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Falsified Land Registry Entry!!!!!!!!!!
Hi there, In an effort to try and prove disputed ownership of an out-building my neighbour has sent me clearly and blatantly self-doctored property deeds and maps,it is so utterly obvious as to be laughable......not quite sure how to proceed next,does anyone have any advice please? Thank you,magenta-sky.
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5 days from formal application to mortgage offer? Is this a record?
Our mortgage offer arrived today. We haven't seen the survey yet but going by what the offer says, the house was valued at what we're paying (or possibly a bit more?). I'm amazed at how fast it has been: it is only 9 working days since our offer was accepted and my OH only put in the full application on Monday. I suspect…
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Sneaky way to get vendor's number from Estate Agents?
how do I get the number from the agent?
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Can I find a landlord?
Is there a way that i can find out how to contact the landlord of a property. We are having terrible noise problems with some tenants upstairs to us (the flat is owned by someone other than our landlord). We would like to approach them directly and inform them that their tenants are causing a nuisance as i understand they…
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Length of tenancy
Hi All, I am new in the UK and I have been trying to rent a house for past 7 weeks. I am in the UK on a short term contract for 6 months. I have approached a lettting agent who has arranged viewings of some properties. Some are centrally located and some on the outskirts. My preference is to stay near the town centre. I so…
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Park Homes on Own Land
Has anyone any experience of siting their own residential park home on land they own themselves please? Is their any financial advantage on costs in comparison to siting your park home on a residential park home site? To your knowledge does the park home still give you the lowest Council Tax Band A when you site it on your…
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Severe damp problem in rented 2 bed flat...
Hi all, My Bro rents a 2 bed flat with his mate. I haven't been round to see him in a while and when I did a few weeks ago I found he was sleeping in the lounge, due to damp in his room. It was quite shocking. I gave him a clip round the ear and told him he should have got into the landlord about it, and they said that…
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Do LA normally charge a fee to renew AST?
I have just received a form to renew my tenancy agreement from my letting agent and enclosed was an invoice for £80 for admin cost in relation to drawing up a new tenancy agreement. I have only lived at this property for a year and previous agents that I have rented through have never charged me to renew so I am a bit…
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Tips on improving value to my property
Hi everyone My issue is this, I seperated from my wife a year ago, we are now divorced but I have let her continue to pay the mortgage over the last 12 months so she could live in the property with her new boyfriend. She is now allowing me to buy her out with a reasonable offer as the house has been on the market for 4…
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rent service are visiting me-advice please
Hiya got letter this morning from The Rent Service they comming to visit me next week Says in the letter they need to see my home so they can decide how much rent can be considered in working out housing benefit. I have rented this house for over a year, been claiming HB they paid all my rent, nothing changed. Was…
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Newby to the site in need of your help please
I want to buy my parents council property its a 100 year lease and its really very cheap, i want them to live rent free :A and in order to claim the huge discount the vendors recieve it has to be bought in my parents name but they cant get a mortgage:mad: can anyone please help or offer my advice if you have done this…
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Exactly what is the point to Zoopla other than entertainment and voyeurism?
Hello all, my first postie so please be gentle. :o We all know the pros and cons of Zoopla's shaky valuations, but has anyone considered the moral pros and cons? Zoopla ask members of the public to give them information, they don’t so much care that the person or persons giving their estimate on a house could have…
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Can't Complete New Build - Can't Cancel Either
Hi, I am writing this on behalf of my son and daughter in law. They paid a deposit and signed the missives on a new build flat last March, they had a 90% mortgage in place which the bs agreed to hold for 1 year. They were hoping to move into the new flat on return from their honeymoon on August but the flat has still not…
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Leaving a tenancy early
My girlfriend was recently made redundant and we're really struggling to stay where we are right now. We've lived here for 8 months ish and signed a 12 month contract. However with the way things are right now and the fact she has been made redundant there's no way we can stay where we are and we are looking to end the…
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Government Lending to house buyers: is it a good idea?
Crazy as it seems but why is our government lending and insuring the 'toxic' debt run up by less-than scrupulous bankers with tax payers money? Here is an idea I would like moneysavers to comment on... Should the government lend taxpayers money back to the taxpayers to help ride out the recession rather than 'giving'…
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Looking at Flats
Hi all, Im going to look at a couple of flats tomorow with a mate, however the area that we are interested in apparently only have one flat left.. This seems strange that the company letting (choices) have over 8 of these flats on their website up for let, all different floors. Is it really likely that there is only one…
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Sewer under the house
The water searches for a house we are buying have come through the post today and it appears the house is built over a public sewer. Of course I will be talking to our solicitor on Monday, but that seems a very long way away. A cursory search shows build over indemnities are available for the lender, but I am a little…
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Mortgage Insurance
I am considering getting on the property ladder. I would like to ask for someadvice, this time on Mortgage insurance. I have been quoted these figures for these products: £35 - life & critical illness cover (minimum cover is £10 per mth) £23 – accident/sickness/ redundancy cover-(minimum cover is £12.60 per mth) My…
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When should EA's stop telling you about 'interest' in your house?
When you have had an offer in? When you have accepted the offer? When you have recieved the memorandum of sale? When you have exchanged? We accepted an offer on our house last Monday, we've had the memorandum of sale for the house we are purchasing, but not from our EA's for the house we are selling, yet. I called them…
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So house building carries on?
Is this a more realistic pricing. Persimmon are building a development on the old gas works site in Redditch called Windsor heights B97 post code and they are marketing a three bed end of terrace for 114,000 (sorry not able to do links) It is on rightmove. This site is just starting up. They are still doing 'The 75%25%…
