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just a question
i get part hb and am now paying a shortfall myself direct to landlord by dd. If my ll puts rent up again in next year and i cant afford to pay any more shortfall what would happen could he ask me to leave and how easy would it be for him.? Im a good tenant for the record and looked after the property well and even improved…
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Holding Deposit
I put down a holding deposit on a property a week ago. The agent went all quiet and has told me today that it has been let out at a higher rate. We were not at fault (no poor credit checks etc etc) and were never offered the opportunity to offer more money. Initially they refused to return my holding deposit though have…
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Estate Agents Really Worrying Me!
Hi, I would really appreciate any help or advice you can give me with this matter, or just tell me if i am being a bit overdramatic and panicking about nothing! About a month ago i found an apartment that i wanted to rent, wanted to move in end of september. Found somewhere i liked, called up the estate agent, made an…
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In praise of a letting agent
DH was pleased yesterday when a LA used came back regarding a property. LA called a month ago to say friend of tenant had dropped off the keys as she had married and exited the country as new hubby in military. No notice period given. Tenant was HB but council paid up until she left and we chased down a guarantor for rest…
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£60 out of bond to clean a window and door
Finally after a long time in rental houses we have finally brought. Our final rental property we were in a year and a bit before buying. When we moved in the place was in a digusting state. It obviously had not been cleaned since the last tenant left. We rang the letting agent who said they thought we were moving in a week…
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Help needed regarding references
Hey guys, I posted a while ago that I have a really dodgy landlord, and the advice was to really move out asap which is what I am doing, but I'm a bit concerned regarding references. Basically, to give you a bit of background history, I've been living at my current property for over 4 years. In that time my landlord has…
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Would a small velux window compromise structural integrity of the roof?
We're buy a house, due for exchange today/tomorrow. It's just come to light that the vendors fitted a small velux window in a roof to let more light into a room. They don't have any paperwork or building regs certificate for the job. They're happy to offer an indemnity insurance if there's a problem with the LA in the…
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Home insurance for timber-frame new build?
I'm currently searching the market for home insurance for a new-build of what I would call fairly standard construction: timber frame, brick walls, tiled roof. However, having tried a few screen scrapers such as GoCompare, Confused, etc I am finding that many of the usual providers are unable to quote given the 'non…
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Parking issues
Hi there, Me and my boyfriend have recently moved into a house which we are renting. The house has a carport and one allocated parking space. As the allocated space has no marking on it to say that it is ours, we keep finding that one of the neighbours is nearly always parked there. We then have to park one of our cars is…
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Deal for Someone....IF you have £105,000
Hope i'm not breaking any Forum rules?? Two houses in one in South Yorkshire....valued at £110,000. Happy to do a deal.....£105,000 or less.I'll rent back from you for say £400.00 amonth for as long as you propose.A far better return than any current interest rate will give you.....and you become a substantial property…
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Estate Agents selling rates/fee's
Hi, We are looking to sell my partners shared ownership flat, does anyone know some estate agents fee's? Cubitt and west, bairstow eve's, Philip Hickman any estate agent, I dont mind. Thank you Sam
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Renting in East London?
Hi I'm fresh out of uni and just started my first ever job. Currently live in Margate which is a 2.5 hour door to door commute and is also expensive at 500+ a month just for the train. I work on Brick Lane so am looking to rent a flat fairly near there. I have been looking on gumtree, but would like some advice on where…
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£250k house plus £2-5k chattels
Hi all I saw a similar thread here, but am wondering if our situation and the lower amounts involved will make any difference to the legal situ. We are buying a property at £250k. This should mean that it is not eligible for stamp duty since we are first time buyers. However, our sellers want a further £5k for fixtures and…
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Vendor being slow
Offer on flat near end of August, mortgage accepted within couple of days. Survey was meant to be start of September, but delayed for 1 week due to owner being away on business. Survey happened last week, straight to offer next day (Friday). Got all paperwork over the weekend from Santander (kudos to them for being so…
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Transferring funds overseas for house deposit
Hi all, Does anyone have any advice on the cheapest way of paying for a house deposit (approx £20,000) and also house purchasing costs (£17,000). I imagine my best rate would be to go to a cash exchange but im not sure whether this is permitted. Do you pay extra if you pay on a credit card. Is it expensive to transfer from…
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Adopted Cyclepath/No public right of way
Hello, Not sure if this is the right forum, but it's one for the solicitors on the board. There is a strip of land near my home, it has a cycle path running through it. The cyclepath is adopted. However, the local land charges dept say that no public rights of way run through the land. As the path is a cycle path, is it…
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Next doors landlords repairs.
Next door is rented and the tennents are lovely . The landlord does all of their repairs, not the agency. So when they needed a new boiler the landlord sorted it out for them. The problem is , they are a gable end property and the landlord instead of moving the flooring , placed a copper pipe from the gas mains to the…
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Stamp duty...
Hi we are looking at moving house ... the house we currently own was bought by my partner i was a student at the time and could not go on the mortgage.. since then we took out an extension on the mortgage to do some work on the house...by then i was working and my partner was at home with the kids, so we aid for me to be…
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EA can't/won't remove from Rightmove
Hi, need some advice. About 4 weeks ago I deinstructed an estage agent from selling my property, but still they have my property advertised on Rightmove and some other sites. My property is with two other agents and I have since reduced the price with these two agents. So the deinstructed agents advert is still sitting…
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Newbuild flat nearly dbled in price in 4 years?
There's an optimist born every minute. But these sellers take optimism to an entirely new level! These two flats were new in 2006. http://www.primelocation.com/uk-property-for-sale/details/id/STCKA728925 http://www.primelocation.com/uk-property-for-sale/details/id/EASHA771 they were sold in Jan 06 for £420k and £430k. Now…
