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Where do I stand?
Hi guys I've been in my privately rented flat for nearly a year now and I am coming to the end of my lease, ready to renew for another year. My landlord has always been a bit difficult to get hold of, calling me back is just unheard of and he totally doesnt give two hoots about the flat. He's always known that there has…
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Joint landlords are divorcing - how to proceed with dispute?!
Our landlord is refusing to return our deposit. We have sent letters and gone down the usual routes (contacting the tenancy deposit schemes - with which it turns out he didn't register our deposit with, surprise surprise) etc. and still no joy. We are resigned to taking him to the small claims court. Now so far I have…
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Landlord gone AWOL
Hi, Im posting this on behalf of someone I know (don't have the internet) The Tenant (One adult and Two children) boiler broke 3 weeks ago and have had no heating and no hot water since. They have tried ringing the landlord but it is going straight to voicemail. Tenant decided to replace the boiler by a Gas Safe registered…
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Housing benefit rant!
my tenant moved in 4 weeks ago,sent all her paperwork off and now they say they have had a new system and it is taking up to 7 weeks to process claims. its a joke, not the tenants fault i know but i still have the mortgage to pay each month :mad: just a moan really lol
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Can we rent a one bed flat for a while to save - or is this overcrowding?
Ok, bit of a strange one i suppose - we are desperate to get a nest egg behind us - to the point of being able to pay a good 50% deposit on a mortgage. Are there any laws against us renting a 1 bed flat as a family for about 2-3 yrs? It's not ideal as we have two children, one 4yrs old and one of 6months old and i'm…
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Is my buyer taking ages or is it just me being impatient?
Just wondered what peope thought. Accepted an offer on my house at the start of October, about 10% under asking price as the buyer was an investor, no chain etc, so could move fast. We were going to exchange and complete on the 29th Oct, but his BS asked for a structural survey, which stopped that date happening. Got the…
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Home Owning VS Renting ???
I am currently a home owner, but due to a relatively recent divorce, am now 4.5yrs into a 30yr mortgage at the age of 40 :( The house needs plenty doing to it due to the shoddy work of the previous owners, and its only going to get worse in time without the proper fundings. On top of that, my current place really isn't big…
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Letting Agents
Sorry if this is old news... http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/business/letting-agents-to-out%11!!!!!!!-estate-agents-201011253289/
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protection
When buying a house would you alway also purchase protection? Been offered buildings and contents (which i will definately have) but also mortgage and lifestyle protection and decreasing mortgage cover, is there any need for these? I am single with no dependants
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Letting agents problems (Landlord)
Hi, I have just rented out my house. The letting agent is attempting to take fees from the tenants deposit prior to lodging it, is this legal? Also the agents did not put the deposit into my account with the DPS, but into their own account with Mydeposits, despite my clear instruction and their confirmation that it would…
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How long to get results of a building survey?
We had one done on the house we hope to buy last Monday and haven't had the results through yet. I did speak to the surveyor and she said there was no major issues but I want to see the detail. When should I start to harass her?
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Just started renting a house out
Hello I just inherited a house a few weeks ago. i have started to rent it out tenant moved in on thursday. i got a tenancy in place got landlord insurance on the house got a landlord gas check. Could any one eles tell me what eles I legaly need to do towards the taxmand ect and any good practices to follow. I did check…
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Advice Needed: Removing Name of Mortgage ...
My partner bought a property with her brother 5 years ago, a year into the mortgage we decided to move into a place of our own together (we are renting), my partner continued paying her half of the mortgage until she found out that he was sub-letting. Since then we have started a family, our daughter is 2 & we have another…
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part rent part buy?
Hello im new here, i was told to go on here to ask about part rent part buying, i still live with my parents but soon want to move out, my o/h wants to buy but saving up will take a long time and my circumstances have changed at home which means i need to move, i think this would suit us both but i dont know alot about it,…
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santander mortgage
Has anyone had delays/ problems with santander mortgages? i have recently heard of another friend who's purchase became held up by santander. not sure if this is the norm with lenders at the moment?
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how many mortgages?
Hi all, Needs some advice, and I'm a total newbie so please bear with me. I have no mortgage or debts at the moment. I have quite a bit saved up and I plan to be a FTB and also take out another mortgage(s) to get further properties with a view to let. What options do I have?? I understand there will be risks involved but I…
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Student house double glazing
Hi everyone, I was directed to this forum as I was told its the best place to come for the type of query I have. Basically I am a student living in a privately rented 11 bedroom house. When we moved in all but 2 of the bedrooms were double glazed and in the last few weeks one of the two has been double glazed leaving just…
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Easement on new build property should we buy? Help?
Hi, I have been to view a new build property, we have a deposit and mortgage in principal and it is within our price range. Unfortunately the property has an easement on the back garden (a gas pipe running underground) so we would never be able to have an extension or a conservatory. Will this cause us problems in the…
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rented house, n bailiffs
hiya all, ive just moved into a rented house a few months ago. I signed for 6 months.. since moving in, i get loads of mail for me landlords.. they have a business and all the mail still comes here!! i drop it off every week at the estate agents. The thing is, my son opened one of the letters by mistake, (he is only 2) It…
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Dispute over getting my deposit back-LL didnt use Tenants Deposit Scheme (TDS)?
i moved out yesterday from a property i was renting (in the UK) for 11months. My landlady doesnt want to give me all my deposit back and i disagree with her on the reason. I called her just now asking which TDS she went to (so i can put a dispute in) and she told me she didnt actually go to one and simply put my deposit…
