House buying, renting & selling

Discussion List

• General FTB question - houses seem too cheap!

  Hi all. As everyone says, I've been reading these forms for a while but never got around to registering. My OH and I are 22, married and currently renting, and both have a considerable commute to our jobs. (We got work where we could, which was around 2 hours apart, and are living in the middle.) We're thinking of changing…

• leaving a house in a will but to only one child.when there is two

  Bit of a problem with a family member.The mother of two children aged in there 40s and the mother has fell out with one of the children and has had a will written to say that one of the children gets nothing upon her death...the question is i reckon the other child can contest this will and get half..is this right or can…

• Moving out of rental property

  My daughter and 2 friends rented a house together. One friend has decided to move out and find a place for her and her boyfriend to rent. My daughter had therefore decided to get on the property ladder and buy a house. So they have told the letting Agents that they will be moving out on 20 Feb (they pay their rent on 20th…

• Tenant flat viewing issue

  Hi, we are currently the tenant and the agent in charge of our flat has told us there is a viewing on monday. Being students, we are smack bang in the middle of exams, in fact I have one 2 hrs after this viewing on Monday. I know I don't have to be here for them to come in, however I will be and won't appreciate this…

• Noise-what does the law say?

  Currently renting and we have had "drum and bass" aka "racket", all night from upstairs. This is obviously unacceptable but what exactly does the law say about excessive noise-time wise especially-is there a certain time at night/morning when music etc should be switched off-forewarned is forearmed! Thank you.:confused:

• OMG, Why do people do these things?

• Tax implications if renting main residence and paying rent elsewhere

  :confused: My mother (age 82) wants to move to a retirement flat. As she is having problems selling her flat which she owns 100%, my plan is that I buy the retirement flat through an extension to my mortgage (agreed by my bank). My mother would then rent out her flat (her main residence). She would pay me a contribution to…

• Credit Crunch chaos

  http://www.t-enterprise.co.uk/flashgame/playgame.aspx?id=creditcrunchchaos Enjoy

• Some advice pls

  Hi I Bought a house with my girlfriend Beginning of August 08, we have a joint interest only mortgage and she moved out at the end of October back to her mums. I put down the deposit of 20k, the house cost 195,000 i have it written in so that in the event of selling i get my 20k back. Originally the plan was to get my…

• Hi!

  I’m JG Wyld, I’m learning the ropes of house selling. How’s everyone?

• Unlawful Agents And Landlords

  I've been very unlucky with these! The first company were bad.... When I lived in Hitchin in 2006 the landlords decided they wanted to move back in although we'd been led to believe we'd could stay there for a year, not 6 months, then they became increasingly difficult. The landlords then threw out some of our items…

• Renting my house - Help!

  hi, I was hopng someone might give me a few tips and offer some advice about renting my house. Myself and my wife will shortly be moving back to be closer to our families but only recently bought a house, which we are reluctant to sell at the moment. We will be moving in with her mum and dad so don't need to find another…

• Housemate left without any notice

  Hi I had a lodger until recently. About a week before Christmas he just left leaving the key without any notice or reason. He hasn't paid the rent for December. Is there anyway I can pursue the outstanding monies off him. I have retained the deposit, but there was an accident with the TV which was agreed the deposit would…

• Spot the problem

  WOULD you even look at a house with this - unusual - layout? Or would you assume the EAs had got it wrong? http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-11047908.html?backToListURL=%2Fuser%2Fshortlist.html%3Ftype%3DBUYING I think it's been on the market for a year or more, and the 'relisting' on RM is a con. But…

• Spend little on rent

  I've taken saving a step further and am moving into cheaper accommodation, yet it has its pros and cons....... For: £282 pcm (+bills) Good Location Against: Sharing with 3 others (who smoke) Very small single bedroom Electric cooker I take home £1410 a month and could manage to afford a better place but at the moment all…

• Noise problems in rented property

  (Please feel free to shift this if it's in the wrong place) Now, this isn't the usual noise issue (i.e. moronic neighbours) but it's similar. The property is a newly built (1 year old, coming up to) purpose built 4 storey block of flats. We are having HUGE issues with the noise from the people upstairs - when I say noise,…

• Want to move out after 3 weeks!!

  Hey guys, As the title says: "I want to move out 3 weeks after starting my tenancy". The reasons being (in short!): Had no hot water + heating for 2 weeks. We believe this has secondary flooding! The boiler DID get replaced - however... we had to fork out cost's for heaters just so our son could sleep in a warm room. (7…

• House Viewing - can I take photos?

  OH & I are househunting and are booked in to view 5-6 properties tomorrow. Is it OK to take photos of rooms in these houses so I can review when I get back home ? Of course, I'll ask the owners' permissions, but wondered whether it is what people 'do' these days when viewing?? My memory is not what it used to be anymore

• *&%$$*$!! Letting Agents :-(

  Bloody useless letting agents. I handed over a big wodge of cash this morning and got the front door key to the new house. 'Where's the garage key and back door key ?' - 'err...probably in the kitchen'. Eventually we found them with the landlord at lunchtime. The letting agent promised to fit a fridge freezer, washing…

• My Renting Hell - Long

  You may remember that some time ago I posted regarding a fixed tenancy problem that I was having due to the amount of bad things happening whilst I was in the property. Just as an update, I have managed to get pretty much no further than I left you all with in August. Search my previous posts for the background. However, I…