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Can Clean Will Clean
Has anybody ever heard of this cleaning company? I have a number for them but nobody has answered even though i've rang several times, at different times of the day. I cannot find a website for them and wondered if anybody knows about them or used them? They are based in Fallowfiekd in Manchester as far as I can work out...
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How can I tell if con artist agent's account is personal or business?
An estate agent kept my tenant's deposit and is now in the process of winding up his business. He won't pay back the deposit which I've since covered with the DPS. I intend to sue the agent as an individual and as a business. My solicitor has asked me to establish if the agent's account into which the tenant paid his…
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Buying private with a speculative letter through the door?
Hi, My area in Birmingham could be considered a property hotpot as prices here are still highere than about year or so ago. The right house will still sell for a good price but its difficult to know what a good price is as prices could go down or could go up. Anyway I was thinking of using my initiative and put some flyers…
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Empty house
I pass a house every day which has been empty now for 2 years, windows boarded up etc. It's a lovely looking house, victorian/edwardian at a guess, but it is looking very tired. What happens to these houses? Who owns it? Is there way I can purchase it (I admit i am hoping for some sort of bargain here!!) Anybody have any…
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Charge on property by bank..name off mortgage?
HI, my idiot husband put a guarantee for a business overdraft on our property, thebusiness went bust nad now the bank have put a charge on our property. He paid a specialist to deal with this, they didnt really, court papers were served when my husband was abroad and the guy dealing with it did not send in the…
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Deposit
Hi all ... My tenancy is up on the 27th of Aug. I am moving into a new flat at the end and my neighbours have said the people who lived here before took over a month to get there deposit back and from renting previous somewhere else last time it took me 7 weeks and should have only been 2 weeks as the lease stated.…
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Anyone watch 'Homes from Hell' last night?
Hope I'm OK posting this here! Just wondering what anyone thought of the barn that was converted into a house. Basically the owners of a house gave the disused barn in their garden to their son to convert into a house. The back of the barn was the boundry between their land and the next door neighbour's garden. The barn…
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Inability to return calls!
Right I am getting infuriated with these people! My wife's thread 'we've been on the market since january...' has provoked a lot of response. We realise that something has to be done to get more people through the door but we can't get hold of anyone! The girls at the estate agent office provide no suggestions it was…
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Should I sell to rent?
Any opinions appreciated because I am hugely confused right now! I own a 2 bed property, which if I sold tomorrow at the lower end of the market would pay my mortgage and leave me with around £50,000. Right now, we cannot get a higher mortgage, but I really feel we need a bigger property. Part of the reason I want to move…
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Glasgow West End Estate Agents
Hi We're currently in the process of getting our west end (near byres road) flat on the market. We've had the main estate agents round with the valuations ranging from conservative to a fair bit higher (10% or so more than the other valuations). I know that the EAs are keen to get our business and might have an incentive…
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Moved In to my house, cant settle - anyone else?
Hi I moved in 2 weeks ago into a our new family house, it was our 'we will be here for at least 10 years' house. 2 weeks in and I feel like I have made a terrible mistake The road noise is loud (how I didnt notice this I dont know) and I had doubts over the garden as it is only about 32ft and now when I look out the window…
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Housing - your current circumstances
Please vote on the poll to shed some light on your circumstances and it would be much appreciated Really quite intrigued given the difficulty in buying a property who does what (see poll) I feel like i'm miles behind in life since some friends and acquaintences have purchased properties now and I haven't (Voting is…
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Help with our inventory!
I live in a shared rented house where tenants tend to replace themselves when they move out but we have a new contract signed every year. The letting agency has been terrible and I just wanted to check what to do about a few points with the inventory etc before we re-sign. They are asking for professional cleaning,…
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Buying to let interst rates?
Moved to mortgages forum, thanks jonewer. Fortyfoot
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Property Investment, is it worth the risk?
Hello, I'm new to the MSE forum and I'm looking for any advice or info on renovating and selling houses as a means of income. I currently own a 2 bed semi (which I bought before house prices rocketed!) and I'm giving serious consideration to selling it, moving in with my partner, paying off my existing mortgage and using…
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Deposit protection issues
Hi, I am having some issues with the deposit on my flat, and a previous tenant. If anyone has any experience in the issue and can help, I would greatly appreciate it. I did not pay a deposit when entering the flat last September, and did not sign a contract until November. I had taken over the room from the previous…
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Please help - Can I claim compensation for lost food from LL for faulty fridge?
Hi, We have been renting our current house at £915 pcm for 20 months through CRL, we've always paid on time, there have been quite a few plumbing problems etc, which we have always had to continually chase up over a period of months to get fixed, basically CRL have been awful (looooong story). We have just found out that…
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If you have given up a Housing Association property
to move into a privately rented house, are the council able to help should you need housing again? Someone said to me I gave up my lifetime tenancy so they don't have to house me again? Which is totally fair enough, I just wondered if anyone here knew the definite answer before I go wasting mine and other peoples time…
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Nationwide Building Society - Panel of Surveyors
I have just bought a house in Northants and was given details of a local surveyor/valuer by the Estate Agent. The surveyor provided me with a decent quote, then asked me who the lender was and when I told him it was Nationwide, he advised me that he was not on their panel of accepted surveyors and I would be wasting my…
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Any student let landlords around ?
I'm asking because today my o/h went with my son to collect all his bulk belongings from his room in a student house, he left a week ago ,just a small terrace house in a city with little claim to affluence. When they went in my son's room there was a bloke asleep in his bed and an array of bottles and the whole place…
