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Council Transfer, advice needed.
I wont go in to too much detail. Ive tried to get a tranfer through the council, as my daughter is having problems, again dont want to go into too much detail, but shes seeing councillers ect And the school head has written to the council to ask for us to be transferd, as it will solve and help my daughters problems. Does…
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what should i offer
hi Ive been lucky enough to sell my house and need to be out in a couple of weeks. I've seen a house on the market for £230k which i quite like. I am not desperate to buy as could rent so dont really want to pay asking price. I hear of people accepting low offers on properties and wonder what would be considered a…
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how can i guarantee that i get the house
There is a house being sold by a large bank which has an open day soon, i know the area very well and it is realisticly priced at 680k previous properties have sold for around the 750k to 900k in the last 2 years. i am a 100% cash buyer and desperatly want the house but want it for around 650k as it does need work too. any…
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Screwed over by ex!
My ex bf walked out on me and my son yesterday 6 days before we were due to take up a new tenancy. He persuaded the letteing agents to let us leave early, they werent that fussed as they had already said the tenancy was ending, unsure why as new tenants are moving in! The tenancy is due to be up on the 1st of July,…
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Buy or rent
Anyone tried this... http://www.allagents.co.uk/calculator/mortgage-rent/
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Addresses for Tenancy Deposit Schemes
Hi Could someone tell me the names (and addresses if possible) of the tenancy deposit schemes. The EA / LL have yet to inform me who he's with and I believe he won't be paying my deposit back so would like to notify them sooner rather than later. Many thanks Kiwigirl
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House Conversion Help PLZ
Me and my wife have seen a big house going at auction that would be ideal to turn into an upstairs flat and a downstairs flat. We sold our house recently and have the money to buy it, what we wandered is how easy is it to turn the property into 2 seperate flats ie do we need planning permission, what about council tax and…
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ex EA being annoying!!
had a letter from gas & electric board saying we owe money for our old property. checked dates with them and we wasnt actually living there at the time and had left some months before. However - the only proof we have is at the old EA where we handed in our notice to leave and they wont give us - or the gas company - a…
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Are Desperate Sellers Driving Rents Down ?
I have seen all over the internet people who are selling their houses and not getting any offers saying i will give it a few more weeks and then i am going to rent it out. If this is becoming more and more popular will not these people create more of a glut in the market and cause rents to fall even more than they are now ?
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Estate Agent - Never heard of this before
My father in law works for an estate agents. He is semi-retired and only works 1 day a week showing people round rental properties. Hubby and I are in the process of buying a house and on the estate agents books that father in law works for is a house that has been repossessed. It has been up for ages as they priced it for…
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nsure whether to sell or not? Wont makeprofit
Bought my shared ownershipplace (30%) for 39,000 on the 1st Feb 08. Due to relationship breakup I can no longe afford mortgage and rent, so looking to sell. As its a 100% mortgage obviously I wouldn't have made any profit, but wondering how much I'm going to lose. Also can't afford fees for selling,have no idea what to do…
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Halifax Mortgage - Permission to Lease
I been to speak to the Halifax - my mortgage provider- to ask for permission to rent my property out. I was told that in order to do this I will need to change to a BTL mortgage at a higher interest rate and pay £499 for the privilege! Is this something that is exclusive to the halifax because I know of friends just…
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Help with ending Tenancy Agreement
Hi, I am renting a flat, have been here for 14 months (AST was 6 months so now rolling contract) and have a question about when to give notice. I have other questions about the legality of some clauses in my contract, but will save them for another thread. Commencement Date of the AST was 15th March 2007, rent is payable…
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Such a big price difference!!
Could this be a mistake? I am checking a house in that road and I found this. Surely this cannot be right? I found it on right move. Thanks 46 Oxford Road Freehold (Terraced) Sold for £399,950 on 02 Apr, 2008 46 Oxford Road Freehold (Terraced) Sold for £265,000 on 12 Sep, 2007
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Buying At Auction
With house prices iffy and the market very slow is this a good time to buy at auction a buy to let flat? The idea is that you get the flat at less than the market value ( the property in question has been reposessed ) and may be the big boys are holding off adding to their portfolio's waiting to see what happens over the…
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Thinking of letting the house...advice
Hi, We have recently (in the last week) put our house on the market, but my instinct is telling me it's not going to shift as the whole market appears to have ground to a halt. Lots of house for sale, prices reduced, no buyers. Both of our jobs have relocated so together, my partner & I are driving in total about 150 miles…
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Bidding dilema
I've put an opening offer of £220k on a house asking £235k. I've no chain and ready to move on it instantly. A rival offer has been placed at £229k but unsure of their position. The seller has not made his mind up on either offer yet. My budget is £230k. There is a scarcity of available houses in the area. Do I: 1. Up my…
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Is this do - able?
Hiya, Here's a one to get your teeth in to.... Progressing nicely on a new build part exchange, got a fair deal for ours and negotiated a pretty big (but fair in the current climate!) discount on the new property. Able to get a big discount as we committed to complete by the end of the month for half year reporting......…
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Is this a good idea - buy to let
Hi, We have a 120K house with a 55K mortgage . What we want to do is buy a 140K house, live in that and rent out our current house. There appears to be good rental demand in our area which will generate 500 min pounds a month. I earn 37K a year and I think I can do it? Any advice would be gratefully received!!! Thanks…
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"Buyin" a new build, advice please!!
Hi all, Just wanted all your lovely peoples advice on our situation. We are supposes to buying a new build from persimmon using thier assisted sale scheme. The original plot price was 300k & the top market valuation of our house at the time was £175kish. We agreed to market our house at £155k and they dropped their plot…
