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Tenant advice - leaving the property and have no contract
Hi, I've rented a property through a private landlord for just over two years, initially i signed a 6 month contract, but since then i have not signed anything. Due to an illness in my family i'm having to move out at short notice (10 days). Do i have to still pay and give 4 weeks notice even though i've not signed a…
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Advance payment of rent or a tenancy deposit - new case
For those who like to post on here with suggestions on how they think they might avoid the tenancy deposit regs:smiley: Piggott v Slaven, Great Grimsby County Court 23 February 2009. 3x deposit payment ordered plus repayment or immediate registering of deposit See here for further info.
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Ending Tenancy agreement
Hi everyone. Was after a bit of advise. Our currently renting our house from a private landlord, We signed a AST in September 2005 and it was due to end 9th March 2006. We have just found a house available to rent got through all the checks. The woman from the agency we went with phoned our current landlord (trying to get…
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Child Tax Credits and Property Income/Loss
Should I be deducting our loss on the year from our other income and using this figure for child tax credits?
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New Build HomeBuy Scheme
Myself and my Partner have been looking into Shared ownership schemes and are particuarly interested in New Build homebuy.We are first time buyers. We are currently earning about £46000 between us take home and he is a keyworker. My parents have agreed to lend us a 10% deposit as we have no savings and our debts are 4…
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Unfair landlord charges for replacement keys
Hi all, I'm looking for advice regarding a charge my landlord is trying to impose on me for my front door key fob which I rather foolishly managed to lose on holiday. More specifically it's an electronic fob type key for the electric gate at the front of our house. The landlord says their standard charge is £50 + VAT for a…
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Security Deposit - Agent to keep interest earned?
I am a long term reader of these forums but this is my first post! I'm currently reading through the tenancy agreement for a property that I will be moving into shortly and I have noticed that the letting agent has put in a clause which states, that any interest earned on my security deposit will belong to them. Are they…
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HIP / Local Search... is this OK?
Hi all, I have recently had an offer accepted on a house. I am a first time buyer and I am incredibly nervous of paying anything that is likely to catch out anyone without experience. The house I have just gone for has been on the market prior to the HIP law came in so one is not provided. I am not too worried about that…
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Mortgage Advice Independent or Not??
It was interesting from a mortgage brokers point of view watching Martin Lewis appear on GMTV Tuesday morning 24th February 2009. He was talking about people that have fixed rate mortgage products and if it would be good advice to leave the fixed product and opt for a Tracker and he mentioned that it would be good to talk…
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House Viewing
We had a couple viewing our house yesterday. It's so difficult to tell how it went and i am so unpatient! I was just wondering if anyone knew any give away signs that viewers like a house?
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House Information Packs and Punishments
I am unemployed and receiving no benefits and I wish to market my house to obtain money to live on. Estate Agents tell me that I can't put my house on the market without HIPS. They also said I can defer the HIPS fee for six months. However, if my house doesn’t sell I will have to pay the fee or face a fine. They then said…
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HIPs
If a 3 bed property has been on the market for a long time does it require a HIP or not? They said it only needed an energy assessment.
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advice for potential & current LLs please
Hi a few questions from (me - potential LL and friend - current LL)... 1) once the initial 6/12 month tenancy is up if the tenants wish to stay and the LL is ok with that does another contract need to be drawn up? If so, should this occur for each subsequent 6/12 months if both parties are happy? Also can the intial…
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LHA evict or a second chance ?
You try to give people the benefit of the doubt. I bought a BTL 3 bedroom semi detached property almost two years ago at £105'000 (next door now has their 4 bedroom fixed price £95'000) I decided to allow a DWP tenant take the lease, knowing not all DWP tenants are defiant. My choice was wrong and it's now a hindrance.…
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Question regarding lease!
On my lease it states 'The lease will endure from the First Day of febuary Two Thousand and Eight and thereafter from month to month' Does that mean i only have a month to month lease?
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Full Structural Survey - Do we need one?
Hi all, My boyfriend and I have just bought a house. We've paid the mortgage company to do the standard survey (not home buyers report). We assumed we didn't need the Home Buyers Report as we're pretty much renovating/replacing everything in there so for someone to tell us it needs new windows is not much use! But I am…
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Land Registry Form ID1
My father has decided to transfer his property into the names of my self and my two other siblings. Before we sign we would like to be aware of any tax implications (or any other implications for that matter) about this matter. He intends to continue living there,but as his age is 82 are there any problems we would…
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Buying a house, asbestos in the attic?
Morning, A house i'm looking at has a couple of these strewn about the attic Can anyone in the building trade identify it, could it be asbestos lagging from the old hot water tank?
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Any advice please?
Apologies if this is a bit vague, looking for some advice for a friend, so dont have exact details. She is a self employed driving instructor. She has a perfect credit rating,and has banked with RBS for many years, She has savings and investments with them. She has recently (amicably_ seperated from her hubby and is trying…
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End of tenancy agreement
Hi I moved into my flat on 15th September 2008 so my six month tenancy agreement would run out on 15th March. If I wanted to move out could I just not sign a new one?
