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house needing work
Have seen a house but home report says it suggests a structural survey. The owners live abroad and say that the property is sold as seen and that they don't want to pay for a survey as they are not here to see the problems that warrant a survey. It also concludes that the house has rising damp which would need attending…
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Landlord refusing to pay deposit, advice needed.
Hi, I rented a house in london for a year with 3 friends, we moved out on the 4th of September, Our landlord claims he has a bill from EDF for £2800 which in incurred from someone in our new build development not paying their electricity bills (i.e. they did not call up when they moved in and register their meter so it was…
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Advice on sale of strip of land please URGENT
We are selling a strip of land in front of our home to enable a developer to gain planning permission for a development at the rear of a number of houses in our road. Our problem is that the developer will then own this strip of land and we are worried what the potential pit falls of someone else owning a small strip of…
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home insurance
I am just getting a new mortgage on a new house purchase and need to get home insurance, Am I right in thinking that I am ok getting insurance from one of the well known providers - its just that my solicitor recommends I use the same people as providing my mortgage - but I think thats just to be on the safe side ! -…
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help please (planning permission Scotland)
hi, my neighbours have started building an extension which I believe blocks off the rear access which is supposed to be provided from my back garden through theirs (I'm in a mid terraced house and my back garden should have an access path for bins/fire escape through theirs, however, when I moved in, the fence was boarded…
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Is The BTL Dream Over?
I ask this because I guess there have been a lot of newish landlords in the last few years who might be re-assessing their earlier desire to jump into BTL. How is it looking after tenants year after year? Did you actually make any money? Would you do it again? Is it worth getting into BTL now?
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Vendors too slow, advice on how to proceed...
Hi, We made an offer on a house a month ago, and we made clear we wanted to move quite quickly with it, and we stated that the deadline for our buyers is end of November. Initially it was the same old story, saying they would go into rented if they couldn't find anywhere. Well it'll be 6 weeks since our offer was accepted…
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Stupid question time - equity
We're relatively new home owners - been in our first house for 3 years now. We are looking to move and have been given all sorts of advice about what we need to do to purchase a new property. My question's quite simple, as I don't fully understand how equity works. We bought our house for £117,000. We put a £10K deposit…
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turkish apartment sale
I have an apartment in the resort of altinkum, turkey and i am looking to sell it. Any advice on selling and advertising would be appreciated as my agent seems to be a bit too laid back in pushing it.
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Building regs?
We have a 1930s semi property we have rented out for about 7 years. The tenant i really interested in purchasing it from us, which is great as we really need to get the property off our hands as the mortgage does not cover the rental at all. He has got a surveyor to check the house and there are no major issues, apart from…
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renovated vs needing work
Hi Guys, just after a few thoughts really. We bought our house 4 years ago as a long term project It had been on fire and had great extension prospects. We are now wanting to sell but although it has been extended replastered, re roofed etc etc. Had a new kitchen and 1 bathroom. it still needs the other bathroom doing and…
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Advice needed - Vendor pulling out
Hi All, I have got myself into a very frustrating situation and any advice would be greatly appreciated. I had an offer accepted around 8 weeks ago and we were in the process of carrying out all the searches and the survey. All these have now been completed and I have spent around £1000 to obtain all the required…
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Our deadline was today but had problems
Our offer was accepted on a repossession house , we where given the deadline of today 29 / 09 / 09 to get everything in. we remortgaged our other buy to let property for the deposit and everything was okay the funds are in the bank but there was an hiccup with our mortgage offer and it only come to us this morning but our…
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Advice needed: Benefits of a share of a freehold?
Hi everyone Simple question: What are the benefits of a share of the freehold? Is it always a good thing or are there potential pitfalls? Thanks
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Rent increase under an AST
Hi guys I am currently renting a flat with my girlfriend under an AST. The current monthly rent on our flat is £225. This seems low but the place is in a state os disrepair, including damp in all the walls. But we are happy to compromise and pay this price in the short term, the rent as been at this level for 5 years (my…
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Noise in Townhouses?
So, we're after a detached family home (currently just fiance and I, plans to expand :) ). And have been registered with agents for several months now with no joy (the areas we're looking in are mostly modern builds). What is this obsession with building townhouses? Well, I suppose that's obvious - why fit 5 houses onto a…
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Windows installed before 1999 need Fensa?
Hello all, I'm currently in the late stages of selling my parents house (the completion date is supposed to be 1st October). The buyers solicitors are asking for a FENSA cert for the windows and I haven't found one anywhere. The windows were installed prior to 1999 which is 10 years ago, so would I need to provide a FENSA…
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is this normal?
We've only just started looking, but we found a house yesterday that we loved, and put an offer in today that was rejected, saying that he'd take nothing less than asking price. There are a few factors to consider though: The house has been on the market 6 days. They are not in a rush to move, they are looking to upsize.…
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Problem with my council tax, please help!
Hi all, I moved into my flat in South London at the beginning of March. Until now I have never paid council tax as the property is new and had never been registered (I found this out having called them to let them know I had moved in). I have now received my first bill and it seems that I also have to pay back the council…
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Letting
Hello everyone, as you can probably see im very new to the forum. My question is: - Me and my girlfriend have seen a house we both like and are just about to pay up the £200 admin and credit check fees asked by the agent, but im a bit worried about my credit score. I have no ccj's, no defaults and i am on the electoral…
