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Rent Increase
Can someone tell me how much a private landlord can increase the rent by? I am asking because my LL wants to inrease the rent by a minimum of £100. Is there a law or regualtion about private rent increase. Many thanks
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A property to buy for investment... Where in London?
Hi everyone, I'm here just after some advice really I am considering buying a new 2 bed property in London (prefer under construction)... in an area which is not yet so expensive! I know it is impossible to get a CHEAP one but which parts of London shall I consider and how much am I talking about? I lived earlier in London…
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Ok, the house is on the market.......
After much correspondence with the lender through our IFA we finally had the go ahead to port our mortgage. We put the house on with Roman's of Sandhurst and after a fortnight it has had one viewing. They were a couple who liked the house but were put off because of the lack of driveway,hmm.. None of the houses here our…
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Renting
Good evening, I'm going for bankruptcy but how do I rent a property? Do they all do credit checks?
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Vendor requesting FENSA cert
I'm selling my parents house due to money problems. I was given their house in the will. The vendors are now asking about a FENSA certificate for building work my parents had done, even though no new windows/doors were changed in the remodeling of the kitchen. Do I still need one if that's the case? I can't prove that no…
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Normal estate agent behaviour?
Hi guys, Thanks in advance for any replies, I'm just after some advice really. Quick background on me: My partner and I are FTB who got to the day of exchange before the vendor decided she didn't want to sell :mad: Anyway we are now back looking and in a very good position and want to move as quickly as possible. I rang up…
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Surveys and Mortgage Approval
HI Everyone, 2 weeks ago we had an offer accepted on our very first home :) The day after the offer was accepted we went to RBS to complete the mortgage application as we already had an agreement in principle. We arranged for RBS to carry out a full building survey along with their valuation survey as we found it was much…
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Do downstairs bathrooms put people off?
A friend of mine has just bought a new house. He's going to renovate the old one and then plans to rent it out. A good few years ago he took the bathroom out upstairs to make a 3rd bedroom. He built an extension downstairs for the bathroom and a utility room. The bathroom is now through the kitchen. I'm wondering if the…
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Letting House Out Whilst Abroad?
The OH and I are thinking of letting our house out whilst we spend a 6-12 months out of the country. At the moment we're just getting some quotes for getting the walls re-skimmed etc so we can decorate it but that's as far as we've got. I'm aware we should get landlord insurance and a gas safety check but I've failed to…
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Stamp Duty Land Tax Form
I am a first time buyer purchasing a property under £250,000, the property is a leasehold with 95 years left on the lease. I was under the impression that I would not be paying any stamp duty on this purchase. This morning I received a pre-completed SDLT form from my solicitors, on question 9 "are you claiming relief?"…
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Looking for a private landlord in Milton Keynes, Beds or Northants
Hi First of all please let me know if this 'is not allowed' and remove accordingly. We are selling our house and unsure at the moment which county we wish to live in so have agreed to rent for a min of 2yrs until we decide. If there are any private landlords in these areas who see this or you know of anyone please can you…
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Rental Notice Clarification please
We want to move out of our rented property in October so i just wanted to check that I'll be handing in my notice properly. Our rent payment date is 24th of the month and we#ve just made our first payment after the end of our 6 month tenancy agreement (moved in in February). I believe we're now on a rolling contract as we…
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Mortgage Retention for Council Works? HELP!
I sincerely thank anyone in advance to anyone who offer any advice. I am trying to get my head around how a mortgage retention situation I am in might pan out. Purchase price £179000 Mortgage valuation survey has also valued the property at £179000 It is a council property with an ESTIMATED works bill of £7000. Some of the…
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seperate shower room or seperate WC?
The house that I have just purchased has a bathroom with just a bath and sink in it. Next to it is a smaller room with the toilet in it but no sink. I was wondering whether to keep it like it (adding a sink to the seperate WC) or moving the toilet into the bigger room and changing the small room into a shower room only?…
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Notice Requiring Possession
Hi everyone, I'm wondering if someone can help a friend of mine out (one of the things I know very little about is laws regarding renting and their terminology) They signed an Assured Shorthold Tennancy agreement on the 18th August 2011, which runs for an initial 6 month period up the the 21st February 2011. One of the…
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cheapest areas to buy a property
hi we have been considering buying a 2nd property to rent out, and in our area of the south east you are looking at 100k plus for a 2up/2down. looking at Rightmove etc there are clusters of towns were we have found houses for 30-50k, any suggestions of good investment areas around the UK where we shoud be looking, We have…
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Finding good reliable tradesmen
I know that word-of-mouth is the best recommendation but not having much luck with that! I have registered and posted on mybuilder.com as they have customer feedback which I think is a good idea. I was wondering what other methods would be useful?
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VAT on water charges?
I'm a new landlord of a residential property, I've received a VAT questionnaire from Severn Trent Water, it asks me to tick what my main business activity includes (e.g. engineering, construction, landlord etc). I've ticked 'landlord'. I understand VAT will be applied to water charges when resident's business activity…
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Relocating with work
Im going to be relocating to North East Derbyshire with work at the start of the year as our plant in the North East is closing. The house Im in was a council house bought by us just over 5yrs ago. We currently owe around £32,000 on it, it was valued at £50,000 when we bought it (had a £16,000 discount applied). My current…
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leaving joint tenancy
hey i am wondering if yo ucan help - i have googled repeatedly but to no avail. basically i want to move out of my joint tenancy agreement apartment as my flatmate has gone totally psycho and i need to live somewhere else. we have 6 months left on the joint tenancy. i have informed her of my intention to move out and hte…
