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Landlords should have Energy Performance Certificates from 1st October
Hi all From the 1st October 2008, if you are a landlord or property agent, you will need to provide an EPC to prospective tenants. The fine for not doing so will be £200 for each offence. If you are a tenant looking for property after 1st October, you should ask to see the Energy Performance Certificate. This will give you…
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The return of gazundering - C4 News video
The return of Gazundering:exclamati The spectre of gazundering comes back to haunt house sellers as UK property prices fall. Bridgid Nzekwu reports. Every week we seem to have new evidence of house prices falling - and falling house prices mean a return of that old nineties bugbear, gazundering. Gazundering happens when a…
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Hanging Pictures, Mirrors etc in Rented Property
What is reasonable for the landlord to expect. Tenants to hammer in nails or use screws wherever they see fit to hang prictures. Or a policy of No new nails or screws. And do tenants take any notice whatever the rules?
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Home Information Packs
Hi all If you are thinking about selling your home, look around for a HIP provider. You can save between £100 and £150 if you buy from an independant supplier rather than who your estate agent or solicitor uses. This is because the solicitor or estate agent will often add their handling fee and get the Energy Performance…
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"Estate agencies shut 150 branches a week"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1930019/Estate-agencies-shut-150-branches-a-week.html or: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7385195.stm Oh dear.
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Renting property to my mum
* As my dad was coming up to early retirement (at 60) in 2001, mum and dad wanted to sell their home and release the equity. They then moved into rented accommodation and began to enjoy holidays etc. Rental costs became very high and they practically had to maintain the property themselves. So I suggested they/we bought…
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Estate agent off right move
Just found out that my estate agent has dropped off Rightmove from 1st May, house has been on market since 1st April only 3 viewings and have dropped price, so at the bottom of the range compared to similar properties. Apparently Rightmove costs have increased 30% and they claim to have better responses with a new site;…
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advice for getting a lodger needed
hi, i rent a house privately, and was thinking about taking in a lodger. obviously i was wondering if it was entirely legal? i would need to put a lock on the bathroom door etc, but what furniture would i need to provide in their room? and what standards would it need to meet? also where would i stand on the matter of…
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unsellable house?!
Hello I'm new to this so please bear with me! Our house was put on the market when I was still pregnant with our youngest - she is now 15 months old and we are still on the market :rolleyes: we have dropped the price and 'lost' two dream houses in this time. We now have another home in our sights and we love it - not only…
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Kicking Out Management Company - Do We Need To Form Own Company First?
In our small flat complex we are trying to kick out the current management company. We have found another company who we want to take over. Over half of us are in favour of this move. I'm hearing different views of what to do next... Some people say we have to form a new company ltd by guarantee, then apply to kick out…
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URGENT HELP NEEDED - eviction notice
Please can anyone offer any advice? I have just found out that a friend has received a two week eviction notice on her property. It is mortgaged and there has been a loan taken out against the house. The repayments on the loan have defaulted and an eviction notice served (now less than 2 weeks I think) unless £1000 can be…
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Moved in Heating Not Working - Scottish Law?
We moved into a new house on Friday and have found a catalogue of problems since moving in. The major one is the heating is not working, its on at the timer switch but I am not getting any heat through the radiators and no hot water. Also when we viewed the property the seller advised it was a new electric shower however…
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What do we do now?
What do we do now? We are FTB and have just had an offer accepted and are not sure what we do next, my fiance is calling the mortgage guy today and I am ringing round solicitors for the conveyencing, but am tempted to go with the ones that the estate agents have as they do a 'no move - no fee' service, would this be a good…
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That time of the month - Interest rate predictions May 08
So, what'll the Bank of England do this time? House prices have seen some significant drops, but inflation is on the rise. We've predicted it correctly on the last 6 polls, let's see if we can make it 7 in a row. Remember to vote for what you think the MPC will do, not what they should do. :money: Current base rate: 5.0%…
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Save a deposit or buy - confused!
Hello, I live in the South east, not far from London. I have a very secure job, and earn around £26K a year, which is about £1400 net, although quite often it can go up to about £1600 if I do some overtime. I currently live with my GF, however: I have the opportunity to move into a shared house which costs just £195 a…
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ugly house, nice location?
OK, so in the village we want to live in is this - http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-20701886.rsp?pa_n=1&tr_t=buy It is pretty hideous, though the agent's photos don't help (typical for the agent, don't know how they ever sell anything). The cladding is pinky coloured. I'm always suspicious if they don't show the…
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To Sell or to Rent. That is the question
I need some help with from people that know. I own a small 2 bed house, about £125K ish. We have found some houses that we like and hope to make an offer soon. However we want to be able to move without a huge chain, and considered re-mortgaging our property onto a Buy To Let, and then getting a slightly bigger mortgage on…
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Financing Mobile Homes
We are looking into financing a mobile home, do you have any advice on what lenders will fiance such a property? It will be a permanent residence not a holiday home.
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do letting agents have to inform you if the flat your going to rent is for sale?
hi guys, i only ask this as not got much responce from my other thread, as i need to know where i stand in getting my holding deposit back xxx
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First letter in new flat- Pest control
Hi I posted a few days ago about moving into a new flat & paying double rent etc. Anyway went to our new flat for the first time since signing contracts and discovered a letter/ printout under our door. How exciting our first letter in new flat (I thought). Unfortunately it was pest control saying we missed their visit…
