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Worth moving to Inverness?
Hi Been living in Sittingbourne Kent for last few years...its not the best place in Kent to live (very dull!) but its probably not the worst either. As i work in North Africa on a 28 day on and 28 day off rotation, i can live pretty much anywhere in the UK...now here's my dilemma: i definitely want to sell my property and…
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To sell then rent or not?
Hi all, advice needed on a quite complicated situation. We live in an area that is in decline, our neighbours are a pain and we both work 10 miles away from our house. To live nearer to work and in a better location is completely out of our price range in terms of buying. However, if we sell our property we will make…
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CGT- help needed!!
Hi all, just a quick question about capital gains tax. i've looked at a few CGT calculators and none of them seem to give a definitive answer. Can anybody tell me if I would be liable for CGT if i bought my property in Dec 2003 for 120k and now selling it this year for £150k. Thanks in advance for any help/answer. Gareth
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Property Management Companies "please read"
Any one who ownes an apartment/flat will know that the Management Company that looks after the buildings insurance, gardening, window cleaning, etc, is either run by the owners them-selfs (in-house) or farmed out to an agent. All owners then pay the service charge to the Management Company for the up keep of the…
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advise needed on conversion and building regs from 20 years ago
Hi, advice needed, please help? In 2003 i bought a deralict building that had been converted in 1987 into two flats. At this same time, I enquired about the status quo of the planning for the two flats and was told by the council that retrospective planning was in place because the conversion had taken place some 16 years…
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Can't rent my flat - help needed!
Five months ago i moved to london from ipswich and decided to rent out my flat privately. in a nutshell i had a horrendous tenant who didn't pay me a bean for the whole time. luckily, i managed to get him out but didn't recoup any costs. I have now put in on with a proper agent but it has been on the rental market for two…
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Average Rent Now £1000pcm & Rising
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/mortgages/buy-to-let/article.html?in_article_id=441108&in_page_id=56&ct=5
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renegociating on a mortgage
At the moment I'm a funded PhD student and doing some self employed work on the side. I admit i'm guessing but I don't think i will be able to renegociate on my mortgage when my initial 2 year period is over in september, as even though i'm better off now than when i was full time employed, my actual guaranteed income is…
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Opinions on this deal please......
Hi folks, I am looking for opinions on a deal that I have been offered by the developer of a house that I am very interested in. http://www.northland-developments.co.uk/uploads/wisemovedeal.pdf The house is a new build 4bed and the asking price is 169k. The house is in co tyrone in n irleand. I had the house valued but…
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Rent to buy, not buy to let
Can anyone tell me if there are any schemes whereby a tenant can rent a house with a longterm view to buying? I don't know what such a scheme would be called, so don't know where to start looking, search engines keep throwing up Buy to Let when I include both words. There are so many properties on the market that just…
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Help not read/ understood wording in contract- now in trouble
Hi I had posted some time ago about v. loud parties below me. I had received some very good advice. However its got a lot worse (during the week days) & premises now have license for it. So we have decided to move. We have found another flat (lets say flat B) signed contracts etc. I didnt want to give notice on the flat Im…
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Bellway Discounts????
We are currently in process of buying a new Bellway property. What is the right amount of discount to ask for? They have offered 5%. Do you think in the current climate that 10% is unreasonable? Thanks, all comments welcome.
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Leaving property with damp damage
I'm moving out of my property but there is damp damage to the walls and window frames in the bedroom area. Black mould & unpleasant smell. I've told the agent about it a while ago he advised me to improve air circulation by keeping the window open and clean the walls with light bleach solution. I have done this on a…
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Move or improve - which is best?!
We are in the lucky position of shortly receiving some money which should enable us to either do up our house or move. The trouble is that my DH and I can't agree! Our house is in need of lots of TLC, as we have never been able to get enough together to do any work. We need a new conservatory ( ours is practically falling…
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Latest News Inside Track folds
heard on the grapevine the above
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Cash House Buying Companies
Has anyone ever used a company that pays cash for a property? I know they will offer well below the market price but I am more interested in how trustworthy they are.
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Can I be thrown out.
I've been living on and off at my sisters flat for over a year now. My sister told me when I moved in that basically I could stay as long as I wanted until I found my feet and gathered enough money to buy my own place. At the time my sister actually told me I was doing her a favour as she spent most of her time at her…
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Can we avoid Capital Gains Tax?
With loans from family,we managed to pay our mortgage off in March 2006.We then bought another house in May 2006 but didn't move into it until October as we were decorating it and we had electricians and plasterers in.We then planned to rent out the our original home to help towards the mortgage and repay our…
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house price "offers over"
hi all when the price says "offers over" is that set in stone . seen a nice house on market for approx 240 k , the curent owners paid "40k 2 years ago , if i like it when i view ,what would be a fair offer cheers :beer:
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Deposit on rented house advice
Hi What happens if our landlord doesnt tell us within 14 days where they have put our deposit. We have been our rented house for over a month now and they havent told us yet where they have put it. Should I push them? Thanks
