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Renting - is this right?
A friend of mine wants to move out of her house (owned/mortgaged) and move into rented (long story, involving an abusive ex-partner) When she got an estate agent round to value her house, he told her that she would need to pay tax on the rent she would get from her own house - is this right? she would actually be paying…
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Landlord/letting agent refusing to use dispute resolution service
Hi, Bit of background. I've been renting a house for 1 year with 3 friends. We moved out 2 months ago. Monthly rent was £2000, deposit was £3000. Upon moving out the LA returned £1600 of the deposit and claimed the remaining for Cleaning £400 Carpet Cleaning £500 Banister Damage £150 Rubbish Removal £250 Floor damage £100…
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moving home. tenancy notice??
just been offered new home with housing association as i was put on the highest band to bid for a home with the council. I have a chronic lung condition and my home i am in is in a bad state with damp due to burst water pipe, the extent of the repairs needed is pretty bad which is why i have to be rehoused However.... My…
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Can I reclaim management fees from LA who didn't do their job?
I've posted elsewhere on this forum about a LA who has been managing my property for 2 1/2 years. They didn't do their job basically, whilst charging me 15% & VAT every month: never reminded me about gas safety cert; didn't carry out inspections at the correct intervals; didn't reissue tenancy agreement within the correct…
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short term pain long term gain.
Am getting rather sick of living in a tiny one bed house with my boyf just because we "own" it (with a 97% interest only mortgage). I want to just sell it and rent somewhere bigger, recognising the fact that we will simply go insane if we have to live in this tiny house for the two years it'll take us to save the deposit.…
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Are there nuisance factors?
I’m interested in Bishop’s Field development in Maidstone, any suggestions? Those houses look amazing on ads. video and photos, but what about real life? youtube.com/watch?v=BDWjMdP2Cpo
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Landlord using my supply for communal lighting
I have been in my current flat since February 2008. There are 4 flats in total situated above a shop and each property has it's own electricity supply and meter, with a fifth meter for the landlords supply. A few weeks ago I had my meter changed by E.ON and when they cut the supply to my meter it turned all the communal…
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Council Tax
Hiya guys just wondering about this one. My lease on my flat is for 6 months and obviously council tax is paid over 10 months. I was just wondering if I decide go back home after 6 months will I still need to pay the rest of the council tax bill for the entire year???
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Help!! Damp and Mould in the property i'm renting.. whats my rights?? HELP!!!!!!
i've had a similar problem to this, in my case there was a dodgey storage cupboard/ small room built onto the bathroom. the outside brick hadnt been properly sealed, in fact it hadnt been sealed at all, they'd just put sheets of plaster board up on 3 of the 4 walls. its a very small top floor flat, so we thought it was…
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Sales memo received but terms altered...
I wonder whether anyone can advise: Our final offer on a property was agreed and the agent said that the vendors had aagreed to curtains etc being included. They now say that the vendor hadn't made up their mind about the curtains, and they have complained about the inclusion of curtains on the agent's sales memo. The…
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Should I take over my mothers house?
Hi All, Just looking for others opinions. Background My mother is living in a large 5 bed house with herself and my younger sister. The mortgage left is quite small and manageable (£60,000) however the bills are crippling her each month. I have advised her to sell the house as she should get £350,000 for it possibly a lot…
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Buying in Bolton, any local advice?
Recieved an attractive job offer Bolton, does anyone have local knowledge regarding areas, both good and bad, and if theres anywhere further afield worth considering. Currently live in the East so my knowledge is limited, but prices seem reasonable.
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Charles Church amateur house builders
My girlfriend yesterday completed on her new flat from Charles Church. However she cannot move in yet, basically CC wanted her money before there financial year end which was yesterday, they offered her £500 for this which she accepted and the solicitor has it in writing. However the flat is in a shocking state. Its pretty…
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oxford house buying - good areas?
hi all, we're looking into moving from London to Oxford and I hoped someone might be able to give me a head start on the good and bad areas - poshest to nastiest and all inbetween! thanks!
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Advice Needed on Renting PLEASE HELP!!!
Hello I currently live in an apartment and was supposed to be moving into another apartment in 2 weeks. As the new apartment is with the same letting agents, we did not need to pay a new bond. We just rang up and paid £150 to have our credit checks done again. As this was all done over the phone we did not sign any thing.…
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Building Indemnity Insurance
Hello, I am hoping that someone can point me in the right direction please!? We are buying a house where a garage has been converted into a study without the necessary building regulations sign off. We are still awaiting the results of a survey, but we have been advised to purchase 'Building Indemnity Insurance' - does…
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Exchanged Today/Keys Tomorrow
It's eventually happened. FTB's and I couldn't be more pleased. We've had so much trouble with various solicitors up the chain but it's all sorted and I'm chuffed to bits. A big thankyou for everyone on here who has contributed to my silly threads and answered all stupid questions I've posed. Thanks.
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Buying a formerly shared-ownership property (and checking that it HAS been paid off!)
Hi, I am in the process of buying a former shared-ownership house and I'm worried that the seller hasn't paid off the rented part. She died and a friend of hers is selling for her, who doesn't know all the details or have relevant documents, additionally she is not british (and doesn't live here) so isn't familiar with…
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Soicitors bills
Can anybody tell me if there is a time limit for a solicitor to send final accounts for the purchase of a property bought my flat in Sepember 2000........got a bill yesterday from the solocitor dealing with the sale for £176.18 10 years after the event
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Moving in to parents house, help!
Hi, I dont know if im posting this in the right forum. My parents have offered to sign their house over to my wife and I, we would then take a mortgage out on the property and use the money to build an extension onto the side of the house. This would be a self contained "Granny flat" where my parents would live and we…
