House buying, renting & selling

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• Yet another bid advice thread!!

  Evening all. I’m after a bit of honest, impartial feedback from people with more experience at house buying than I have!! We have decided to put an offer in on a lovely house that we have been to view on a few occasions. Its up at £146k – and has been on the market for approx. 3 weeks. I put an offer of £132k in a few days…

• Buying without EA

  Does anyone have experience of buying privately from the seller without using an estate agent? Have you any advice for me if I end up going down that route? Thanks

• Isn't Facebook a marvellous thing? This T may not think so any more...

  Facebook helps Camden Council catch subletting tenant A Tenant of a Camden Council property in Primrose Hill sublet it to two other Ts for £200 a week whilst she living with her partner on a joint tenancy at a different property in Ireland, and claiming benefits in the process. She'd told the two Ts that she owned the…

• Fairview New Homes - Incentive lies!

  My girlfriend bought a new flat from Fairview in May 2009. At the time they were running an incentive where if you introduced a friend to the scheme and they completed ona new home through Fairview, she would receive £500. Her friend completed in July 2009, and after so many emails, broken promises and a complaint letter…

• Exchange from Council house to Housing association??

  Hello there, i wonder if anyone can help me with this, i'm considering an exchange from a council house to a housing association one, and i dont know how it works, or if this is a silly question, but are the tenacies as secure as a council one? someone said to me that i shouldnt move to H/A as they can chuck you out after…

• Are we being greedy?

  Hi, I am new to this but need some advice from those that hopefully know better than me!! We put our house on the market last Wednesday, for £284,950, as we need to move areas for schools. We love our house it is just in the wrong place so this isn't an easy move. We have had 3 viewings and already have an offer, it…

• Question about the Shorthold Assured Tenancy Agreement

  Just wondering if anybody can help me ? We have recently moved back to UK from Aus and signed a shorthold assured tenancy agreement for 12 months. It says on there we must give 1 month's notice to leave. Now, my question is, we've paid 6 month's upfront to the rental agency and now we've only been here for 3 months and we…

• cani afford to rent a flat

  hey guys, im in the middle of looking for a flat to rent, i earn beteween £700 -£752 a month this will be my first place living on my own but im not sure if i will be able to afford it, i have seen a flat in my town to rent for £425 a month which leaves me about £300 a month to live on could someone tell me if i could pay…

• Rental out our flat

  As we're nearing the end of redecorating our flat our minds are obviously turning to broachng the letting agents.... Before we rent out our flat we have informed the morgage company and kept the building insurance on it. Presumably we need some form of landlords insurance so which is best? I notice on searchs some people…

• Releasing a convenant in council lease / Deed of Variation

  Hello, We live in the ground floor flat of four flats, we have quite a large private garden to the rear (i.e. Not Communial) and we have applied for planning permission to create a small single storey rear extension to our property. We have just received a letter back from the Council as freeholder / landlord of the…

• The market value of a house we like... your opinion?!

  Hi I've always found the information I need without ever posting on here before but I have a fairly specific question I'd love some outside opinions on ... We've found a house we really like, and it's financially achievable, however we've done a bit of research which suggests the property is overpriced. As much as we love…

• Mortgages - What's going to happen?

  Hi All, My wife and I have had an offer accepted on a property, which based on the current rate we've got for our mortgage isn't going to stretch us too far. I'm keen however, to try to guage what people think is going to happen with our economy, the bank of england base rate, and therefore mortgages. My main concern is…

• Negotiated lower rent & longer contract :)

  I'm feeling rather pleased! Our lease is up for renewal (runs out 11 Dec), and although we've had a new boiler and dishwasher, we had a hell of a time whilst the boiler was being fitted and the dishwasher must have come from a different universe the amount time it took. Dh had a look on Right Move and there are lots of 3…

• How much to offer below asking price?

  Hi, I'm just about to put an offer in on a terraced house I like in macclesfield. The asking price is £129,950 and the house has been on the market for over 6 months and the vendor is the daughter of the previous owner so its not clear if shes passed on. After seeing numerous houses in the area i think this is over priced.…

• housing association advice

  hi need advice on what to do i have been contacted by my housing association officer asking me how many people live in the house... can they do this? also i need to know what i can do because i have been living in a house where only 3 people should be living but 5 live here it is all getting messy i should have known better

• Capital Gains Tax

  I dont know if this is the correct thread to use but is any capital gain made on the sale of a property subject to the normal capital gains allowance. Also if the property was owned jointly by husband and wife, do they both get their own allowance. If the answer to the above is yes, does that mean that you can make a…

• One Tenant left

  A relative and partner have been renting my house. After less than two months the partner moved out with her children taking some of her belongings with her. The relative cannot afford to pay the rent and is trying to find cheaper accommodation. However the partner has returned to collect some clothes etc. and each time a…

• Is this a time waster or genuine buyer?

  I have had someone view my property (among many!) about 3 weeks ago. She said she liked the property and wanted to second view however she was due to go on holiday just after the viewing. Anyway shortly after her return the agents rung her and she came round for the second viewing within a couple of days (this weekend).…

• Help!! Friends sellers decide to pull out

  Last night, my wife came back from work, and told me that one of her friends house purchases had fallen through. The young lady in question was looking forward to completing in a few weeks time on her first home. She has paid for all the surveys and searches, and she has also paid a hefty deposit to her solicitors.…

• Possible CGT? Two Properties...(temporarily!) Possibility of house share/rent

  Hi Folks, I bought a small house eight years ago, and am still living in it now - (small mortgage left on the property). It has served its purpose well, as I lived on my own for six of those years. Two years ago, my partner moved in, and we have since had a baby. There is absolutely no room here now, and my partner has…