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Bond/Deposit on Rented Houses
Hello all I have found the following website offering an alternative to giving over a huge amount of money when moving in. tenantdeposit Search in google the above Would anyone trust this company? Anyone used this company? Please help!
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Overpay Mortgage vs ISA
Hi, My fiance and I are moving into a new build by Barratt - I understand many people apathy towards new builds but all seems very good so far. We moved in and have a mortgage of £84000 which is £502 a month. Barratt have given us a £24000 loan of which we must pay back in 10 years or sell. We 'plan' to be here for 5 years…
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Unfair landlord?
I rented a house in February which is perfect as it is just a few doors down from my daughters school and in a nice area. It had been empty for a long time and I negotiated a lower monthly rate with the landlord through the estate agents which brought it below the local council LHA as I am on benefits due to disability.…
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Buying or renting??
My girlfriend and I bought our first house in May 2008. We were living with her family in Herefordshire but couldn't find anywhere remotely affordable nearby, so moved back up to Derbyshire (where I'm from) as the housing is much cheaper. We now want to move baack to Herefordshire, but do we sell our house and buy another…
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Help!!!!
Hi We pay our rent online via the HA website, I went through the payment process this morning put in the verified by visa for a sceen to come up saying payment declined portal error. I checked my email for any confirmation, nothing, so I did the process again, the same thing happened. I have still received no confirmation…
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Rightmove Statistics
Hi there: I've been querying with my estate agent what the stats via Rightmove are saying for our property so i can kick them up the ar5e if i think they aren't getting it moving... Anyway, I thought there may be info on the board but I couldn't see any so thought I'd start a thead as it may be useful to others as well as…
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Can anything go wrong now
I am stuck in paranoid mode that something is going to go t*ts up between now and tomorrow morning. I am due to complete on a New Build purchase. Off today to get a bankers draft to hand over to my solicitor to cover the fee's etc. Is that it now and the mortgage money will transferred to the builder tomorrow morning and I…
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Bought a house - heating not working
Me and my partner have bought a house and moved in last week. The heating and hot water system is about 8 years old and was serviced last year. It's a combi boiler. We turned it on and have hot water out of it no problem, boiling hot and good pressure. When we go to put the heating on the boiler fires up for a minute and…
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Conveyquote.com
I have had several quotes from local Solicitors for the sale of my property and the quotations have ranged dramtically in price. I came across Conveyquote.com which is recommended by TheAdvisory.co.uk Has anyone used this company before and if so what is your opinion on their service? Thanks
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Property listed with NINE estate agents...
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/find.html?locationIdentifier=REGION^17054&insId=2&minPrice=650000&maxPrice=700000&displayPropertyType=houses&oldDisplayPropertyType=houses Is this a record? Edit. Maybe link doesn't work for results page. Search Meopham, cost £695,000.
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Help!!!
My partner and I have been looking at houses for a while, but hadn't really planned on buying anywhere as found nowhere we liked. Then we found a house about a week and a half ago that we fell in love with (it was a bargain too). I called up and put an offer in, and was told we were the first people to put an offer in. The…
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Great Tips for Saving Money
1.Be diligent about turning off lights before you leave. If you spend one minute turning off lights before a two hour trip, that’s the equivalent of earning $50 an hour. That’s some impressive savings, particularly if you do it before longer trips. The key is to use less energy, particularly when you’re not using the…
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Flatmate really screwed me over!!!
Just some warnings for anyone considering flatsharing! When my room-mate at the time told me he was moving last oct i thought nothing of it - he wanted to move in with his partner, fair enough!! one of my friends offered to move in instead and i was more than up for doing so, we got on already, he was in steady full time…
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correct wording for mcol to claim rent and damages?
Hi, I am starting a MCOL claim against tenants to claim rent owing and costs incurred to make repairs etc to the property on ending the tenancy. I was wondering if there is any specific wording I need to use in the particulars of claim box? Thanks
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best websites for finding flats to RENT
Hi Im totally new to renting game. Ive looked at findaproperty and rightmove websites. Are there any other major/good ones? thankyou (UK/Birmingham)
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Which survey
Hi, I was wondering whether anyone had any advice. I'm unsure which survey to get on a house I'm trying to buy. Points on the house. It is fairly new (first and only sold 2003) so still in end of any potential warranty. It was not built by a major builder (local one) It was built on land sold by it's neighbouring house…
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Problem tenant left bill of £3500 owed CCJ HELP
Hi My tenant left my property it has been about a month now and I have found new tenants. Fo rent she owes me about £3500. Wanted to know to do a CCJ what exactly can I claim for. 1. She only gave me 2 weeks notice when the contract states 1 month notice, can I claim for the 2 weeks. 2. The outstanding rent 3. the…
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What is a mortgage valuation report??
Hello I received a call today from a surveyor saying he has been asked by C&G to complete a mortgage Valuation on my property for the mortgage for my buyers. I asked if he was doing a Home Buyers Report or full structural. He told me he was just doing a mortgage valuation that would take no more than about 30 mins. What…
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Job Offer
My son has a 12 month AST with a six month break clause. He can give his notice in next month and officially leave the middle of June. However he has been offered a job today in Birmingham which he is very keen to take but they are insistent they need him to start on 1st May from which they won't budge. Jobs are not so…
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HIPs & EAs
Can anyone recommend where to get a good value for money HIP. Also any recommendations for EAs in the Bolton area. Thanks :)
