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Suing Landlord for Deposit
Hi all, In my previous thread about my previous landlord, I had a bit of a moan, and he's still ignoring me and still has my deposit. I have a few questions, and if anyone knows the answer then that would be fabulous! 1. As he has not returned my deposit, and seemingly not protected it, can I sue him for three times the…
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Buying a new house - should I sell my flat or rent it out?
Hi there! My original plan had been to keep my flat as a pension pot. I would release some equity in the flat and use it as a deposit on a new house. I'd then rent my flat out. All the figures allow me to do this i.e. have sufficient equity and would be able to achieve enough rent to cover the mortgage (on the flat) and…
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benefits and social housing rent increase
given that the benefits increase are to be linked to CPI instead of RPI, does this now mean that social housing rent increases will also be set at CPI or is that to remain at RPI? I cannot find info on this which, to me, suggests it will be left at RPI I do not claim all the benefits i am entitled to (personal choice) so…
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Providing a personal mortgage to child
We are considering lending our daughter the money to buy a house outright i.e effectively giving her a 100% mortgage over 25 years. I initially thought that this would be much easier and cheaper for her and a way of us protecting some of our capital from inflation erosion in our retirement (I'm 59 and retired, OH is 55 and…
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regaining property back.
I and my husband bought a property for my daughter in April 2006. We bought it outright and the deeds are in her name. However we asked her to sign a statement saying that if she returned to drugs or took any loans or credit cards secured on the property we would take the property or the money we paid for the house back.…
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I am in a right pickle re selling the house! Survey issues on new house.
Hi guys We had two offers over a weekend a month or so back. We have been on the market for 6 months with this agent and was considering a change. One offerer was a FTB, the other in a long chain. We went with the latter as she offered 7k more. The chain was discovered to be broken and we decided to go with the FTB. After…
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estate agents up to old tricks!!!
hi, we recently instructed estate agent to put our house on market, we were told that properties in area are selling within 6-8weeks. our house has been on the market for nearly 11weeks, we have had 1 viewing and no feedback/advice from estate agents. we told them to remove the property from market and have had aload of…
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Electrical rewire guarantees
Hoping for some more advice, this time regarding guarantees for rewire of house. We had our house rewired 3 years ago, between exchange and completion. The contractor promised to return with necessary certificates at a later date but never did. We didn't really think about it as time went on until recently when we decided…
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Problems with new flat
Hi, I was wondering if any you smarty pants on here might be able to give me a little advice about something. Basically me and my girlfriend recently signed up to a new flat with a landlord who owns a number of properties, they're quite big with their own office etc in the city centre. We viewed a flat we loved, put the…
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New rent and fire regs
Can anyone confirm for the minimum level of fire protection in a multiply occupancy household(4 unrelated students?). Its also in north Wales if that changes anything.
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Help on breaking a lease before I move in
Hi, If I signed a lease, gave deposit money, 1 months rent, and admin fee and do not move in for 2 weeks, is there anyway I can break the lease? I do not mind losing the admin fee to be honest. Or I am stuck for 12 months? Thanks in advance
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Buy to let- with a twist
Hi all, Im a British soldier, have a German house + mortgage, can I, should I buy to let in the UK as an investment. My hope is to at least cover the costs of mortgage, or make a small profit each year. Thanks for informed replies!!!
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small claims court to get back house reservation fee's??
My girlfriend and I planned to purchase a new home on a development in the north-west we were putting my girlfriends house down as a part-exchange, the developer Moris Homes offered 85k based on two EA valuations of 75k-95k funninly enough the lower valuation was from a EA who they use on a regular basis to value PX homes…
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advice on part rent part buy scheme
Is anyone in a part rent part buy scheme? i know u pay a percentage in rent and mortage but dont know the details. advice anyone,thanks :)
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Council Housing Advice
Hiya, Im new to this site and i was just wondering if anyone could help me. Me and my partner are living in a 2 bedroom flat and we have a 8 month old girl, my partner has a 6 year old boy from a previous relationship, and we are going to speak to the council tomorrow as we have just found out that a boy/girl over the age…
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Help.. stuck with a 80% of a house but have to move.. & renting difficult...
Hello I have been on here before looking for advice.. but now I need more.. We own 80% of a property though a first time buyer scheme which we put up for sale about 4months ago. Only certain people can buy our house and have to fill out a lengthy questionnaire to see if they fit the criteria.. and not many people do.. and…
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Confused about what were doing
Hi, im confused and could realy do with some help and advice. I am currently purchasing a new build property with my fiancee and we have advised our builders, mortgage advisors & solicitor that we are first time buyers. However.......... About 6 years ago my finacee and I brought a property with my partents as an…
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FTB Negotiations
Hi First time poster on this board. My wife and I are currently looking to buy our first property; seen about 10-12 and decided to put an offer on one we liked. However three offers later and at the top of our budget we were rejected. None of them close to the asking price (quite inflated in my opinion). Our final offer…
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Full Structural Survey cost
Hi, Ive been trying to arrange a Homebuyers Report on a house Im buying. Noone seems to want to do it because of the age of the house (1850). However, I have found a company that will do a Full Structural Survey for £550. I think this is really good as I thought it would cost around £1k. Is there any reason why they could…
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Got survey, what now?
Hi all, We veiwed a house recently on the market for 75k. We had two veiwings and decided to put in an offer of 73k which was accepted straight away. The survey has just come back and it contains a number of "catagory 3" findings (cat 1 being little or no fault, cat 3 being significant). The three cat 3 findings were:…
