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BTL (or Landlord in general) as a tenant myself? + general questions
Hello all (I'm new on here!) Can anyone advise on the below? (I realise legal advice and financial would be needed from a professional but as a pointer to start with) Potentially interested in becoming a BTL or Landlord with money from savings and perhaps BTL mortgage. Background is that despite reasonable salary, good…
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Renting, selling and renting back.
I'm all confused!!!! The CCCS have advised us to stop paying mortgage, and move into a rental property when we had saved up deposit etc, and then go bankrupt, so the house goes straight into the BR. Found a private landlord who has a property that we like - but its ready now and obviously he wants to let it asap. (We have…
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2nd. Home Initial Costs and CGT
I am trying to work out the viability of buying a holiday home. As I will only be using it at weekends and not sub-letting, I will have to front all the expenses myself. On a £150K appartment, I know I will have to pay out £4K+ per year on maintenance, ground rent, rates, gas & elec etc. The two questions that will make or…
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Is this wrong??
Hi there, I have never posted on this board before, but have found a lot of helpful people on the Bankruptcy and living with it board. My husband and I are currently planning to go BR. We have been advised to leave our mortgaged home (stop paying it) and rent a house, so that the house can go straight into the BR with no…
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Buying the house we are renting...what about the letting agents?
Hi... I would love some advice please (and I hope I am not going to get slated for asking :o !!) ...I will try and keep this short! We signed an initial 6 month tenancy agreement at our current place which ran out in November 2009.. we said we would like to continue on a month by month basis (which is what we have been…
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How to rent
My friend who lives over seas own a few houses in my town and wants me to look after the rental for him. All the local agencies offer a fully managed service for a 10% of the rent fee. He thinks I should do this. I feel a little nervous about this. What are the potential pitfalls? Is managing a property as difficult as the…
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using a 3rd party for check out inspection
i plan to use a 3rd party for my tenants check out (we did the check in which the tenant has signed). Does anyone know of any specific companies for this or would a local letting agent do? Thanks
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Scottish buyers
Is there a thread specifically for Scottish buyers? Ive had a look around this section and most of the posts seem to be for property in England and our system seems quite different. Anyway here's my questions. We are in the process of selling our house at a reduced price to our daughter to help her get on the property…
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Too many children
I am currently moving out of my rented property, as the landlord wants me to sign a 1 year contract, 6 month postdated contract for £200. He has told me that because I did not tell him I wanted to leave, 8 weeks before the previous contract ended, I have automatically entered into a new 1 year contract. I visited estate…
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A shot in the Dark....
I've seen some people here say that EA's pictures need brightening up, but this one takes the biscuit.... :rotfl:
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Selling houses - photos on walls yes/no?
Hubby and I are just about to put our flat on the market, and we currently have photos adorning our walls, mainly of the two of us in various places, couple of wedding photos and so on. It's not haphazard or messy - all the photos are in those mounted display frames where you have three or four photos separated, like this…
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In trouble..
I know I should never let this happen but.. I fell behind on my rent after no work coming in and all my saving been used, I owed 2 month as of now, but as I could see no work was coming I intedned to end my tenancy move in with family and try and get this mess sorted. I was given a section 21 notice to leave by next Friday…
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Obtaining the last amount
Hi i have been saving for a house for a few years and almost have enough to purchase what i want. Now the problem is i have to buy it now but im going to be 10-15k short. Which is the cheapest way to go about getting the rest of the cash? Standard loan, credit cards or a small mortgage?
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Timelines for section 21 and 8
Hi, I'm at my wits end. I have read the forums regarding section 8 and 21, but I am totally confused. My tenant will just not accept that the damp conditions in the house are due to condensation (lifestyle), even though this was confirmed by a 3rd party. This saga has been going on for 1 year now. I gave him his 2 months…
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Has anyone bought from Amba Sun Int Spain
Hi Has anyone given money to Amba Sun/Ambersun to buy Off Plan in Spain and been let down ? Is anyone doing anything about bringing this company down ? Has anyone heard of the great Brendan Maxwell ? I would be interested in seeing how many people respond to this Regards Lavender1408
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Letters for previous owner of house...
I don't know if this is the right part of the forum to post this. I bought a house last month from a couple who were splitting up. For some reason I was still recieving their mail. Once I had a pile of them I'd phone the man up and he'd pick them up, he said he was waiting on a letter from the DVLA. I thought it was…
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Follow up HIP question
Had a number of replies to a thread I posted yesterday about a HIP not being available for a property Ive had a offer accepted on...so THANK YOU to all who replied Today the Estate Agent sent me a HIP for the property....but it is dated Sept 2008....Is this worth the paper its written on or should I be going back to them…
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Renting, house viewings to buy, need advice
Hi there need some advice. We are renting a house on a years contract, the first time we found out the Landlord was selling was when I walked outside an saw a for sale sign on the gate. We still have 4 months left on the contract and the Landlord text us today, telling us that people are coming between 12-2 tomorrow to…
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Where does my landlord live? I'm not sure!
I'm about to move in to my new rented place, having started my tenancy agreement on 1st March. Signed the contract, it has the landlord's address in - great I thought, she actually lives in this country, and quite local aswell. Perfect, should be a lot simpler to get repairs done. Now I was only given 1 set of keys on 1st…
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Good fences make good neighbours...
Not sure yet if this is a vent or plea for help. We own an ex council house and keep the fence we are responsible for in good repair but our neighbour on the other side doesn't. They have a post and rail "fence" with conifers that have pretty much destroyed it leaving all kinds of gaps which our dog can get through. I've…
