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What rights do I have?
Hi I rent a property and my landlord is trying to sell it but my lease means I have a while yet before I have to move. The sale is with me as a sitting tennant. My question is, do I have any rights in when he can arrange for people to come and view the property. Twice now he had brought people to see the house when he…
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Landlord Expenses - How detailed?
My elderly dad who has alzheimers has moved in with my brother and due to not being able to sell his house (been on the market for 8months) is going to rent his house out for the near future. I think some claimable expenses can include things like calling costs related to the property (ringing agents/tenants etc)agents and…
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Cash Purchase
Was hoping to put a offer on this house I've seen advertised on right move, but they are asking for cash only can you tell me is this legal and what about money Laundering. Am I being very stupid the house is a repossessed house.:beer:
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Do we have any rights?
Hi I was just wondering (aloud) - we moved into our house on friday, knowing it needed a lot of work (it has taken 3 days just to clean it enough to make it liveable!). When we got the keys, the lady who owned previously told us she didnt have a garage key, and not only that the key which locks the door between the house…
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Deposit not protected..
Moving out of my rented property in just under 2 weeks. Spoke to the agent today about a different matter and it transpires our deposit has not been put into a protection scheme. Apparently the agent "Can only apologise for this, but sometimes it happens because of all the paperwork". I know as well as he does that he's…
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One off let - tax?
Hi I am fairly recently self employed so very new to the whole concept of tax returns etc. We have the opportunity to rent our house out for 10 days next year for a large local event but I am worried that a big portion of the profit would be lost if I have to declare this income on a tax return? 6 months ago neither myself…
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A substation has been removed and nobody seems to know by who! Ideas?
Ok I must admit I've never heard of this before so any help would be much appreciated... My sister is trying to buy a former council house. On a patch of land in the garden of the property there used to be an electrical substation which was removed 15 years ago (according to current owner). The electricity company are…
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Consent to lease leasehold flat
Hi, I have a flat which I would like to rent out as I have now moved in with my partner and despite being up for sale since March I haven't had a single person through the door :( The property has a mortgage on it and I am applying through my mortgage company for consent to lease. However, it is also a lease hold flat.…
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Buying First house
After a few inputs on my current situation. We are currently looking into a house with states offers over 139,000. We been watching the house over the last few months while we been saving money to reach a good deposit for a first time buyer. Anyway the house was sold but fell through, so it's back on the market again. Do…
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Part exchange on an older home?
I've been looking at a very nice tenement flat in Glasgow and was a little confused to see that 'part exchange may be available'. I typically thought you just got this when a housebuilder was trying to offload new developments and the mortgage supply/sales were weak? The flat is a reasonable sized two bed, not particularly…
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Fixture and fittings- costs?
Hi Have just received Fixtures and Fittings report on house we are purchasing. Vendor accepted our offer which was approx. 9 % below the asking price. But the house had been on the market for 4 months. They're now wanting to charge £150 for washing machine, £50 for dishwasher, £50 tumble dryer I dont think £50 for dish…
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stop !!!! - structural survey
Hi - I had a survey on the house and have ended up buying it. There was no mention of the stop !!!! on the survey. Turns out, (got builder round as need to replace shower) that there is no stop !!!! inside and that there's only one outside the property htat stricly speaking belongs to the Water company. Surely the surveyor…
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How long does it normally take to receive deposit back?
How long is normal before you receive a deposit back after moving out of a rented house? Letting agent sent round an "Inventory Clerk" from another company to do the checkout survey of our old place 2 weeks ago and I have still to hear a peep out of them. The previous time we moved out, the landlord wrote us a cheque on…
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Right to buy scotland
Hello everyone first post here, We bought the council flat we live in for £46650 in 2009 valued at £101,000 2 bedroom first floor flat block of 4 in Aberdeen. due to me having lived there for 7 years that was my discount. our mortgage is for slightly more, as we took the fees from there, we rushed bought, because our area…
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Purchase of new flat just fell through after survey, what to do?
Hey everyone, My girlfriend and I were buying a flat (2 bedroom on the 2nd and 3rd/attic floor of a victorian house). We had an offer accepted at 324k and had a survey and mortgage valuation done. The valuer advised against the bank lending as it turns out the attic room (bedroom 2) is not a habitable room as the floor has…
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Part Exhange & Buying a New Build
Hi there I was wondering if anyone has any experience of part exchange when buying a new build? We're currently waiting for an offer from the developer for our house, which we think will be in the region of £120,000 - slightly less the market value. The house we're interested in is priced at £179,000. What do you think…
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Boundry lane
Hi. I need a bit of advise. Just bought end of taracced property. Could anyone tell me can i move my fence which is attached to house and relocate it to my boundry lane which is aproximetely 2.5 m from house? Plan shows footpath border as my boundry lane. i have phisicly measured it at it is about 2.5m. So would i need a…
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Cash Buyer.
A member of my family is looking for a quick sale of their house. The estate agent advised upon selling to an investor, and that they would be able to find an investor to purchase the house with cash, for a quick sale. An investor has recently been found, and they are interested in purchasing the house. My relative…
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Worrying about cracks in a house looking to buy
I am looking at buying a detached house built in the 1970s. The place needs some modernisation, e.g. new kitchen, bathroom, some internal replastering which is acceptable. What I did notice is that there are some cracks in the wall on the first floor and whilst I know this sort of thing will be picked up on a survey I…
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Painting the outside of my house...
Sounds straight forward but isnt. I rent via Touchstone who represent HSBC. The outside of my property has lots of bare patches of concrete and paint flaking off the wall... Do I have any rights to get them to repair this - it looks awful and I dont believe that it can be right that they refuse to do it? Thanks
