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Please Please Help
We are renting privately. During the night Xmas Eve, we discovered we have no water at all. We cannot find the source of the problem and are not able to get hold of the landlord. There is no answer, and he doesn't have an answer phone or alternative number apart from his office which is next door to us. It may be that the…
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Selling at Auction
Anyone know how long it takes before you get the money when you sell a property at auction? For example, say the house got sold on 16th December. When would I be likely to receive the money from the auctioneers? Thanks.
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Buyers are camped in our garden over Christmas
Hi y'all, Bit of an off one here, so just wondering what we should do. Last October we sold our home in Dinas Powys to a couple from Devon. We pushed them for exchange and it is taking its time. We are due to exchange on 4th Jan, hoping to complete the Friday following. Anyway, we thought we were in a chain, but they…
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Adverse Possession of a basement
I am going to need to take legal advice on this on I know, but if anyone has any ideas or thoughts they would be appreciated! I recently purchased a very old house in a seaside village, it was listed as a freehold and the title plan shows it as such, but after moving in I discovered a massive 'flying freehold' in the form…
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How much would i need for bills?
Hi all I'm looking at renting a one bedroomed flat in New Year. How much do you think it would cost for utility bills including council tax? I will be living alone Thanks
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Should I rent and buy or sell and buy?
Hi there. I currently own a home which has a mortgage with an outstanding balance of about £95,000 left on it over 10years. My partner and I are looking at moving in about a year and I'm trying to decide if it's better to sell this property or rent it out. I reckon it's worth around £150,000. I have a very good paying job…
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Tracking Rogue tenant
Has anyone any good ideas on how to track a rogue tenant BEFORE he disappears and leave behind problems of unpaid bills and people demanding money. I have no doubt this is what he intends to do.
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advice needed, landlord did not use deposit service
Hi I'll try to be as brief as possible, Basically my partner and i moved out of a shared house in november 2009, into a 1 bedroomed flat, we paid a deposit of £400 and a months rent in advance,we signed the tenency agreement, fast forward 9 months (July 2010) we decided to terminate our agreement and find somewhere else to…
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Just moved in what should I do with matress that has been left behind
I moved in about two week ago and the seller left behind a number of items. One of them was a decent standard double matress. But friends are telling me mixed messages. Some say I should bin it due to dust and mites. Others say I should get it cleaned. Matresses are not that expensive so I could buy one. But I might decide…
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rent a room or whole house?
I am in two minds whether to rent a room or rent my whole house. If i rent a room I would be looking to pay all the bills. What would be an acceptable standard for the amount of hours I should have for the winter and summer months. Also, I am currently on BT unlimited weekends only. Should I go on a different talk plan…
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Advise for options for moving home.
Hi, Just wanted to see if some seniors here could advise me. I am looking at some options and am getting more confused by the day. Due to some circumstances I have had to move out of my previous mortgaged property and am in the position at the moment looking at buying another one.. Some details.. Previous property bought…
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Renting during probate?
hi all, my dad died in october and i inherited a mortage free home, its currentlly sitting there unlived in, my question is, is it possible to rent out the house while probate is going through say if i had all finds sent straight to solicitor? any help would be great =)
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Merry Christmas to all home movers
2010 has been an unstable market (though at times with exagerated negative media attention and scare stories) with real job losses and unavailabiltiy of mortgage finance. With house prices only falling by .1% in November, now may be the best time to buy, before others come crashing in for fear prices may start to rise, and…
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Unresponsive Landlord/Letting agent
Hi, we had a problem with our toilet, once flushed it continued to release water. This was reported to our LA on the 12th october, they sent a plumber out and he fixed it, but recommeded that a part gets changed. A few weeks later the fault re-occured and we reported it again. We have continuely been chasing the LA but the…
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Can conveyancers ask for cash 6 months after completion
Hi there and merry christmas, I have just had a rather surprising email from my conveyancers. I completed my house move a little over 6 months ago, using a company i vowed never to have any dealings with ever again - they were shocking, slow and asking me to make payments for things I didnt need to pay on. Anyhow this…
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Yey another burst - Renting, easy to claim back?
So, radiator burst and landlord not contactable (I rent from a letting agency)/ I've called a recommend plumber who's coming to fix it. He has to completely detach the radiator... Will it be very easy to submit the invoice to the letting agency and get this money back? I've never had to do this before (new to the whole…
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Slight problem with Lease
Hello everyone. I hope someone can help as I can't really find much information anywhere else. We have purchased an apartment in a purpose built block. We decided to make it look more modern and to our tastes and therefore wanted to put laminate flooring throughout the property. I wrote to the leaseholder to ask whether…
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Mortgage valuation advice required
OH's mum has just had valuation back on flat she wants to buy - her offer was £125k and the valuation is £120k. Her initial offer was £120k and was rejected so not too hopeful that the vendors will drop to that, but we're working on the 'every mortgage valuation will say the same' angle with them... Is it do-able somehow…
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Help - we're looking to part-exchange for a new build...
Hi, Sorry if this has been posted before, but I can't find anything on it... We're looking to buy a new-build house (due to be finished in February) and we'd like some help on what to offer. Is it ok to offer below the asking price? Another poster said that theirs was a fixed price. We know they have reduced the price…
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help with water problem
Hi I dont know if this is the right place but we need need help. My DD bought a new build appartment (3 years in March) Anyway the hot water bolier stopped working (all electic) so she rang her homeserve out. The repair man said that the boiler has been wrongly wired up,and he cant touch it. It seems it was installed…
