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Advice needed - rented student house
I am currently in my second year of University and have recently moved into my second rented house (furnished). I need advice of the following situation: Earlier this week we had arranged for our landlord to come round and collect some furniture which we had no use for. He came whilst we were in bed in the morning, took…
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Need a bit of advice on qualifying for council house
Hi All, My partner and I are expecting our first child in December. We are currently living in a private rental property, and the tenancy agreement ends at the end of February 2010. Our landlord is not selling, but has other tenants ready waiting to move in when we move out. The council have said that we are currently on…
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Should I stay put or move?
Can I explain. We live in a 4 bed semi (although 1 bedroom is downstairs and we have 3 upstairs, one of which is a box room). We have two children and plan for another so we would like to extend upstairs. We have decorated the house (apart from our room and hall stairs and landing). We have a mortgage for about 85% and as…
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FTB timeline on a repo
Hi all, this site has been my number one source of information with regards to money for the last 3 months, after finally finding a nice property my journey began, for anyone intrested here is a timeline. NB single 23yo FTB with 25% deposit 26-08-09 House officially on the market - house viewed same day. Did all my…
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Conveyancer/Solicitor? Internet/Local?
I am about to put my house on the market for the first time in ten years. What is the best thing to do regarding the legal side? Who should I use? How much will it cost me? When is the best time to instruct them? I am only selling and not buying just yet to ensure no chain problems. Thanks in advance for any advice.
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Urgebt advice/help needed...i feel trapped!
Hi, If anyone can advise in this situation I would be greatly appreciative. My partner and I are basically a product of the credit crunch, we had a mortgage with Northern Rock which in retrospect we shouldn’t have taken (or rather they shouldn’t have given us) and we managed to re-mortgage last year onto a three year fixed…
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Service charge hike
Buying a property. Current owners pay £1000. Got informed by solicitors that I will be will paying £2000!!!! Have not received the official papers to confirm this, but are they taking the pizzle? Are landlords allowed to do this? Surely I should be paying the current rate. If the rate is put up simply because I will be a…
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What's the right thing to do?
Would be really grateful of any thoughts/opinions. We had an offer on our house which we accepted within a week. We had put our house on the market because we had seen a specific property that we wanted. However, we are still negotiating the price of the one that we want (it's a probate) and if we can't agree on a price we…
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Tenancy agreement
Hello I'm in the process of renting a house and as I've never rented before, I was wondering if some of you more knowledgable folk could give me some advice on the tenancy agreement. The agreement I've been given is the letting agencies standard agreement. I'm not looking to rock the boat too much as it's a nice house and…
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Absent (but know where they are!) freeholder
We are looking to buy a flat that is advertised as having an absent freeholder but I actually know that the flat has been repossessed by the bank as it was obtained fraudulently by the previous owner who is now on remand awaiting trial for a massive property fraud. What is the situation of obtaining the freehold on such a…
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I've taken if off the market anyway
Interesting response to my thread the other day but, having given it some thought I've taken my house off the market. Will keep the board up outside, but given myself some time off. Prices may stagnate, or rise, and may well fall but hey ho, I feel better for bowing out, gracefully, now!
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Are my letting agents legit???
I have had a lot of trouble contacting my letting agents in the last few months as they rarely answer their phones. Yesterday when I rang the office number and asked for the people who were dealing with my property they said they were no longer operating from there. When i spoke to them regarding this they told me they no…
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Lease extension nightmare threatening our sale
Hello, any advice on below would be much appreciated as I'm v.worried, We had our offer accepted on a perfect flat 2 months ago - at the time of offer we and the vendor and estate agents knew the offer was dependent on the vendor extending the lease. The Freeholder is now asking the vendor for double what they intended to…
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How to find private landlords?
I hope ive posted this in the right place, if i havent i hope someone can delete it for me! But bascially... Im looking to move soon, atm i live in housing association housing but want to go private rented. In a differant area to where i am now. I have the money to move now but dont know how to find private landlords,…
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council tax band change
Not sure if this is the right forum for this, sorry if not. I received a letter today from the VOA telling me my council tax band has gone from D to E, which is a £320 increase. The letter went on to explain they had looked at house prices in the area in 1991 and found a similar house would be £95,000. I have in front of…
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Survey Done! What Happens Now?
Good Afternoon. At long last we have had the survey done on our flat. Would anybody be able to let me know what hapens from here. I asked him how long it takes for the report to be done and they said 1 to 2 days. This dosent mean that it will be 1 to 2 til the buyers get an offer is it? I did actually mean this but I asked…
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HIPS council is really obstructive about personal searches /not sure what to do?
My local council first told me the search i needed for a hips cost £208. They then said well actually £77 for con29R plus £35 for LCC1. They alao said that going in to search was not allowed. When I said I thought it was, they said well I could go in for £11 but a lot of information wasn't available and I'd have to read…
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Property Management Factor (Speirs Gumley)
Hi everyone! My 1st post! I have just moved into a new flat (3 years old) ij Edinburgh, got a great price for a 2 bedroom en suit flat, everything good apart from…. We have a Property Management Factor in place for the 10 flats in my block. The Property Management Factor is Speirs Gumley who I’m sure some of you know from…
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Advice on knowing council houses in neighbourhood.
Hi I am a first time buyer and I have liked a 3 bed property. Is there a website to know the neighbourhood housing profile w.r.t to private housing and any council houses in that area or street. I called up the council and they gave info...that the area has mix of council and private houses. The area seems to be good to…
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Estate agent withdrawal fee
Hi all, does anyone know if it is legal for a estate agent to charge you a withdrawal fee to take your property off the market? Forgot to add, it's in Scotland and I have not signed any agreement with them but they have been marketing the house for a couple of weeks now, with th wrong price and infornation for the first…
