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Claiming a deposit from landlord when tenancy ended 2.5 years ago?
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone knew if anything coulod be done in this situation My boyfriend moved out of a house he lived in as a student with two friends two and a half years ago they lived there for two years and had two 12 month asts when they moved out landlady refused to refund deposit because the carpets were…
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What to do? Landlady withholding deposit for no reason
Hi there, I left the property I used to rent more than one month ago. The landlady came and did the audit before I left. The flat which I was renting was left in a very good condition. I was assured at that time that my deposit would be given back. I have sent the keys and ever since, the landlady has been telling me she…
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Landlords, LAs and Tax Return paperwork
A question for landlords who let through an agent, please. When your agent carries out repairs to your property on your behalf, do they send you a copy of the invoice, or do the details simply appear on your statement from the agency? I am completing my second tax return and it has only just occurred to me that I really…
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Do you exchange on draft contracts?
I saw my solicitor a couple of days ago and I signed a number of documents for the land registry, my mortgage and a draft contract (i specifically remember it having a blue DRAFT stamp). The solicitor then said it's not binding until we exchange. Yesterday I popped in with the deposit and today he told me we're ready to…
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Executors powers to transfer share of property
Dear Friends Would appreciate any advice from legal eagles. My sister and I are joint executors of our mums estate and my sister has been left half of my mums house house(I already owned the other half) I wish to buy out her half. Is it possible for us in our capacity as executors to direct that the half(which is still in…
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Conveyancing Q: Building Regs Final Inspection OK, No completion certificate issued
Hi, Selling my house at the moment. The buyers mortgage offer (Nationwide) states that conveyancer must get a completion certificate for any building regs that apply to the house. The people we bought the house off, had a small extension done. They done everything right, planning permission was ok, building regs were…
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Can I buy repossesd house from bank?
Hi, I hope someone can give me some advice on the following problem. My uncle bought a couple of houses a few years ago during the property boom and let them out successfully, however now he is finding it difficult to keep up with the mortgage repayments on both of them. He has ended up paying for the mortgage through his…
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Can I find out who owns a property?
Hi, I've found a house I want to buy. I've contacted the agent and put an offer 5 days ago. The agent is being difficult and delaying contacting the owner, he told me the only way he can contact him (he lives in Spain and rents it out) is email as they don't have his phone number. I've rung today to be told there emails…
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No confirmation of mortgage discharge- moved in 4 weeks ago
Hi, After chasing our sol. to find out why we've had no confirmation from the land registry about the house we completed on 4 weeks ago, we've just found out that the vendors sol. still hasn't confirmed the 2nd mortgage has been discharged. We knew there was only just enough cash to cover both mortgages, and that the 2nd…
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Finding out how much some land sold for?
Is there a way to find out how much a piece of land sold for? Obviously, house prices are available at Land Registry and other sites but what about land?
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Landlord took full rent and asked me to move out ...?
I rented a flat in London from a large private landlord and for the majority of the last twelve months, I have been mainly living in Liverpool due to family circumstances. On Monday 2nd November, my (advance) months rent was paid in full by standing order. On Thursday 5th November, the landlord telephoned me basically…
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Saving for a Deposit
Hi, I am 25 and have started to save towards a deposit on a flat for myself. I have made all the various cutbacks and have opened ISAs and savings accounts etc. I was just wondering how long it took those already on the property ladder to save for a deposit and how much they needed to save before they started looking for…
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Chancel Repair Liability
This has been thrown up by our sol when he has been conducting his searches. Basically the Sol now pay £12 for a search to see if the property you are buying has a Chancel Repair Liability. The search came back that there is a possability? The house we are buying is a 1968 house. There is a church nearby but surely this…
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Extras for new house
We are moving into a new house in 3 weeks, and we have only just been qouted for carpets, vinyl flooring in wet rooms and kitchen, and 2 fitted wardrobes in the master bedroom which only come with rails. The carpets are of the lowest grade offered. Now I have no idea on pricing and so don't know whether I am being ripped…
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best mortgage for first time buyer
:confused: I am sure this sort of topic has been posted a gazzilion times before but I'm lost, lost and confused and 22 years old and evidently stupider than I thought as I can hardly get my head around the concept. we are a couple, engaged, both earning a fair wage but in the low 20, 000's we have a deposit of approx…
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damage to personal property
hoping this is the correct place to put this! i rent a house. have lived here 3 and half years. our boiler broke down. the landlady arranged for someone to come and fit another. a week on they are fitting it. I have a car on my drive. it does not move. we have even put a fence up round it, as it it getting restored so is…
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How long after moving out can you claim back deposit?
Hi, as my last question to these boards was answered so quickly :) I thought I'd see if you can help with my friends problem. He moved out of a shared house just over a year ago (all the housemates moved out and into different places). They waited a few months to hear back about their deposit, and eventually called the…
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Buyers wish list
We have rec'd correspondence from our solicitors that our buyers has following concerns following survey that they would like sorting out prior to completion. - 1 Broken roof tile - not huge problem - Electrics - my dad re-wired property (qualified electrician) and wants these all tested - again not a problem - Gas & Elect…
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FTB - what do we do next?
Hi we are currently in process of buying our first house, our solicitor advised us to buy our home insurance to start on friday, which we have now done. So i think we could be fairly close to being able to move in although we havent been given a date yet. What do we do from here? Is their anything you lot can think of to…
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Help - renting problems, can I lower rent?
I have live in current house for 2 1/2 years and the whole time we have had major problems with damp. Having to clean walls every few weeks etc. I ahve contacted the EA numerous times and nothing has ever been done despite many promises. We had no curtains in the property and I ahve just got round to putting some up. The…
