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Tenancy Agreement Help
Hi, im not sure if i've put this in the right section but i neep help selecting the right Tenancy Agreement and id appreciate help from someone who knows about this, let me explain the situation, im looking to Lease a piece of land that has a property with kennels attached! im only looking to lease the kennels from the…
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Help!!! Halifax problem letting my house out
Just wondered if anyone out there had any advise of how to handle the following issue I've had with halifax. Basically I've had to relocate and rent a house in sheffield for a good job. I've therefore left my house in kent and tried to sell it for the past year. Unfortunately it still hasn't sold and I'm getting to the…
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Renting without putting partner on lease?
Hi Hoping someone can clarify something for me. Basically, I am subject to a Debt Relief Order until end of May whereas my partner is working and has an excellent credit record. We want to rent a house together but all the estate agents are saying I won't pass a credit check (which is understandable). However, they will…
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Warning to tenants who rent from thier local council. (Rent Option)
Wales Online News Link. Hi all, am new to this part of the forum. I just want to put a warning out there for people who rent from their local council or council franchised housing. There have been some disturbing things going on with my local run housing franchise. Basically, my local council transferred their housing…
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MSE News: Guest Comment - Glimmer of hope for first time buyers
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "It is hard not to feel sorry for the current crop of beleaguered property-owning wannabes but help to get them a mortgage could be at hand ..." Read the full story: Guest Comment: Glimmer of hope for first time buyers
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Letting Agent checklist
I'm hoping to rent a property - deposit has been paid and I now just have to fill in the application form. The letting agent have given a list of items they need from me: Guarantor Copy of photographic ID Copy of a bank statement Proof of employment e.g. payslip The part I'm concerned about is the bank statement - having…
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House Exchange - Tree Dispute?
Hi all, Wondered if i can get some advice on this situation and sorry for the long worded post :o I'm renting with a local council currently but am shortly moving (doing a house exchange with someone else at the same council) Now with the house exchange they had to inspect both property's and both passed with the council,…
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Estate agent holding deposit
6 weeks ago a tenancy was agreed at one of my properties. The property was taken of the market and all was progressing as normal. Unfortunately I have had some disagreement with the estate agent and as such they, not me, have pulled out our client / business relationship. I am not bothered about this part of the issue but…
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Paying the estate agents a deposit when buying?
Hi there, I wonder if anyone is able to help. My partner and I have put in an offer on a house. We have been told by the estate agents that once this is accepted we will have to pay a deposit of £1000 to the agents, in order for them to take it off the market. We have been told this is protection against us pulling out.…
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FTBI Initiative - Advice Needed
I have a rather tricky and complex situation with a Homebuy (First Time Buyer Initiative) property, that myself and my ex boyfriend own. We bought a new build property (2 bed coach house/ semi detached house above garages) back in 2007 for £240k (our share £120K). The Homebuy scheme that we are on works in the following…
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Stamp Duty??
Hello, Just wondering if anyone can help me witht he following query?? Myself and my partner are going to be buying a house possibly in the next 6-9 months. I am a first time buyer. He allready owns a house, occupied by a family member which I assume will be going on Buy to Let (Don't know much about this) and the house we…
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advice on moving out of rental
I am moving back to Canada as my husband has recently passed away and need some advice on my tenancy. I moved into the flat in June 2001, I had a rental agreement until 2007, but after a dispute about fees for letters the letting agency sent to me I refused to sign a lease, so have been on a rolling tenancy ever since. I…
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Disposing of chattels in repossessed flat
Hi - I wonder if anyone has experience of buying a repossessed property which has lots of things left in it (chattels)? We have just bought a flat and there are bags of old electronics, data storage (floppy discs etc.) furniture. I don't know whether we can dispose of it - the contract says that it does not belong to us,…
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How Vendor Gifted Deposits are Applied?
I just wondered if anyone knew how they were applied? We're looking at house which is valued at £165,000. We want to make an offer of £150,000 with a 5% vendor gifted deposit. Our mortgage deal admin costs us £999 (which can be added to the mortgage) and we have £15,000 of savings to go toward a deposit. (The VGD, or it's…
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Buying into Partners Property
Morning all. I would like some advice please on buying into my Partners Property. The house is worth approx £190k, and when we moved in about 5 years ago he paid 30k deposit and its his name on the deeds. I didnt want to go on the mortgage at the time. Now here we are 5 years later and I would like to go on the mortgage -…
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insurance
hi could some one please let me know when i take building insurance out on my house when i rent it out is the kitchen,bathroom,heating covered or do i get another type of contents cover ta x:A
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first time buyer advice
hi was just wondering if it is normal for a seller to leave so much junk in their house and expect the buyer to pay for its removal;) we viewed our house again yesterday which should complete in the next few weeks and the shed is still full of junk, the loft and theres a gas cooker connected and in the kitchen which we…
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Survey back, now what!
Hello! FTB. We had an offer accepted on a property a little while back. It's an old conversion flat in a victorian building. We like the property as it has the space we need, but we are under no illusions that it needs at least cosmetic updating. What threw us was the surveyors report, which as we know errs on the negative…
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Help! Have I really lost my £650 Deposit? (or just my mind!)
Hi I think I may have made a horrific mistake :eek: I moved out of my private rented property on March 21st. Having not heard anything re my deposit, I logged into the DPS a week later and realised that I could initiate repayment online, which I did. On April 5th I still hadn't heard anything from the DPS or my landlords,…
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Problems in survey how do you go about negotiating a discount
We've just had the preliminary results back over the phone from our surveyor. The property is 80 years old so I expected there to be some problems and there are some minor ones like a little pointing needing doing and a couple of other little things. I'm not too bothered about these, I don't want to slow the process over…
