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Cost To Extend Leasehold - Can You Negotiate?
Hey all, I own a leasehold property worth around £72,000. The lease was 99 years from 1st April1989 - meaning around 78 years remaining.... (Unfortunately I've only recently found out about the costs of extending a lease under 80 years :( ) Anyway, I contacted the Freehold managers and requested a quote. I had the…
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Had mortgage offer accepted, what happens now?
Hi, After some info off anyone who just been through this process, as me and my partner are first time buyers. We have just had our mortgage offer accepted yestreday 22nd with the Abbey done though the broker (london and country). We where able to track it online without have to phone the broker up too much to check on…
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advice needed on where i stand for bills etc
Hiya I was wondering if anyone had been in the situation before and so could give advice. Basically i'm a student and in January on my way to placement I broke my ankle after slipping on the ice. I went back to my uni home and my landlord was there (unnounced, no notice, was just there tidying up - and he regularly does…
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Please check my rightmove ad and provide me feedback?
Hi guys, Within 2 days of placing my order with an online estate agency, our house has gone up on right move. We need all of your valuable advise on making sure that we get as many viewings as possible from our advert: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-29560394.html Many thanks T
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Spring bounce
I've noticed an absolutely massive spring bounce where I live (SW London into Twickenham). Is it just the sunshine or is there something else going on? Now is definitely the time to sell if you've been waiting. Some places are going for over 2007 prices, even to sealed bids. I'm finding it all a bit extreme.
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'Limited Title Guarantee' - Jitters before signing contract
Hello Friends, I've just recieved the draft contract and it says house is sold on 'limited title' as the house owner has died. The sellers(their son) has got a probate to sell it. But limited title means " Seller gives to a buyer where the seller has limited knowledge of the property that they are selling and therefore…
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Advice wanted - house prices to go up or down???
It's all so confusing. I'm in Scotland, where the press is always saying 'house prices only ever go up!'. But I saw a report on the news yesterday saying that prices in Aberdeen had "plunged". What's going on? I might be looking to buy sometime soon. That would be a mad thing to do if prices continue to 'plunge' in…
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Running a business from home
I have just moved into a new rental house and I would like to start a small, part time online business. However, our tenancy agreement says that business must not be run from the property. Not wanting to brake the terms of the tenancy, can anyone advice on whether or not it's worth asking the landlady whether we can have…
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Rightmove. where do we go now?
we bought our present home 2 1/2 years ago but it still shows on the Rightmove site "sold subject to contract". As we are likely to market it again in the near future, we contacted the agent to ask for it to be removed & their reply was that it was a problem with Rightmove & it would be removed shortly. That was over two…
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Tenant wants to call a plumber
Hi, My tenants have a minor issue with the boiler - which I think is a non issue, and is something that 3 other tenants have lived with for the last 2 years with no comment. I also lived in the property for a couple of years. It's not worth going into, but I just wondered if they insist on calling a plumber, and he says…
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Previous owner still taking out credit on my address...what can I do about it??
Hiya, I knew when I bought this house (6 years ago) with my hubby that the people we were buying from were in financial trouble - he is a problem gambler. When we first bought the house we dropped their mail in at their new house a few times. After a year I thought 'sod it' and just started chucking junk out and returning…
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Offer accepted - now a few questions
Just had an offer accepted - yay!! I'm a FTB so now begins the scary part for me an I have a few questions about the order in which things should happen now. I'm going to instruct a solicitor and start the ball rolling on Monday with the mortgage but my questions really are about the survey. Is it usual to start on the…
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Join me in my rights for tenants campaign
I want to launch a campaign to increase the rights of tenants from the unscrupulous activities of landlords and letting agents. I think for too long agents have been allowed to get away with too much at the expense of tenants. Landlords also need to realise that they have obligations to tenants, and these obligations must…
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Letting Agent Mistake Trying To Make Me Pay - Help!
Hi I've lived in my rented house now since October 2008. I am on housing benefit and get the full ammount to cover my rent. My rent is £350 per calendar month but the housing benefit pay every four weeks so I get £323.08 every four weeks. As the housing benefit is every four weeks my letting agent agreed for me to pay the…
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Slippy decking at rented property
Just thinking aloud really - if a property has decking and it's really slippery when it's wet - is it the landlord's responsibility to maintain it or the tenants?
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Tenant refuses to vacate
Hi all. I let a property via a lettings agency, with an AST. The tenant gave notice last month, advising that he found the rent too high and wished to move to a cheaper property. New tenants have been lined up, and are due to move in shortly. However, now the current tenant is refusing to leave, saying he cannot find a…
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House buying experience
Hi I would just like to say thanks to everyone on this forum. I have been going through the house selling/buying process for the last 7 weeks and the forum has been very helpful. I must saying this being the first time we have sold and bought, (last time we were first time buyers), it has been the most stressfull 7 weeks…
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Proceeding With Sale - Important Parts of the HIP?
Having just got probate for my mum’s estate, I want to proceed with the sale of her flat in Torbay. Recently, on looking through the paperwork that someone else had prepared, I spotted that the searches were missing from the HIP. It had been marketed for months with that HIP. I subsequently managed to get the HIP compiler…
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Damage to house after contracts exchanged
I've just bought my first house and exchanged contracts and keys this week. When I walked into the house I noticed that the front lounge window was cracked. This was not there when I viewed the property and was not mentioned in the survey either. I am therefore presuming it happened as they were moving out. Does anyone…
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Property inspections on rented property - a question
I have just sat in for 2 hours, having left work an hour early, because my letting agents notified me that they wanted to carry out an inspection between 4.30 and 6.00pm (incidentally they only informed me on Monday, so pretty short notice!). They've failed to turn up, no phone call, nothing. There is no requirement for me…
