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How to rent privately without being attacked by spam?
I'm looking for a new property, i've posted wanted adds, but all i seem to attract are scams wanted me to transfer money into their accounts. What am i doing wrong? Why is there no private rental property portal out there? :(
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RBS consent to let application
Hi, can anyone tell me what questions are on the RBS consent to let application form? Specifically do they ask about all outgoings? My current debt repayments are high but they are work in progress. The rent income is about 130% of the mortgage but the property is in negative equity. Any advice gratefully received
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would i be a priority for a council house?
This is a little complicated but I do not want advice on my situation, just the housing side of things so I put my thread here, hope its in the right place. 2 Years ago my ex partner took me to court to get custody of our son, he told a lot of lies about me with the intention of taking our son away to live with his new…
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Home Information Packs (HIP's) Debt???
I am being chased by WH Brown Estate Agents for payment of a Home Information Pack (HIP's) from 2009. :( I signed up with them for a FREE HIP with their own Conveyancing Solicitor. They took over a year to sell our property and during the whole time never informed us that they had completed a HIP or that one was available…
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Weeding of Pavement Outside Rented Property
I currently rent a property which fronts directly on to the pavement. Next to the pavement, there is then an allocated parking area (for which I do not have a space). I was just curious to know if I am responsible (irrespective of what it may say in the tenancy agreement) for weeding the pavement that is outside my…
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Work carried out using part of our deposit money
Thank you to those that helped
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Buying a home - what questions to ask?
Dear all, We are likely to have a second viewing of a property today. We are keen on putting an offer after it. Though the property looks good, we are not sure of what signs we should be looking for....its a 1930's 3 bed semi detached property. I am putting down a list of questions to ask. Appreciate your inputs.. 1. How…
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House split question
Sorry for asking another question but the couple of qs I found do not quite answer the question I have. Couple: he owned house for 20 years they have been married for 7 years no kids. she worked and contributed for about five years. If they split can she claim part of the house? thankyou
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Duty Of Care?
Hi, hopefully someone can help me the house my wife and i rent has a conservatory on the back with some damage to the outside (not caused by us). i am aware that conservatories are cold in the winter and generally cannot b used and this is fine, but there is quite a strong draft in ours and i think the damage is the reason…
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Buying great house but neighbour's house a mess - do we walk away?
We've been house hunting for quite a while and finally found one that we loved - rundown but full of potential. However, the house next door is even more rundown, overgrown front garden, broken window stuffed with clothes, and clothes and furniture and god knows what else lying down the side of the house and in the back…
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Due to complete but Mortgage pulled
Why is it all so hard. We were due to exchange and complete the sale of my mums house yesterday. Buyers mortgage with Nationwide approved on 14 July, solicitor requested funds for completion on Friday and was refused. Apparently their mortgage was picked for review and it has been pulled. !!!!! My solicitor thinks it very…
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Advice needed...Getting a loan for a deposit
Just wanted some advice on whether getting a loan now or later is the best thing to do... We are going to have to take a loan (£10,000) to achieve a deposit to allow us to move. We are currently saving towards the deposit. We currently save £300 a month (having saved around £4,000 already). I can secure a loan, for…
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Land Registery Question on land
Is there anyone who works for the Land Registery can help me please?? I am in the process of purchasing a piece of land at the back of my property, but there is a footpath than runs along my hedge. The land owner thought he would own the land that runs along the footpath also. Anyway after I paid the money, the land owners…
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Mortgage Company want Contractor to check Roof
My Mortgage company have completed the survey of the property I am looking at buying. Now they are saying they want me to arrange a contractor to assess the roof. They're not giving much else up and I'm having trouble raising them on the telephone. Is this common? Who do I get in? Is it expensive to just "assess" it and…
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Solicitors fees when buying
Hi, I am looking at buying a property in the near future (if we can afford it!) and I was wondering if anybody has an idea of how much we should put aside for solicitors fees? I understand it will vary from property to property, but a ball park figure would allow me to try and see what would be appropriate. Thanks
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Housing association blocking me getting a phone line
I recently moved into a housing association property. I told them before I moved in that I had arranged for BT to install a new line and internet access and what the date and time of that was. When BT came to install the line we found out that they needed access to a locked cupboard, the housing association knew of this…
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Problems Getting My Deposit Back
I'm at University and my 1 year tenancy on a house I rented with 3 other students recently finished (beginning Aug 2011). We got our house through a letting agency (Townends if that helps for anyone with previous dealings with them) so contacted them with regards to getting our deposit back. Firstly, they informed us that…
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Smaller House with Large deposit or Larger house with smaller deposit?
Morning all! My partner and I are are having a bit of a house buying dilema. We have our eye on a couple of houses. One of them is around 180k with 3 bedrooms and we could afford it with a 30% deposit. The other is around 220k with 4 bedrooms in a much better location and we could afford that one with a 20% deposit.…
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Possible way to complete chain...
Hi I don't know if anyone has heard if this working before. We want to sell our house as have seen a house we love, however not much inerest in ours. The estate agent has called this morning and had an idea. The house that we want to buy - the sellers are buying a brand new house but are not part-exing (obviously). So is…
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Why won't LA allow daughter on tenancy agreement
My daughter lives with my ex-husband, she has lived with him for most of her life. He has just rang the LA about putting her on tenancy, she receives incap. benefit & DLA so has to pay towards the rent. She has 1 child and another on the way. She can put bids in for other properties but she has spent a great deal of money…
