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Rent negotiation London
Hi there, Could you please share your negotiation experiences? Asking price - Negotiated price and area please.. I am looking at renting a property in E14 area. How much can I get a 300pw property for? Its been vacant for over 3 months.. Many Thanks, Tulipz
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Solitaire Property Managment & Late Bills
Can anybody help me with the following problem. Since 2008 we have been renting out the flat my wife used to live in. The Property Management Company is Solitaire. We have to tell HMRC what income we got from the flat and what we spent by October the 31st. Service charges are paid twice a year (£600 a time) and can be…
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quick rental q re withholding rent
If a property is in need of repair (central heating). If it is taking an unreasonable amount of time to fix do you have any right to withhold any rent?
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what do you think of this? rent then buy after selling
I live, with my wife, in a 3 bed upstairs downstairs semi and I only have about £20000 left on an interest only mortgage, the last endowment matures next July and that should be us mortgage free:j My wife is starting to have bother with her knees getting up and down the stairs. We need 3 bedrooms, bedroom for sleeping,…
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Freehold flat - need a solution!!!
Hi! We've put an offer in on a 2br flat which would include the freehold for the building (which would incorporate the flat upstairs). The current arrangement for the downstairs flat for which we want to purchase is: a freehold title subject to the lease of the upstairs flat (i.e. there is no current lease agreement on the…
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RE: Inadequate Heating for New Home
I bought a Charles Church 3 bed roomed flat over a year ago. It is a conversion of a listed building.They have placed " Nobo" electric heaters that do not heat the house,in particular the large hallway, landing and kitchen which only have a small slimline heater for the whole area. It was freezing last winter. It is also…
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Withheld Deposit
I was a tenant in a 12 month agreement, my Landlord self-managed the property. I had to re-locate and requested to leave early, I had to pay to find a replacement tenant which I understood and was happy with as was my LL. My tenancy started on 29 Dec 09 and I gave notice on 25 Jul 10, to leave on 28 Aug and so was…
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Renting a property out without using Agents??
Hi, I am looking to rent out my property. Its a small apartment and as such the rent will be quite small. I have had a few quotes from agents and the fees are so high! How easy is it to rent it out myself not using any agents? I am not reliant on the rent for anything - there is no mortgage. But not sure how to do the…
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evidence for housing office of non compliance of deposit schemes
I am writing to the housing department in response to the tenancy deposit schemes and non compliance, as they believe this legislation is working for the good of the tenant, on reading this blog I feel that I am not the only one whoose landlord failed to protect the deposit or was very late in complying. I am trying to…
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Will builders pay my Solicitors fees??
My partner and I have just gone through 12 weeks of purchasing a property which we were due to complete tomorrow. The property had underpinning carried out in January due to a tree roots which were removed in October 2009, we were fully aware of this issue and as the property came with a renewed 10year NHBC warranty we…
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Comparing Estate Agents
Hiya, I'm interested to know whether there is any way of comparing the number / percentage of properties an estate agent has sold over x period and the number currently being sold. Rightmove can do the latter - anyone know about the former?
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Fees for house move??
Hi...ideas re solicitors fees for buying/ selling house...or is that estate ag. fees..?? ta ian
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Problems Road outside our New Property
HI All Just moved into a new house we have just brought, the road outside our house is a bus route, I do not mind the noise, but my concern is that some of the large double decker buses and heavy goods vehicles cause the house to shudder badly a times and concerned that in the long could cause structal damaged to the…
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Guide Prices
Hi all, I recently put in an offer of 80000 on a flat with a guide price of 80000-90000 but it was rejected by the owner who wants 85000 (which i can't afford). On checking the advertisment the property is still on the market still showing 80-90K. If the owner wont accept 80000 is it still correct to be showing 80-90K in…
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My home is a detached house
BUT it is listed as semi detached everywhere I look. Rightmove, house price.co.uk, mouseprice, I changed it myself on Zoopla I dont think that is a problem or is it?
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Few questions re contract of purchase
Hi guys!! I have been reading this web site and the forum for years, and now its my turn to ask ;-). We are in a process of buying our first house so fairly unexperienced in the matter. Firstly, is "contract rate" condition really a standard clause in the conveyancing contract? I want this out, however, our solicitor is…
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Qualified Title...Help!!!!!!
Hi All, I'm hoping that some of you may have more knowledge of this than me and therefore be able to help!! I am selling my flat and buying a house. Everything seemed to be going ok and the sale & purchase going ahead. The today my solicitor emails me to to tell me that the title to the property that I am purchasing is not…
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buying your freehold title
We have been given the opportunity to buy the leasehold of our property The management company who collect the annual rent of £8.00 wants to charge £1500 plus £250 solicitors fees plus our own solicitors fees. The leasehold on the property is for 999years We found that our garden is freehold but the property isn't. We…
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It's obviously overpriced
I started off putting this in a response to another thread, but thought it wasn't really relevant there and so thought I would start a new one. I disagree with what a lot of people say that in the current market if a house doesn't sell quickly then it must be overpriced). There are a lot of reasons why houses aren't…
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Shared Ownership purchase - help!
Hi! We're part way through the process of buying a shared ownership apartment and I'm hoping one of the experienced folk on here might be able to help us. The landlord placed a FMV on the property of £234,750 and we're buying 25%. Unfortunately the lender valued the property at £220,000. The lender asked us whether we were…
