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Burst pipe major damage - how long to repair?
As it says really anyone any idea what sort of time scale we're looking at for repairing major water damage from a burst pipe? Wasn;t sure where to ask. My poor mum had to move out of her house yesterday due to the damage and, at 82, she really wants to be back in her own home ASAP. We're talking wet carpets throughout the…
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Flood in house I'm letting. Any experience of this?
My rental house has had a water escape from the tank in the loft. Nobody's fault just one of those things. We are literally just in between tenants but cannot rent it out as it is. The kitchen ceiling has come down due to the water and there is considerable damage. I have contacted our insurer (Endsleigh) who are sending…
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Nice landlords really do exist.
As a reader of this section, I am sometimes shocked by some of the antics of tenants and landlords alike. However, I went to put some rubbish in the wheelie bin today and noticed a plastic carrier bag at the side. When I looked inside, there was a Christmas card and a bottle of Cava from my landlord. :j So, Happy Christmas…
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flat purchase without searches
Hi, I am buying a flat to let. Im paying cash so there is no mortgage involved. It's about 5 years old in a new housing development and is one of 6 in a block close to the new town centre. Is it worth paying for local authority searches when everyone who bought in this area with a mortgage must have had them. What do they…
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Is a Landlord liable to do this?
Bit of an odd question but today both my landlord and the landlord for next doors house have both been round and came to clear the snow off of our back and front paths....just seems a bit wierd. I certainly haven't asked mine to come round to do this, infact I quiet liked the snow out there..... Just wondering if we had an…
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Shared tenants contents insurance - a friendly piece of advice
Just come round to renewing our contents insurance, we are 3 who share a 3 bed flat, one of the other tenants is my bf (new relationship so nothing serious just yet) and we are all named on the AST. Endsleigh are the only ones who do this type of contents insurance (so I beleive, if anyone else does then I'd like to know).…
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Flat vs house
I know the obvious disadvantage to flats are usually no garden, neighbours on top of or below you, and having to pay management charges etc. But how would you feel about living in a flat rather than a house? Would you always choose a house instead of a flat? There is a 3 bed flat (no outside space, 2 storeys) up for sale…
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is it possible to haggle rent with an estate agent?
all our other houses we've managed to get in touch with the landlord ourselves and haggle them down by paying direct, but were now interested in a house that we have no way of finding out who owns it, so i was wondering wat the chances of getting some knocked off was and if anyone has any tips on how to do it? as it's easy…
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Confused about a homebuyers report
I have recently had a homebuyers report done on a property I am in the process of purchasing. The report says "In my opinion the current market value on 15th December 2010 as inspected was: £230,000." and this is the price we have agreed to pay. Within the report there were two areas marked as the red condition 3 that…
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Given notice to quit but next place has fallen through
Hi, I have given notice to vacate the property I am in on January 11th (we are on a periodic tenancy, with a requirement for 1 month's notice). However, the place that I was planning to move to have fallen through (the landlord was dragging his heels, but promised me that it would go through). Obviously I am desperately…
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Advice re Freehold and Leasehold Property
We bought a leasehold flat years ago. It's one of those houses converted into 2 flats, not purpose built. The freehold belonged to the downstairs flat who we paid £10 a year to. When the downstairs flat became vacant we also bought that as an investment and we rent it out. So now we are the freeholders and the…
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Serious troubles with tenant
Hi, I need some advice on how to go about ending my troubles with our tenant. She is DSS and the council has been paying me directly which wasn't an issue until oct this year when she decided to ask the council to pay her directly and refused to pay her rent to us. We went to the council to advice of the situation and they…
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How should I approach my landlord to buy?
We have a lovely landlady and are happy where we are. Approaching our fourth year at the property we'd like to make an offer to buy. I'm probably misinformed or have a poor understanding somewhere in this (hence my posting) but I'd like to give the landlady a large deposit 30-50k and then continue to pay rent for a…
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How do I get my bf to give me rent.
Ok I have been with my bf for 6 months and the last 3 he has been staying with me 6 out of 7 days even though he has no property or clothes here. I told the council tax people and now I have to pay full council tax plus more for him. When I told him he has to start paying rent and bills he said he would rather go back to…
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tax on rent
Due to unfordeen circumstances last june i had to move out of my house to move in with my disabled son to act as his carer at that time some close family friends were homeless and skint and i let them move in the house he then got a job and i charge him a nominal rent of £350 the mortgage is £200 How much tax would i pay…
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Rental property charges
Hi Thanks for reading. I have a question on charges relating to a rental property and i'm getting mixed answers. As far as I'm aware a leasehold flat incurs: (1) ground rent, paid to the freeholder (2) service charge, paid to the management company My question is, who normally is required to pay these two charges? Is it…
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Bad tenant - "leaving" with no notice - owes money
At the beginning of the month, our tenant informed us by phone he was leaving on the 29th December. No written notice has been given. I am not confident about these tenants, so we have counter-issued a section 21 giving 2 months notice. If he does leave, how can I be sure he's really gone with nothing in writing. he could…
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using deposit for rent arrears?
Hi, Ive issued my tenant with his s21. He is now in £700 rent arrears. If and when he moves can his deposit be used to cover the arrears if no damage is done to the property? The deposit is registered with TDS. Thanks
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Questioning the surveyor
Okay so homebuyers report came back with some problems, most of which we knew about, major problem is a lot of damp. I have got to try to get in touch with the surveyor regarding planning permission on an extension, firstly would he actually know about things like if the property had planning permissions, its a repo…
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Notice to vacate
I'm a tenant planning on leaving my current property. Does my notice to vacate need to be typed, or is it acceptable to hand write it?
