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rent increase vs eviction
Hi My 6 months tenancy contract (AST) just comes to its end, and is becoming a periodic contract. Apparently, the landlord needs to give me 2 months notice if he wants me to leave (ending on the last day of a tenancy period, so in fact the S21 notice is 2 to 3 months). But it seems that he only needs to give 1 month notice…
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Leaseholds
Have I got this right? You pay the normal price for a home and when the lease is up you have to give it back for free? Surely that's just passing a bomb - a very expensive bomb? Granted some of the leaseholds are for almost a 100 years and would see me out but every moment spent there it would be effectively decreasing in…
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Survey Results help
Hi I have just had my first survey back and the main concerns are as follows: rainwater fittings - repair/renew the rainwater fittings external joinery - repair/replace the rood edge external decoration - redecorate the roof edge timbers can any one shed any light on if these are common things that they make remarks about…
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first time student renter would appreciate any help/advice
ive been reading through a lot of the content on here regarding renting but still have a couple of questions cropping up which i would really appreciate if you could help me with, because to be honest i dont have much idea what im doing but im trying my best to not get ripped off! me, my boyfriend and his friend are…
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Student House landlord problems
Not too sure where this falls in the forums but I'm stuck in quite a confusing situation at the moment. My current student flat is above a shop with the same heating and electricity supply on the same meter. This was meant to be corrected months ago and we have been receiving bills intended for businesses. We refused to…
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persimmon kept us waiting 6 mths for nothing!
Back in July 2008 we reserved a plot with persimmon homes (yet to be built) in part exchange for my house. An agreement of £235k for theirs and £150k for mine. In august, having paid for a valuation, we were delighted to get £10k off, they agreed to 225k as thats what it was valued at. We waited and waited for contracts to…
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Tenant not planning to live in house
Hi I really need some advise please I have a couple who want to let a house from me, I was told that he works away during the week and would be there most weekends. I have reason to believe that they have now split up. I live locally and have not seen him for 2 months They are due to move in tomorrow, nothing has yet been…
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How cheeky is too cheeky?
Hubby and I viewed a house tonight. Been on market for 6 months, no offers so far, o/o £129k. Scotland. It wasn't in the best condition, probably needs a good bit of work done. Any suggestions at where to start the offer??? My mum said go in at 115k but that's a bit too cheeky is it not?
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Wood cladding on face of house
I've looked at a few house on RightMove, and I really despise the look of houses with this wooden cladding on the front. This an example of the type of cladding I am taking about, look at the first floor outer wall on this property; http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-20831623.html So my question – what…
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Exchange of Contracts with Cash Buyers?
How quickly is it possible/likely for this to go through? Buyer is keen/able to proceed as quickly as we are able and want to. We are ready to go (I have already completed all of the seller's paperwork). (a cash buyer with nothing to sell, no mortgage to arrange - ready to proceed). QT
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Is this slander?
My g/f rents a house from someone who is a pratt. Here is a breakdown of the main reasons I say this: The house is never sufficiently heated. There are storage heaters in some rooms. The average temperature in the house is about 10c at the moment (considerably less in the bathroom and kitchen where there are no heaters).…
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Ok we sold finally
We have finally accepted an offer from a decent buyer & all those agents who urged us to sell then negocate hard ("We can show you lots when you have sold you can negociate hard then " seem to have evaporated the promised deals & are offering nothing of interest ~ Most of it looks pretty expensive from our new position ie…
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Offer Help
Hi there, first post but I've been reading and soaking up information for a month or so now :) I'm a FTB and am looking for a little help with putting an offer in on a flat. I've been to view it twice and really like it. The flat is up for 135k but the last price adjustment was at the start of Dec, I was thinking as the…
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1st time renter
im looking to rent my house out, and i am looking for some tips, we are going to rent unfurnished. should we look out for certain tennants?? how long should the agreenent be for? should i get homelet insurance, and what level? And anything else?? im not a btl landlord, im just in a position that it is better for me to let…
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Key Worker Schemes?
What key worker schemes will be available for me when I qualify as a teacher this year? My partner works for the Health Protection Agency so not sure if he is classed as a key worker or not...? He is currently on £14k from them and a salary of £4k from the bar. I will start on £20-25k. We would love to get a place of our…
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Negotiation on New Builds
Hi, We've seen a new build that we like but it is grossly overpriced. Its on the market for £240k but I think its only worth about £200-210K compared to other similar houses and developments in the area. My question is how do you offer for a new build? Do you just phone them up directly and offer them a figure? Also, are…
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Reasonable offer on £170k house?
Hi, We've had our house on the market for a while, about 9 months, and just dropped it from £122,500 to £100,000 with a view of offers around £90,000. we've previously had offers at 90 and 100 but could not find anything to buy. We've seen what we like, a development of houses, four are for sale at between £170 - £180k.…
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Hope For All Ftb
Hi I just wanted to post a message to all first time buyers out there just to let them know there is hope so be patient. We have just had an offer accepted on a 4 bed detached house 20k under asking price and 40k below what it sold for in 2005 (it is a repo). It has been hard just waiting and waiting, saving and being…
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Should I Sign a Deed of Easement?
Hi! We purchased a new build house in Nov 06. We have been approached by a solicitor for the water board (northumbrian water) asking us to sign a deed of easement so they can have access to the public sewer in the centre of the garden. However this means they will need access to the WHOLE garden right up to our patio…
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Maintenance charges for previous tennant
Hi all, I need some expert advice. In April 2007 I bought a flat which formed part of a block managed by a housing association. As such I pay my mortgage as usual and I pay annual maintenance costs to the housing association. I'd imagine so far this is all pretty standard stuff. In Septetmber 2007 I received a bill for…
