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Best way or receiving rent from lodger
What's the 'best' (i.e. safest, assured, foolproof etc.) way of receiving rent by a lodger in ones own home? Cash - lodger may not even pay up, or may be late with payments. :o Direct debit or Standing order - and accounts/records are 'linked', which could cause all sorts of problems if the lodger has a poor credit…
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shared ownership question
we bought a shared ownership house 5 years ago,we pay rent and mortgage but me and partner split this year and I no longer live in the property but my partner still does,the house is on the market as we want to sell it asap but with no luck yet,I just wondered if he moved out of the property do we still need to pay rent…
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Solicitor Fee Help
Hi, My partner and I have put an offer in on a house and with our neighbours purchasing our property it will hopefully go through fairly quickly. My friend is a trainee solicitor at a conveyancing firm and has agreed to act for us. I asked her a send me a quote and I received the below. Would someone be able to tell me…
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Insurance Renewal when selling house
I've got my buildings/contents insurance renewal up soon, and we have also accepted an offer on our house. When we sell, we'll probably be temporarily lodging with family, until we find somewhere else, so won't need insurance then. All being well we'll complete before the insurance renewal is due - in which case I can just…
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Conservation area issues?
Never lived in one - what's the usual sort of stuff? Just to not change outward appearance of property? Have looked on the authoritys website but found nothing in particular apart from some history of the area (which is nice) ....
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Council house help
Hi all I'm in the unfortunate position of needing to apply to the council for a flat. I have rented privately for years but have just been given two months notice to leave our current property due to landlord selling up. There are very few private rentals around here as I live in a small town. I will, of course, continue…
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Can a landlord come and take contents they've left?
We've been privately renting a house for a year and a half, when we moved in the landlord had left a lot of things in the garage, things like a lawnmower which we use to cut the grass. She has now sent us a text saying she is coming to take the lawnmower and I want to know can she do this? Or is it covered under the let…
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FTB - moving in day
Hi Apologies if this has already been covered (and if they are stupid questions), but I had a couple of questions re utilities when moving in to first house - we get the keys on Wednesday. I know our new house gets gas and electricity from British Gas - I have yet to decide whether to stick with them or switch. So, do I…
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Extra Security
Hi all, I've just rented one of my BTLs to a new tenant and she is asking for 'additional security' on the front door in the form of an additional lock or a chain. The door is a brand new uPVC door which I had fitted a week ago, the day before she moved in. It has the usual sort of lock you expect from uPVC (5-point?). Am…
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land search failed to pick up listed wall
Hello all, We purchased our house 14 years ago. It was brand new, but a garden boundary wall was very old and part of a previous estate. The wall is now in need of repair, and I was advised to check with the local authorities to see if it is listed and it turns out that it is, it was listed as grade II, some ten years…
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Private Road Development
Hi, Hopefully some kind people on here may be able to offer some advice on my situation. I'm a potential 'garden grabber'. Regardless of the change in classification of gardens from brown to green field that's still not my major concern. The plan is to build a bungalow in the back garden. The access to the bugalow would be…
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given 2 months notice by landlord can we move earlier
Hi there Can anyone give me a little advice, We have just been informed by our landlord that he intends to terminate our rolling tenancy as he wants to sell his house. We are looking at a property to rent today which is on the same street the only problem being that we may have to commit to it straight away to ensure we…
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Remortgaged to buy a buy to let
Hi a little advice needed please, my friend had remorgated her property to raise capital and bought and renovated a property. Would she have been better off registering for vat so could claim back vat on things she purchased to do renovation and if both employed would they have to declare the income from rental x thanks ..
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Rightmove desktop App
Anybody used the new Rightmove desktop application yet? I've just installed it and I'm having problems with searching. I'm getting an Adobe Air timeout message after putting any details in. Not sure if its still got some bugs or it's just me. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-you/desktop-application
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AST Tenancy Agreement
Please could you give me your advice on the free AST TA available on: www . property hawk . co . uk?? Thanks in advance
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Being held to end of tenancy
Hi, My niece is at university and rents a property along with 2 other girls. They are all nice and keep the property clean and haven't caused any problems with their landlord who is a large letting company covering Stirling and Glasgow. The bedroom that my niece sleeps in has been consistently damp since they moved in last…
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Not sure where my deeds are - what do they look like?
Right, I feel really stupid (and worried), but I need to know what deeds look like. I own my house outright and was convinced I had the deeds. OH has just looked at all the paperwork and said I don't. I have never had any correspondence about a fee for holding them, so I assumed I had them (I am convinced I have seen them…
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Damage to floor prior to exchange
Hi All, Just a bit of advice please. We are due to exchange contracts in the next day or two. I've been aware for quite a while (as per other threads) that our boiler has been losing pressure, so we'd had to take up the laminate floor in one room to check under the floorboards. Laminate being laminate, it's not gone back…
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Notice to quit a room when there is no contract
Can anyone advise me. An Italian friend of mine arranged to rent out a room in a house and moved to the uk. The room is no good and my friend has given notice to quit of one week as per the verbal agreement by him and the landlords son. Now the landlady is stating that she wants a months notice otherwise he will not get…
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Can't aff ord to keep my Buy to Lets - will I lose my home too?
Hello all, A few years ago when house prices started going crazy I bought 4 houses on Buy To Let and let them out. In recent months the house prices have fallen pretty sharply, and I wish I could sell them but they are not going for anything near what I paid for them. I have lots of debt built up over the years (around…
