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Moving out and the lanlord is being unhelpful on our deposit - any suggestions?
Hi everyone, My GF and I are moving out of our flat this weekend and we have made the call to the landlord about getting our deposit back. We move into our new place Friday 1st May and the agreement on our flat expires on Monday 4th May. We have asked if he can come round ahead of Friday so he can say to the estate agents…
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How much to give?
Forgive me if this is in the wrong forum, I could not find anywhere else to put it! Hi - My question is: How much money should I give my brother for signing over his repossessed house to me and my wife? I should give you some background to my question: We = Me and my wife. My brother (a class A drug addict) has had his…
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Need to end tenancy agreement 2 months early, private landlord
I'm going post crazy today, lots I need to get off my mind... ! Right, to cut a long story short, I rent a flat through a private landlord (no agencies etc.) and I have one of those pretty basic looking agreements/contracts that every private landlord I've dealt with seems to have copies of.... hope you know the one I'm…
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advice appreciated on my options
Hi - I just wanted some advice pls on my options. I own a flat (valued £125,000) which has been on the market for nearly 2 weeks (bought for £40k in 1997 so made a good profit), early days I know. The report that I have had back from the EA is that its not had many viewings on the internet (below branch average!) and no…
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When viewing a property would you mind if..
Would it bother you if the living room wasnt a neutral colour? We have a terrocotta (sp) living room and I am trying to decide whether it would be worth spending the extra money re-painting it as well as finding the time. However, assuming with the current housing market it may be a good idea. Also - I have a dinning room…
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Property-bee help please
Can anyone please tell me the history of these two properties? I'm very very upset as we had an offer accepted on a very similar property, paid for valuation and survey and had solicitor do some extra checks, only for the seller to change her mind yesterday and pull out :confused: Many thanks…
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Experian & House Buying
Hi All, Hope you can be of assitance. I am currently renting privately with My Fiancee. Our landlord has just recently offered to sell the house to us which are very keen to do after we are married in six months. I recently checked my experian credit report and I had a score of 805. I defaulted on a loan on 3k a few years…
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Nice house bad area or bad house nice area?
Let's assume we're not talking about streets with drug dens/ gangs etc (chance's are there's not gonna be a 'nice' house on this kind of street anyway). Has anyone thought they were moving into a bad area, to find it to actually be quite good actually? What do you consider to be a 'bad' area? For me, I have had a rather…
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Conveyancing
Hiya, Have anyone used convey4u or can recomend any other online Conveyancing site to use thats good, i just need it for sale only and am being quoted around 500 to 600 around my way and would like something cheaper than that. Thanks for your help Mick
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Ltv
Hi, Hoping someone can answer my question. In the process of trying to buy a new build property on at 220k have managed to get them down to 205k. Will the LTV be worked out on the 220k list price or the actual purchase price of 205k. Thanking you all in advance. Dave
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Can anyone change their house/flat number to a name? Like Highgrove for example?
Can anyone name a house? For example, if I lived in a mid-terrace at number 52,say, could I name it The Lodge? Or if I lived in a converted upstairs flat of a house, say, 67C, could I name it RoyalGrove?
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Can't afford to pay rent - WWYD?
Long story short DH has been out of work for some time and the housing benefit doesn't cover the rent. Our tenancy is up for renewal in June and unless the landlords reduce the rent DH & I have agreed that we cannot stay here as we are struggling for pay for bills and food. We have applied to go on the council housing list…
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Estate agent refuses buyer proper access to HIP
I am purchasing a property and would like some advice. The estate agent selling the property I'm buying refuses to email me the HIP and also refuses to email me the HIP's online link "owing to data protection". As I was in the EA's office at the time, I asked if I could write down the link myself - "no". I asked them to…
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Piq - hips
Can anyone advise.. On the questionaire, one of the questions is.. i) Have you carried out any structural alterations, additions or extensions (e.g. provision of an extra bedroom or bathroom) to the property? Would this statement include a conservatory? ii) Has the electrical wiring in your property been checked? We had…
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Going it alone on renting out
Hi, Im looking to rent out my mothers house to help pay for her nursing home bills. I need a link to the forms for the tenancy agreement that I saw some time back but now cant find. E/agents have given me a poor return quote and an even poorer estimate on their charges:eek:. CP12 and electrical/EPC certificates are in…
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How long should my buyers mortgage take
Sorry, not sure if this is the right place to post.:confused: How long should it take "in the current climate" for my buyers to get their mortgage? We accepted their offer in January and they still haven't got the formal offer even though our house was surveyed in March for them. We now know they have had previous credit…
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Buy to let tax
Hi all ! Hoping someone can help! I have put an offer on a house with the intention to buy to let. I have my mortgage sorted, just need to sign things off. Basically cutting the story short this is for investment long term. I can pay the mortgage no problem if the property sits empty but i'm told i will rent it out with no…
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First Time Buy - Bank/Mortgage Advisor Delays
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Selling a house privately
Hi I'm looking at moving this year - now I'm quite lucky that I bought my little 2up/2 down years ago before the prices started to spiral, so I have lots of equity (I think) and my house is a FTB's house so witha bit of luck, with the mortgage rate at the moment I may get some interest... Now, having looked around (and…
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Can the estate agent do this??!!??
Hey guys sorry for my first post being a bit of a rant, i just wanna say hi to all members and i really hope somebody can help me because im seething! basically a little while ago me and my partner asked our estate agent about getting out early of our tenancy agreement due to having to move away from bournemouth and back…
