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2 houses to sell ... double trouble ...
Hello all I'm new here .. not new to the site, been 'moneysaving' for years, but I never posted before, so please excuse my nervousness .... or indeed if I go on and on and on ... :eek: Guess I'm just looking for some pearls of wisdom from all you moneysavingexperts out there, re selling two houses in the current climate.…
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Neighbour has complained about my tenants!
I have today received an email from my letting agent about the property that I let out to tenants. The property is a first floor maisonette, and the tenants are a Polish family (parents and two young boys) who don't speak English. The email says: "Could you please call xxx xxx at Environmental Health as they have had a…
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Average monthly costs associated with a 2 bed flat?
Hi all, I am looking to buy my first property and the only way I can realistcally afford one is by buying a 2 bed and renting out the second room. I'm trying to work out what I can afford with regards to the property price, monthly mortgage repayments and bills going out each month. I know there are so very many varying…
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house price change 2005-2009
hi, just looked up the property im buying on zoopla or what ever its called. Last sale: £184,995 Sale date: 30th Sep 2005 i got it for £140,000 couple weeks ago is that ok? were prices high that time in 2005?
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Confusion over deposit
I was wondering if anyone could clarify the processof buying and selling. We are due to exchange on a property and obviously exchange with the people buying our house We are wondering if we have to come up with some sort of deposit if so how much is it usually? We hadn't really thought about this before, as we were…
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deeds for house sale
For the life of me I can't find the deeds to the house I'm about to sell!!! Will it make any difference when it comes to the sale?
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Rent Increase
How is this exactly calculated. What RPI is used. The RPI of the month before the renewal? So if the RPI for December was 0.9% and your rental agreement renews in January the rent should go up by 0.9%?
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Does your landlord wait in for repairmen etc?
I was just wondering if people's landlords/landladies wait in at your place for repairmen, maintance calls or whether they ask you too. Just wanted to know what other people's experiences were like.......
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How low would they go?
Hi, This is a similar post to one i had viewed earlier. For anyone reading this, i have posted before. We will be first time buyers, deposit of 10%. How low an offer do you think would be accepted on this? how much would you say this would be valued at? we are looking to buy in summer time so giving us another 7 months to…
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Implications for private sale of property with tenancy
Hi there I have a flat with a good tenant in it. I manage the tenancy. My neighbour is interested in purchasing it privately when the credit markets ease up. When he's ready, would there be any implications (besides the management issue) if I were to sell it to him while it's still occupied by my tenant?
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moveandsave.co.uk - anyone used them with success?
Hi I thought I'd posted this yesterday but can't find it anywhere... I'm about to put my house on the market becuase of a chnage in circumstance and due to a lot of bieng in the wrong place at the wrong time Im already about 10k down :( Obviously I want to save what equity I'm lucky enough to have in my house still, so Im…
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should i feel guilty?
im moving out of my rented accomidation, increasingly fed up with 5/6 aday viewings monday to saturday.... annoying considering i wont be moving until june. the reason why i feel slightly guilty is that some young nice/naive perhaps girls just viewed it. loved it but as they were leaving (letting agent outside, girls still…
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Buying Ex-local authority houses
An open ended question really - I was wondering what people's attitudes were to ex-local authority houses or flats? They seem like a good option for first time buyers especially - bigger rooms, low maintainance charges and were made for living in rather than property developers out to make a quick buck! However, maybe…
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Mothers House
My mother owns a house,with no mortgage and wishes to put my name down on the deeds as the owner.Need advice on what to do as cheaply as possible.I currently have my own house with a mortgage,does this matter?
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New home owner and strange mail.
Hi, I'm sorry but I wasn't totally sure whether this was the correct place to post. I have recently moved into a flat and since the sale was completed ive had a load of post. 90% of it not addressed to the previous owner, but to different people at my address all the time. Thought this was a bit wierd, so i opened a couple…
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Tenancy about to expire
My tenenacy is about to expire in three days although I have, via letter let my landlady know that I will be staying on until I find somewhere out, and also let the LA know verbally. Am I still tied in to giving 1 months notice when I find somehwere cheaper to live ro can I reduce the notice taking into consideration that…
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do you think the government will extend the stamp duty holiday??
as far as i am aware the government planned the stamp duty holiday for houses under 175k to last a year until Sept 09. do you think they will reintroduce it as planned given the current conditions??
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help hot water really slow
hi im in rented property ,ive always had trouble with the hot water system ,hardly gets warm & quite slow but ive just gone to wash some pots up and now the water is barley dribbling out, have advised landlord , does any one know what the problem may be .thank you :confused: sorry if this is in wrong place .
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Heating/Gas Fire - Landlord's Responsibilities?
Hi, I have had nothing but problems with my current landlord (or to be exact, the managing agents) since we moved in last April. I'm fed up of it. List of problems to date: Conservatory roof leaking (took 7 months to fix), Wardrobe broken by contractor (took 3 months to replace), outhouse door unopenable and rotting away,…
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URGENT! Council Tax advice needed!
I've got a problem with my Council Tax and could really use some advice. I live in shared accommodation in a two bed apartment. Both of us have an individual tenancy agreement and are not linked in any way. About a year ago, my landlady was caught out by the council. She'd been saying that only her son was living here and…
