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Legal help
Hi, I've copied and pasted this from another thread I made in the wrong forum. I moved into my flat in February. It's a specialist flat, designed for single parents with mental health problems. In the past 2 months, my hot water has stopped running out the taps four times - three in the past month alone. It takes them 4/5…
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Clearing house of furniture/belongings before completion - standard or not?
We are buying a house that is a probate sale as the old owner passed away. It is currently filled with her furniture and personal belongings. We assumed that it would be reasonable and standard to ask the vendors (her executors) to ensure the house is empty before completion, when we get to the point of agreeing on…
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I heard the bank does further checks just before completion
I've recently been a approved for a mortgage with Nationwide, it's a shared equity mortgage with the local government lending me 20% which is interest free over 10yr period, I've had to find a 5% deposit. Today I checked by bank current account and found out I went overdrawn by £87, which I immediately rectified…
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Day before completion & vendor has not signed contract - Help
Hello all - I'm still having problems on this property ladder malarky. here's the latest stumbling block & this one has REALLY got my back up :-( :mad: :mad: Long story short - house I am buying on market for some 18 months under 2 different agents - empty house full of junk (can't get in the garage grrr) the vendor (this…
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House Has condemed electric
The house I have been renting for 5 years was given an electric inspection about 3 months ago where the electric was condemned. The house had an old fuse board, had some wiring done in reverse (negative & positive the wrong way round) Plus a lack of earthing around the house or on piping. Im a bit annoyed as for the past 5…
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Renting my property questions
Hi, I am about to rent my property out and rent out an apartment myself. My mortgage is currently an interest only, do i have to declare my rental fee? Thnaks
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Please help - mis-sold property?
Hello I am desperate for some advice regarding a property I bought as a first-time buyer in September 2005. I will outline the basics of my problem and if anyone thinks they can help I can give more information and be eternally grateful! After trying to sell the property in December 2006 we were told that we had not bought…
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Home Buyers Report, what to expect?
Our buyers are having a home buyers report / valuation done on our house on Monday and we're just wondering what to expect? We havent seen a home buyers report yet (ours was completed today so we won't see it for a few days yet) so we're just wondering what kind of things they will look at? Also a stupid question but is…
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Should we wait before moving? Advice please
We have had our house on the Market since January. Was at £235 now at £215. Few viewings but nothing major. Ours is a 4 year old David Wilson house on a small (30) site in the village. D.W are now building a much bigger site on the edge of the village and we are up against these new builds! We brought in 2007 for £235 so…
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Anyone got time to review a tenancy agreement?
I have just received the tenancy agreement for a rental we are after and I have a bunch of questions already but does anyone have time to check if I've missed anything? http://www.maserver.org/Agreement.pdf The questions I have already are: Thanks very much for your help.
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Firefox 5 & Property Bee
Until Property Bee is updated the following addon allows it to be used as normal on Firefox 5. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-on-compatibility-reporter/ Might be useful for those of you who have updated firefox.
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Renting Gurantor
Im applying to rent a house and will need a gurantor. I have someone who has agreed to do it and earns the correct money. However there self employed and have been for many years. Will this still be ok and also what documents does a gurantor need to supply. Thanks
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Collatrel loan for new property?
Does anybody know if we can we take out a mortgage/loan using our current paid for property as collateral? We want to buy another house for about the same value as our current house. Our house is worth £200k, we are in our sixties and retired. Joint income is approximately £18k, we have some savings. Is this a good or bad…
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what form do i give to tenant ending tenancy help!!
Hi I am not renewing the tenancy. This is due to refurbishing the property and i will then move in,. The tenant doesnt owe any rent . There have been no issues like that. i have to give then notice, what notice period and what form do i complete. has anyone got a link to form i can download. tenancy due to end naturally
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opinions
hello all my first post! we have just had our first offer of 150k rejected. property on for 164k. what would you offer next and when? how long should we wait? i don't want to seem too keen...thanks
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Need some help / reassurance / Valium!!
Hello! I'm seriously losing the small bit of sanity I have here, but thought that maybe you guys could help We have had our house on the market for the last 12 months, last month we had a viewing and an offer We agreed the offer and happy enough, we then went off and found a house and bid on and got our offer accepted. All…
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HMO query
Hiya, Just a quick question, we're waiting on something to do with the house we're buying being flagged up as an HMO. I'm not really sure of what is going on the but our solicitors are saying that they are checking to see if it has ever been issued an HMO license and if it has this can affect our mortgage. It has never had…
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End of tenancy fees
Hello, I just have a quick question, I moved into my flat last September on a years contract, at the moment I'm unsure as to whether I'm staying or not come September. I recieved a letter from my Lettings Agent this morning reminding me that if I leave I have to give my notice in writing and if I want to stay I have to pay…
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joint tenants vs tenants in common- Urgent
We are going through buying a house with my partner. We have just recetly had a baby together but we are not married. The solicitor asked us to decide whether we wish the house to be held as joint tenants or tenants in common ( equal/unequal). Neither of us is planning on dying or splitting up but as we have a baby…
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Cheapest way to sell our house :o)
Hi everyone! After a lot of wondering and umming and arring, we have finally decided to look into putting our house on the market. I've lived here for 15 years, and it'll be a bit scary :o but we need to be closer to school/our allotment and need some grass for the kids to throw themselves about on. We're on a tight…
