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Any advice greatly appreciated!
Hi guys, I'm a graduate who is just attempting to move out of home and into a rented flat. After flat hunting for what seems like forever myself and a friend have finally found somewhere we'd like to call home. The only problem is, the huge amounts of deposit and fees I am expected to come up with in order to secure it!…
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Renting to parents?
Hello all, This may seem like a daft question: if you own a second house and your parents move in, can they live there rent free? Are there any tax implications? Confused!
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Is completion in 2 weeks possible from this point?
Hi, we are in the process of moving house, have had to chase and hurry the solicitor a lot, she has known for a while that all of us in the (short) chain want to complete the first week of July, ideally the 2nd. Last week I chased her again and asked when we would receive documents like the fixtures and fittings form, and…
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Anyone from Livingston
Hi All My job location is possibly changing from London to Edinburgh, one area that looks reasonable (well in todays market!!) in terms of house prices is Livingston. I can get a 3 bed detached for about 170k. Also is only about 25 minutes on train into Edinburgh. Anyone from Livingston or know what sort of area Livingston…
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help needed to help me decide what to do
hi, i'm currently in the midlands and am starting a new teaching job in Keighley w. Yorks in September. Obviously i can't commute and now we need to decide how to go about moving. I'm currently renting and don't know whether continue renting up there or whether to think about buying. Rental i don't want to pay more than…
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1st time Landlord advice please!!
Hi all, Due to the current housing situation and the fact that we have one 2 year old child and another on the way, my husband and I have decided to rent out our 2 bedroom apartment and to rent a much more suitable 3 bedroom house for ourselves (the application for which is already going through) :) We want to make sure…
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DIY Property Sellling
After 6 months my EA is no nearer selling my flat and to be quite honest I resent the amount of commission they expect especially when they keep asking me to reduce my price but are not willing to reduce theirs. I have now found on the internet a company that will help you to sell your property yourself and from what I…
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Advice Please - Transfer of dec'd property
Hello, I would love to have some input on this as my head is fit to explode with the stress of it all!! My Godfather passed away March 12th, my mother is his partner. as they were not married their house(in his name) in theory goes to his son(who has my godfathers other house anyway). The son is happy for everything to…
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Homes Under the Hammer, 16/06/08
These auctions were just last summer 1] Restaurant in Broadstairs. A family bought it and opened a restaurant in March 2008: http://www.thebaysidebrasserie.co.uk/ They paid £320k and had a £60k budget, but it doesn't show up in LR as it is a business: http://www.houseprices.co.uk/e.php?q=ct10+1nf&n=100 Agents said it'd be…
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Removal Vans/Couriers
Wasn't sure where else to post this. Need the stuff transported from Glasgow > Birmingham. It's nothing like couches etc, just boxes with books, clothes, mattress, kitchen crockery.... Does anybody know the cheapes/safest companies around?
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Can't get deposit back ?
Vacated a rented 2 bedroom cottage 6 weeks ago, landlord won't refund deposit of £650,claims spent the deposit paying cleaners to clean the property, but won't produce proof, claiming to have 'misplaced the receipts'.When I moved into this property it was dirty and I cleaned it up myself.Where do I go from here as I can't…
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Trustees Of An Estate
:confused: Hi guys, This is a posting that is on behalf of my wife. Her mum has recently moved into sheltered accommodation, leaving behind a house that was put into trust for my wife and her four brothers by her late dad. Within my wife's late dad's will, he stipulated that his wife would have a life long interest in the…
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Rental property bit of a botch job - should we walk away?
We went to view a property today which, on paper (and Rightmove) looked really promising. There were no pictures to look at (and I now know why) but it is described as a "larger than average, 4 double bedrooms..." etc etc. Well.....the tenant showed us round and the place, to put it mildly, looked like a bomb had gone off…
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complete noob: buying to let
Right, im 20, live at home and currently earn £22k p/a, i live in south-west england (near swindon, wiltshire), i have been urged by people at work and a few other people to look into the possibility of buying-to-let. Now i will be living at home for quite a few years yet (5+ probably) but seems as i know very little about…
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Can they use my roof??
My neighbour has builders in doing a loft conversion. The dormar window takes up the whole width of his roof so the workmen have been using my roof in order to access the side and back. At times I had 3 men walking back and forth, and although I've complained I've been told they have to use my roof to get the work done. My…
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Thinking of buying a flat consider these...
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/mortgages/article.html?in_article_id=442799&in_page_id=8
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Why Are The People Still Buying Now?
In the last few days i have been looking at the debt boards on loads of sites and believe me there are some very very sad stories on them about people losing their dream homes ect and a lot of them are because of being made redundant. Last week the government announced that the unemployment rate was up 39;000 and this is…
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New tenants refused and now LL wants me to pay full
I was at end of tenancy and left slightly earlier than the 6 months tenancy, landlord was informed 6 weeks ahead, house left tidy and in good order - was told the landlord wished that all his tenants were as decent as I was. New tenants supposed to move in next day, landlord refused them and now wants me to pay up -…
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can letting agent ask for rent beyond tenancy expiry date if we have given notice
Hi everyone, I wonder if anyone here can give me advice on this issue. I am on a 6 month ast which expires on the 11th July & I have to give the L.A two months notice which I did on the 11th May via 1st class post, however when i contacted them one week later they stated that no letter had been recieved I then sent them…
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leak from upstairs flat
I own a 1st floor flat in a 3 floor Victorian house. Flat above is rented by a lovely couple and owned by someone who uses a managing agent for day to day running. A month ago there was a leak from the top floor flat's bathroom into mine. it was when the couple upstairs ran a bath. The managing agent sent someone around to…
