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Do I have to pay new contract fees?
We are currently renting via a letting agent. We originally signed a 6 month contract. They have written to us recently saying what length of fixed term contract do you want. We went into the office and asked about it as it has a £90 fee attached to it and we don't want to be paying that out every six months and the agent…
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Rent.com
Has anyone had experience of using rent.com? I'm looking for a flat to rent and replied to a couple of ads on gumtree only to have two near identical (company template it appears) replies stating that they have relocated to london and as such rent.com will be dealing with the tenancy. I have never heard of them and when I…
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People parking in our space
Hello, I am looking for some advice. We have just moved to a new flat and are having issues with people parking in our space. The place is a block of flats, each flat has its own space with the flat number marked in the space, which is in a secure area which you need a fob to open the gate. Every flat has a space in this…
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FTB. House had dry rot but treated now. Is it worth buying?
Hi all, we recently viewed a semi detached blonde sandstone property, around 100 years age. The owner said it had dry rot problem and had been treated, with 20 years guarantee. The reason for dry rot is because the gutter at the back close to kitchen was blocked, which caused water leakage or sth like that. The dry rot…
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EPC - where will I get this from?
I have been renting my flat out, the tennant wants to buy it, I don't need a HIP but I need an EPC - where will I find that? thanks
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landlady issues.
Hi guys, I wrote on here a few weeks ago about my landlady not fixing the loo and couldnt get hold of her because she was away in france? well she finnaly came back last week and we made an arangement for her son \(who is a handyman) to come round last saturday to fix it . all is now fixed with the loo and it works fine…
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Anyone know about selling property in scotland?
Problem we have is that the sale of my partners flat should be complete tomorrow. And the solicitors and estate agents have requested there fees (the money from the sale did not cover that) We thought that anyone could pay their fees..but it turns out that the money must come from my partners account. So we got some cash…
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first time buyer's mortgage
Hi there, I wondered if anyone knows whether benefits which are attached to wages (i.e working tax credit) are taken into account by any/many of the mortgage lenders? I would've thought that although they might fluctuate slightly and current political chat makes it likely cuts will be made - tax credits are as guaranteed…
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Estate Agents Fees
Sorry - I may have missed a topic on this subject somewhere but couldn't locate using a search using this thread's title. I'm seeing a well respected agent this week hoping to put my house on the market. My house is valued at just over a million (lived here for 20 years) and I want to be prepared to negotiate fees. I have…
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I want your honest valuation please
Hi guys. I have my lenders valuation which should be next week and after all the hearsay of properties being undervalued by surveyors and overpriced by vendors/EA's i want to know where im likely to stand on this. Could you please give me an honest valuation on this house: Postcode cv2 5hj. Property found on…
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Help, will my lodgers debts affect me?
Hi I'm looking for some advice, I currently rent out my spare room and after numerous terrible flatmates have found a guy I get on really well with. He has lived with me for about 9 months and always pays his rent on time, and will chip in for any bills within a couple of weeks. He has recently confessed to me that he is…
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Offer accepted but not seen HIPS - what to do?
We put an offer in on a house on 24 August and it was accepted. We were told by the estate agent that this was on the condition we used the same solicitor as the vendor (which now turns out to be a lie) to speed things up. We asked on numerous occasions to see the HIP report but so far have not seen it. I have an email…
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House repossessed - Continue with Buildings Insurance?
My house has been repossessed. The house is still on my name but in the possession of the mortgage lender. Is it in my interest to continue paying the buildings insurance for the repossessed property? I am assuming it is now the responsibility of the lender to purchase building insurance. Is this correct? Please help.…
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BTL within a Limited Company Structure
Calling all BTL landlords! Has anyone set up their rental business within a Limited Company structure? I'm considering adding a BTL or two to our retirement portfolio and I'm considering the following scenario/strategy: 1. Set up a limited company in my wife's name (she has a much smaller pension provision than myself) and…
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Does any company buy your home to sell on as a shared ownership?
I've been thinking about this for a while and I am wondering if anyone had come across this because I'm pretty sure that at one point YOUR MOVE did something like this. Basically our house has been on the market for over a year with hardly any viewings nevermind offers, even our new agent can't understand why we can't get…
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Buying my parents house
My sister's and me would like to buy my Dad's house to avoid losing it if he has to go onto a home (he has asked us to do this). What is the best and cheapest way to go about this, and do we actually need to prove that we have paid for it? :confused:
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Can a lettings agency use overpayment of rent to bolster damage deposit?
We have vacated our flat and moved into another, and this has come up. I'm posting it on here as well as consumeractiongroup - so forgive me if anyone has read this twice! We have had our damage list back - all of which is highly questionable -and they are wanting to take a ridiculous amount of money from us for various…
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What to do now?!
Recently had my offer accepted for 124000 on a 3 bed semi. It was on the market for 129950. Our valuer from abbey valued it at 122000. Their was no retention on the mortgage tho. Anyway it also needed 2560 of work doing to it. Which I can't afford because i have already saved for the re-wire that needs to be done and other…
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advice on selling and possible taxes
Hi I wonder if anyone can help or advise please. Situation is that a couple of years ago we bought a second house. This was let till recently. We are considering moing into the second house in the next couple of months. The house we currently live in has a mortgage. My question is if we move and then later sell our current…
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Help please - Rental agreement
Hi I hope someone can help. We are renting a property through an estate agent which we moved in to on 1st May 2009. We have an assured shorthold tenancy agreement for 12 months with a break clause at 6 months (if we give 2 months notice) 8 months in total. Unfortunately we are struggling to pay the rent now and need to…
