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Private landlord wants to sell part of the house to us
Hi there, Our private landlord wants to sell the 4-bed Victorian terraced house we're renting. And he's given us first dibs on it. Unfortunately, he wants way more than we think it's worth, and a lot more than we can afford. We're having a meeting with him about it tonight. He's mentioned some sort of part-buy scheme in…
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Stolen property in shared house by keyholder. Who is liable?
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New Home Advice Please...
Hello everyone, first post! We are first time buyers so bear with me if I have some of the terminology wrong. Bit of a dilemma that's giving me & my fiance a headache. We currently rent a 2 bedroom new build house & are saving at least £500 a month. We have the option to go into a part buy part rent scheme until March next…
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Design your dream Estate Agency.
Hi guys, Time to stick my neck on the line and ask for your help. I'm a new estate agent - week nine now! - and want to steer the company I am now working for in the right direction. I have some ideas and some previous experience of property but need your help. The question is, what would your dream estate agent do? We…
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Opinions please
http://www.medway.gov.uk/london2012/55326.htm Does anyone think the above development will improve the property market in that area - bringing it into the limelight etc so driving prices up?
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Can bonus income be included in the mortgage
am trying to figure out how much i can borrow for a mortgage. Half of my income is from my quarterly bonus'. Do banks -these days- lend on the basis of salary and bonus or just basic salary? If its just salary then I wont even be able to afford the place that I live in now! (which has just gone under offer!)
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Property Chains and a young family
Hi all I promise I'll keep this short but it is a very complicated situation so please bear with me. There's me, the Mrs and the two very small kids. Both me and the Mrs are currently working but my Mrs (a teacher) is so fed up with her job (and her boss who is basically victimising her) that she wants to give up work and…
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First Time Buyer or House move?
we have sold our house and moved into rented temporarily because our purchase fell through. Are we no seen as first time buyers or home movers in the eyes of mortgage providers?
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Keep or sell?!
I currently own a flat in Kent, England under the shared ownership scheme (I have 60%). My original plan had been to buy out the housing association next year or in 2012 and be able to rent it out for profit and have something to pass to my son when he was older. However, as you can see from my signature, I have a fair…
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Council tax and empty homes.
We have our old house up for sale.We have just moved into our new house now,but our old house is still up for sale,it is empty and unfurnished,we have paid council tax on it uptil May.But will we still have to pay full or any council tax on it,now that we are not living there and all utilities are switched off and it is…
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Friend's ex moving back in and threatening to bring new gf
Hi I am wondering if you could give me some advice for a friend of mine? She is a tenant, in England, of a council. Her ex is still on the tenancy. They split up, he moved out. They have two very young children together (2 and under 6 months) and she has a teenager from a previous relationship. Her ex attended the council…
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EA doesn't match my style
Hi, Tell me if I'm being impatient;) House has been on market for 2 weeks. No viewers...other than one that didn't show up. Went into the EA's office on Sunday - never been there before and didn't identify myself to the staff. Looked around for a couple of minutes without the two staff raising their heads - no-one else in…
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Own a house but also rent...should we sell?
My hubby and I own house which we had to move out of last year as it had subsidence. The repairs were all completed, and we decided to stay in rental accomodation (a larger house), and rent out the one we own. We now are trying to decide whether to continue to rent out the one we own or to try to sell it for what we can…
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Moving rented house - what about the deposit?
My hubby and I rent a property. Our landlord has let us know that come the end of our tenancy he will not be extending the lease as wants to move back in himself. How does the deposit thing work? Obviously we paid a deposit for this place, but we don't have a deposit for our next place, til will get out first deposit back.…
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Rent negotiation?
Hi, Just asking a theoretical question simply because i dont know the answer. we rent from a private company that has close to 300 properties on its books, they own them outright and have done for decades. When our rent contract is due for renewal am i within my rights to negotiate better terms, and also how would this…
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PLEASE HELP - Early Termination of a Dual Tennancy Agreement!
ANYBODY PLEASE HELP ME??!!! Hello All, Im in a very unfortunate predicament and I really need to know what to do or advice on how I get out of this situation. I moved in with a partner in January and signed a 12-month tenancy agreement with a private landlord. I had some bad news regarding the health of my mother and my…
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Trying to sell, advice required
I'm after some impartial advice about a dilemma I have: I have had my house on the market since just before Christmas, selling it to move in with my partner so there is no onward chain, and in theory no hurry, however I have already mentally moved out. I’ve had a few viewings but none recently. I have been informed by the…
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Downsizing slightly in current market
Been thinking recently about possibility of slightly downsizing by one bedroom. Our current home is 4 bed detached and the thought was (as no more kids are planned) to downscale the mortgage by losing a bedroom and possibly slightly smaller garden, but ideally not lose any living space so we don't outgrow house as kids get…
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Found a house I love, cant sell my own!!!
After looking for years then put house on the market, have finally found something in my desired area but cant sell my own!! I guess this happens alot, does it? so frustrating!!!!! :cry: Are we better not looking until we sell ours, I guess its just torturing myself!!
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Leaseholders not paying service charge
2 years ago, I purchased a flat in a block of 12. The service charge for the building is divided into 12. At the time of buying the property, I was made aware of arrears of service charge due by some of the leaseholders. I have just received our audited accounts of service charge for 2009 and was surprised to see that…
