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Help needed with unfair treatment
Please forgive me for being a complete newbie at this - but hopefully there is some advice out there that can help. We live in a large converted house comprising of 18 freehold flats, which is poorly maintained by four residents who are self appointed 'directors' of our management company. To cut a very long story short,…
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The small print in mortgages (esp Halifax)
I am writing this post as a warning to anyone who is either getting their first mortgage or renegotiating their current mortgage. We recently re-negotiated and didn't think about the small print about Early Repayment Charges nor to triple check the length of the mortgage. When I was negotiating the new deal with the…
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Occasional letting of Appartment
Is there anything re. law, fire regs, counciltax etc that I should be aware of. I would like to buy an appartment that I intend to use every other weekend. Although it is not my intention to make money, I would like to let it occasionally. I have thought of letting it to friend and family for a minimal charge for either…
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Advice Needed on Taylor Wimpey
Hi, I would welcome any experiences/thoughts on Taylor Wimpey new builds are we are about to take the plunge and buy one. Would be interested on whether people managed to negotiate extras, how "snags" were fixed etc. Thanks
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Living in Leighton Buzzard?
We are looking to move to the Herts/Beds area and are considering Leighton Buzzard as it looks quite pleasant and prices are more reasonable than here in Surrey. Just wondered if anyone has any local knowledge of living there, we don't need to be near a station, won't need schools but would like to have normal facilities…
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Breakdown of costs for major work on leasehold flat?
My freeholder is the council. They have sent me a letter saying they are reroofing the house my flat is in (contains 2 flats). There is no opportunity to contest this as they already have a long term contract for major works. In the letter it says the cost to me will be £2900. Am I entiteld to a breakdown of what this cost…
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How often can rent be increased?
As the title asks, Im wondering how often rent can be increased? Our landlord is a housing association and they have increased the rent every year for the last 3 years. It was £75 a week, then £76.25 and now its going up to £78 next month. Just annoyed about it really since the place is a dump, house and neighbourhood, at…
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Estate Agent Contract
My MIL is selling her house, and has been on the market for ages (18-24 months). She is on about taking it off the market as she's had enough of all the hassle - she's had a lot of viewings and no reasonable offers as yet. I suggested selling privately, but she says her EA will want their commission if it sells up to six…
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blocked drains responsibility
I have a friend who has never rented before (it is a family relocation and he has yet to sell his own place) and he is paying around 2,500pcm. His LL is an accidental LL who wants to sell the house when the tenancy agreement expires, and therefore has little knowledge of what being a LL means and no committment to it…
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LA Did Inspection Without Asking Me.
All went well but that isn't the point. Surely they should have advised me it was being done? The only reason I found out is because I didn't think anything had been done so I emailed them about it. They said it was done in December. I have to say I'm rather annoyed about it even though I knew everything would be fine.
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Valuation Report Help
As the title suggests could anyone help me with some issues with regards to a valuation report I have had done on a house I am buying. 1. Its speaks about 'Parts of the roof coverings are thought to contain asbestos material. You should take care when carrying out repairs, maintenance or renewal' - Is this something I…
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do they do shared ownership for non-key workers?
Hi there does anyone know if there's a property product for non-key workers or people not on low incomes? I don't qualify for most shared ownership as I earn too much - most of them specify below £50K incomes. It's just that right now am thinking about buying, I could afford mortgage payments but don't have the deposit…
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Built in appliances in rented property?
Who pays for replacements? Hi, We've been renting an unfurnished property for just 16 months and have had to repair a built in fridge freezer already. Now the dishwasher had gone wrong as well! The problem I have is that all the appliances are built in, well over five years old, and an expensive make. The letting agents…
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About to embark on a loft conversion....sooo many costs!
Hi All We are about to extend our first floor flat into the loft We have the entire top floor of a victorian house so its rather big - we have a massive loft that is in two parts - one over the bedroom with a loft hatch which we use to store stuff and the other part is at the front of the house where our living room and…
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Selling an inherited house.
We inherited a house when my father in law died. It took nearly a year for all the solicitors stuff to be sorted regarding the estate. We then spent months doing it up and never actually moved in, we rented it to some friends who have been there for 6 months and now want to buy it. My hubby has something in his head about…
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rented property not being maintained as being sold - help?
Hi We've been renting a property while selling our house in our old town and finding one to buy. We have now sorted all that out and will be moving into our new house at the start of April. The property we're renting is nice, but pretty shoddily fitted out in places (like pretty much every other rental property I've ever…
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Had no reply yet from EA about my offer on house?
Hi, Just a quick question. After advice as first time buyer (as you know it can be hard knowing what to expect - learn as you go). I submitted a second offer (poss final offer too) on a house me and my gf are interested in buying. I haven't recieved a reply regarding if it's been excepted / rejected yet from the estate…
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hatched.co.uk
Anyone used these online estate agents?? Our fee with the best estate agents in the area would be around £6K but with hatched.co.uk would be £199 upfront and £199 on completion! PLUS they have given us details of actual properties in the area sold and advised to put it on £20K more than local estate agents...
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How much to charge my mum rent?
Good morning, I don’t post much but wondered if any of you have any ideas of how much to charge my mum rent per month. I live with my partner in a two bedroom house and my mum is currently going through a messy divorce. At the moment our monthly outgoings total £1235 this includes all our bills and our monthly food budget…
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Reduce house price?
Hello, Our EA has suggested reducing our asking price by £15k to an offers over type of strategy. The house has only been on the market a month and has had 12 viewings, which we thought was reasonable. Do you think the EA is just after some sales or is it worth considering. For now we have said to leave it at the original…
