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£125 pw for a 2 bed London flat? GUMTREE
Saw lots of 2 bed flats in London (incl Ealing, Clapham, Walworth, and Mayfair!) for £500 pcm. One that shocked me was for a 2 bed HOUSE in Chelsea for £500pcm. Are these genuine? Is that the price for London flats or all scam?:confused: I also swear I saw the same picture of a bedroom for 2 locations but can't be sure as…
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Want to rent
Me and my boyfriend want to move in together in to a rented place. Neither of us know anything about it and i just have a few questions. I've recently started a new job and have only been there a month. Do landlords speak to your employer, and do i need to have worked there for a certain amount of time to prove that we can…
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Mortgage consent order
hi can anybody tell me what and how a mortgage consent order works? i am tied into a mortgage with my dad but don't pay anything towards it and wondered if a consent order could help me as i want to get a mortgage with my hubby? :confused: thanks for your help
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Solicitors antsy about parents not "gifting" deposit money
I popped in to sign contracts with my solicitors yesterday, and during the course of the conversation, they asked if any of the deposit money wasn't mine, which I said yes - my parents are helping with part of the deposit, as I simply don't have 15% of the value of the property. However, they then caught me off guard by…
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post-tenancy cleaning
hi - first-time original poster, please excuse the rambling. I have moved out of a rented flat. In the check-in inventory it stated that it had not been professionally cleaned by the previous tenant. I spent a good few years there - natural wear and tear and all that - so was willing when I moved out,…
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Just Moved In, Worried about LL!
After having a gruelling ordeal trying to organise moving into my flat which is documented on another thread, I'm little bit worried that we might have been taken advantage of in the process. The main things I am worried about 1) the contract I was given was not the EA standard contract as the LL insisted on using her own.…
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Conveyancing fees
Hi I'm a little confused over my conveyancing quote namely: Local drainage and environmental search fees £60 Is this not included in the HIP? Land transaction return £100 Bit steep? Thought it was usally £50 to fill in the form.. Can I fill this in myself? Please advise Many Thanks
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Boiler and heating insurance...
Not really sure where to post this......basically I'm trying to find out if British Gas home care will allow you to do one of their packages if you already have a problem with your boiler? We have been looking at the homecare 400 package (flexi), we have a bolier that is only 4 years old (we have a house that is only 4…
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How long should I wait for buyers to do valuation?
We accepted an offer on our house just over 2 weeks ago. The couple buying our house also had a flat to sell but had already found a buyer. The EA informed us that the buyer already had a mortgage in principle and so we accepted the offer which was just under our asking price and took the house off the market. The EA…
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The Big Issue
Sorry if this is not the right board but I hope someone will be able to give me some info...... Was in town this evening and bought the Big Issue from a seller - I got talking to him and he said that he still had to get another £7 together before he could get a bed at the shelter for tonight and then he needed to get more…
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parents gift poser ?
hi,i will try and be as brief as possible.in nov 2002 my father signed over his house to me,i remortgaged it ,with him staying there,while used 100k to buy a house for me and my girlfriend ,who has 2 kids that are not mine.we sold this 9 months later with 15k profit,which was used for solicitors fees for a custodial case…
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6 month break clause, 12 month contract
I am renting (for the first time) I have been in my tenancy agreement for 7 months. The tenancy agreement states that it is for a fixed term of 12 months (so 5 months to go). However I would like to get out of the place as soon as possible and thought that I could exercise my 6 month break clause, and therefore give one…
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Help! Bought HIPS pack then was made redundant!
I do hope anyone can help. 6 months ago we were on the market looking for a bigger property. We chose to go with the Estate Agent with regards to the H.I.Ps which was 299 plus VAT upfront or 399 plus VAT upon completion. This was all well and good as we had quite a bit of equity in our property. But now I have been made…
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Split up with Partner and want him to buy me out of our joint mortgage
Hi I split with my partner last summer. I was the one to move out and would now like him to buy me out of our joint mortgage as he wants to stay in the house. He says he has been in touch with the mortgage company to get me taken off it and they won't allow it as his income (on paper) would not cover the repayments. I…
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Is it wear and tear?
Silly question but recently moved out of a property. Had to move out swiftly as had been doing long shifts at work so unable to spend as much time as I wanted, plus had short notice of new job offer. Meant I had very little time to pack. Anyway, cleaned the property to the best of my ability and moved out over two days.…
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Landlord holding mail - theft? whats our rights?
This isnt relating to money as such, but it has caused us several money issues We rented a house from a friends Mum, and although she said she would get a tenancy agreement written up, she never did. We had several problems with her including us having no heating or hot water over christmas with a newborn, because of a…
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Help Please Regarding Deposit
Can our landlord ask for a deposit after we have moved in? He didnt require a deposit before we moved in but is now attempting to ask for one. Can he do this? If he can where do i stand with regards repairs and decorating we have done instead of a deposit i.e building a fence out the back decorating the house and having…
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FTB New Build - Bank Survey Devaluation
Hi, I'm a first time buyer and have signed for a newbuild on a government shared equity scheme. Everything seemed to be going fine until we paid for the bank to do a valuation survey of the property. This came back under the asking price.... by quite a bit! I phone the developer and told them this (they didn't sound that…
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buying out a parent's share of home
Can anyone give advice ---my elderly father can't keep up with the council tax he wants to sell me his share of a family property at a below market value value .What's the best way of dealing with this ?
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Help! Nasty Freeholder
Hi, I bought my flat just over a year ago but I'm having a problem with the freeholder. He has not once done any maintaince work to the communal areas. The downstairs hallway has a major damp problem which is now affecting our flat. I rang him and told him the issue and was fobbed off. The flat upstairs say that he does no…
