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Can I ask for a reduction in rent ?
Hi, I rent from an Estate and our water is supplied via a Borehole, which has gone kuput. They have supplied us with bottled water to drink and a bowser up the road for other water. As we pay rent for a house that has running hot/cold water, can I ask for a reduction for the inconvinience ?
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Secured Loans and Moving House - WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS?
Hi I visited the site on many occasions and find the forums really useful... however this is the first time I have used them perosnally so here goes... I have a house on the market of £78,000. I have a secured loan of £30,000. (Ocean) And don't shout at me but I also have an unsecured loan of approx £17,000. I hate my…
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Advice pls for [dissapointing] son who has left girlfriend.
:mad: this is very personal to me but no one to turn to/ Son has been living with his girlfriend in her rented house for 2 years. For the past 4 months he has been trying to split up with her and cheated on her for 3 months [still to no avail she wouldnt let him leave].[emotional blackmail.] She controlled his wages by…
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Best Advice: hold off for 6 months?
For anyone who is thinking of buying, would the best advice be to wait 4-6 months. within 6 months time it will be clear if we are going into a massive crash or not. in that time it will be unlikely prices will go up (considering the small falls of the v.recent past) so you cant really lose much waiting just 4-6months yet…
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Flat Buying - Halifax Basic Valuation
Hi My offer for a newly built flat (2 year old, with NHBC guarantee) was accepted and got a basic valuation done by Halifax. Today when i saw the report, it has following MATTERS AFFECTING VALUE The property is in acceptable condition for lending purposes. Flat roofing has a limited life and may fail without warning. This…
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Want to buy some land - Help!
Ok, sorry if this is a long post, or in the wrong place but I'm after some advice. We have a 3 bed semi in a lovely semi rural village, which has been in my boyfriends family since he was born. We are doing a lot of renovations to it and we are finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. We are just about to start…
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Best Approach To Buy Garage?
Hello, I'm hoping for a bit of advice from someone if possible? We live in a victorian terrace house and the only parking we have is outside the back of the house. The houses that run across the bottom of our street have a think strip of land over the road whic some have garages on and others just parking spaces or…
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Lanlord insisting on payment for plumber
My daughter is at uni and shares a 4 storey terrace house, on the top floor there is a bathroom and one of those toilets with a macerator which has not always worked well. The other week it packed up completely, so a plumber was sent to fix it this involved replacing all of the piping. The landlord is now insisting that…
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Has Anyone Sold Their House On The Net ???
...........and how easy did they find the process? Is there anything I should be aware of and does anyone know where I could find some info! Sorry to be so vague but Im literally at the very beginning of the thought process and would like to glean as much info as possible so as to be in the strongest possible position…
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Buying your house freehold
A friend is trying to buy the freehold of her house, When she enquired about 5 years ago was offered it for about £2000, but the letter accidently enclosed by the valuer to the land owner suggested this was too much to ask, but as my friend couldn't afford even that price at the time the matter was left. The request this…
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Running A Business From Home
Hello there, Can anyone tell me if it is legal to run a business from home: do we have to ask the local authority? I am a freelance tutor and my business is expending. In the furure I will probably teach 10 hours a week of private tuition and also run one or two small classes a week. I am also hoping to become an agency…
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Landlords
Hi, I was just wondering if someone could please help... Our tenancy ends on the 11th May 2008, our landlord (who lives in the West Indies!!) called the other night (for the first time since November and we cannot contact him!!) and we explained that we had found somewhere else to live, he then told us we had to serve him…
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Was "Extended period between exchange and completion..." (now finally exchanged!)
To make a loooooong stressful story short, we are to exchange contracts on the sale of our house this coming Monday morning, having had it on the market since last fall and five weeks since agreeing to the buyer's offer. The sale and buyers were always portrayed to us as being a chain-free arrangement, but Thursday morning…
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If you are thinking about buying a property together, a warning from one who knows
Ok you are loved up enough to step onto the property market. Both jobs are pretty sound and it seems like a fab idea. Then bang, one of you loses their job or (from a female perspective) you fall pregnant. Can you really afford that house/flat on one salary? Will your/or your partners CV withstand finding a new job within…
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Big problems with the people buying our flat
hi wonder if someone can give advice. We took an offer at the end of dec from two first time buyers. According to our estate agent they had a 10 per cent deposit to put down. So we have been wading through treacle trying to get the solicitors to sort the exchange and completion dates. About a month ago some paperwork was…
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"proof of cash" in internet account
Hi - has anybody had to provide "proof of cash" to a solicitor before for an internet account? I assume they won't take screen printouts (will ask on Monday) or if I just give them my account details will that be enough? Cheers.
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Rental Income and Tax
I am about to rent my house. Once I have paid my buy-to-let interest only mortgage and buildings insurance with the rental income, I am left with about £35 a month. Should I be paying tax on this?
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To sell or not to sell?
Hi I own nice (in my opinion) 2 bedroom 1930's flat in East London quite close to the proposed 2012 Olympic park which I initially put on the market in August 2007 for £235K. In September I accepted an offer of £228k and the sale rattled along for a further 3 months until the buyer had a change of heart and pulled out. In…
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Building regs indemnity insurance
Hi, The house I am buying has an extension on the back. I've recently found out that it has planning permission but no building regs (it was applied for, but there was no final inspection/ sign off so there's no certificate). I have been offered an indemnity insurance for it. I understand what this is, but am worried about…
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When is the next TV program on?
Any more programs on tv showing distressed BTL landlords?
