House buying, renting & selling

Discussion List

• Typical estate agent commission

  Hi I'm planning to put my house on the market in the next couple of weeks. Any ideas of the current levels of commission being asked for? I expect the house is worth around £350,000. I don't know if I could face paying over £5000! Thanks

• Buying a house with parking permit

  I am interested in viewing a house. The only problem is you need a parking permit. Anybody knows how much this cost in Greater London and does the fee increase each year? And a visitor's permit costs £15 per book, can you use one voucher per day? That house is in a perfect location but there is no parking and this is…

• Boiler broke down 6 days ago and contractors working for HA have failed to fix it.

  Hi I need some help please! My boiler packed up on Monday and an engineer looked at it said it needed a part and will be back on Wednesday. 'Luckily' I have an immersion switch so I do have hot water and my HA provided two useless fan heaters so I borrow an oil-radiotr from my parents. Wednesday- a different engineer turns…

• Credit Check info pls for renting

  Hi everyone this is my 1st post here, i was hoping i could get some advice? Basically me and my partner are looking into renting either from a estate agent or through a private landlord. What i would like to know is what things both need so u can get a lease? What kind of checks are done on your profile? Reason i am…

• Move or not - in a quandry

  We are presently in a 2-bed flat - that's my wife, daughter and myself, plus we have one-on-the-way. It's been our medium-term plan to move in Summer 2010, and possibly a bit nearer my wife's parents (i.e. moving about 50miles north). However, on a whim I did a "Rightmove" search on Friday and turned up exactly one 4-bed…

• Decorating to sell

  We are just re-decorating our flat as it it not fit to sell at the moment. We have just ripped up the carpet in the bathroom and would appreciate some advice as to whether replace the carpet or tile - what would buyers prefer? It's a very small bathroom so cost/time not a worry. The whole flat will be re-carpeted (again…

• General Consensus : Sell ¦ Rent ¦ Buy

  Hi What is the general consensus on selling and then renting for a wee while until a house you're keen on has the offer accepted? We are looking to sell (currently first time buyers of 4 years). We have been looking about quite a bit and have our eye on one or two places. However without knowing how much we would realise…

• Shared Equity News story

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2009/jan/31/shared-equity-broken-dreams Six years ago, the corporate manager was one of seven tenants who bought shared-equity flats in a newly built scheme in Greenford, west London - lured in part by the government-promoted dream of owning his own "affordable home". Today these tenants are…

• Buying house question.

  I have a question for a friend but its off the top of my head so hera goes. He put in a bid back in november for a empty house. The offer was accepted by the estate agents and they took the deposit. (£20,000). He then found out that the house had a debt outstanding on the property before completing the deal any obviously…