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Landlord forced me out of flat but wants full rent!?
Hi My rental agency told me that my flat had been sold so i had to find somewhere else to live. I thought id found somewhere and was set to leave end of April. Unfortunately that fell through, but my landlord told me i had to leave as the new owners wanted to move in!. I told him i didnt have anywhere to go but would try…
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When to put in notice
Hello, Hopefully someone will have some advice. We are currently in the process of buying a new build house. We currently rent at the moment. The house builder has given us notice to intend to complete by the 30th June. Our current progress: The mortgage application is still going through however, the mortgage valuer has…
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Surveyors and Specialist Surveyors
Hi All! We're looking to buy an old detached, Victorian house. The seller has inherited it from someone and I think the property hasn't been lived in fr at least a year or two. As the seller have no knowledge about the house they can't advise us about any repairs (if any) or treatments (if any) that may have been done to…
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Tax implications in renting property-please HELP
Hi Can anyone advice me on what to do. My husband has inherited 50% of a house and we are going to buy the other 50% from a family member and then rent it out. Do we put the house in joint names being my husband and I or just his. I am a higher rate tax payer and my husband is not, also I dont know if this makes a…
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What would be reasonable?
Hi All, My partner and I are in the process of buying our first house together and have seen one we both like. The house has been on the market for 8 weeks and is vacant, hence we have been told the owners are keen to sell and invite offers. The house is on sale for £525K and I have already mentioned that I would only want…
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Buyers mortgage withdrawn :(
I thought it was all going to well. House on rightmove Wed, offer accepted Friday. Survey done all ok. Mortgage offer received and solicitors instructed. 2 weeks on:- EA has just called to say Santandar have pulled buyers mortgage. The offer was reviewed and they have changed their minds (buyer was borrowing £125k for…
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Gas Safety Inspection - Not performed correctly?
We rent a house with GCH and our bolier is in the loft. Yesterday we had our annual gas safety inspection and according the the paperwork left with my OH (I was at work) he has ticked that everything passed but he never went into the loft to see the boiler. Now, I'm no expert but is what he has put on here wrong and do I…
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Loft Conversions
When viewing houses, I often see descriptions like 'loft currently being used as an office by current sellers' or 'useful loft room'. I've always thought this is because they've boarded out the loft, stuck a velux window in there but not actually done a proper conversion - i.e. they've not reinforced the floor, complied…
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Letting without an Agent
I have had good and bad experience with agents, and I want to go it alone from here on out. Has anyone had any experience using a marketing service like Homehill.co.uk or Upad. They seem like a good way to save money but I have never used them.
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Cash buyer
Does anyone know where one could go to find cheap properties for cash buyers?
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Strange Query: Mortgage, buying?
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Dependent living at same rental - charged to resign agreement
Hi My bf is currently unemployed and has moved in with me. I am pretty sure that the letting agents were aware from the beginning and as have resigned for another 12 months recently and we could have amended the documents at the time if I'd known. Now they want to charge £50 to redo the contract. Does it matter that all my…
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Should I be cynical about sales negotiator's behaviour?
We are going through the legal process on our house, with a target date of the end of June We are downsizing and have no mortgage so no funding issues. Spotted a new build, that we like, notwithstanding the tiny garden Anyway, it is a Marmite type house, due to its contemporary styling It is noticeable that the developer…
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Problem registering a holiday cottage (in Spain)
Not sure if this is the right place for this query. If not, mods please could it be moved? Am after some advice for a friend who has a little old Spanish cottage, bought in the days when all it took was a handshake and a simple typed document signed by vendor, buyer and witness. The cottage has never been added to the…
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Property has disappeared off Rightmove
Hi, we looked at a property last week that was offers by informal tender by Thursday. I absolutely loved it, but OH was not prepared to make anywhere near a realistic offer at that time:(. On Monday I looked on Rightmove and it's completely disappeared, not even showing up as SSTC listing as properties usually do if they…
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Governments build now pay later scheme - self builds
Apparently the Government is encouraging local authorities to sell land on for housing in a build now, pay later scheme, the housing minister specifically said that there would be plots available for community and self building projects. The first six areas have been announced and surprise surprise it's the big builders…
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Seller just won't budge
Hi guys, Just wanted to share our experience with you. We've been to look at lots of 3 bed properties. New build and old. The one that keeps jumping out at us is one that we've made 2 offers on. It went on the market at the very beginning of April 2011. We saw the property after just a couple of days and made a prompt…
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Selling up and Renting
Hi Folks I was just wondering your opinions... Basically, we own out own house now, but seem to be living each day as it comes with money, some days not being able to afford even petrol to get to work... Its one HUGE struggle to get through life at the moment. We have a DMP running, which has been a god send, but even with…
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Help?
Hi, how do you find out what your houses RV is? Also how many hits your property has had on right move etc? Thanks :)
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Renting as a Discharged Bankrupt
Not found this a problem unti now - Can a Landlord use the fact that one of the joint applicants for a property is a discharged bankrupt as the sole reason for not allowing either party to move in, without taking any other factors into consideration? I've just been told I can't move into a given property because I'm a…
