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Babydue... WeBuyAnyHome - any thoughts?
Hi all I am looking at getting a quick sale on a flat that I own due to (bay due!!!), and with the market as it is I am prepared to sell via webuyanyhome. I know that they will offer me a lot less than market value, but that aside - has anyone had any dealings with them? If so, did it go smoothly, was the initial offer…
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advice on eviction
House next door is private rent, landlord told us tenants are getting evicted tomorrow Landlord is expecting everything to get nasty so has told us of this happening Will the tenants know it is happening? they seem to be going on as normal and do not seem in my opinion aware of what will happen. i have no idea of what…
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FTB and new build. Please suggest what we should do.
I am looking at new build in Great Barr area in Birmingham. I am interested in 5 bed detached property which will be completed in 9 weeks time. My understanding is this is 3rd phase of the project and developer intends to be at the site for another 2 years and develop surrounding sites. My mate owns similar plan house…
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OPP Some or All Matters Reserved?
Can somebody please explain what the difference is between "Outline Planning Consent With Some Matters Reserved" and "Outline Planning Consent with All Matters Reserved", and which one would best apply to me if I'm applying to demolish my current property and build another slightly larger one further back into the plot?…
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Should i get a BTL mortgage?
Hi all first time poster, long time reader. We tried to sell our old property which we own outright, ie no mortgage, but to no avail so we've purchased another property on which we now have a £82k mortgage and we are letting out our old property. Now my accountant tells me that pretty much all the rent i get is taxable…
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planning permission
We bought our house late 2009 and we are now thinking about doing a extension, the house we bought had offers accepted twice before, today i looked at mouseprice and it says there was a application for a double side and rear extension, this application was in february 2009, and must have been done by the previous person…
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Making an offer - advice for FTB
Hi, We are first time buyers and would really appreciate some advice on making an offer on a house. We viewed a house yesterday which we really liked but it needs alot of updating. It is a 4 bedroom house with an asking price of £250k which is at the top end of our budget. It has been on the market for a few weeks with 3…
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Landlord Problem
I am after a bit of help regarding my landlord and the property I currently rent out. I moved into the property approximately two years ago. When I first moved in, he came round with all his recent utility bills so he could give me the numbers so I could set up my own account with them. He told me I should just change the…
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Gas safety checks..and the legal ramifications for lack of them
Hi I am currently living in a rented house and have done so for over a year now, we had our yearly gas check and the inspector has failed and decommissioned the gas cooker (there is very low gas pressure due to the wrong size pipes going in into it and round other parts of the house). Now this problem has caused two…
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Tenants not paying rent after Section 21 served
Good afternoon. I'm looking for some advice re a Section 8 notice. My mother served a Section 21 on her tenants which expires 4.5.11. They had been renting from her since Nov 2009 and rent always paid on time. Since serving the notice they have stopped paying their rent and are not answering phone calls or responding to a…
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Good removal companies that also do packing
I'm looking at a move from Cambridge to South London for a new job. I moved to Cambridge as my first job out of Uni so that was a case of scrounging a lift from a friend and throwing a couple of suitcases in his car; but I moved into an unfurnished flat so I don't think my friend is going to be quite so willing to move a…
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Attic not part of lease on flat??
I accepted an offer on my top floor flat in Jan, all going well and thought we were ready to exchange when I'm told the attic which I have access to from my flat (being at the top of course!) is not mine to use & not part of the lease. Well this is news to me, I was not told this when I brought it (& being 19 at the time…
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Can I exit my tenancy agreement? Various problems...
Hi everyone, first time user of this branch of the forum so not sure where to start really...perhaps from the beginning? Forgive the fact this message is so long. We've had a lot of problems. Right before hubby and I got married last summer, we took over the tenancy of a flat being rented by a private landlord through…
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tenant not paying rent - boiler broken
As the title suggests my tenant owes over £800 in rent and now the boiler is not producing hot water. I'm aware of how to obtain possession of the property via the courtss, but as I am now receiving harrassing messages from the tenant about getting the boiler fixed - I'm wondering do I have a legal obligation to fix it,…
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bailiff letter stuck through door
Wonder if anyone could help me, last night when me and my husband came back from picking our son up from mother in laws about 8 pm there was a note not in an envelope from an enforcement agent its not for us it has some blokes name on it I have never heard of saying he owes £980 there is a phone number on it but nobody…
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Fences, what rights?
Good morning all. I have posted a few threads about my neighbours fences before. At the beginning of Feb mine, my neighbours and the neighbours next to them had some of our fences fall down due to the wind. I fixed the side I was responsible for and the people the other side of our neighbours fixed theirs too. The only…
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council house eviction
HI room ,a friend of mine had 2 policemen and 2 council officals knock on her door last week and present her with a notice to quit her council house which she has lived in for over ten year. Without going into all the details what is the bottom line if she is evicted ? Her situation is she works part time and pays full…
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Second house - Tax
Hi Since I am planning to move to a new home and I don't plan to sell my first house at the moment. I am hoping someone to rent my house for a couple of years in order to wait at the right time for house market to come back. In the mean time, do I need to pay any tax after paying my estate agent for looking the house even…
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Vendor tries to pull out after exchange
Added the post below to respond to the huge thread on Welshwoof's problems with a vendor trying to back out after exchange (can't add link because I'm a new member). Happy to provide further details if that's helpful/interesting for others. I have just joined MSE and I’m adding this post because I’m worried that this…
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Buying Share of Freehold Advice
Hi, I own a leasehold flat in a block of 6 flats, and a neighbour has approached me about about buying a share of the freehold. There are at least 3 other leaseholders who are interested, since they all have leases of 70 years or less. However, I already extended my lease 4 years ago - I got the statutory 90 years…
