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Urgent End of Tenency/Moving out question.
Dear MoneySavingExperts, I currently live in a house that i rent through a letting agent from a private landlord. My original 12 month lease expires at the end of august. So i had started looking for somewhere new. 4 weeks ago my landlord, not the Letting Agent, contacted me and asked if i'd like to renew my tenency? I…
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Estate Agents
Can someone please advise me if I have something I can work to my advantage. I'm going through the process of sellign and buying a house with an estate agent. The house I am looking at is being sold by a couple and the couples daughter is also an estate agent. When I enquired about the property I was not told she was an…
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A question about surveys
Hi, We are buying a house approx. 9/10 years old. Got quite a small mortgage on it (just over 10%). We got a homebuyers report done with the mortgage company, but they won't let us see it... Should we get another survey done? Just to note, they've been on market almost a year, sold twice in that year but both fell through,…
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Survey today!
I am pleased it is all going to be over, spent weeks doing little jobs. It will be a relief now. Top tip: we found high damp readings in the walls but this morning a few mins with the hairdryer has brought the readings down to silence (no pips!)
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Do You Feel Like A Part Of The Forum Yet?
What I mean by that is do you feel most people around the forums who use it on a daily/weekly basis recognize your username, Avatar posts and have generally have a personality pegged to your online identity? If you don't feel this way, are you bothered by this? Or do you generally not have any interest/care about people…
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does landlord have to tell you
If there has been a significant incident at the address i.e. a murder recently?
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Would you call your solicitor on his direct dial?
Should I call my conveyancer on his direct dial? Would you call your doctor, dentist, or vet on their direct dial? maybe just if it is urgent?
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Tenant's Deposit. Please Help
Hi Everyone, I am a long time user of this wonderful site and I have learned a lot. This is my first Thread. I do apologise for the long post but, any of your valuable suggestions are most welcome. Please somebody help me. The details are as under. I rented a property privately through an estate agent and lived there for…
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Help needed
Have recently separated and am living in marital home with 3 'big' kids. Hubby forcing house sale, but not sure if I would be better to rent or buy. Don't know how to work this out. Been to a solicitor but found he wasn't much help :( any suggestions?
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What type of survey?
I'm a first time buyer and have had an offer accepted on a house. It's a victorian terrace which looks in a good state (although I'm no expert). I'm torn between a homebuyers survey and a full structural one. Anybody got any advice?
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Credit checks - Address
Hello everyone I'm about to start a contract with a new landlord via an estate agency. Obviously they want to do a credit check, which is fine for me as my finances are not any issue... However - A few months ago I moved to london to live whilst I worked and waited for my girlfriend's contract to run out so we could get a…
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Renting and my guarantor pulls out
Hi just seeking some advice. My tenancy is with an agency and is for 12 months.. which ends end of October it is meant to be resigned again then and is just formality that it ends.. However my guarantor was my bf until I broke up with him and he has now written to my agent stating that as of October he will not be my…
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New builds - what discounts have you had recently?
Hi I am looking to purchase a new build property from a national housebuilder in South Wales. We have sold our house STC so we are in a strong bargaining position. I would be interested in hearing what discounts / incentives other forum members have been able to negociate recently As I was looking of asking of around 25%…
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How can we raise money for potential second home/property development business?
Okay so the title makes me sound quite dim :rotfl:but after discovering a property going for around 60K which is worth in excess of 100K we are seriously considering looking into ways of funding our purchase. We've wanted to go into property development for a while now, but due to our ages, lack of experience and property…
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Reconnecting phone
Hi, The house we are purchasing is all going through and we are hoping to move in on Friday of next week! One thing, the telephone has been disconnected. Does anyone have any idea of the costs involved with reconnecting a telephone and have any idea of how we go about doing it? Many thanks
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Contemplating selling at auction - any advice?
Hi, The background in brief: we are trying to sell our first home, a 2-bed terraced house in an inner-city location, on market for a month and had a couple of viewings but no offers. Property is not in immaculate order but is modernised and reasonably ok. Comparable properties are on market for £109k-£110k, and we have…
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surveyor undervalued newbuild or builder overpriced new build
I put deposit down on new build. I have part exchanged my house with builder and there is a buyer after a week on market. Builder has made £3500 profit before estate agent costs. Surveyor has undervalued the new build by £14000 or builder has overpriced the new build or both. Builder is contesting the valuation and sending…
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house utilities. advice please
If a property has been on the market for a while and the water tanks have been drained and mains gas and electric switched off who is responsible for getting these services up and running again. Thanks. :)
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Disgusted at the sale of jo and ron wood's house in richmond on at £13million!
Oh I just had a look at Jo and Ronnie Wood's house in south west London that they've put up for sale, and I find it most distasteful. In one of the bedrooms is an awful Myra Hindley style picture; makes me want to vomit. Unbelievable! They bought the property in 1997 for £2M and are now asking £13Milllion and already it's…
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Help!!!!!
I need some help/ advice for my sister, she has two young boys and lost her council home in may ( no thanks to her ex ) However she is with my mum atm and its very strained in the household my sister needs a home desperatley but pople are wanting deposits of around 900 quid is there anyway round this r any companies that…
