-
Landlord needing eviction advice please!!
I own a flat in Bristol which I rent out under a letting agent called Accommodation Unlimited. To cut a long story short the tenant is HA but was defaulting on payments, i gave her benefit of the doubt under the agents advice until her arrears reached £2000 at which point the council agreed to pay her rent direct to me and…
-
Mortgages - HELP
We bought a house 4.5 years ago £193000, took a mortgage for £173000 for 25 years and we now have £60000 outstanding (includes £50000 overpayment we have made). Monthly payments are now £335 and our house is now worth £215000. This mortgage is 2.79% above Bank of England base rate which will be renegotiated in Nov 2011. We…
-
Buying a site
What things should i check to make sure a site is not going to cost anything unexpected? For example would i need to contact Electricity Board to make sure it doesnt cost a fortune to get electricuty to it etc?
-
Foxtons and alleged mortgage rule changes
Just had a very weird phone call from Foxtons estate agents in London who I'm registered with in my efforts to buy a flat, they told me that due to some changes in mortgage regulations lately, or else the way that lenders who are assessing application or something like that - that lots of mortgage offers are falling…
-
would you sale
i have a buy to let.thinking of saling it,if i sold it i would probly have 30-35k in my pocket.so i would slap that down on my current morgage (the house i live in) but would be over 3yrs due to can only pay 10% per yr.at present the btl brings in £400 profit per month but thats due to the low interest rate as my current…
-
Can I make a complaint?
Hi, I am new to this site so I hope I'm posting this question in the correct place. I am a tenant in a housing association property and on 15th April, after nearly 4 years of listening to our neighbours conducting their conversations loudly enough for us to hear through closed doors and windows, my husband finally snapped,…
-
can you help me please?
.
-
New house purchase - condition house left in...
I made an offer on a house a couple of months ago, negotiated and agreed a price. All proceeding well, have had two more viewings to measure up. Exchanged contracts last week with completion next fri (23rd). On my last viewing the present owner had already moved out (relocating and renting). There are a significant number…
-
Trying to get rent deposit back from LL
Hello, Been reading a few post on here and notice all seem to be fairly similar but not the level of detail i need to know what to do next, so any ideas??? Basically LL owes me £824 for rent deposit (plus half a £127 BT instal cost) which (english) assured shorthold tenancy agreement says will be secured with the DPS.…
-
No viewings - comments please
Hi all, I've got a meeting with the estate agent tomorrow. We are with our second agent and have been on the market 19 weeks in total. We had one viewing with the previous agent, and none with this one. Any comments on the details/photos please: LINK REMOVED Not much is moving around here at the moment, but we'd like to be…
-
Mortgage flat sell dilema
Hi Help needed please 2 years ago to save money and travel time my boyfriend moved in with me and his then lodger and girlfriend agreed to take over the flat and pay at set amount (Bills are still in boyfriends name) recently they have given us notice as to save up to buy there own place they are moving back to parents.…
-
Can my L/L charge me for an inventory?
Although our landlady has a full management service with the agent we're renting through, she wants to charge £150 for preparing an inventory at the termination of the tenancy and for us 'to pay to the landlord any additional expenses incurred in checking the said inventory'. The property is a 4-bed part-furnished flat in…
-
newbie :) need advice on rentin
hi all :) Im a newbie here due to my mum saying u were all helpful with advice :) Im currently living with my mum and family and also my boyfriend of almost 2 years we are hoping to rent a property off our own :) We have decided to put money away everyweek into a sealed pot which we will open in a year and count. We have…
-
Rented flat- help needed (urgent)
Hi We have taken up a contract on a flat. A friend who is not on the contract also wanted to move with us. We allowed it on faith and having known each other for years and also convinced us that we do not need to add his name in the contract. WE WERE FOOL TO BELIEVE HIM. But after we moved in, the friend decided to move…
-
EA has suggested a figure to offer...
As per my last thread, I'm looking at a house that in my opinion is a little overpriced. I called the agent today and plucked up the courage to ask what sort of figure the vendors were looking for. Its on for £370k and he suggested £340k. I think that's quite a drop and I'm surprised he suggested that. It makes me think we…
-
Rightmove - under offer v sold subject to contract
How strictly do EA's apply the difference when they mark houses as 'under offer' or 'sold subject to contract' on rightmove? Rightmove says that under offer means that "a homebuyer has made a formal offer to purchase the property but the homeowner has not confirmed whether to accept." Since under offer properties disappear…
-
Repossessed lease info
Hi everyone, I've seen a property I'm really interested in as it 'seems' a bargain (haven't viewed yet) but it's a repossession and the EA have just said to steer clear as they have no information on the lease, i.e. how long it is, ground rent etc. TBH, they seemed as though they just couldn't be bothered to talk to me…
-
Deposit Protection Went to Court
Ok so my landlord didn't protect my deposit. To save it going to court we used the Court Mediation Service, we agree'd with the mediator that the landlord will repay me my security deposit by cheque within 7 days. This was last thursday and I still have not recieved a cheque. What is the next step to enforce payment is…
-
So I really like this house...
But the drive to work I have now is easy peasy and I can get the bus and be in the centre of Manchester in 15mins (I live in Didsbury at the moment - think posh Manchester - yes, it exists) If I was to get this house in Stockport my drive to work would be impossibly slow up the A6 so would have to get the train and have…
-
Estimates for solicitors and an EPC in the manchester area?
Selling my house and moving to a rental. Got an acceptable offer so just about to find a solicitor to instruct and find a company to do an EPC. What sort of prices should I expect for a 3 bed semi property around 220k in the withington area? Cheers
