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watch this video home owners stuffed
people paid $345k now builders selling them for $145 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10WoQZKZkNs&feature=related
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2% Deposit?
Hi All We are involved in a chain and upsizing to a bigger property. The person buying our flat is offering a 2% deposit at exchange and is unwilling to increase the amount because there is a 2 month gap between exchange and completion - and they agreed to this gap at the request of our seller. We don't have a lot of spare…
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housenetwork.co.uk
apologies in advance if this is classed as advertising... but i read about this in another thread so had a look at it. i'm about to list with a local agent (fees @ 1.25% plus HIP) and was intrigued by the low fees - to be honest i always thought that this could be the way of things to come what with everything being on the…
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A few renting queries!
Hi everyone, I have a few questions regarding our rented house. We moved in end of August 2007 and have a 12 month contract. Although the house isn't perfect, we would ideally like to stay here for at least another 12 months, maybe more depending on OH's job. Firstly, we have no inventory. The house is let unfurnished but…
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What is an Average House?
The word is bandied about a lot. But what IS an average house? What prompted me to start thinking about this was a posting I saw on another board, where somebody considered a 4/5 bed, 2-garage, detached house in a good area to be an average house .... now, I disagree. My understanding of an "average house" has always been…
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Tricky situation..now not sure whether to pull out and buy off plan?
I was supposed to sign on Weds - I did but the vendors didnt! Because....apparenty the builder at the top of the chain only purchsed the property that my vendors are buing, in Feb and undervalue - he's now done it up and is looking to sell for lots more cash. The vendors solicitors had to inform the lender that the…
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Damp coming in from next door
I mentioned in a previous post (which I can't find) that we were going to get in touch with the council re damp coming into our home from next door. Turned up yesterday, didn't really look at anything much (except the paper hanging off only one wall of the living room :mad: ) and said, well, the hard bit is getting access…
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Is there any good news?
With all the doom and gloom on house prices, energy bills, food costs, petrol costs, consumer confidence blah blah blah ……is there any good news out there? I mean, Pompey won the FA cup which was understandably fantastic, but is there anything else to celebrate? :confused:
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Simultaneous Exchange & Completion??
I'm after a bit of advice please. We have sold our house, and were meant to exchange yesterday or today with completion on 13 June. I have now discovered, via my ea, that because there are a couple of spelling mistakes on my buyers mortgage offer that we will be doing a simultaneous exchange and completion on 13 June. I'm…
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Is this unreasonable??
We had a very short notice viewing on tuesday night by a couple who also viewed our next door neighbours via a different EA just before ours. I have since found out from my neighbour that it was their 2nd viewing and they very quickly accepted an offer from them first thing weds morning....I have no problem with this as…
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Estate Agents
I'm sure this sums up most people's feelings about Estate Agents: From today's Times
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Moving abroad - advice required....
Hi all, Long time visitor to the site, but first time posting, so please be gentle! Situation is this - I've been offered a move with the company I work for to Canada, however, it's just a job offer, no assistance in terms of relocation, temporary accommodation or anything. We desperately want to take this, as we'd planned…
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Deposit
We've had an offer accepted on a house and are just filling in the solicitors paperwork. We sold last month so have banked a nice 20% deposit towards our new house. The questionnaire asks about whether we have the 10% deposit (which obviously we do). Now it'll likely be 4-6 weeks between exchange and completion due to the…
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Still no tenancy agreement!
Hi, I wondered if anyone had any idea of my rights as a tenant. I moved in Nov 07 into a friends house (this is a investment property in which they do NOT live). I have been waiting since then to have a tenancy agreement :confused: I'm a single working parent and am responsible for all the bills etc but am getting worried…
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HHSRS - help needed from our resident inspector
i cannot recall who it is who is qualified in this area, but, i need a bit of advice please. i recently applied for Council Accreditation for a property because the new tenant was going to appoly for a Bond from the Council. She does not now want a bond. i have now received the council surveyors schedule of works - all…
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Objecting to Planning Permission?
Hi Last year a small plot of land which is right next to our property was put up for sale. The owners sought outline planning permission for a residence and vehicular access, which they were granted, despite our letter of objection. We are in a bungalow and anything other than another bungalow (which we don't object to)…
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tenancy question please advise
I was wondering if any of you good people can help me with a question regarding the termination of our tenancy. We have been in our current property for 3 years & have just given notice to quit. I have given the letting agent 5 weeks notice & informed him that we intend to leave the property on July 1st when our tenancy…
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Finding a decent rented room ..
hi, I was just wondering how other people have come across their "good" houseshare. I am sick of living where I am ... sick of one person hogging the tv for 16 hrs a day, sick of the mess and having to do all the cleaning myself... So I am on the lookout for another place... I have emailed all the suitable ones on the…
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can I still claim compensation?
My landlord never protected my deposit and after confronting them regarding the issue they have now placed it in a scheme 2 days ago, even though tenancy started end of Arpil 2007. Can I still claim through small claims court for compensation as deposit was not protected for over a year, even though it is now in a…
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I'm ready to rent. What now?
OK, so I'm saving my little knackers off, have told the folks I'm moving out, and have already bought my TV! :D So what now? Do I contact letting agents in the area I'm looking and ask them to send me details of all properties in my specified criteria, or do I have to go look at all of them, or do they just send you…