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How do I approach Estate agent with a higher offer?
Hope someone can help me, I have viewed a bungelow that has been on sale for less than a week, I put an offer in straight away but someone unfortunately beat me to it (although the owner said he would tell the estate agent I had first refusal) the estate agent told me the owners solicitor had advised the owner to take the…
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Council tax problems, any experts?
Hi there, I joined my English partner from abroad in 2008 and our rental agreement started in April 2008.My partner had an agreement with the landlady that he would get in touch with the council about council tax. However, back then, we never heard from the council again and didn't get any council tax notices, reminders.…
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Sensible Offer
Hi, I have found a proeprty that me and my husband both like (very rare!!!) It is a repo so no gift vendor deposit that we would of liked. It is on the market for £176k, I have been reading on the internet that 90% properties are marked up 10% higher to make room for offers. In this case 10% makes it £158,400. My husband…
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Large Sycamore in neighbours garden - 1m from garage
The results of our survey have highlighted a very large tree in the neighbours garden which is right next to our garage. A specialist report was commissioned which, although not finding any damage from roots, recommended that the tree comes down. Our lenders are holding a retention of £2000, pending the work being done, or…
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Energy Report
Hi I am currently in the process of purchasing a house, my solicitor has sent me out a copy of an energy report of the house I am proposing to buy. Is this standard practice and if so what do I need to be looking at within this report? Thanks in advance.
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Landlord property with tenant debt
Hi all I'm a newbie so apologies if I've posted this in the incorrect place. I couldn't find a bailiff specific one. I am managing my father's (takeaway shop) property and the tenants did a runner, leaving some HUGE debts. As the Landlord I should not be paying any of these debts right? So, after much research, the advice…
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Equity transfer? Help needed!
Hi, I am currently renting a flat with my partner. The flat is owned by my partner's parents who now need to sell the flat, which is worth £190,000. I have recently inherited £50,000 which I would like to use as a deposit to buy the property with my partner. We can however only get a £100,000 mortgage which leaves us…
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How do I take Landlords to court for not dealing with our deposit correctly?
Hi All I have been advised by the deposit protection scheme to take the Landlord's agent to court because they did not deal with the deposit in the correct way! The DPS have asked that I do pursue this as it is why the law was set up and Agents seem to think they don't have to comply. We generally had a nightmare with the…
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About to make an offer, start at asking price minus 10% ?
Myself and my family are moving on from our first house as we need something larger, and today I'll be putting an offer in on something that we all like. It's on at £210,000, has been on the market for quite a few months (it was sold but the buyer pulled out, we believe it was due to the chain collapsing), and is on with…
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Right to Manage (RTM), Any Other Directors here?
I am an owner occupier of a flat, we had Solitaire as a management company who are/were flippen useless. It was decided that we would go down the route of Right to Manage, a new management company has been appointed, I "volunteered" to become a director just so that I could over see what was going on. There are 3 Directors…
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Buying Freehold of Leasehold Flat of 'my block'
Hello, I completed on my Leasehold flat at the end of July and all is going relatively well. Just a few questions on buying the freehold which I may look into within a few years. http://www.freeimagehosting.net/image.php?182e9bc664.jpg] [/URL] Basically I live within a court, There are 7 properties within the court. I live…
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Confused - help!!
Please help! In a bit of a difficult situation with regards to buying a new property and dont know where to start! We currently have a mortgage and need to relocate asap. We have seen a new build house which we really like, and want to go for - only thing is we need to act quickly as only 1 plot left. We haven't even got…
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Buying repo - reconnecting utilities
Hi there, We have just exchanged on a repossession and are due to complete on Friday. As per usual all utilities have been disconnected. Is this something we can turn back on ourselves when we get the keys this week. I saw the lever to turn the gas back on. I'm not too sure how we go about getting the electricity back on.…
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cheap hips?
Anyone know a cheap tried and tested hips supplier on the net? I dont want to pay top dollar through estate agent and dont want a con artist from the net either.
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Useless Landlord
Hi there. Im a student living in london and have been living in the same house for one year. Our landlord has to be the laziest person I have ever encountred, the amount of things that need to be fixed in the house is ridiculous yet, whilst saying he is going to fix them, he does nothing. He is also charging quite alot in…
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FTB-Mychoicehomebuy
As my screen name suggests, I have received a phone call on Friday(18/9/09) from TVHA stating that they have reserved funds for us. We applied in April and by the time we had found anywere they had run out of money. They now have the funds(people backed out or lost mortgages), we just need to find a house and then start…
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packing service?
Ok, so I know this is the exact opposite of moneysaving, more like laziness and money wasting, but have been thinking about the idea (maybe) of trying a packing service when we move... I have asked for a quote (just from one, as still toying with idea) and looks like it might be about £200 on top of moving cost... Has…
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End of tenancy notice
Hi, I've been renting a flat for the past 10 months, on an assured shorthold tenancy. The contract ended yesterday at midnight. We had previously agreed (by email) with my landlady to extend the tenancy by one month. We then tried to schedule a meeting to sign an extension. Unfortunately I couldn't answer her emails for…
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serving section 21 notice
i am thinking of serving a section 21 notice - will get a solicitor to help me. was just wondering - if i send it recorded delivery and the tenant doesn't sign for it or collect from post office ect. does it matter? i can imagine he would avoid 'receiving' the notice. if i keep the proof of posting, does it still count as…
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Advice needed - problems with flat, baby on way.
Apologies for the length of this...:) We're currently living in a top floor flat in a converted house - it's reckoned to be quite old. I could believe it. The floors creak, the doors are OLD, it looks like it's seen some life, and the floor joists are downright alarming when using the washing machine (think walking on a…
