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Council housing in Newcastle?
I'm wondering if anybody has had experience of dealing with this? Has any idea of waiting times or even how to find out what the waiting times are?
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New Build reserved on plan
I am in the process of buy a new build on shared ownership, due to demand I had to reserve the property while it is under construction, I have only seen plans but have not had a viewing. The legal dealings seem to be moving along quite quickly, I have received the sales agreement which need to be signed and send along with…
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The law regarding landlords and their responsibility
Just wondered if anyone could point me in the right direction regarding landlords and their responsibility? Maybe there is a document somewhere. Cheers
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Temporary safe place for large amount of money
We will shortly be selling our home and moving in to rented accomodation for a few months. Is there a safe place to bank a large amount of money, apart from the usual £50,000 per institution rule. With Northern Rock now not offering total security unsure what to do.
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What to do? Neighbour issues.
Not sure if this the right place, apologies if not. I just go home from work to find 4 large loads of bricks and huge bags of cement on our driveway. The neighbours are directly opposite us, and have been digging up their drive for weeks now. A few weeks ago, they asked me if it was OK if they did some stuff that might go…
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Letting agency credit checks
I'm in the referencing process to rent a flat through Ludlow Thompson. They've said that I need a guarantor to go ahead with the rental. The first person I spoke to about it said that it was just because my flatmate hadn't entered her details yet, and that the combined income would be sufficient. However, another employee…
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Do you ask agent any questions before a viewing?
Once a viewing has been arranged, do you ask the EA any questions such as whether the viewer is a FTB or has a mortgage in princiaple?
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CRISIS - HB/LHA Survey results
Link here Interesting reading for both LLs and Ts/claimants :)
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Tenancy agreement and deposit
Hi, I have been renting a house for a few years now through an estate agency. I know the landlord personally quite well and in fact whenever I need something (repairs, etc.) to be done, I have to rely on him rather than the agency (they simply relay any request on to him, hence he has himself asked me to contact him…
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3.5 year old debt, now living overseas - any advice?
I'm uncertain who to ask for advice on this issue. I lived in a Peabody Trust house for 10 years, and moved out in Sept 2006 when I moved to Australia (where I live now). We had a dispute over rent with them saying I owed them rent and I believed they owed me rent (due to changes in payment schedules). I received a letter…
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nobody buying one bed flats anymore?
well, our one bed flat has been on the market since October 09. We have since dropped the price by £10k, taken new pictures etc, changed EA but yet we still have no viewings, let alone any offers. i spoke to the EA today and am assured they are doing all they can, but thye just have nobody looking at one bed flats. they…
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2nd electric and gas bill arrived
I was living in a rented house until 1st February 2010. I phoned Southern Electric on the morning of the 1st and gave them the gas and electric meter readings. They sent me a bill for each to my new address dated the 2nd February 2010. I paid both bills at the post office on the 12th. Today I have received two more bills…
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Disclosing info to solicitor
Can I please have some advice? We've received a whole load of paperwork from the solicitor this morning - results of searches, mortgage offer info...that sort of thing. On one of the documents it says that we MUST inform the solicitor if we know of any works which have been done to the property and it lists addition of…
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Owner selling house themselves
just seen a house that the owner is selling independantly, is there anything i need to pay more detail to as i don't have an EA in the middle sorting this out. First on my list is making sure they have a HIP anything else?
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Incomplete HIP
Hi - I am buying a leasehold property. My solicitors have requested information regarding the ground rent and buildings insurance from the seller's solicitors. The seller's solicitors have informed us that they have applied to the management company for a "management pack" containing the answers to our questions. That was…
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Sensible offer on a house
I hope this is the right forum for this sort of question, i'm still a bit new to this site. I've been lurking for a bit though.... Right, DH and I have seen a house we love. We would like to make an offer but we're not sure what level to go in at. As a bit of background the house is on the market for £1.2 it has been on…
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Tree problem
Hello Everyone, There's massive tree in front of my house. Roots of that tree are going underneath my driveway and house. It’s not causing any damage at the moment but it has caused damage to my neighbor’s property. You can see drive has been lifted up because of roots. He is saying there's crack on flooring because of…
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HIP question
I am putting myhouse on the market having only completed on buying it last May. As i understand if you re market a house within 12 months with the same agent you do not need to get an new HIP- is this the same if the seller is different?
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Leaking Roof
Hi, i was wondering if anyone could help. Upon buying a leasehold flat we noticed the roof had a small leak, in a small roof on a back extension, this connects to and forms part of the main roof (we are the middle flat, the flat above is within the main roof if you follow.) We probably should not have tried to fix it…
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Notice from Landlady to move out
Hi, I have done a search for there thread but nothing recent came up but sorry if it is a common question. My landlady rang last night to say she was giving a months notice for me (and my flatmate) to move out. We are both on different contracts as moved in at different times. My contract says the comencement date was…
