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Completion not happening - systems down?
We're due to be completing on the house we are buying today. 3pm yesterday the EA rang and asked if Id heard what was happening regarding contracts being exchaged. I explained that we had signed the week before and paid deposit and solicitors fees, we'd been told it was all done ready to complete. Aparently the vendors…
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Landlord from hell continued
I posted something yesterday about our evil landlord. (Long storey short after living in a hell for 3 months, doing the place up we've been asked to leave so the landlord can crank the rent up. We were told we had two months notice but could move asap as she wanted someone new asap. We found a nice new place, however when…
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How do I find out if I can connect to mains gas
I am buying a house with no mains gas, how do i find out whether i can connect to a supply in my area?
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Tent City
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7290000/newsid_7293500/7293507.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm But of course the optimists amongst you will say it would never happen here again.
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House repossesed on morning of completion!
In the continuing saga of my house purchase, completion was set (again) for today at 1pm. At 10.30 am it was repossesed by the vendor's lender!!! Effectively this has meant that the locks have all been changed and the central heating system drained. My sol's have got the keys now, everything has gone through, but I will…
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Repossession going to auction
Our offer was accepted on a repossession around 4 weeks ago. Didn't know it was a repo when we first viewed. We are FTB's and the mortgage has taken a lot longer than expected to sort out, but through no fault of our own. The offer came through yesterday though:o And we paid and instructed the solicitor to start the…
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Parent giving me house - who owns it?
My father has just brought a house - completes in April 2008. He has offered me the house - prefect opportunity I will pay the mortage and he will in two years take out his deposit. The mortage will be in my father's name - as my credit is very poor. I'm a bit worried - what if something happens to my dad - the mortage and…
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Offers on “Guide Price” New Build Home?
Hi All First post to the group and leaning all over again the art of buying and selling. We have found a new, one-off development of a single 5 bed house, in a small Berkshire town. The developer bought the land with an existing small house on it, demolished it and is currently building a new 5 bed house. The house is…
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rent arrears and small claims and letting agent issues.
Hello everyone:j I would appreciate any advice/opinions on my current situation please. I rent out a house for £800 per month. Mr and Mrs S have been renting it for almost one year til they moved out just before their contract ended last month. They renewed after their first 6 month contract in October last year. In…
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Getting a flat, guarantor info please xD
Hey all, Me and my friend have been planning to move into a flat. We've handed in applications with fee, and it's on hold for us at the moment. They rang him the other day and said that he needed a guarantor. We assumed this meant that he personally needed one, and the problem is that he can't get one. But then i went into…
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Evict Tenant
Hi Can someone help me first time LL today i got a phone call from my tenant from his friends house who wanted to see me there 5 tenants in my house. there 6 month contract comes to a end on the 25/5/08 the problem is that one tenant is pushing averyone around and not doing his part in the house. it has come to a point…
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anyone done a part-ex for a new build?
How well did you negotiate? We have a 2 bed semi, the same one as ours was on the market for £129,950 then dropped to £124,950 I have now seen a similar one up for £114,950 which is slightly worrying as the new build is priced at £229,999 Do you think we can get the price down? Thanks!
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Freehold Purchase 9From Leasehold)- RTE constitution?
Has anyone been involved in the purchase of their Freehold via a Right to Enfranchise Company? If so, can you point me in the right direction that I can find a draft constitution? I am newly moved in to a block of 6 flats, and they have already set up a RTE company and the purchase of the freehold is going through shortly.…
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car parking
I just wondered if anybody was having diffuculty parking in tower hamlets. I am moving into proton tower soon in canary wharf but their aren't enough parking. Does anyone live in proton tower or moving in soon who does not require their parking spot underground. I there is such a person then please get in touch with me.…
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new first time buyers scheme
Went to one of those house road shows and came across this interesting new first time buyers scheme. Firstly you buy 50% of a new build, do not pay rent on the other 50% for the first 3 years and after that you pay 1% for the first yr, 2% 2nd yr and then 3% from then on rental. In total you could be paying altogether…
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Are we legally bound to let people view our rented place?
A while back i wrote a post about our landlord from hell. Long storey short after doing the place up we've been asked to leave so the landlord can crank the rent up. We were told we had two months notice but could move asap as she wanted someone new asap. We found a nice new place, however when it came to fulfilling her…
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Getting Letting Agent To Do Repairs
Hi, We've just moved into a new build rented flat. It's apparently just under one year old and was rented for 6 months to someone before us who paid the rent but didn't move in (hence won't have noticed the repairs that need doing). We have three rooms where the windows haven't been sealed properly so it's freezing and…
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Seller wants to keep house on the market?
We have a dilemna. We have been trying to sell our house for eight months, in spite of a lot of interest and five offers we have had chains collapse, been messed around by buyers, etc. However we now have a firsttime buyer and they have had the survey done and mortgage offer through, although they are being a bit slower…
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Shared equity Scheme
Posted it in the wrong section, but can i have your feedback on this please? http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=9325337#post9325337 It just isn't sitting right with me and not sure if i'm just being overcautious.
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Trying to sell no viewers-Help!
Hi all First time i've done this so go easy on me. We've had the flat on the market for a few months and not had any viewers. It's in a lovely area and I know what your gonna say the price is too high but we really don't want to reduce it yet!!! Any ideas how we can get people through the door? Any ideas or thoughts would…
