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Unfair rent increase proposed, advise needed!
We have been at our current property for the last four years and dispite many things not being as they should with the property we have never created problems for the estate we rent off. Two years previously we had a rent increase of £30 which other tenants of the estate also had. Yesterday we recieved a letter asking us…
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Warning to anyone taking their house off market
Just a warning so that others don't get caught out, like I did, when I took my house off the market last year. Backround: Put house on market in Feb 08, EVENTUALLY our estate agents found a buyer mid 09. We looked at many houses and put offers in on two houses over the next few months but both fell thru. By Nov 09 we were…
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price for single room with bills included except food/telephone
hi there i have been renting a small room at a friends house (owned by his dad) for nearly a year. i've been paying £300 a month up til now, this includes bills and council tax, but i pay for my own food and telephone use. however, now my friends dad wants to increase the rent to £450. this is a big increase and apparently…
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Offer accepted- what next?
Hi We've had an offer accepted on the house A step by step process would be much appreciated LC
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FTB. Are the seller and estate agent taking the micheal??
After finding out on the survey that all the windows are rotten and have simply been painted over by current owner we got some quotes for replacements - 9k. The seller and his estate agent are saying that the survey still values the house at the asking price, even with the problems, so there is no need to negotiate on…
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silly question, do house sales always complete on a Friday?
May be a bit of a blonde question, sorry! Our chain consists of us buying a new build, and selling our house to someone who is in rented, so would we still complete on a Friday, or is it up to us? thanks
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Removals - extra cost for "restricted access"?
Does anyone know how much more it is likely to cost when you are moving to a house with "restricted access"? The house is approached by a fairly narrow, steep private shared drive (maybe 200 yards long). Our private drive (at the top) starts with a tight bend (brick walls either side): this means that lorries or large…
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Consent to lease advice
I have recently submitted a mortgage application with the support of a mortgage broker for a property with my partner. I had discussed my need to let out my property with the broker, and explained the LTV in the property, which is approx 10%. My broker had advised that there would be no probelm getting consent to lease…
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12 month fixed term employment, good work history & mortgage
I was just wondering if anyone has any advice on this one. I am currently 5 mnth into a 12 mnth fixed term contract earning 38k + bonus. Was in my last for just under 3 years and have not been unemployed since getting my masters degree 5 yrs ago. My wife earns £28k + bonuses and has been employed by the same company for…
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how do you choose a tenant?
just wondering how people pick a tenant when they have a number of people interested in renting their property. Do you initially go with the first person to leave a deposit or the person you feel most at ease with?
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Help!
Ok, a long story short. My son and his friend took out a 12 month lease on a furnished flat, we went guarantor for him(not his friend). We had problems straight away in that son's student finance got delayed and delayed so we had to pay the rent for him for the first 4 months. He then got into financial problems and became…
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Would you accept this offer on your house?
I would be interested in hearing people honest opinions if this were there home & family, on if they would accept offer or not. In black and white facts and chronological order; · £ 464k- Was price we had hose valued at by Surveyor for remortgage in April · £499k- Price we Went on the market in June on advice of agent(as…
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Why do people get so aggressive when ...
Why do people get so aggressive when someone posts that they have put their house on the market but don't want to reduce the price below a certain level? Some of the replies seem to get very annoyed, going on about not really wanting to sell your property, it not really being on the market unless you are cutting your price…
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termination of contract
Hi I want to terminate my contract with my management agency. I need to give three months notice not sure what I need to write Thanks Geeta
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Survey missed "movement"
After jumping through all the hoops possible for our lender to give us this money ( including paying 13k off our current mortgage to being the LTV down to 65% based on their innacurate desktop valuation ) they finally agreed and got their survey done. It came back with this :- "The important parts of our valuer's report is…
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How much should I offer
Hi All My wife and I are first time buyers, looking to buy a house and have seen a new build house that we like. We have half of our deposit and will have the whole amount in Feb. I have spoken to the developer and they have said that if I want them to hold the house until feb I will have to pay the asking price or very…
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Grey area of accidental damage...help!
Any advice would be gratefully recieved on the following: I have tenants who have informed me that whilst opening it, a kitchen cupboard came off it's top hinge, they then closed it and and it subsequently fell off completely ripping the bottom hinge out of the frame. Is it down to me as the landlord to pay for the repair…
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Got 5 mins to help MSE test new calculator?
We've revamped the Ultimate Mortgage Calculator (by making it more ultimate!) For all details go here: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/36225465#Comment_36225465 Reply in that thread too please Thanks Dan
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Curtain Poles? Holes??
Quite a dull subject really, but seeking some guidance please! We are moving (Yay, finally!) on Friday and have to take our curtain poles as the house we are moving to are taking theirs etc etc... Anyway...should I fill in the holls with polyfiller or leave them as is for the our buyer to use for their curtain poles? *Yawn*
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Public Sewer Advice!! Help!
Hi The searches have come back to the solicitor from my new house purchase and it turn out that there is a welsh water public sewer running within the boundary fence of our new house. The mortgage providor is insisting that we determine whether or not this pipe is within 3m of the property. (closest building being the…
