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Letting agent application
My partner and I have recently found a house we would like to rent… Unfortunately it is advertised via a letting agent and so has some exorbitant fees to pay to begin the process! To avoid the additional fees for a joint application I was planning on applying for the property in my own name only. Now I understand that this…
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I should have stayed renting!!!!
Bought a house last year and have had nothing but bad luck, but then it is number 13:eek: :eek: When we rented it was a third of the price and we could have a life!! all I have now is bad luck and a horrible neighbour!! Are there any positives??:confused:
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Some People..... O.o
So I got to my new flat today to do some decorating and, lo and behold... the vendors next month's supply of contact lenses have been delivered! lol! I am not sure what to do about this as it's the weekend and her solicitors aren't there... They are from specsavers, will specsavers want me to send them back? I don't really…
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How many offers to make before top bid?
Hiya, we're very interested in a £270k property for which I made an (unsuccessful) offer of £230k on Thursday. The maximum we are prepared to pay is £250k. I'm unsure how much to up my offer by and how many bids to put in before reaching our maximum (hopefully they'll accept before then!) What I was thinking was go from…
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Why am I too slow? Keep missing out...
Hiya I have been looking for a flat to rent over the last few weeks. Have looked properties up on rightmove/EA websites and seen a few i like. Phoned up agents and made appoinments to view, all going well you might think. But then between making the viewing appointment and actually going, the EAs phone to say the flat has…
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OH MY, The Most Stunning Beautiful Property
So myself and my partner have been looking to buy our first property for well over two years. I finally got a good job with an excellent salary. We work in central london so need something commutable. Freehold is a must for us. As its our first property together we want something a bit special... something quirky, unusual,…
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Leaving the Forces to buy the family a home.
I've just joined the forums and am impressed by the advice being offered by everyone. I'm due to leave the forces next year (my 22 yr sentence is almost up) and I'm looking to buy a place for my family and I. The wife and I bought a property near Lincoln in 2001 with a view to moving in when I leave the Service. As the…
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28 days for deposit to be returned?
As the title suggests, i've just received a letter from my LA confirming my leaving date (30th June), but it also says that i'll have to wait 28 days for the return of my deposit :eek: The letter also encloses a list of 'instructions' about what to clean and how to do it. NOTHING has been left off the list. My problem with…
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Please help! Totally confused re: utilities
Morning all! I received a call yesterday to say that I'm completing on the flat I'm buying next Friday :eek: I want to set about starting to sort the utilities out but I'm getting myself into a right pickle now and wondered if someone would be able to help me make sense of it all. Firstly - we are with Pipex on a BT line…
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Deposit question (renting)
We moved into a rented flat over a month ago, rented through an Estate Agent. As yet we have not received a copy of our tenancy agreement, deposit scheme, or the updated inventory. When we ask we are told that they have not had these back from the owner. I know they should send us the deposit protection scheme within 14…
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How much to raise rent?
Hi all I just wanted your views, if I may. I am a landlord and am considering how much to raise the rent on my house at renewal in August. If the present tenants choose to stay on, it will be their third year. There was no rent rise last year. The tenants have always paid their rent on time and I have always fixed…
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in need of some advice re housing association
hello i am in desperate need of some advice i live in a first floor housing association owned flat and when i put in my fish tank i into the front room had he housing area manager and a surveyor come to check that everything was structuly safe and sound as its a large tank and my loving neibour below was concerned was it…
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Tenants in Common
I have found a lot of useful info on this site about this issue but still have one question I would like the answer to. Not sure if this is the correct board but I hope someone can help... I am in the process of buying a property with my partner who is 15 years older than me. We both have children from previous…
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Advice - keep house for sale or do we rent?
Hello Advice needed - we decided to moveback up north of scotland to where we're from. I got a job first so I have started new job and living wih parents with my toddler, my partner is in centralbelt of scotland trying to sell our house. Its been on 7 weeks with no viewers for 5 - we've just gone to fixed and updated…
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New Build P/X + Haggling over discount
Hi there Looking to haggle out deal with Barratt, i have a home worth £150K (currently on the market) and have an eye on a new buid listed at £225K I want 20% off theirs and no more than 5% knocking off my home - they said 10% was possible and they'd think about it do you think it's likely if I persevere I’ll get the full…
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Credit Check for renting - help
Hi there, I hope someone can give me a little advice as I'm running out of idea's and energy! Myself and my OH are selling up and going back to renting, the problem is my credit rating is horrendous, and I know I will fail the credit check. I suggested to my OH he only needs to take the credit check, but the Estate Agents…
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Higher stamp duty for buying property not as main residence?
The idea is to charge a hefty stamp duty for buying properties as an investment. Maybe 10% or 20% or even 30%? What would be the downside of this?
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What is your dream house?
I've just spotted this one - mine if I win the lottery tonight! http://www.humberts.co.uk/image.dtx?propertyid=D48AF537-DBBC-4317-AFA4-AD491D24ADEC&from=details&imageid=69128DD3-62D7-41F0-A897-1F7F367DA493&run=true# That'd do me. What's your dream house?
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Estate Agents agreements/contract
We have just terminated our agreement with our ea - we need a more aggressive approach to help shift the house - and we have just received a letter from them stating that if someone who has viewed the property while it was on with them buys it within the next 6 months we will still have to pay their fee. The notice period…
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Good resource for finding property
This is a good alternative resource for finding properties: http://www.propertyfuse.co.uk/ I am struggling to get a mortgage at the moment though - I am self employed and because my accountant did such a great job I need to self cert. And most places are quoting 20% deposit for a self cert! But I did manage to find a…
