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Draft Contract - how long
Hi there - now I really should know better as I actually work for an estate agent but that is in the centre of London - where we can have an exchange and compeltion all tied up in 48 hours!!! Everything seems to happen a lot quicker here than in the sticks where I live! Long story short we are buying a new house - there…
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Rental Heating rules
From reading through the forums, I'm starting to wonder whether my landlord is breaking any rules. At the moment, I live in a 2 bed flat, only bit of double glazing is the back door, the rest is old windows, and the ones at the front have old fashioned movable glass slats. The heating is 3 storage heaters, and I've never…
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How much to offer?
Morning Not bought since the height of the property market unfortunatly. Just wondering if people can advise what the current 'over or under' average price is. When I bought 4 years ago house was offers over £150,000 and got for £190,000 (In Scotland) Now the house I am looking at is offers over £300,000 with the Home…
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Is the landlord allowed to do this?
We are currently privatly renting a 1 bedroom flat that has no central heating and no double glazing. The environmental health have instructed the landlord to do the heating and the windows and consequently the landlord gave us 2 months notice to vacate the property. The notice is up on 16th October. After a lot of hard…
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Good family areas to rent in East/South East London
Hi guys I'd be really grateful for any advice. My family are currently looking to rent a 3/4-bed house within easy commuting distance of the Docklands but I have little local knowledge of East/ South East London. Our budget is around £1,600pcm but we could stretch to £1,800 for a really lovely place. We have a fondness for…
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Backing onto a railway line - effect on house value?
I'm interested in a flat and trying to make a sensible judgement of what it's worth. I've looked at the sold prices of similar flats on the street (and nearby streets) but this property differs from all of them in that it is very close to a railway line (it's in a little terrace of three houses; the first house is built…
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Dressing your home for sale.
Beeny and all those TV property people tell us to dress our homes well to have the best chance to realise the best price. Well, I thought I would share an excellent example with you..... http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-30966578.html Never before have I seen such cutting edge style.
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Capital Gains Tax Overseas
Hi, The plan was to move back and live at the propertyfor a year or so and then sell it but now it seems she is liable for capital gains tax. Is this correct? Does this mean one cannot simply leave the uk, work overseas and then return without capital gains tax being an issue? The property is not an investment property. We…
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Is a house exempt from CT while a landlord is searching for a tennant?
My friend has moved to Wales because of a new job and will be renting out her flat to an overseas tennant who moves in 1 October for a year. Quick question, will she have to pay the Council tax while the property is empty? She left London in June. Thanks:)
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Advice Needed RE Bank Reference Checks/New LA
Hi Everybody, I am potentially looking at renting a property from an agency for the first time and am just a bit concerned. I've been renting for around 10 years and have always rented privately so I've a few new things to get my head round when it comes to agencies. Part of the reason I've rented privately I guess is that…
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what obligation does the owners of a nature reserve have to private property uk?
my garden backs onto a small strip of land (about 3M) and then a disused but under restoreation canal. the land is registered by a private housing company, who is very big on concervation and has prob listed it as nature reserve, but is seperately owned to the canal. the land was prob left over from the build of the street…
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FTB - how to proceed to get the house we want
Evening all, We are FTBs and think we might have found 'the' property. However, there are a few questions etc that we could dowith some help or advice with . . . 1) The property is on at £190K, i have checked and thecurrent owners bought the property for this price in mid 2007- are they being realistic asking the same when…
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DESPERATE HELP NEEDED - Admin fees
Hi, I am in such a predicament about my current situation, I have looked online for help but it's so dotted around I can't make any sense of it. Basically, myself and my partner were going to make a big move to Manchester. My partner had arranged a work transfer and I was applying for jobs and had a back up plan of temping…
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London Buy-to-let
Need help, I want to buy my first property to Let. Is this a good time (when is a good time?), a good idea and good way to invest? Should I pay cash or get a mortgage? Is London the best place to buy at the moment? If so which part of London? :rotfl:
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Land lady wants to paint the house - while we live in it!
Evening all, I wanted to check I'm not shooting myself in the foot before I get back to my LL tomorrow. Basically our bathroom needed painting- not a problem as it's small. So then LL decided to get a quote to paint the entire house - 'just to gauge costs'. But now she wants to paint it all! To cut a long story short, I…
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Change of gas / electric provider without permission
We own a second property and have decided to let it on a short term lease. As we have not done this before we have engaged the services of a management letting agency within an estate agents. The first let went quite well and we have just come to the end of a six month lease with new tenants going into the property within…
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solciitor has sent a plan of the property but it isnt a land registry entry!
hello we are buying a house that originally had a garage. the owner tore down the garage and built a house next door and divided up the garden. when the land registry plan arrived on day 1 it shwed we were buying the whole large plot. we let the solicitor know the plan wasnt up to date and today, a month later, they have…
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Negotiating after survey
Hi All, We're slowly getting there with our purchase! Our homebuyers found that there was something a bit dodgy looking with the electrics, so we've had an electrician in. He says that mostly it's fine, but that the fuseboard doesn't meet current standards and needs replacing (plus a few other minor things that don't worry…
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Switching estate agents as a buyer
Hi everyone - this is my first post on the MSE forums...:j I have a vendor/ estate agent problem. My offer on a property has been accepted and land searches, survey and mortgage all done and ready to go and the deposit is in the bank. At the last minute the vendor as gone on holiday and has hold her solicitors to 'put…
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