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House Selling
Has anyone had experience of using a house purchase company?
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Potential Squatter
Hi All. I have been renting out my old 4 bedroom house for a couple of years to a lady and her family on housing benefit. I received a letter from the council saying she had left so i booked an inspection and went to see it yesterday. I found another lady there who handed me a letter from the old tenant saying she has had…
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House price not the same!
Hi there, I bought my house in Feb 2009 for £135K. In the Land Registry, it is down as sold for £150K. I don't get why........ Is this going to affect anything we have to do in the future, like remortgaging or selling the house?? Why will the sold price in Land Registry be different though?? Thanks
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Homebuy Direct
Hi there, After renting for years, my partner and I now have enough to pay for a small deposit and legal fees etc (£12,000) and we have come across a 3 bed new build Persimmon property in a brilliant location through the Homebuy Direct scheme. The deposit required is around £7,000. We have been told that we will own the…
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First time buyer - utilities question
Hi everyone, First time buyer and first post on here. I'm completing on my house on Monday. I have made the necessary calls to water, gas, electric companies. The current owners have sky, and talk talk phone and broadband. My question is do I also have to call these to cancel them? I don't plan on having sky or a land line…
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advice needed ASAP with blocked drains
ive just moved out of my old house and my landlady has said she is not giving me most of my deposit back. This is because the wet room leaked water out onto the bedroom carpet, it was damaged and needs replacing the water also sunk into the kitchen and leaked thru the ceiling a bit, no major repairs needed here just…
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Second front door needs planning permission
HI My painful selling experience drags on and on. I've read most of the "sellers support thread" since Pauwpurrs first post. How many moons ago was that? Anyway, my buyer wants to know if he needs planning permission to add a second door to the property. I presume he would but couldn't find anything about it on the…
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Homebuyer Report - what do you think?
We got our valuation surveys and homebuyers report back today and there are a few issues outlined which need addressing - what do you lot think? We are buying the property for £249k and it has been valued at this and on the banks valuation survey there are no urgent work listed. However on the homebuyer report there are a…
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bridging loan or another option
We have a house valued at £90000 freehold and are keen to move to a bigger house. We have found one we like that is on the market for £170000. Now what are our options - should we get a bridging loan while our house is on the market, keep our house and rent it out and get a new mortgage for the new house (we would have a…
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References from previous landlords - how to get them?
Hi, Forgive me if this is a silly question, but I've never rented in the UK before (only abroad) and now that I'm flat-hunting in England, I was wondering: when prospective landlords want references, what format do they expect? A signed letter from my previous landlords? Or is it enough to pass on the previous landlords'…
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Help!! New house with bad credit history
Help! We have rented a house from a housing association and keep getting debt letters for previous tennants. I'm fed up of ringing the companies and telling them the people no longer live here etc but they just do not seem to listen :mad: Is their anyway in which I can get all the debt etc cleared off the house?? Its…
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Do I have to tell my landlord if I am on housing benefit?
Hi asking on behalf of my daughters friend who is 18 and a single mum expecting her first baby in March. She is looking to rent a property but is worried because a friend of hers rented somewhere about 4 weeks ago and the council made the landlord sign a statement saying they knew she was claiming HB. I have a house i rent…
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Help- anyone fought a solicitors bill?
Hi I hope someone can help or offer advice? We are FTB and bought a one bed flat recently. The deal went on for 3 months on and off as we were awaitng probate and then the sellers solicitors went bust. When we appointed our solicitors to do the conveyancing, we went with a recommended firm as had no idea who to chose. they…
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boiler problem...landlord or tenant?
Hello, I got a call last night from my tenant to say that the boiler wasnt working (overheating and loss of pressure). A year ago, there was the same overheating problem and it cost me £300 for labour and parts. Day or night, hot or cold, in or out the tenant has had the heating on since early september despite reminders…
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New Landlord pulled out 3 days before move.
The last 24 hours have been a nightmare for me. I currently live in a 2 bedroomed rented property and have been looking for a 3 bedroom property for some time. A suitable one came up about 5 weeks ago and I went for a look round. Its suited my family well so started the ball rolling to move in. I had to pay the letting…
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Garage conversion - title deeds changes?
Hello I hope someone can help me. Apologies if in the wrong section. I am considering converting my internal garage to a room (dining room/family room). Do I need to inform my mortgage company of this and do I need to get the title deeds changed to incorporate this conversion? If so how do I go about it? if solicitors…
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Trying to be conned again! Can LL deduct from deposit when there was no inventory?
Hi everyone! I have been posting on a different blog, but now I have a whole new problem concerning a different rented property that I’ve just moved out of. Basically, we moved in 12 months ago – there was a huge stain on the carpet in the living room. We told the letting agents about it, but there is no written proof of…
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Help with rental agency and deposits
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Student Joint Tenancy Problems
Hi Can anyone give me any advice? My daughter is one of 8 students who signed up to rent an 8 bed property for 2nd year of studying. I am a parent guarantor and I understand all the other kids parents are. One student (the lead tenant) dropped out of uni and has only paid 1 months rent, now he owes 4 months. I have been…
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Re-mortgage current house on BTL and buy new?
We have had our property on the market for about 6mths and so far not a lot of interest. A property on the next street to us (which is a dive inside) has been on the market at the same price and they have just rented theirs out for £450 per month. We currently have a tracker mortgage with a rate of 2.18% (tracks at 0.18%…
