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House owned by a company
There is a house for sale in my area that I am interested in and I will be viewing on Friday but the agent has booked a block viewing and stated that the company which owns the house after accepting an offer will still continue to market the property and the agent will offer weekly viewings. The price is low for a 3 bed…
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House viewing when house not for sale
I am in a difficult situation! We have had our house valued by a few agents and have one that is keen to market it. Having viewed several houses in the area we are thinking of moving to, we have concluded that there is nothing available that interests us and are considering different areas (although nothing available there…
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Completing on Friday (hopefully) would you arrange to look around before Friday?
Hi All Hopefully completing on Friday unless told otherwise, I was just wondering if it'd be prudent to have another look around the house before then to make sure the seller hasn't done anything to the house. Its a longshot but they could have set fire to the house and we'd be buying a charred ruin on Friday R
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Confusion about Lease on Sale
Hi Our EA stupidly managed to advise the buyers of our flat that it was a SOF, even though we explained many times that it was LH and that at the time the HIP supplied clearly stated that the property was LH. Subsequently the buyers offered our asking price of £155,000 and we accepted. The buyers solicitors have now asked…
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Buyer wants to meet us?
Our buyer is coming back tomorrow to meet us. she lives a few hundred miles away and this will b his second viewing. The survey is booked for tomorrow morning (eek) What do buyers normally ask. I never have any intention of meeting the people I am buying from. getting nervous.
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Deed of Trust
I'm just wondering if anyone may be able to advise me of the best way to deal with this situation. So, my partner owns a house (£74,000 mortgage outstanding) and I pay him rent. We are now buying a house together (value £135,000). We have been able to port his mortgage across in joint names, and get an additional part of…
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Buying a council house, advice needed
Apologies if this is in the wrong forum section, I dont usually stray from the ebay and craft bits! My Grandad is 80 this year. He has lived in the smae council house for 40-50 years (maybe even more). It is in a nice area (although does overlook a dual carridgeway) and has 2 double rooms and a box room, with a garden at…
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Any Public Sector workers here?
Have to admit to being quite concerned about all this talk of 600,000 public sector jobs to go in the next few years. I think at one point they said it would be 720,000 once they accounted for not replacing those who are retiring in that time. I was just wondering if there any public sector workers on here and if the above…
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Applying for council housing when there is a previous re-possetion?
Trying to cut a long story short the situation is this. Me and my partner (and our child) have many legitimate reasons to move back to the area where I originally came from. And for the best part most\all reasons would certainly go in our favour. But there is a possable problem we have come by while filling the form out.…
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4 weeks notice needed when you die?
My Mother who was 87 years old passed away on Saturday. She lived in a flat that was suitable for her disabilities but not sheltered accommodation. We have cleared and cleaned the flat and it is now ready to re-let. The landlords, BHPA, have now said that they require 4 weeks notice and therefore 4 weeks rent from the…
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Broken lift - what happens if we can't move some of our stuff out?
Hi everyone, We are moving out of our 3rd floor flat and into another rented property this Saturday (31st July). The lift in the block has been broken for about a week. We phoned our landlord on Friday to ask if he could contact the management company or give us the details for them so we could get it sorted. We haven't…
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The art of making offers....
Evening all! First time buyer here. Ive found a flat I like in London, have an agreement in principle for the mortgage, and am ready to move for it. Its on the market for 220k, and today I put in a low offer of 195, just to test the water and see if I could get some feedback out of the vendor as to what he would accept.…
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Convert a 63sq m flat into 3 studios!
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Out of order "new" landlord
Hi there, I am looking for some advice on an out of order landlord....well his son that is now claiming to be the new landlord. Basically we have rented a loft in london and pay the original landlord monthly. We obviously signed a lease with him etc... However, his son has recently given us a letter stating his father has…
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First time renting....costs breakdown
Hi all, I have searched the forums, but can't really find what I'm after. It'll be my first time renting in the west midlands area, I'm just looking for a breakdown on council tax, electricity, water etc to roughly see what I'd be paying out on a monthly basis. If anyone could help I'd be grateful :D Many thanks
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End of tenancy agreement
I rented a property on a 12 month AST agreement, which is due to end in October. I'm keen to know what happens after this, I asked the agents and they said that the LL would agree to a 6 month renewal. Is this 6 month renewal a normal thing? I'd rather have a longer period and not have to worry about having to move out if…
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Tenants rights when ending a lease
Hello i just gave my 2 months notice to end my tennancy, so the landlord will most likely be bringing future tenants though to take over when our lease ends. What rules and regulations should I know about in this situation, ie how much notice must he give etc ? Thanks Ben
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Just discovered my credit rating is poor
Hi, hope this the right place. I have been carrying the same amount of debt, about £3.5K, since I left uni. in the last year I decided sign up for a couple of credit cards, balance transfer the debt and pay it off in the interest free periods. This was going well until a couple of months ago when several high expenses hit…
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Periodic Tenancy following AST
Hiya, I posted about a month ago as to whether I was entitled to a Periodic Tenancy following a 6 month AST. You guys kindly told me that I was and that was what I told the EA. They took about 2 weeks to come back to me as to whether this was suitable but they finally emailed me back to tell me that was ok. They sent me a…
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Where do I find a surveyor?
Hi there My mortgage company offers a free valuation and this is happening in the next day or two. When the results from that come back, I want to get a homebuyer's report done. Last time I bought, the mortgage company did this but where would I start to find an independent one and how much should I expect to pay?
