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Renting with Bankrupt, Self-Employed boyfriend
Hi All My boyfriend and I are about to rent our own flat for the first time - we're currently living in a room in a shared house together (so you can probably imagine how excited we are to be getting our own space!). however, he is bankrupt and self-employed (and an actor at that, although he has a regular job) and i'm…
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Which N East agents not on Rightmove?
Hiya, just wondering if anyone knows which estate agents in the North East area don't appear on Right Move?
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Manchester city centre
Hi all Due to exchange on a flat slap bang in the centre soon- in a great location! Am I mad to go through with this thinking about what happened last night? Part of me thinks...it's the city centre....it's a nice flat...I'm getting it a a good price...people are always going to want to live there aren't they?! But also…
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Council Tax Rebanding...Should I
We move next week to a band E property. If you put the price we are paying for the house in the calculator it falls in Band D. It is a 5 year old estate and difficult to compare neighbours prices as most house styles are different, the ones same as ours are band E but that is based on their original purchase price. We are…
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Damp
Hi Guys, I have had a report come back from damp specalist stating tat my property I am buying needs a Chemical Injection. The cost of this is £1595. Also in the report their is a sentence which states "It was noted that part of the rear and gable elevation are not the required 150mm below the damp course level, and could…
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Mortgage advice
Hello people, could I possibly ask for your advice on the possibility of buying a property: I currently have 50 - 60k deposit and earn just under £24,000. What would be my price range on buying a one bedroom property. Many thanks for your answers in advance
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How much would you charge your family?
Hi, I've just finished University and have just got a job and wondered how much i will have to pay in rent but they havnt decided yet. Just thought i would ask how much everyone else would charge. Its a 4 bedroom house but im only in one. Only evening meal is provided. I would have to contribute towards electric etc and…
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Shared ownership - service charge increase
Hi everyone Just wanted to share and see if anyone had any ideas... I bought a shared ownership flat late 2010 about 20 mins walk from the hospital I work at in Central London. Newly built, only 1 bedroom but my first own home and I was very happy. I received a letter yesterday from the Housing Association stating that my…
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Are we been shafted ?
Me and the wife been in our house for 13 years and had to move so our son can get into a decent secondary school, Birmingham to Solihull. Seen 6 estate agents and took the best one been the local one who we knew has sold houses in our area before. House is 2 bedroom non road facing (side on) terraced house 19 years old,…
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Do we need Indemnity Insurance?
Hi to all you knowledgable folk! Have read a few posts, new and old, on indemnity insurance although they don't quite cover our situation... We are buyers, due to exchange/complete in 10 days! The house we are buying was marketed as a 4 bed and the price we've agreed on is based on local 4 bed house prices. The survey came…
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Gone and done it - house going on Market!
We have sent a month or two looking tentatively at bigger houses, and despite really not finding anything on the market we have now decided to get our for sale and see how it goes. Does anyone have any feedback on the South West Market, we have a 2 bed 4 year old house on a council backed discounted Market value scheme.…
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What would you offer?
Hi just looking for a bit of advice. I'm going to view a house tomorrow it's been on the market for nearly 2 years and the sellers have dropped the price again. It is priced now at offers around £85000. There is no-one living in it at present and hasn't been for a while it is the previous owners children who are selling it…
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Private Access Road
Please, please can some one advise. I live on a street which has a private rear road. On deeds it shows the road is a 'private access road for residents on H******* Close'. We use this road to access our garages. Our road backs on to a row of terraced houses. We now find that some of the terraced houses are using this land…
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does anyone not want to buy
hi we bought our house 7 years ago for 45000 it was a hole and we have done it up added a conservatory and decking (i love the conservatory and outide will really miss it). we take our kids to a school out of catchment because its a hell hole where we live and im sorry but the schools arnt good enough for my kids (they…
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Does change of landlord invalidate a SoD S21?
Been trawling all over the web trying to find an authoritative answer to this but no luck. Am a couple months into a 6 month AST with a SoD S21 in place. I've no probs with that as afaik it only becomes an issue if the AST becomes a SPT. Current LL is selling. Will this invalidate the S21? My thinking is that it's an…
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Less than 60yrs left on lease of house - thinking of selling - help!
Hi Im trying to get some advice for my parents. They have recently decided to put the family home up for sale, all going well till today, when they had the first valuation, at £134,950. Good sum but they were informed that with just 57yrs left on the lease they may have trouble selling it. They really arent in a position…
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Advice needed no planning permission
Can anybody please advice?? My partner bought a cottage over 15 years ago and has just put it on the market to sell. His soliciter has just informed him that his house was converted without planning permission, formely two houses knocked into one and part of the house is a listed building the work that has been done is not…
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Selling Property With Short Lease
My other half says this won't work, but I have been told it will. Really need to see a conveyencer about this but wondered if anyone on here had ever come across this scenario: Need to sell a property with 43 years left on lease. Mortgages can't usually be gotten with such a short period left to run so the freehold needs…
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Should I rent without Buy to Let or consent??
I bought my house with a friend in 2007 on a 100% interest only mortgage of which very little has been paid off. 2 years ago he moved out with his girlfried and live in a rented house. My girlfriend moved in and covered his part of the mortgage payments. Another 2 years later I wish to now move out in to the house my…
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Who owns the house now??
We were going to offer on a house but its been taken off the market because the vendors company has gone into liquidation. I think it was on the market whilst the winding up petition etc was going through. They bought the house under the company name- will it still be theirs to sell or will it now belong to the creditors?…
