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Not paying last month rent?
Hi there. I wonder if you can all give me some advice. I'm a long term lurker, and first time posting. My situation is as follows: Moved into a place in England over 3 years ago (June 2007) and signed for the first 2 years then periodic ever since. I'm looking to move out in the next couple of months so went through my…
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Pipe burst in property, due to T not having heating on. Thoughts please.
Hi. My tenant phoned this morning to say that he has not been in the property over xmas as he has been staying with family and has come back to the house today to find that one of the pipes has burst and flooded the house. Luckily the bathroom is downstairs. The bathroom is tiled so that's ok, the kitchen diner is lino and…
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How to dump a useless letting agent?
We moved away and decided to rent our house with a fully managed package with a local agent. They have been terrible, didn't turn up to viewings, lied to us on several occasions, wrongly described our house on the net, didn't do a check in walk round with the tenant and have been sitting on our rent for up to 10 days from…
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Giving bad news to the "landlords"
I have rented a room for the last month with a couple who own the house. They are moving out this week into another home and I agreed with them a couple of weeks ago that even though I couldn't find someone to share with I would sort something out fiinancially and scrape by in January to pay the rent and deposit. They kept…
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Help my tennant has wrecked my house
I inherited my mother's house 4 years ago and have since had a SS tennant for 3 years. Long story short is that she has wrecked the house and caused a siginificant amount of damage that is now going to cost me a lot to put right. On top of this she doesn't pay on time and has large arrears. I've finally come to the…
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Just bought my first house, mortgage help please!
Hi, I have just bought a house a couple days ago... well my offer has been accepted. I bought the property for 80,000. It requires alot of renovation work,but this is no problem being in the building trade and having friends that can help. I originally decided on the 95% mortgage for 1st time buyers from Yorkshire bank…
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Need Help, First Time Buyer, how much do I offer?
Hi there I have been saving for a while and it has come to that time where me and the girlfriend have been looking at houses. We have viewed a house that has not been on the market that long and is valued at £160,000. I not sure how much to offer, any ideas? Regards
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Where do we stand?
Renting a house on an 6 month AST basis since July 2009. We have renewed twice now, and in November we paid the agents fee of £85 to extend the contract for a further 6 months. We have not signed the new contract that they sent us in November. There is no reason for this, we just haven't done it yet. Where do we stand? I'm…
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Renting a house
Hi i am hoping someone could help us here. We are currently renting a property in through an estate agent. We also have a property which we have rented out. In our porperty, I made sure everything was in full working order before we let the property out. and also all the quipment left in the property, are off good quality…
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Renting a property - tenant finding hard to get guarantor
renting out a property. the tenant seems nice but has a bad credit rating. said her dad was a home owner and would be guarantor. it has now transpired that her dad has a terrible credit rating. therefore she said her sister would be guarantor but her sister is not a home owner. what would you suggest? is it safe to use her…
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Landlord Insurance recommendations please
Can anyone recommend a landlord insurance policy? We've currently only got a general household policy with a few extras added and they know we rent it out, but I'm looking for a more comprehensive policy. Which one do you have and what's covered? Any advice would be great. Thanks
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mortgage offers
I was given a mortgage offer by my bank about a month back, which was great as I believed I could get something as a first time buyer, at the time it was based on my job being permenant however because of the cut backs within the public sector my job is now on a 12 month contract and will be renewed yearly (so 12 month…
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Purchased a property abroad....
Hi all I hope i've posted this in the right place? If not please advise.... In 2007 we purchased a property off plan in Northern Morroco and paid 40% of the value. (we extended our home mortgage for this) Since then, work has stopped on the site due to new building laws, density issues and other things.... We have received…
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Flooded house rented by students
Hi alls and Merry Christmas to all. Hope you are all having a fab break. Our youngest daughter is renting a house with 3 other mates in Liverpool via a specialist rental place. Over the Xmas break, pipes in the house froze/de-frosted and when one of the tenants went back to the house last night, water was gushing…
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Get Your House Renovation Done For Free in Brighton and surrounding (House Sitters)
We are an English trustworthy couple who are looking for a new home. Ideally we are looking for a 2-3 bedroom property with a large garden. We do have 2 Springer Spaniels which are fully housetrained. We are willing to do work on the property to a high standard. We have good references and are totally reliable. We have…
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Right to buy housing association flat
Quick question my partner has been living in her flat for around three months now and her landlord said she can buy the flat in 5 years time at a discounted rate. I understand its along time to go but what sort of discount would she get? I researched house prices in the same place she lives on the ground floor also!. The…
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about right to buy discount
If I buy my council house a get a large reduction, the only thing is I want to buy it to move out of the area but there’s a restriction if I sell the house in the 1st year I have to pay back all the discount then it reduces each year up until year 5 when I don’t have to pay any of the discount back, can I do anything to…
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Advice Needed, Flooded Out Of Rental Property
Urgent advice needed please. Sister has privately rented with two young daughters for nine years. Property is in very poor state of repair and she struggles to get landlord to deal with repairs. Property above her has been empty for a couple of months we believe. Last night they were flooded out from the water tank in the…
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drawing floorplans
Hello all (and Merry Christmas) My wife and I are about to complete on a flat at the beginning of January. I wanted to draw out some accurate floor plans (measurements done) over the extended weekend so we can go furniture shopping. The first few websites google comes up with are not very good. Does anyone have any…
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Anyone viewing houses etc between Christmas and New Year?
I'm just curious, is there anyone at all out there who will be viewing a house, making an offer, anything buying/selling related between Christmas and New Year?
