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Help with excessive rent increase
Hi everyone, I am new to this forum but, am in desperate need of help. We have been renting our property since 2004, we rent through an agent on a yearly lease contract. I believe we have been good tenants and have always been compliant. Our landlady has never given notice to visit just turns up and I have never not let…
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Additional enquires charge
Hi, All I am buying an empty flat and have instructed an online conveyancer. I’m fully aware of the disadvantages of using an online firm, but the sale is a very straightforward one with no chain and no mortgage involved, so I thought I would just “risk” it. The conveyancer has just advised me that he has raised some…
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Landlord deposit dispute - betterment?
Hi all, We've just moved out of a property we'd been renting for three years. The landlord is attempting to withhold a significant part (nearly £400) of our deposit for gardening and carpet cleaning costs. I'm disputing this on the grounds that the inventory clearly describes the state of the garden - overgrown, with weeds…
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New house warranty still valid?
We moved into a recently new house (14 months old) and have found a few problems. A neighbour said contact the builder as the house is under a 2 year warranty. Would this warranty only be valid for the original buyers of the house? I don't want to fork out for repairs if they are covered, but I don't want to ring them up…
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Cost of a new soil pipe?
good afternoon the soil pipe from an upstairs loo needs to be replaced and so far I have had 2 quotes. One for £500 and the other for £2500. I will be getting other quotes but did not expect them to be so far apart! Can any one suggest a realistic figure? As far as can be seen the pipe is cracked at a join where it leaves…
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Can our landlord force us to pay anything?
We have just moved out of our rented property into our new home (bought). Before we moved out we spent a back breaking day cleaning the house from top to bottom, making sure everything was as clean and tidy as it was when we moved in, if not more!! We are a professional couple who like things to be spick and span!! Due to…
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Reluctant Landlady To Be
Hello Everyone I have been a lurker of this site for a number of years only posting every now and again. Im now hoping you wonderful posters can help me out. My husband is in the forces and we are being posted overseas for 3 years.:j We want to let out our house which is a 3 bedroomed detached close to good schools in a…
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When Renting Goes Wrong!
Hi All Just want to clarify a few things. History of my renting is below:- * Started renting over 5 years ago. * Cheap rent for the area, £765PCM normal going rate £1250 * Every year an inspections has be done of the house and been good. * Been given one rent rise to £785 * Told on numerous occasions that we are good…
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SALE - Advertising
At what stage should an Estate Agent stop advertising your property? Should he have your permission, or at least inform you?
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Leaving a joint tenancy - can anyone help please?
Partner and I have a joint tenancy, needing to give a months notice to leave our flat. We have now split up and I would like to remove my name from tenancy as I am no longer living there. Letting agents tell me that I cannot just leave the tenancy, however my partner could apply for tenancy on his own but as he has a very…
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Vendor has changed the property post acceptance?
Hi everyone, Would really appreciate a bit of advice on a first time house purchase. Bit of background: We are buying a property that was previously Sold STC but became available again because the buyer's mortgage fell through (this is according to the 2 estate agent firms the property is being marketed by). We have…
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By Passing estate agent fees for renting my house
We've been trying to sell our house for a bit with no joy. We mentioned the possibility of renting to our estate agents who introduced us to an incredibly nice family who are very keen to rent our place out but the estate agents want 8% of rent for the entire life of the tenancy without doing any management. The potential…
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Corporate clients - offers
Has anyone any experience of how "corporate clients" decide what is an acceptable offer on a property? I'm looking at a repo which has been on the market for over six months during this time two sales have fallen through and the price has been dropped from 125k to 100k. The property is not suitable for a mortgage as there…
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renting and deposit back question
right ladies and gentlemen, my turn to try and get the most of my deposit back after checking out. Been living in that place for more than 4 years. In my opinion it stil looked good when I left( many of the houses for let I seen looked far worse to me before tenants than mine after) but not immaculate. When I started…
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Check for loans against a property
Hi Guys, I was wondering if it possible to do a search to see if there are any loans etc outstanding on a property? Thanks,
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Incredibly frustrating..
I had a call from the EA of the house we're buying this morning getting rather annoyed with me because our solicitors are dragging everything down. Every enquiry that has been sent has been replied to and then has been re-asked! They are now fannying about with something to do with an HMO when it has always been a family…
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Landlord and Tennancy act 1985 - Statutory Repairing Obligations
Hi - im trying to help out a friend/colleague There is currently a problem with an a toilet at a private rented property which the landlord/letting agent is dragging their heals with, im awaiting the full detals of the fault buit i do know its been going on for aprox 10 weeks and is causing the apartment to smell etc so in…
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4 bed with downstairs bath or 3 bed with upstairs bath??
Hi I'm looking to do-up my house & have a question for those 'in-the-know':cool: My house is 3 bed terraced in London E12 area. Upstairs I have the 3 bedroooms, bathroom & 2 decent sized cupboards. Downstairs is a open-plan loung/diner with adjoining kitchen & seperately an understairs toilet. What I am considering is to…
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RentShield Tenant Credit Check
Hi, Does anybody have any experience of Rentshield? I have a default on my file dating back to 2005 which I'm currently disputing and am worried that it's going to adversely affect me when this company do their check. The Experian Rep. on MSE said that landlord checks only show public record information and not details of…
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SALE - Property Management Pre-Sales Pack
The cost of a pre-sales pack from a property management company is around £150 + Vat. At what stage during a property sale should your solicitor request this pack from the management company? What I'm really asking is should your solicitor have first confirmed with the buyer's solicitor that they have received a firm…
