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Rental income and tax
I am aware that agents fees and interest on a mortgage are classes as allowable expenses but is petrol an allowance if I am visiting the property because of a problem etc... I live in North Wales and my rental property is in Yorkshire. Also I have to pay for a death/unemployment policy which I had to take out when I…
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Help needed with assured shorthold tenancy agreement
Hi folks - this is on behalf of my student daughter who's got herself in a pickle & has come to dad a bit late for advice -'ain't it always the way!:) She signed a 12 month SHA for a flat (on her own) for her last year at uni on the 4th Dec 2010 to come into effect on the 1st july 2011, paid a deposit (£450) but made it…
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Insufficient insulation discovered in a 7 years old house – the best way to approach
Hi Guys We own a 7 year old linked detached terrace house. It has three large bedrooms, bathroom and a large hall on the first floor and a study, living room, wc and a kitchen on the ground floor. One unusual thing is that the master bedroom is over the drive. So firstly we lived in it for 3 years as tenants and then 2…
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Tenancy agreement with cleaning
Hi there, I've put down a rental holding deposit for a rental flat and are due to sign the contract soon. Now, the landlord wants to put in an agreement that we will have a cleaner come to the flat each week at our expenses. The contract already has the standard clauses about upkeep of the property etc. They had a bad…
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Which Asset Management Company?
Hello I am currently trying to buy a repossessed property but having some difficulty with the estate agent (the usual estate agent tricks and not passing on my last offer). I was wondering if anyone knew which asset management company deals with repossessions for Santander? I bought the title deeds for the property which…
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End of Tenancy depsit dispute
Hi, my tenants have recently moved out leaving a couple of items of damage such as iron burn on a carpet, broken curtain pole, broken handle on cooker, damaged window blind and they hhave left a pile of rubbish in the garden which needs clearing. The letting agent is trying to get the tenants to pay for the damage out of…
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The quicker we can buy again, the better!
I had no idea renting was so problematic. I'm clearly very naive. Our latest problem is that the landlord wont allow holes in the walls, no shelves, no fixtures of any kind. I can see the logic in that BUT I have loads of tall units and bookcases that are topple heavy, especially the ones with full length glass doors.. I…
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housing assoc advice
Hi, not sure if this is in the right section, but would value any advice you can provide. My DIL was co tennant in a flat through the local housing assoc, along with her then husband. He ended up a violent drug addict and she eventually left. She is now divorced and remarried with a 8 month old, but her name is still on…
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Planning Permission for ground floor converted flat in detached house?
Dear friends I live in a ground floor leasehold flat in a detached converted house. There are two flats in the house. Ground floor and first floor flat. I have very good size garden of the flat. I have following questions: Conservatory: 1. Do I need planning permission to build a 3x2 metre conservatory? 2. Do I need…
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iConveyancer Limited
Hi, has anyone used this company for their conveyancing and if so were they ok. Thanks
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Park homes
Hi All, First post/thread so I apologies if this has been covered before (a quick forum search didn't show anything). Me and my partner are looking to re-locate for work. We have been offered jobs in Amersham and central London respectivly. We currently live in the north of England in a niceish end terrece however on a…
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Leasehold house - Pease Help...
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Selling leasehold flat--FEES!!! for licence to assign
The solicitor acting for a friend selling an inexpensive flat has asked my friend for £375 plus VAT demanded by the ground landlord's solicitor for graciously granting a licence to assign the lease. Is this huge fee in any way justified? How much work does the ground landlord's solicitor do to "earn" it? Or is this just…
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Indemnity insurance to cover future council tax?
Ten years ago I put up an outbuilding in the garden. I thought it qualified under the no-planning-permission-needed rules; now I think it may have infringed them (I overlooked the rule about closeness to public road). No one (council or otherwise) has ever commented on the outbuilding. I understand the council cannot take…
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Crime Scene House Buying
Please understand, I will try to write this with sensitivity, please do not be offended. There is a house on the market in the area that I am looking to buy....at a total bargain of a price. Almost HALF of what it's actually worth. Unfortunately, I know a little bit about the history of the house. In the house a man killed…
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Delaying payment of Stamp Duty
I read a comment on a previous thread which states that stamp duty has to be paid within 30 days of purchase. Has anyone gone through the process of paying stamp duty themselves and tell me whether it is easy / difficult?
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Property Bee expert help please !
Expert help required ... novice alert! I have just installed property bee but the only info i am getting is from todays date ..... how can i find out when a house came on the market please Thanks in advance
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can i get out of a 12 month tenancy?
we signed our tenancy agreement in March/April this year. To date we do not have the landlords signed copy back. Yesterday the agent told us they hadn't received it and we told them we wanted to give a months notice. Today we have an email from agents saying they do have landlords signature, that we are locked into a 12…
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Property Bee on PropertyNews.com disabled?
Has Property Bee been disabled on PropertyNews.com? I see that PropertyNews.com has a new layout and I can't see any history, however I ran a test on rightmove and this seemed fine. Is there now no site that allows the property bee facility for N.Ireland property?
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Parking right up to house
Hi all, I'm looking at purchasing a house but there is a potential problem (isn't there always!) The house is the end property in a terrace of around 5 houses, but while the other houses all face the road, the one I'm looking at is reversed (the Lounge and 2 of the Bedrooms have windows facing the road) Between the houses…
