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Renting Question
I have just recently been seriously considering moving out of my parents home for the first time. I've been searching online for flats to rent in my area and have narrowed down a few that I would possibly like to go and view. My question is, and it's probably a stupid one, can you offer to rent at a lesser price than…
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House valuation query
Hi, Four years ago I bought my house for £170k, next door a chap took his 4 bedroom place off the market as it didn't sell (got completed towards end of property boom) it was on for £225k. On the other side of me, my neighbours have just accepted a price on their house for the simple reason that they'd had enough with it…
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Please read - complicated.
I am asking for advice on behalf of a friend. Their landlord is also her husbands boss. The husband decided he was leaving for a new job, and gave the appropriate notice. Normally the rent is taken from his wage, before he is paid it. This final wage was due today, and has not gone in. On contacting the employer, she…
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Letting through letting or estate agents
My tennants moved out last month and my house is now on the market. If it doesn't sell in the next 2 months, I will put it up for rental again. Last time I found my own tennants and managed it myself. However, I have now moved away from the area and will have to use an agent. I do not know whether to go with the estate…
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Going to see house with 2 EA. One viewing booked the other holding an open day
Hi So I have seen a house I like. I have made an appointment with one Saturday afternoon (along with another house on with same EA). I have noticed that a second EA is holding an open house saturday morning on the property. I was wondering what is stopping me turning up at the open house in the morning and then going back…
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Buying First Flat
Hey all, have been lurking here for a while and reading all the great advice and was hoping that people would be able to help me with a couple of questions. My OH and I put in an offer for a flat that was accepted :j we are ftb with a 30% deposit. Half of the deposit is our savings, and the other half is from our parents…
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Landlord refusing to return bond, advice please
Hi, my daughter is at uni and shares a 4 bed house with 3 other students (one of which is the landlords daughter). A £500 bond was paid. When my daughter went to view the house last year, the landlord told her not to worry about the fact that it had white carpets in, he acknowledged that they were impractical but said as…
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Can anyone tell me where i stand with this.
I bought a brand new two bed flat from bellway in December and ever since we bought it there has been problems with the pipes creaking, due to it being a newbuild. They have tried to fix it several times but the issue only happens when upstairs put their taps/ shower on etc. It is now loud banging rather than just creaking…
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Rented house - Should i be responsible for fixing this?
This maybe a repeat of what has already been posted and i apologise for that in advance. We have been in our rented house over a year now. We have a fitted kitchen with fitted fridge freezer and dishwasher. When we moved in the seal on the freezer is abit iffy and does not seal all the way round, leaves a gap of bout 2cm…
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Is Council tax a tax deductible expense
Hi I am renting out a property. I don't qualify for rent a room relief. I pay for all bills including council tax. I have always treated council tax as a non tax deductible expense. Is this correct? If not can I go back the previous years to claim this back? Thanks in advance ppl.
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First Time Buyer Needing Advice
Hey everyone, First post on this site as I reckon this is the best place to get money-saving advice and, after reclaiming £600 in credit card fees, I feel indepted to Martin :money:& co so all advice is greatly appreciated. A little about the property; it's a semi detached house with front and rear gardens that is…
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Have you had a council tax reclaim success? Volunteers needed
Martin will be going on Radio Five Live this week to talk about council tax reclaiming. They are keen to speak to someone who has had a big council tax refund success. It would just be a five minute chat. If you'd like to be involved, please private message me, including your name, telephone number and how much you got…
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Changing Mortgage and Renting
Hi everybody, I'm just curious about what is involved in changing your mortgage over to a buy to let, Me and my Girlfriend want to buy a bigger house only we dont want to sell our current one, we'd much rather rent it out. Is it possible to have your motgage changed over to interest only and BTL? Has anybody ever done this…
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CGT Rate?
I am looking to buy a property to renovate, I appreciate I will be liable for CGT on the profit. I am a higher rate Tax Payer does anyone know what rate I will have to pay? is it the 18% or is it more? Kind regards.
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New build not yet finished.. applying for 2 mortgages? Is this legal
I've also posted this in the mortgage thread since it's kind of house buying and kind of mortgage... Feel free to delete one if needed! Hi all. I am buying a new build which is scheduled to be finished in around 7 months. However I have been told I need to apply and be approved for a mortgage in order to exchange the…
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private tenant with letting agency
Hi, Can anyone help with my question? Can my landlord increase our rent by a significant 300 from 1300 to 1600, we have been at the property for nearly 2 years (june 2009) they asked for an increase of 100 6 months ago and i said we couldn't afford it. now they are asking for 300 in one go!!! do we have any rights against…
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Parents not told about subsidence when they brought.
Posting here to see if anyone can offer the best way forward for claiming some form of financial redress for my parents. They recently brought a bungalow which was built in 1980 and have decided to put an extension on it. In the process of determining there current foundations they have discovered that the house has been…
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Free Insulation (Energy Link Group) Reputable?
Not sure if i'm in the correct forum so apologies if not. Just bought a house and looking to get the 'free insulation' i've heard so much about. After going through to the energy saving trust it says i'm not entitles to anything, but I doubt this. Went here: http://www.freeinsulation.co.uk/ And I can get my loft insulation…
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Rented Property with a tv areial?
Hey all, Basically, I have just rented a house through an estate agents the other day... Went to plug my new tv into the aerial but it doesn't have one? All it has is two sky aerials coming from the satellite dish. I dont Plan on Getting sky installed at all as the tv has built in freeview which is good enough for me.…
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Renting out a property.... whats involved?
Hi all, We are considering renting our house out and moving back into RAF married quarters purely to save some money so we are able to move houses in 3 or 4 years time. does anyone on here own a house they rent to someone that could give me an idea of whats involved in doing so. Apart from someone paying your mortgage for…
