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New footpath in front of our house...way-leave
Sorry if this is in the wrong place but after looking I don’t really know a better place for it. Can you help us please? After many years of knowing they were thinking about it, we’ve had a letter from the highways office to say that the long awaited footpath is now going to be made on our side of the road in front of ours…
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Advice please: should I sue my landlord? (deposit dispute)
I rented a studio flat for 1 year and left the flat end of November 08. During the tenancy, there was no problem with the landlord, he even wrote a good recommendation letter to my new landlord. The problem was about giving me back the deposit: only 1 month after the check out visit, he sent me a cheque for a remaining…
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Questioning new tenants??
Im a commercial estate agent by trade, but im just about to complete on a small investment B2L. it's a 2 bed terrace, in an 'ok' area...has new windows/boiler/kitchen/bathroom and is structurally sound. Cost me £58k. perfect B2L property. now in Blackpool the government pay £120pw in housing benefits for a 2 bedroom house,…
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Should I buy this flat?
Hello, I am kinda new here I need your advise. I am quite interested to buy a flat recently. The asking price is 120k. I have checked price on https://www.houseprices.co.uk. The same flat has been sold for 190k in 2007. Is this kind of price a bargain? Should I get it right now? If not how much lower I should offer? Is the…
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KK's last "which house?" thread? Probably not!
OK, so those of you with a memory are almost certainly completely fed up with my threads where I muse over one or another property. Especially once we added the complications of poor old parky hubby and his possible redundancy, and the limitations on price that meant (rest assured: I'm not horrible, I just make bad jokes…
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Help needed moving into new home
Hi new to this site, Im moving into a rented property and im looking to find out what i will be able to receive with regards to help furnishing the property, where to go and seek help for things like a washing machine. Its a 2 bedroom house, im a single male 29 years of age, the property is unfurnished. The lease started…
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rented proerty
:mad: Hi, My friend and I have just rented a very nice "penthouse" apartment, we moved in on saturday, and to our dismay she had only left one electric key fob (the letting agent that is) needless to say this caused problems over the weekend, we had no info on how the water worked, heating no manuals for washer /drier,…
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Renting without employment
Here is the current situation. Me and my brother are both living and home and now wish to rent a place together, unfortunately neither of us are currently employed. However I have about £8,000 in savings and He has about £10,000 in savings I know very little about the world of renting. What exactly are our changes of…
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notice 4 weeks??
hope this is the right place to say this ok first of all my daughter lives in a private rented accomodation,her land lord is going to give her 4 weeks notice to leave,i was wondering will her local council help her finding another house on the council plus reason for notice ending of tenency,she as 2 kids 5 and 12 any help…
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Council Tax - Single Person Discount
Hi...I understand it's possible to get a 25% reduction in council tax if you live on your own. Is there a definition of single occupancy? If I buy my own place, and I'm the sole name on the mortgage, but my partner comes to stay every weekend can I still claim single person's discount on council tax? My partner wouldn't be…
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First-time buyer advice for a poker player
Hello, I am seeking some general advice on how to proceed as I look to buy a flat in around 6 months time. I currently rent a house with two of my friends, but feel that I would like to move out on my own. I am in what I expect to be quite an unusual position as in 6 months time I will have graduated from my undergraduate…
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FTB - Bit of guidance pleeeease
Our Solicitor is sending out our contracts today for us to review and sign. I'm a FTB so is there anything I need to be checking for in reviewing the contracts before I sign? How long after signing the contracts could we be looking at exchange? What else does the solicitor need to do after this point? Apparently all…
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First time buyer advice
Hi, I posted a couple of weeks ago in relation to thinking about buying a new build property. Anyway - the property is a 2 bedroom flat, 4th floor with a decent view. They are asking for £168,000. The block is not yet completed however has an estimated completion date of oct 2009. The whole developement will be complete in…
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Made "cheeky offer" today, and now I'm pacing the floor!
We made an offer this morning of exactly 2/3 of asking price - what would you reckon our chances are of it being accepted :p Mind you, I think it's the asking price that's more than cheeky: it's a house that's been on the market for 18 months and the asking price hasn't come down by a penny in that time. According to the…
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Found house to rent but hate the Letting Agent!
Hi all, I've tried searching and looking through the sticky and haven't come upon this problem, although I would have thought it was common. I've found a house online that looks like it ticks all the boxes for my rental needs (I am moving to a new area so am having to rent my place out elsewhere). Only thing is I've…
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Estate Agent Advice
Hi all I`m tryng to sell and am thinking of multi-agents being the way to go but what about the commision.I`ve read on hear that 1% should be achievable,but in this market? House has been on with several individual agents since June,and we just keep dropping the price.Will multi-agents just mean that no-one bothers?Any…
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cheap conveyancing??
Hi guys, After a "dream move" fell through at the end of last year due to our second buyer losing their funding we are now again looking to make a move again whilst house prices are still low. One main cost we are trying to cut down on is the legal/conveyancing fees. The solicitor we were doing it through was about 1500…
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How do i find Repo's
Hey guy's, this forum looks great. Really helpfull, been on it all day. Me and my girlfriend are looking into buying a house. We are both first time buyers and really like the idea of buying a Repo and doing it up, to exactly how we want it. The main problem is finding the repo's in my area, we have no idea and have been…
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Decrease in Rent
We are currently renting a smallish 3bed terraced house. We get on very well with the landlord who lives next door. We are renting through an agent. I've been looking at other properties in the area and most of them of significantly cheaper than what we are currently paying. Basically less rent for more house, I don't want…
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Mortgage Retention
I wonder whether anyone can give me a bit of advise. Looking at buying a house for 105,000, I'm putting a deposit of 70,000 down on the property. I had a valuation done on the property that stated that additional reports where needed as there where problems with damp and issues with a perling in the roof. The additional…
