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HELP - Moving next week.
Hi, finally completing on my house next week. (YEAH). A while back i saw a link to a website which has a list of all the things you need to do the week before you move, but i can't find it. can anyone help? thanks
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House Sale Proceeds
My elderly mother has moved in with myself and my husband as she is no longer able to take care of herself and relies on me for everything. and finally after nine months we have an offer on her house. Originally the idea was to sell her house then sell ours and buy a bigger house together but due to the state of the house…
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Calculating interest on late payments of rent?
Hi, I hope someone can help me. I am currently renting a place out as I can't sell it, but the tenant is late paying the rent. I have looked at the tenancy agreement and it says for late payment of rent interest will be charged at 4% above the England base rate (currently 0.5% I think) from 14 days after the rent was due.…
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Dodgy Estate Agent
I recently (April 2009)used an estate agent to rent my house out. Having spent in excess of £1000 getting the gas, elecetric,HIP, Energy Reports/works etc, the EA let it out to a man who lives there with his daughter. The EA has not recieved rent for 2 months from tennant. I approached EA last week to quiz them about the…
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sold house prices website info
hi im looking for websites that tell you how much a property has sold for and when, now theres a few about, i use ourproperty.co.uk however, like the majority, they dont tell you how many bedrooms a property has... so if in a block of flats, 1 flat has sold for 70k, in the same month another has sold for 100k, it could…
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Medium priority on the housing list - what does that really mean?
I checked my status with the local housing association and they said I am on the waiting list as medium priority. I am a month away from having to declare myself homeless, so I am a bit confused...
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quotes for work identified in survey- reasonable to request being there?
Our survey on the house we are looking to purchase came back with some major roof problems, so we are arranging for quotes for the work. do you think it would be reasonable to ask the vendor if we can be there when the roofer goes round to look at the roof? we have lots of questions and want to be sure that we have…
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want to move - what costs should I consider?
Current mortgage is £181,000 which inlcudes £21,000 which we borrowed on top of the house price - yes, we were one of those stupid people :( Anyway - we want to move back to where our families are now that we have a 1 year old boy and I have started looking for a new job, have an interview next Friday. Wages are a lot less…
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Gazundering
So I thought i had a buyer, price agreed, survey done and the valuation on the survey is the same as the offer made by my buyer. This morning she has come back to say that she wants 15k off due to the survey. Is it me or is that completely mad? Any ideas?
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Building survey's report
Just had a chat with the surveyor and he has identified major issues regarding the building survey. For an extra £100, he will do the costs for me. I have paid £750 for the survey. The house needs re-wiring or at least part of it as he says the house is old and the electrics needs upgrading. Leak through the roof, gutter…
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Changing the offer or negotiating after the wheels have been set in motion.
Kind of did a bit of a boob when looking at a flat in a complex. It was the last one, estimated £3,000 worth of furniture thrown in and they're offering 25% initial deposit (to be paid back interest free within 10 years). But I've agreed on a price without consider an 'offer' as such. I know this seems like lunacy and…
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FTB - first offer
Hi again! If you read my previous thread sorry for the repeat, if not here's the situation: My partner and I have found an apartment in Leeds that we love and have reserved. We are going down the HomeBuy direct route with Barrat. The price is £136,495 and £15,000 for the parking space we have to have. They immediately…
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FTB Help!
Hi all, I am just looking for some advice really ... My boyfriend and I viewed a property last night that we are really interested in. We really like the property and whilst there a few cosmetic changes that we would like to make, there is nothing major that needs doing. We do however think it is a bit over-priced - it is…
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Landlord wants to do another inventory!
Hello. My partner and I moved into our current flat 2 months ago. The agency did an inventory with us the day we moved in which we agreed with and signed. So far so good. We received a letter from the landlord last week saying that the management of our property has been changed to another agency. This agency have since…
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Retrospective consent for conservatory in scotland-how long does it take?
Hi all Looking for some advice. We are looking to buy a house in scotland. There is a 15.4 sq m conservatory with no consents. Don't think there will be any issues due to where it is and the size of garden, proximity of neighbours, etc. Does anyone know how long it takes for the local council to provide retrospective…
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Survey done this pm
Had the building survey done this afternoon. I know I will have to wait for a few days to get the report. I have asked the surveyor to give me a quick call to let me know whether there are any big issues identified and he has not phoned. Is that a good sign, I am so anxious & very impatient? What are the procedures after a…
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HELP! Tenancy up in 4 days!?
Hi all, We just received a letter from him today saying that our lease is up on the 31st May offering us a renewal for a further 12 months. Eeek! We thought our lease ran until 31st July! Story goes that 10 months ago we started the renwal of our tenancy agreement with our landlord to continue on our rental of his…
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Valuation came in a lot under asking price...
I'm happy with this but the other side are obviously not! We are buying from an HA they have referred the matter to their surveyor to see whether they can come up with Sold comparables in the area. Questions: how far back do you think they can go to compare prices then and now? And with prices still falling isn't it a…
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Fixture and fittings ?
Sorry if this is a dumb question but what is classed as "Fixture and Fittings" ? The last house ( and only house till now) i sold the buyer said i could take what ever i wanted ... i could of took the sink if i wanted as she was gutting it and starting again. What am i allowed to take from my current house ? We must of…
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Estate agents seem very confident
Friends of ours have contacted through Rightmove all the estate agents covering their area stating the x amount they have for any properties that may come on the market in their price range which is about 20,000 under what most are on at. They have been told; No sorry we only sell properties over 300 thousand pound (very…
