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Advice on Tenancy Aggreement
Thanks to everyone who replied to my previous post, today the agent finally agreed to give us a copy of the tenancy agreement to look over (though they made a stupidly big deal of it, removing all the company details, property details, etc., even suggesting there might be an admin charge for it at some point). So anyway,…
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SDLT (Stamp Duty) on Shared Ownership
I couldn't see this on here after searching, but might have been looking in the wrong places. Remember, since April, the abolition of the £600 rent rule for SDLT means that if you buy a Shared Ownership property, you only pay SDLT if: 1. You voluntarily elect to pay it on the whole property i.e. 100% of the market value,…
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Agents / Landlord want to leave early where do I stand
I moved into a rented place in March - before I moved I noticed that the bin was full and grass overgrown, recycling bin full. I went to letting agents who said "oh you'll have to go to tip yourself and cut the grass" finally got the keys and went to the house. Inventory was all new items, i.e. new bathroom, new carpets…
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Help with problem tenant who wont leave
Hello :) Basically I have a house that I rent out and a young courting couple moved in. The lads Dad's was known by someone in the family so we let them move in. We agreed the Dad would be the person who I dealt with/who contacted me if anything needed sorting out. The top and bottom of it is they couldn't get on and…
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Finances vs living situation (not sure what to do)
I posted the other day regarding this, however would like to explain a bit more clearly now I've head time to think. My situation is - i live with my GF. We get on OK, I love the house as it's in a perfect location, cheap rent (£750/month devided btween the two of us). We've lived together for about two years. I have the…
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Do all Estate Agents reject people on Housing Benefit?
account no longer being used thanks to bullying from forum members.
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new bulid house address not listed!
Completing on new bulid house 22nd May, in process of getting insurance quotes ect but all online sites show invalid address. Why is this and what can I do? Any advise would be gratefully recieved.
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Buying a repossessed house
We are in the process of buying a repossessed house in the UK. The house is great and just what we are looking for. The only problem we have is that the house is still full of furniture and the estate agents state that it is sold as seen. It has been on the market for a year and no approaches have been made to recover the…
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Questions regarding LHA
I received a letter telling me about this new LHA scheme and basically I am a little confused. I currently live in a 2 bedroom maisonette, have 3 children aged 6, 4 and 8 weeks old and am on IS. Apparently I am entitled to £695pcm for a 3 bedroom property. I have searched around and noticed that there are some 4 bedroom…
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Dodgy Conversion Up in Smoke
Good evening: I know some MSErs watch 'Homes Under the Hammer'...we record the episodes that feature properties down here in East Kent for a laugh and to guess which Building/Planning Regs will be contravened. A recently featured property conversion in Margate( soon to be the 'suspicious fire' capital of the southeast) was…
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Can we rent out our current home while buying another house?
Dear all, Last week the plan was to pay off our mortgage in 3 years (longtime MFW lurker!) , spend 2 years saving for a good deposit, then move to the 'dream home in the country'. Had a chat with my business-minded brother-in-law and he reckons we could do all this now - e.g. borrow deposit from equity, have mortgages on 2…
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interest on deposit
Hi, I am in the process of buying the house I have been renting for the past 2 1/2 years. There is no problem getting my deposit back as there will not be a final inspection. When I queried wether I will be getting interest on the deposit they just gave me a flat no. I asked why, and was told just because. Now my argument…
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Housenetwork - selling privately
We have just put our house on the market with housenetwork and am interested if anyone on here has used them and what their experiences were? We went 'live' on rightmove yesterday and have got 2 viewings booked so far, which is not too bad in the current market
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If everyone in the UK simply rented
Then we would all be far, far better off. Imagine having: No stupid property market that wrecks the economy and peoples lives when it all goes wrong Renting off corporations or Businesses that own the propertys - let them worry about buying and selling. The values would rise over time. Protected rents by Law - Can only…
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Housing Association Repair - 2 years , 80 emails and counting -What to do
Hi, This is a massive long issue so I will try to be as brief as possible. basically I moved into a property through the local council / HA and it was in a state i had to practically renovate the place and demanded rent refund and compensation for the money I spent which was agreed, after this i discovered that there was…
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Landlord Chasing Invalid(?) Debt from 2005
In September 2005, four of us signed a short-term assured tenancy agreement from September - June (a bog standard student tenancy agreement). We signed as a group. In October, one of us left, and the landlord agreed for this to happen providing we find a replacement tenant (which we did). When the new tenant moved in, the…
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House prices have still risen annualy
From the FT: "“On an annual basis, house prices rose by 4.1%" So not as bad as everyone makes out. :beer:
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Sale just fell through - what do I do?
I've just had confirmation that my flat sale has fallen through for the second time, thanks to the credit crunch - the buyers were turned down for their mortgage after 8 weeks of providing Abbey with endless bits of paper. My problems are as follows: 1. We've concluded missives on the new house in Scotland and cannot pull…
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Repossessions up 16%
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7391772.stm http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1770
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Statutory Periodic Tenancy
Hi, My Assured Shorthold Tenancy ends next Friday after 6 months. I was a bit confused as to why we hadn't heard from the agents about renewing so I phoned them just now. They told me that it 'rolls on' and I've checked the original agreement which states that it continues as a Statutory Periodic Tenancy.:confused: I have…
