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Renting an "unsafe" property
Hi all, Being a newbie, I'm not entirely sure if this is the correct place for this thread. If it isn't I apologise, feel free to remove it. I've been living in my current flat for the last two years. 6 weeks ago I started having circuit breaker trip-outs. Long story short an electrician came out, investigated the circuits…
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House purchase and Mortgage woes...
Hello Money savers, My husband and I just had our offer accepted for 107K on a property we really like. We have a 57K deposit and last June it was not an issue with the bank that I am currently unemployed (redundant in Dec 2010, baby arrived in June, currently on Maternity Allowance £500pm), but now we went back to the…
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My moving out but not moving in yet, how will the money transfer work?
We'll I called my solicitor this morning to ask about how the money will be transferred on completion but this has confused me further. Basically my buyers are moving into my current home next Thursday but my new build home will not be ready by this time, so we are having to move into temporary accommodation and take out…
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underpinned house - buy or not?
As some of you know, we've been trying to buy a house. Our first home. We put our offers in for a nice property and we are close to having it agreed. Now, the estate agent tells us TODAY that the property was underpinned in 1980ish... but no structural problems since...and that the vendor has insurance (wonder how much…
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Mum lost deeds - where can she get a copy?
My elderly mum has lost the deeds to her house. She has looked everywhere. Is there any way she can get a copy of the deeds? thanks!
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Housing benefit
Hi, This is a bit confusing... hope it makes sense! My boyfriend is trying to rent a house, that I will eventually move into with him, ideally next spring. He is unable to work due to mental health issues, so is eligible for maximum housing benefit. Once I move in, the benefit would obviously be adjusted, so I assumed I'd…
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putting in offers
Hi All, this is my first post. Firstly I would like to say that I've been reading a lot of the posts and advice provided here and have learnt a huge amount in the last few days so thanks to everyone that's helped so far. I'm currently about to buy my first house, although my partner is not a FTB and has a place that she's…
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LL right of entry
Hi All As some of you may know, I've just bought a house, but I'm still locked into an AST until 27th October. The intention was always that I would babysit the place until the AST was finished while DS and the spuds lived in the new house. The day after we officially moved into our new house, the LL served us with a…
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House in flood high risk area
We are in the process of buying a house and our solicitors have done a flood search and discovered the area is considered to be high risk for flooding - we have already gotten insurance quotes and they seem reasonable so it doesn't seem to have a major bearing on that element. We have asked our solicitors to find out via…
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Parking Bay option removed after legal proceedings started
I'm buying a flat from a Housing Association under Shared Ownership scheme by the government. At the time of purchase the Housing Association, and the developer, told me I could buy a parking bay with my flat. I have the following in email from the developer: "I have now had feedback from the Sales Director, and car…
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Locks on private rented property
I have just begun a private tenancy, sharing with some friends. We have noticed that a number of the windows at the property have no locks on at all. My question is should the landlord/managing agent have locks fitted to the windows? And if the responsibility isn't theirs can they reasonably stop me from installing locks?…
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Catching out tenant subletting a room
My colleague has just recently become a landlord and thinks his tenant is illegally subletting the second room in the flat. The tenant claims his partner keeps clothes etc. in the second room for when she's staying over but it appears to be occupied. Is there a way to prove he is sub-letting? How far can he go without…
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Would you use this?
Hi All, Thinking of creating a website & would appreciate if you'd reply to say whether you'd use such a service... If a Property Website existed which specialised in 'local' homes for sale & to let.. (think of it like an Auto Trader but for property) Q: Would you consider using it to advertise your house rather than using…
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Hugely overpriced?
Afternoon everyone, I've had a look at a house and its a winner however I once again have hit a brick wall with the valuation. The house sold in 2009 Dec for 190k they listed it last week after having landscaped the garden added a wood burner and remodeled the bathroom for 260k .... Can anyone see this being anywhere near…
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Is the rent on a property negotiable
Hi, we`ve just sold our house and we`re going the rental route for now. We just have a couple of questions I hope the forum could shed some light on for us. 1/ Are the rents and fees asked by agents negotiable. . 2/ If agents do negotiate, what is the best way to go about it. John
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Ideas for financial split on Buy to let partnership
Myself and an associate have discussed partnering on some buy to let properties. He is in the building trade and I have some money to invest. I obviously have the most to loose financially and he has the know how. We havent discussed the financial split yet but I wanted to know if other people have had a similar…
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Giving notice to Tenants - please help.
Morning all. Hoping you can help me. My Husband and I have been renting out our property since October 2009 to the same Tenants, but due to unforseen circumstances we need to move back into the property. I want to do this properly and with the minimum of stress to the Tenant and us. The Agreement started on 8th October…
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Agreeing a completion date
Hi all Bit of help please. We exchanged a couple of months ago with no completion date set because of tenants living in the property at the time on a AST agreement. We've just been told vacant possesion will be served on the 5th Sep and in our contract we put in a clause saying we will complete within 5 days of vacant…
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Rented Property landlord being ridiculous
hi hope someone can help in 2007 we moved into a brand new build which no one had lived in the walls as you can imagine have been painted with the very thin water based breatherball paint ready to be painted once everything had settled in the 5 years we have been here the property still hasnt been painted due to not being…
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End of tenancy notice
Dear all, We are on a short term assured tenancy agreement. The contract expires on 31 Oct 2011. not sure if the landlady wants to come back before Christmas. Does she need to give us a 2 month notice if she wants us to leave? Since our contract expires on 31 Oct, is it like a notice in itself? Please help me understand!…
