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Can't afford the rent
I can't go into the rent office and pay with a credit card so what is the best option out of a) paying cash from credit card b) paying with a credit card cheque. Please help :confused:
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removing charges held on my mothers property
hello My father passed away in march 2000 Before he died he ran up some debt being as he was unable to work the bank BARCLAYS forced him to get my mother to agree to remove her matrimonial rights to the home and a builders store and he was made to pay £40 per week till the debt was clear that was in 1995 my mother had been…
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exchanged contracts on first house... then heard rumours of redundancy
Hi I really need some advice, I currently rent a house with my boyfrind and we are buying our first house, we have just exchanged contracts on a new house, we have a completion date for June, everything is organised and ready to go mortgage due to start 1st July etc. We both work at the same place and this week there have…
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Auction Price
Is there anyway of finding out what a house went for at auction? Fell in love with this house and it when to auction just as we sold our house and was in a position to make an offer. Would love to know if our offer was below/above what it went for. Thanks (it was sold by the people on auction today and was on the 1st of…
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Dunlop Haywards-any experience with them?
Hi All Dunlop Haywards are driving me mental, does anyone know anything about them, how to get in touch, or if they have a website? I can't even seem to find out if they are still trading, just thought I would ask one of you kind people to do some digging as you are so much better at it than me! Thanks in advance
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Risk Management re - Covenant
My partner and I are almost ready to exchange contracts on a house purchase. Something has come to light, however, which concerns us. There is a covenant, in the original sale of the property from the local authority, to the first private owner, which requires that any owner should get consent from the local authority (now…
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Milton Keynes estate agents
Hi I'm trying to sell my shared ownership flat in Milton Keynes. After trying to sell it privately on sites like Gumtree and Houseladder (even Facebook), I've decided to look into using an estate agent. I had a sale fall through at the last minute (the buyer got made redundant), so am keen to keep costs to a bear miniumum…
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Buying a flat with no maintenance charge
The are about 15 flats in Bolton (check on rightmove for them if you want) up for about £20k each. The bloke who used to own them just kept on remortgaging as house prices went up with different lenders - anyway, now that house prices are coming down, he has done one and the banks have repossesed them all. So all up for…
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HIPS rip off
We were up for sale with an estate agent with a national chain of companys. During this period, we had a viewer who was very interested in buying and said they would when they had sold as they were in the process of doing so. We had signed for the full package which included HIPS but were not told that if we paid at the…
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Ex Tennant still causing hassles
Greetings one and all. Have a little bit of a problem but not quite sure how to sort out. A little while ago before I moved in with my OH, she had a tenant, who was friends with both of us. I then moved in and things were going okay or so we thought. Not long after I moved in he found himself a girlfriend pretty soon she…
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Solicitor acting as executer of Will selling house for less than market value.
I have serious doubts that the solicitor ( appointed by my grandfather before he died) is acting in my families best interest. Basically my Grandfathers house was originally valued at £119,000 and due to recent drop in house prices was drastically reduced to £99,000.- we recently received a letter from the solicitor saying…
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Problems with management company... Advice neeeded!
Sorry, I am not sure if this is the right part of the forum to post in - so apologies if it isn't... We recently moved into a new build apartment, and prior to moving in when we were viewing the property we were advised that the management fee was £55 per month and we had to pay three months up front (which was added on…
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Enforcing a CCJ and Successfully Claiming Against the Correct Party (Letting Agent)
This post concerns how to best successfully enforce a CCJ against an unlawful landlord, apologies for the length: We, the four previous tenants, are now creditor of a small claims county court judgment (CCJ) against the defendant, who we understood to be our landlord (the person who countersigned the tenancy agreement that…
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Dealing with management agencies
I am a leaseholder on a property and am really struggling to communicate with the company managing the freehold. E-mails and letters go unanswered, phone messages aren't rtnd, when I do get through there is plenty of umming and ahhing but no satisfactory answer and no record of any conversation made, the accounts and…
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Buying house, central heating question
Found a house that we like and with reasonable price. But the central heating pipes are all visible. So two pipes coming from upstairs along wall and seen in sitting room. Two pipes in dining room etc. Is this OK? How are central heating pipes generally fitted? Can we get this changed?
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Quick question about putting offer
After a long search got a house that ticks all important boxes. The house is very reasonable priced and in an area we want. But the condition of seller is that he likes another house and he will only sell his house if he gets that property. He will cancel sale if there is any problem in him buying that house... Should i go…
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Am I being realistic?
We have been thinking of moving to a larger property for some time now, our family of 5 having outgrown our 3-bed detatched property. We purchased it brand new in 1999 for £83,000 and currently have £66,000 outstanding on our mortgage. So far we have had two EA valuations - one of £170,000 ("for a modern property with no…
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new build - snag list
Hello, wondered if anybody could help, i'm due to move into a new barratt flat in 5 weeks time and am desperately looking for a good free snagging list so that i don't have too many problems spotting everything, i'm not in the position where i can pay a professional snagger. most the sites online seem to point to having to…
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House swap? not a council one
Hi, I've been trying to find some info (used search option on the forum but it seems to be bringing council houses swaps). I have a 2 beds flat which was perfect when I bought it over 2 years ago but now my circumstances have changed drastically and I need to get a bigger place so that I can get an aupair to help me out…
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Housing act query
Hello everyone, This is my first post, but I've been following the forum for some time as the advice is usually good! I'm about to sign a tenancy agreement for an AST and there is a notice stating that 'The Landlord gives notice to the Tenant that posession of the property might be recovered under Ground 1 of Schedule 2 to…
