House buying, renting & selling

Discussion List

• Man with a van removals - how much should I expect to pay?

  Hi, Just had a quote for £120 for a man with a van to move furniture from one house to another (30 mins journey time). Is this a reasonable quote (in the north west area)? Thanks

• Bizarre Landlord - What do you think?!

  I was looking for a rental property on GumTree and found one that looked good so I sent a message asking for more details and got this reply... "I am Alan by name, a psychologist and a christian, i have a daughter who does not stay with me and I was once a widower but later re-married, but since my wife passed away i have…

• House undervalued, but given mortgage..?

  Last house we were going to buy was undervalues by £12k and we pulled out. This time we're looking at a new build, which was brought down from 175k to 160k. When we went to see the lady at natwest she said she sold the same type of house, on the same site (2houses down), and it was valued by the valuers at 160k. Our…

• Rent a room scheme

  I've been trying to find further info on this. Basically I was told somewhere that a lodger can get £65 per week towards renting a room. Now I'm almost certain that's only if they're not working, but is that only if they're on JSA? I have the possibility of getting a friend to rent our spare room (partner moved out) so…

• Landlord Advice

  Hi All, I am looking for some advice with a potential issue I am currently going through with our landlord. Firstly, some background information - we have rented our current property for over a year, have a reasonably good relationship with our landlord, and he has solved any problems we have had. His mortgage letters have…

• Abbey Hostage - Consent to Let OR Buy to Let

  We took out a residential mortgage with Abbey. Close to completion date, they asked for a additional documentation because of which i had to postpone my completion date and extend my exsiting tenancy agreement so that in worst case scenario (purchase does not go through) we have somewhere to live. Subsequently we were able…

• Deposit paid on exchange - what happens when you're in a chain?

  Hi, My husband and I are on the brink of exchanging contracts. We are selling our flat and buying a house, and are in a chain of 4 (1 below, 2 above IYKWIM). Our solicitor (who I am less than impressed with) informed us today - when we are due to exchange tomorrow morning - that we may have to top up our deposit. Our…

• Help with survey- Asbestos guttering

  The survey report came back saying the joints of asbestos guttering is leaking. I talked to the surveyor who said it's better to replace than to repair. Just wonder anyone has a rough idea how much it's gonna cost to replace the asbestos guttering with upvc, inc removal and disposal of asbestos? the house is 3 bed semi.…

• Renting disaster

  I began renting a Brand new private property in July. The house has just been built by a private owner for him to lease out. When looking around the property in June there was a few bits left to be done which we were assured would be. (painting doors, skirtboards, floor tiles, cleaned etc). When we moved in we found none…

• Estate Agents and the Data Protection Act

  Hi all, I've got a query about estate agents. We had the homebuyer's survey completed and it said that the valuation was equal to our offer. However it raised a couple of urgent issues that needed immediate attention (flat roof likely to fail at any time and damp). This is going to cost £980 to rectify. Although the house…

• HELP!!! HIP Enquiry

  We done a bit of research on here and decided to have our HIP done by HIPSAVE, the energy certificate was done within a couple of days but two weeks on we are still waiting for the Mini Hip to be completed. After a lot of calls to them yesterday they finnally forwarded the Mini Hip to us last night. We received a call from…

• Value of Property

  Hi guys, I'm going to view a flat on Saturday which has been on the market since July - it looks as though an offer fell through recently so it's back on the market. We're FTBs and shouldn't have a problem getting a mortgage. It's in a nice part of North London, and was bought at the very end of 2006 for £284,000. The…

• Quick q re:basement flat.

  hi a relative has moved into a dark and dingy basement flat. Does anyone know of any good free websites with decorating advice?? Have googled but there is a load of stuff out there. many thanks:rolleyes:

• Mortgage question...

  I'm going to look at a house later. Its on the market for £115,000, hopefully if I like it they might drop the price by a bit. Anyway I have saved up £70,000 which I am going to use as a deposit, if I cannot get them to drop the price and I have to pay asking price I will need a mortgage of £45,000. Some info about me....I…

• New Rental - Bills

  Hi guys, gals I'm trying to work out the best estimated prices for a 1 bedroom house, the property has some gas, kitchen hobs and a gas fire in the lounge and the rest of house has Economy 7 and storage heating, but there is a lagged hot water cylinder in the bedroom cupboard. I asked estate agent for utility numbers and…

• should I buy this house with a two storey sinlge brick wall extension?

  Hi I viewed a house last week - this house is at my idea location and I really liked the rest of the house but one thing. This victorian terrace house comes with an extension at the back as kichen at the ground floor and a third bed room at the first floor. Demesion 3mx2m for each level. The trouble is that this past fo…

• Sending emails to EA's via RightMove/other property websites?

  Hi people! I've been looking at some houses online, and a couple have been POA with the same EA. I've emailed the EA via RightMove to request the prices but over 48 hours later and they haven't got back to me :rolleyes:. When I emailed another EA via another property website several weeks ago, I never actually received a…

• Stamp Duty Threshold

  Has anyone heard any noises coming from government as to whether the stamp duty threshold will stay at £175,000 after 31st December?

• Am I legally obligated to pay administration charges for Companies House Documents

  Hi, I am a leaseholder and I am in a tough situation with my freeholder who has appointed a managing agent to produce and submit documentation to Companies House on behalf of his property developing company. The problem is that he is charging us leaseholders for this work but surely this doesn't concern the estate where we…

• equity release

  hi all, new to the forum and hope i am in right place was just wondering if anyone can give me advice re my gran My gran lived in new zealand for 3 years and also has had a brother over there 30 years, my gran is expressing wishes to go out and would go with her as she will be 79 this december. Now the thing is she does…