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First Time Buyers Stamp Duty
Anyone know what will happen to the first time buyers stamp duty after the 24th March? I cant seem to find anything about what is likely to happen. Me and the boyf are planning to buy our first house - around £220,000 -£250,000 mark, however we wont start seriously looking until spring next year. If we have to pay stamp…
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Management Deed - Repossesion
Hi, Im buying a repo & had a letter today from my sol. They are saying I need to get a management deed so the property can be registered with the land registry. Anyone know what it is & why I need it? Thanks
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Photographic proof of identity
Hi I wonder if anyone can help me please? When you put a property on the market do your estate agents need photographic proof of your identity by law?
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Tenant from hell!
Hi, I'm after advice again regarding my problem tenant. In a nutshell, the house has been wrecked by a dog she doesn't have permission to have. She has painted it orange and invoiced me the cost in the means of knocking it off her rent. I have been threatened by her partner and knocked over by her dog. My husband now has…
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Online Payslips - Mortgage
(Apologies if this is a really stupid question!) I have just started a new job, and the payslips are sent via an online datatbase. You log in and can view all your payslips, and print them if you want to. If a mortgage company was to ask for a payslip(s) as proof of income/employment, would they accept a printout of an…
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Should i sell house before its too late ?
Hi, what i want people to advise me on our situation, me and my wife own our house but we are finding it increasingly harder to keep afloat with the outgoings, we both work full time but low wages and we are getting out of our depth , we simply cant earn enough to keep up with the outgoings which is really frustrating, we…
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Property Bee
Does Property bee only work on homes which are for sale or can it be used to track rental properties as well? Thanks
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buying home with family
Evening Ladies and Gents, Here is one for you, I intend to take proper legal / financial advice, but before I spend my hard earned, I'd at least like an idea of what they are saying, I had another thread on this, (which I can't for the life of me find) but the situation has changed recently My Nan is nearly 90, and is…
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Beginners help for putting flat on rent
We've recently bought a new house, and our finances have allowed us to keep hold of the flat we previously lived in. We've only just decided we should keep it, and rent it out. But so far, other than discussions, we haven't done anything about this. What is it exactly i need to do, to make the property habitable for…
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Extending a Shared Ownership Lease
I bought 60% of a shared ownership property from a housing association in 2001 which I'd now like to sell. I've just realised that there may be a problem as there are only 78 years left on the lease. I've spoken to the HA and although we don't have a legal right to extend they will do so but it looks like we'll have to pay…
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Transfer of Equity with money involved HELP!
Hi All, Any advice would be hugely appreciated with this one! I recently split with my long term partner-we bought a house together and he wants to keep this. He has taken over the payments and we have agreed the figure of £3000 for him to buy me out. He has sent me the TR1 foprm which states that ''the transferor has…
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broken glass
heya everyone wondering if anyone had some knowledge i could use. I have been living in my house for 13 months, my tenancy ran out on the 6th june but have continued paying rent since and i am still living here. On saturday my son accidentally broke one of the windows in the living room. We informed the LL right away and…
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Holding Deposit Refund, Legal advice
Last week I placed a £400 holding deposit on a house rental for myself and other students, the agreement I signed said that we had 3 working days to complete the necessary paperwork and for ourselves and guarantors. On the 3rd day I was phoned by the agency and told that the landlord had accepted a different offer through…
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Student shared house; sharing room with partner
As I understand it, the rule against a tenant sharing occupation of their room is pretty standard in a student assured shorthold tenancy. In any case it's plainly stated in my contract "Not...part with or share possession or occupation of the property". However, I'm planning on moving my partner in as he's managed to…
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Accountant required or not? What can I claim for on rental property?
Hello everyone, I have rented out a house (no mortgage on the property) since March 2011. Prior to the tenants moving in I paid for redecoration, new carpets throughout, gas, elec, fire place/boiler inspections, new alarm system on the property and a few other odds and sods of which I have kept all of my receipts. The rent…
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Leasehold Information Packs and Other Delays
Offer accepted, mortgage offer secured, searches underway… what else can happen to cause delays? We were hoping to move in within the next fortnight but this feels unlikely now. We have been waiting almost 4 weeks for the vendor solicitors responses to our enquiries. Apparently they are still waiting on a 'leasehold…
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Tenants from Hell!
Thanks for the help!
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Look then get an AIP? or just look? or get AIP first?
Back in 2007 I was nearly a FTB before then I pulled out due to various issues - but back then the property market was a very different game indeed! I got an AIP and ran round like everyone else trying to get properties which were going for OVER their asking price! The EA's were laughing indeed and I remember the way they…
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Gardening expectations when renting
Hi guys and girls, Having recently vacated a property at the end of my tenancy the Letting Agency is now trying to charge me for cutting the hedge and de-weeding the garden. Despite me doing all of this 3 weeks before I left. Because weeds have started to grow back and the hedge is a little too long for their liking. Where…
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council tax responsibility
Hi, I am about to move into a new apartment with my partner. The property is the bottom floor of the landlords house. Our agreement includes a payment to the landlord of £150 a month that includes all utilities and council tax. However, earlier I was trying to switch over my tv license address from my current property…
