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Drain Inspection Chamber on property without permission
Hi, can anyone advise When I returned from my holidays the developer had put a drain inspection chamber on my front path without permission. Can anyone advise where I may stand legally. I bought the property 2 years prior to this. Thanks
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Can you give me ball park figures for the following works?
I know its very difficult to say, but I wonder if you would know ball park figures for the following types of work, in the south east? 1 - to fit a dormer window in a attic conversion that has already been converted 2 - to create a roof terrace on an existing flat roof (decking, possible reinforcement of roof, railings) on…
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Purchasing a house vs renting
Hi, I'm finally(!!) ready to move out now I think, I'm 23 so enough is enough :) I've been saving hard for around 5 years now, and have always had my heart set on owning my own home as soon as possible; but does that make financial sense now? I'm in a position where I can either buy a house with little or no mortgage, let…
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Useful Tips For Renting
Hi All, I did a lot of research on this website before renting a property so I thought I would share my "bargain bashing" with you all! The Rent - The agency I went through had a number of property's of similar size. I was looking for a 2 bed flat. I asked to view a number of property's (all ranging from £550 to £450 a…
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Got our home buyer survey back...
... and it has a rediculous mistake on the first page. It gets the tenure wrong, and i know its wrong as it is a leasehold house (999 years) and they list it as freehold. Its a C+G survey and im wondering if i have any right to complain as it has cost me the thick end of 500 notes and they clearly havent done it…
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Students not allowed - is this legal?
There's a letting agency in the city where I live with the following sign in the window: "I'm sorry, we do not deal with student lettings." I can't help but feel that this must be illegal. After all, if you replaced 'student' with 'Jewish' or 'black', it certainly wouldn't be allowed. Is it in fact illegal and if so, what…
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buying a repo + being self employed
in the current climate will being self-employed make it even more difficult to complete in 30 days on a repo as opposed to if I was employed? or no difference? LTV would be around 55%, 3 years accounts done by a qualified accountant.
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Need Help Asap! Huge Electric Bill!
Hi there, I am in need of some help rather fast! I have just moved into a small one bedroom flat with my partner. We have only been there a week however are rather scared by the electric bill. We a bill for the landlord but opened it due to no name being on it. The received bill was for £178.00 for 2 weeks in January, just…
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step-by-step guide to buying a house - help!
I'm looking to buy a house this year and have built up a 10% deposit. However, I'm new and scared at this whole house buying lark that I need some help. Does anyone know of any websites that offer a step-by-step guide on how the whole thing works?
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Mortgage Or Loan?
I'm a FTB and need to borrow 30k max to buy a house. What are the advantages and disadvantages of a mortgage or loan? Thanks Wibble
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Sealed Bids???
My partner and I are thinking of buying a house and the ea said it would be through sealed bids. The sale ends next Friday and have been told that there are 3 other bidders. Does it matter when we put in our bid and should we put in the maximum we can afford straight away or not? The house is well below the market value…
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NHBC - Kitchen Problem
Does anyone have experience of claiming from NHBC? I bought a house a few weeks ago which is covered for 10 years. The house has been sitting empty for almost 2 years due to the crazy price the developer was looking. The problem is the kitchen, all the cupboard doors have completely warped and changed shape due to sitting…
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Utilities warehouse - New tenancy
Hi, We are moving into a rented house, so far we were in our own house and could choose which utility company we wanted etc... The house we are moving in is in Tewkesbury, it has been empty for about 2 or 3 months. Just got a letter from the EA, which is also the managing company since the LL lives abroad, they have stated…
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Grants HELP
Can anyone help me i am a first time buyer well me and my girlfriend are, we both work full time and claim no benefits. all i am after is finding out if there are any grants out there for first time buyer like us to help with solicitors fees and heating systems and boiler systems or will we not be able to get them due to…
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New homes settlement cracks
Can anyone advise or comment on this. (I hope this is correct section for this thread) We noticed the usual settlement cracks in our new home. When we complained, we were told both verbally and in writing that ALL settlement cracks would be fixed at the final snagging stage - 2yrs. We are now at that stage but builder has…
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Which site to advertise property
Hello, I have some barn conversions that I want to advertise on the webb. Does anyone know of any good sites? There seem to be so many out there that I really dont know where to start. I would be using solicitors etc if I do mange to sell. Many Thanks in advance, Alison
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Shhh. The Secret...
...magical... http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-19883620.html?locationIdentifier=REGION^70391&sortByPriceDescending=false&minBedrooms=2&pageNumber=1&backToListURL=%2Fproperty-for-sale%2Ffind.html%3FlocationIdentifier%3DREGION%255E70391%26sortByPriceDescending%3Dfalse%26minBedrooms%3D2
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Sky Installation: Whos responsibility?
Hi all, i wondered if you guys could give me your thoughts on the situation below as i'm unsure what i should do, or whose responsibility it is. We have had tenants move into our apartment recently and they decided to get Sky TV installed. Now the apartment has satellite connections installed from when it was build (2006)…
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Please help, advice needed! Damage to property
In june last year, some darling builders who were working behind our house decided to knock my neighbours sheds and walls down! Which also caused damage to my property. Initially the builders were very good wanting to rectify the problem, after some dodgey workmanship and numerous phonecalls mostof the work was completed.…
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Break Clause Query
Hi, Right i've given notice to leave my flat on 28th February which is fine but I have concerns regarding the wording of my break clasue and the fact I will be subject to pay 10 days rent which hardly seems fair. This is the break clause in my contract which I did sign. [SIZE=+0][/SIZE] [SIZE=+0]"10.6 The Tenant may…
