and if we don’t sell the property in 12 weeks then our fee…
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Council Tax Bands
Listening to Martin helped me get money back on bank charges...now, getting my council tax bill through has drawn attention to his words on reclaiming it and I hoping his magic will work again. But apologies in advance if this isn't the forum for it.. I couldn't find a specific one except for the success stories...:o I…
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Previous owners post-repossession
Hi all Need some advice.... history is that we bought a house which had been repossessed by the bank in July 07. Now the previous owners live in a council owned property on the same road as us. Whenever we have got any mail for them I have walked down the road and posted it to them. We have never had any issues of any sort…
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Quick advice pls - renting, LL wants viewings without me there
Please can someone give me some quick advice. We're moving on 31st and agreed to let the LL do an open viewing of our flat last sunday for an hour. 5 couples looked around. They were all nice apart from one couple, young students very cocky, arogent and the lad was stoned! (or acted it anyway) LL later asked my advice on…
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Please help~completing
Hi! I am a first time buyer and am due to get my keys for my house next Friday, 28th March. My mortgage papers arrived to my mortgage advisor last Thursday and were with me and my solicitor on Friday. They state that my deposit has to be paid 4 days before they will release the funds and with this being a bank holiday…
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Becoming a LL for the 1st time (possibly!)
Hi, Sorry if this has been covered before. I am looking to rent out a 2 bed cottage in the village of Wootton Beds. I'm currently balancing up the option of employing a management company to find tenants and let out the property - at a charge of 10%. Or doing it all myself :eek: What is involved in doing it all buy…
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Renting - tenant check
Hi, Just a quick question. Me and the girlfriend will be moving in to a new flat in a few weeks, we're just renting and it will be the first time that we've gone through a private landlord rather than an agent. The landlord wants a work reference, past landlord reference, passport photocopy and three months of bank…
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Spring bounce?
Anyone seen it yet? Isn't it officially 'spring' either today or tomorrow??
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How low should we go?
Reduced price of house from £499k to £460k. More interest but no offers - let alone cigars! Thinking of going down another 5-10% What say the community?:rolleyes:
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what should I do - following survey
I am in a quandary As posted, we had a chat with the surveyor and there is a downvalue of 5k on an 1860 house we are buying. In 2000 a damp course was put in, but an inspection shows damp still there on all downstairs internal and external walls. He said the decoration was being affected. The 2000 treatment was guaranteed…
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Help
Hi I am buying a house that was bought by the seller via shared ownership. He has stated that his house is freehold. Is that possible. My solicitor has sent me the land registery (copy) document for house that the seller bought from hosing accociation, in that it talks about what you are not allowed to do, eg hang your…
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No HMO - Problem.
My friend and I found a 3 bedroom flat we wanted to rent. Then another friend wanted to share with us to. The landlord told us that the property had no HMO and we took a lease in two names. There was a clause in lease stating that it had no HMO and should not be used as such. Our friend moved in and we all started paying a…
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Has anyone advertised on ebay?
Hi there! Has anyone ever advertised their house on ebay? I am thinking of this to give more exposure to our house. Also, can anyone let me know of anywhere else to put it for free or very little cost? Our house is already on the estate agents web site and rightmove. Thanks in advance.:beer:
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Lowering asking price by £5,000 - is there any point?
Still looking for a home *sigh* although it's becoming increasingly likely that we're better off waiting a bit longer. In the meantime I'm intrigued by the way the market is going and the strategies EAs are using. In the last few months lots of houses in the price range we've been looking at (£230,000 - £330,000) have…
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There will not be a crash
I am getting a little fed up with HPC threads and doom and gloom. I agree we are ending a bull run but I suspect that the fears are eScalated by the fast access to news online and forums which sends people into a blind panic and sets their expectations low. These forums now encourage people to make heavil reduced offers…
