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Cousin being evicted
Don't know if this is the right board, if it isn't please move it... I'm writing this as I'm really worried about my cousin. I recently spoke to her and their money worries are worse than ever... Basically, she lives with her husband and 3yr old son. Her husband does shift work for a well known food company, as much as the…
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Tenancy Agreement Question
Howdy everyone, Has anyone ever heard of land plans being added to a tenancy agreement to detail where you can and can't park etc, its just I have never heard of it. I also wondered how long it would take also to get these plans. cheers
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Help Re Solicitors
Im trying to get everything sorted out but I am looking at what forms of identification I can use for the solicitors! I don't have a full driving license or provisional with the paper bit. Don't pay utility bills, I have my bank statements but nothing else and it looks like I need two different forms? Help me!!
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Forcing vendors to accept offer on repo?
Hi, As in some of my other posts, we had an offer accepted on a reposession. The vendors then moved the deadline, and put it to auction as we were still waiting for our formal mortgage offer. We have since been back to the vendors saying we are ready, and can exchange in hours, however they declined our offer (due to the…
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Am I OK to stay with my mom??
Hi, My mom is unwell and is bed bound and has been for the last 2 weeks, she has now asked me to move back home with her for a short while untill she gets back on her feet, We are hoping this will be within a month or two. I currently rent a council property and wondered if I would need to tell them if I was planning on…
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house bought.. summer house gone??
i just got the keys to my house yesterday, how excited i was. i went around to the house, opened the door walked through and then looked into the back garden..... the large summer house which had been in the back garden had gone and all that remains is the concrete blocks used for levelling it and a great big mess. is a…
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House valued at less than offered...
Hi all, Had an offer accepted on a 3 bed semi 2 weeks ago. Survey has highlighted a number of essential repairs needed. They include: re-roof upgrade electronics solid floor (in hall and kitchen) is defective (?) eradicate damp (rising damp in ground floor walls) Our offer was £110k. The valuation values it at £105k in…
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Problems with house we are renting
Me and my partner moved into a property in February this year and we have had nothing but problems, both with the house and the letting agents. We really need some advice as we are getting nowhere! The day after we moved in, the gas boiler packed in. No heating or hot water, unless we used the electric back up boiler. The…
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terms of a headlease - what should I expect?
Hi, I am in the process of buying a flat in a block of 12 new builds. I have been told that I should ask for terms of the head lease. What kind of information should I expect back?
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Concrete build - refused a mortgage - why?
I'm going to see a flat which I'm considering buying with my other half. I just spoke to the estate agent who said that there were two other buyers who were interested but they were both refused mortgages, and both times the reason given by the banks was that the building was a concrete build. Why would this be a problem…
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Agent has mispaid deposit
Myself and three friends had big problems getting our deposit returned from our letting agent. After a year of emails and phone calls we clawed back what we could after the landlord had taken a unnecessarily large chunk for supposed damages. (info here - http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1179817) It…
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Renter or Lodger??
Help! This is a long post and I apologize in advance... I've been living with a couple in their flat since September (therefore as a lodger and not a tenant) but lately we have not been getting along. Part of it is probably my fault, but the landlady is being overly critical (i.e. yelling for not turning off lights or…
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Landlord trying urgently to contact us direct
Been in flat for 50 weeks and the landlord (who lives in Pakistan) has written to us twice in a desperate attempt to speak to us We’ve been paying the rent religiously each month to a small, independent agency and had no problems whatsoever, now the landlord is saying in these letters .. Quote .. “In 2008 they did not pay…
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Renting and Credit checks
Hope someone has some good advice.... moral commentators please keep walking I am currently in a debt management plan with CCCS. My husband is now a discharged bankrupt, since January of this year. We are renting a property which we need to move out of due to a irritating neighbour and bad damp. We have been looking around…
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Unsure of Asking Price due to Stamp Duty
Hi All I am about to put my flat on the market and am undecided on what asking price to set because of the stamp duty. I own a 3 bedroom flat, and a couple of 2 beds in the same development (exactly the same lay-out but I less single room) sold in Jan and Feb 09 for £245k and £242k respectively. So here is my…
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Clueless students moving to London (Middlesex/Brentford area)
Hi, I'm a student from the Milton Keynes area, and studying in Coventry, so know nothing of London. Both myself and my girlfriend have got 12 month "industrial placement" jobs in Middlesex - I'm at Stockley Park (here) and my partner is at GSK House, Brenford. We need to find a 1 or 2 bed flat, with a budget between…
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New house has damp - getting money off?
Firstly apologies if this is common question. I had a look on this forum but couldn't see anything recently re damp. My boyfriend and I have had our offer accepted on a house. It's all gone through really quickly as we only looked at the property 3 weeks ago and now have the mortgage approved and it's all ready to go. We…
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problem tenants
I have had tenants in my house for only a month, but already I think I am going to have to have them evicted. The neighbour across the lane is constantly on the phone to me complaining about the noise, and when I went to see to my horse in the field next to the house this morning I noticed 4 broken windows and my beautiful…
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Letting Agent gone bust
Hello all, I have a friend who is currently renting via a letting and last month her letting agent went bust and she has not been given her bond back and nor had it been passed on to the landlord. What can she do if anything to get this back? Thanks, D
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Rendered wall...hidden problems?
Our bid got accepted on house and have noticed that the gable wall is rendered.Its an end terrace house and is only rendered on side wall not front or back.Its quite ugly looking rather like grey plaster.Main question is why its rendered..im thinking damp or insulation? Will we be informed why or should we be asking?
