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Mediation and housing associations
I have been trapped in an 8 month dispute with my neighbour below and his 24/7 use of a ceiling fan in a very small flat that generates a humming noise in my flat that causes pressure inside my head and migraines, stress, anxiety and generally depression. The noise has been witnessed by Asbo team, 3 CPOs, an EO. So its not…
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Three little lines
Hi there, Just wondering if anyone knows what these are... On our ordinate survey plan of the house, that the solicitors showed us, there are the boundaries as normal and all are correct. But then there is a diagonal line, like a forward slash in our garden and the two houses either side. They aren't connecting so are not…
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How do we go about this?
This time last year we bought a property to rent out. A young couple took on the tenancy and moved in. Approx 3 months later they split up and the girl moved out leaving the young man on his own. He has kept up to date with the rent but is struggling. He has asked if it is ok to move a friend of his in who is unemployed…
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Tenant going to lose their job
I'm into month 8 of my current tenant being in the house (6 months through EA, 2nd privately). She is in the process of (probably) losing her job (was made redundant 9 months ago, paid for 6 months up front from 31/12/10 and on temporary contract with her current one) and will be looking at claiming housing benefits. As…
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Leasehold: mayor work bill over £16,000
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Dear all Hopefully someone will be able to help me . Basically I purchased a leasehold maisonette 4 years ago and no major works were advised for the next 7 years. After 6 months we received a Section 20 'notice of intent to carry out major works'estimated to cost a total of £20,000 (about…
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Estate Agent not changing status should I be worried
Hi, Had an offer accepted on a house & asked the estate agent to mark property under offer & not allow any further viewings survey has now come back & I have advised estate agent there are no issues following the report and we are ok to proceed with the sale I have asked the estate agent to change the status again ( as…
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Mortgage offer received, but seen a better deal from same lender.
Nationwide is now offering exactly the same product but it's 1% cheaper. Have you any experience of changing this? My mortgage adviser has told me that they'll probably want another booking fee (£99), - is this typical? Seems like money for nothing??
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EA suggests dropping price, what to do?
Dear all, I understand that the market is 'slow' and that this 'time of year is not good for selling' but I am unsure of how to proceed. My semi detached house is priced comparably with similar properties in the area although it is above the price two sold for in April and May (by £1,500). There are two identical…
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Letting agent acting as though they did not receive my inventory
The letting agent for the property I'm renting did not send me a complete statement of condition & inventory in any reasonable timeframe (it took 2 months from my move-in date). In spite of this, once I did receive these from them, I sent it back with amendments to the statement of condition which was not complete; they…
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Credit Check Fees for Renting
I've recently applied to rent a bungalow, along with my husband we filled out the credit reference forms, being very honest about my past bankruptcy in 2008, at the estate agents. We then parted with £260 for the privillage. The following day we received a call from estate agents saying we had failed the credit check due…
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Estate agent and deposit-how do I tackle this?
Hi everyone, I am having issues with my old estate agent. I was living in London before I suffered a personal tragedy and breakdown which resulted in me moving away immediately. I didn't tie up loose ends in London-I just wanted to get away. However, I did find a tenant for the property. Now I'm left with the rather sticky…
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Free tenancy agreement
I have just taken out house insurance for a house that I own and my parents live in,there is no rent involved but our insures say that I need a tenancy agreement,is there any where I can get a free one as I don't feel like buying one because feel there is no need.
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time it takes to sell
Now i know this is greatly varied, and i know times are hard, but i just wondered how long you'd expect your house to be on the market before you got a viewing. How long before you started to wonder about the price, or the quality of the agent, or the photos etc.? One week, two, three, a month?
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How much is a deed of variation to sublet a leasehold flat please?
I bought a flat in April with a residential mortgage with every intention of living in it myself. My circumstances have changed and I am now unable to reside in the flat so have let it to tenants. The freeholder of the building has now contacted me (and the other 4 flats in the flat) to say that our leases do not permit…
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Peoples Opinion
We have placed our house on the market and have received an offer which we have accepted. However, they now need to sell their house and after some time reduced the price in selling their house to try and facilitate someone coming forward and making an offer. We have seen a house which we like and my wife and I differ on…
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Investing house sale funds when no purchase
Where should we invest funds from having sold our house (~£850,000) when we have no imminent purchase (we'll be renting)?
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Letting agent cannot get hold of landlord
We contacted our letting agent 3 weeks ago to see if we were able to get a pet as in our agreement it states that we need prior permission from the landlord. Along with this we asked other general questions about the property. In these 3 weeks the letting agent has not been able to get hold of the landlord. Obviously we…
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Company using my address?!
We are moving out of our rental property one month today (eek!) so I suppose this won't be our problem soon, but it's very odd. I keep getting post addressed to a company I have never heard of. After the first couple of letters I thought it was odd so I googled the company and, sure enough, they have this address listed…
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Where is a website that tells me about the location of a place?
Hi ive been recommended by someone to post on here, basically I want to live in towns near burnley, but I want some statistics or something that will tell me how good the town is Any websites? THanks.
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How do we show proof of funds please?
We are about to start negotiating on a house, we are engaging in a private sale. The sellers have asked for our offer to be made in writing, which is fine and sorted, but have also asked for proof of funds along with the initial offer. My initial feeling is that we wont send any proof of funds until a price is agreed…
