House buying, renting & selling

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• How Much??!!!! Letting Agents Fees - Where to find a private rent/landlord

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• Tracking down a sneaky Land Lord - Help!

  I've started my own thread on this, having previously hijacked someone els's a few weeks ago now:http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1162223&highlight=maximus9 I moved out of my last rented room at the end of June and my landlord won't return my deposit. I'll summarise my position to save rambling, I…

• Moving to NZ.

  Have decided this week to move back to NZ. As the last time we moved there was 4.5 years ago have forgotten what removal company we used. Our load this time basically consists of clothes, toys and a few electrical items such as a new TV & washing machine. I'm taking my washing machine as it's a front loader and they are…

• Help From The Government. Where?

  Hi there. Were wanting to buy our 1st house and cant because of the current market and banks wanting huge deposits. We have 10% at the moment. Does anyone know where to find information about the help the government is giving to first time buyers to help with larger deposits. Many thanks Steve and maria

• Deposit saving.....

  Hi, Quite new to all of this, think Im in the right thread! Looking at saving for a house deposit, Im only on 15k a year and its only me, still live with parents (18)! Ive managed to save 4k this year and have a total of 5 now. I was just wondering what hints and tips people have to saving as much as possible? What has…

• Should I put my house up at auction?

  My house has been on the market for 3 months, in which time I've only had 2 viewings and no offers. I've dropped the price twice - from £119,950 to £114,950, then last week to £109,950. I don't have a lot of equity in the property so I'm keen to sell before house prices drop so much that I can't afford to move, or even…

• Going to Rent my house out!! Cheapest Way?

  Hiya, I am going to rent my house out! Who knows the best websites to use? the cheapest way? Can I just pay an estate agent a finders fee for a tenant? Who else is in the same boat.. I understand that estate agents charge between 7% and 15% for managing the property. I will be off to Australia but will have people here…

• sellling house - hips?

  Hi I'm about to put my house up for sale and need to get a hips. (rip off idea) I've read the threads on here about this....some people have got cheap ones, some say cheap ones will miss bits out, some say who cares, get a cheap one anyway!! I'm all confused. Can anyone advice if any of the following would be alright to…

• Petition to get rid of HIPS

  Are there any links to a petition to do away with the HIP pack If not can somebody please start one? They are the biggest rip off since decimalisation!:mad: They do not give true accurate or true energy use costs in the EPC. If they did, nobody would bother to read them. The house selling market has certainly got no…

• terminating a fixed period rental agreement

  Hi, I want to terminate early my annual flat rental agreement - my landlord is being very good and agrees this is possible - but, the letting agency wants [1] me to pay them the percentage of rent they receive, for the remaining 8months of the agreement. [2] wants our landlord to pay a large lumpsum for terminating the…

• wanting to leave while in statutory periodic... help

  hi can anyone tell me if you leave before the notice period ends on a statutory periodic tenancy (one month from next rent due date). Are you legally liable for the whole rent up to that date? As i have found a new house out of the area i am wanting to move to and they are unwilling to wait almost 2 months for me to move…

• Advice on How to Sell Your Home Privately / Cheaply

  Hi Would anyone be able to recommend a good website to sell your house privately on – I’ve tried BuyitPrivately.com, but am looking for an alternative? Any other (serious) suggestions for selling your house without having to pay those hefty estate agent fees would be very welcome. Cheers

• Mortgage dilemma

  Hi all I don't know if this has been discussed before. My girlfriend has been separated for some time from her husband (she has her decree nisi) however there is a stumbling block to getting the decree absolute. She is joint owner of a maisonette with him. He has not paid anything towards the mortgage for some time now.…

• Why is selling a house so expensive?

  Why do I have to pay a solicitor 1% of my sale value when all they do is advertise my property and take phonecalls from people interested? I didn't realise untill today that only estate agents can list a house for sale on rightmove and ESPC. What an absolute con. Once I have my HIP, or whatever, why cant I list it on these…

• help, confused about mortgage process

  Hi all I could use some advice/help about mortgage processes (any lurking mortgage/finance people out there?) I'm normally pretyy good with finances and forms but our current remortgage has gone pear shaped and its holding up our purchase of a new house - I'm getting panicky cos at first I thought end of spetember, then…

• How likely is this - mortgage question...

  There are a couple interested in our house. They have a house at the moment that they want to rent it out to a family member. They have told our EA that they want to remortgage their current house on BTL mortgage and in doing so raise a deposit for our house to get a mortage to buy it. In this market, it all sounds a bit…

• Duel selling

  Hi guys I need some advice Im selling my brothers house for him Its been on the market for 4+ months with the same agent Price greatly dropped £25k Tommorow another estate agents are coming to market the property While the house is marketed with both what happens if the 1st agent sells it Are we liable for any fees/cost…

• Deposit for winter holiday let

  Hi guys I am about to move in to a furnished holiday cottage for 5 months. I have signed a holiday let agreement and have paid £400 deposit. I am just slightly concerned as the landlord told me to make sure I dont mark the walls.... obviously with a 3 year old daughter, I imagine there will be a little wear and tear while…

• The latest chapter in my Homebuy experience

  A while back I posted about my problems with using the Homebuy Mychoice scheme. The Homebuy agent wouldn't let the sale go through as my mortgage was short of £5 and I was going to pay that myself. I got that sorted by getting a new mortgage offer for £5 more and thought that would be the end of it. A moving date was set…

• Unable to save a deposit - any advice

  I have an autistic daughter who is unable to cope with our noisy neighbours and i have to find somewhere else to rent asap. The only problem is that we have a low income and a bad credit rating so we are struggling to get a deposit and moving costs. Does anyone know of any schemes or grants that are out there to help with…