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Anyone had success with soundproofing?
I live in a top floor flat in a Victorian conversion and there is no soundproofing at all. I can hear everything from the flat below including conversations. Ther'e's also impact noise where I can hear them stomping across the floor. There are awful tenants living there at the moment who never seem to leave the house and…
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Tenancy Deposit Protection
Hi Wonder if someone can assist. Entered into a tenancy agreement (private, unfurnished) in November 2007. A bond of £975 was paid. The bond was secured with The Dispute Service (TDS). The tenancy has since been renewed twice. TDS wrote to us in January saying that as letting agent was not ARLA registered, they would no…
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New Build - Deposit on Consluding Missives
Has anyone paid a deposit to a builders on conclusion of missives? We've already paid £500 to Redrow and they want another 1.5% on the conclusion of missives. Our solicitor doesn't think we should pay this but I'm worried Redrow will insist. Does anyone have any experience of this? Thanks!
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Help!!!
Hello. I've come here because i am not sure where to turn now. We are in what seems to be a very seriously bad situation. We currently own a 1 bed house 1 up/1 down. Which we purchased 5 years ago this year in a very over inflated market for a cost of 89k. We took out our mortgage through teh estate agents with GMAC RFC as…
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Offer Strategy
Hi, just after a little advice on putting in the right offer, and how to make sure we don't annoy the seller V Interested in a house - it's on the market for £275,000. It has been reduced recently from £285,000 Where we stand. Estate agent has told us they 'probably' won't accept anything less than the stamp duty. It's at…
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Landlord Moving Out Prorata Amount
Our original assured shorthold tenancy contract clearly states that it was to end on the 1st March (Up to and including). At the start of the contract I was told by my LL that after this date it would be a rolling month by month contract. We were given two months to leave by this landlord which was to be the 5th April…
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McInerney Homes - experiences please
Hi All, This is my first post, and I'm slowly but surely coming round to the fact that up to this point I've squandered all my hard earned :rolleyes: and its time to try to make a difference on the important stuff like .....my home! Now, I know buying new build isnt overly popular here, but I WOULD love to hear from…
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Feeling a bit stressed about buying and selling
Well this is where we are so far: I have a buyer, my flat is leasehold After some knock backs on other properties we finally found something, had an offer accepted, the house is 1930s and freehold. So, solicitors instructed for selling and buying. problem one - I paid £340 over a month ago to the solicitors for them to…
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Sell Now and Rent or Hold on?
I am relocating (London to Wales) in Sept 2010 to start a new career. My dilemma is that I own a house and not sure what to do as I will be forced to sell anyway. I can either: 1) Sell next yr when I plan to move and buy in Wales 2) Sell now and incur an Early Repayment Charge on my mortgage of £6k (3 years tie-in period…
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would/should an estate agent tell you if theyve had a higher offer?
Well weve put an offer in on a property, a week ago, & the agent said they would get back to us 'quickly' have now chased them up twice, last time yesterday morning, theyre supposed to be calling us back, but havnt so far. all they have said, & not from the actual agent themself, but someone else in the office, is that…
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Should i Wait?!
Good Evening All! I am intrigued so felt the need to post about my current situation. I am a student teacher (22yrs old), about to qualify as a secondary school teacher in three months :rotfl: Also, i have secured my first teaching job so will be in full time employment as of Sept 09 earning just shy of 21k a yr. At the…
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Rented Property must have UPVC Double Glazing by 2012
A friend of mine was considering painting her windows until some one told her that legislation is being introduced to force all Landlords to install UPVC double glazed windows by 2012. I am a Landlord and my property is in a Concseravtion Area, where UPVC is banned. Excuse the pun, but can anyone throw any light on this ?
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Borrow or buy info needed for holiday chalet
Hi to all hope this is the right place for this if not feel free to move me. I am thinking of buying a log cabin type of chalet on a decent holiday park i know well. I would rent this out to people to help me with the ground rent(less than 2k). I would make enough money to pay the rent and a little bit more i would use…
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so the survey says......
duh-uh.... following my post the other week i have spoken again to the surveyor today, he has finished the valuation and he is sending it to me but he says in current condition we would need to get a reduction of 12-15k to get it up to a reasonable standard and it needs about 3 different surveys (asbestos, drainage and…
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Just want to leave..:'(
Hey, I'm new here I was just wondering if I could get some advice. Last September I signed an assured shorthold tenancy agreement for 12 months. I am now 7 months into this agreement and cannot take living here much longer. When I moved in, all the bills were split equally and everything was fine, the house had some minor…
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Buying someone out of a property
Hello, I was wondering if someone could help me with some advice please? My boyfriend currently lives with his house mate in a property which they own 50/50. We are thinking of moving in together and weighing up all our options. One possibility (perhaps) is me buying out his housemate. However, where do you even begin with…
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Flat managing agent on watchdog now
Could be worth a watch - coming up soon! BBC1 It's just started
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Buy to let query
Hi All, I have a really basic question but this is an area I've never been in. Background is my boyf and I are buying a place together. I have a flat I bought at the peak and so it's now in that lovely phrase 'NEGATIVE EQUITY'. I dont want to sell at a loss, am in the commuter belt for London and properties rent well in my…
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Seller requesting copy of survey report
Hi I'm in the process of renegotiating the price of a property due the findings of a survey. Also the valuation is lower than our accepted offer. The seller has asked for a copy of the survey. Is this usual? I have accurately described the findings of the survey but I'm conscious that the seller is getting a free survey if…
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Move out for Repairs
If are landlord is wanting to replaster the flat we rent shouldn’t the landlord help to pay for us to move out while it’s done? The landlord said we will have to live here while they redecorator the flat which includes plastering all the walls and paint them. We want to move out while the work is done due to the dust and…
