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Is this usual - restriction on 'lopping' trees?
I'm looking to buy a modern house and there is a restriction in the deeds from when the land was sold to the developers regarding lopping trees/bushes i.e. you have to gain the prior consent of the transferor before lopping trees. Do you think this will mean the trees/bushes that were on the land at the time of the…
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Is the LA you deal with registered with the ICO?
Letting Agent fined for failing to register with the ICOIn only the third prosecution, John Merfyn Pugh of Merfyn Pugh Estate Agents pleaded guilty at Caernarfon magistrates’ court to the offence of failing to notify the Information Commissioner’s Office that his business processes personal data. Like the two earlier…
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suspended possession order
help i have just recieved a second eviction notice last year i had the first one suspended now i have to apply for another its a local council home will the judge automatically reject a second:o
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House Offer Letter
Hi guys, Just wondering if anyone knows of a letter template to send to an estate agent to make an offer on a property? Ive heard people mention stating as part of the offer that the letter should mention no further viewings are to take place and the property be removed from the market etc. Only other condition of the…
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house buying susoisious?
Hello,my brother is buying a flat,mortgage offer been exepted,solicitors start working from both sides,but the things go so quick it took about a month to complete.I was thinking iit take about 3 month because it leasehold and that the time frame as been told by solisitor.But now all searches been done and they ready for…
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Order to attend court for questioning
Apologies if this is in the wrong forum! Back when in 2009 I lived in a shared student house (I was working and not a student). I suffer from depression and whilst living in the house I had a bit of a trauma which caused me a bit of a setback and as a result lost my job. Due to losing my job I was unable to pay my rent and…
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Won LVT case, can we sue for compensation ?
Our landlords gave us six years of lies and threats forcing us to finally use the LVT as they would not discuss any of the disputed service charges, we won the case totally in August 2011 having the service charge reduced by 1000% ( back to the original charge which we never disputed ) for the six flats involved, it has…
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Hot water heat loss - reasonable to request rental discount?
Hello all, Our boiler is on the fritz:( We've no hot water or heat. Contractor came out and said the boiler needs a new circuit board but this won't be replaced untill next friday. I'm peeved about this but the agency are very good with repairs etc but a week seems a long time for a part; I work in housing and this problem…
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Is this a good buy or trouble ahead ?
Hi everyone, just wondering could anyone property bee this for me. Sorry, I don't know how to do it. Also any opinions welcome. I believe it has been underpinned so any advice/thoughts would be helpful. Thank you. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-20933667.html
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Renting a property with defaults on your credit file
Hi All, Like so so many people on here (from varying posts and threads i have read) i sadly now have defaults on my credit file after bing made redundant last year and it taking me 7 months (the longest I have ever been out of work) to find new employment, i was forced to go down the DMP route with my creditors which has…
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Short Assured Tenancy and end of initial term
Hi, The start of January will be the end of our 6 months on a SAT, after which it says that "if the agreement is not brought to an end by either party on the end date, it will continue thereafter on a monthly basis until ended by either party". We've not had any correspondence from the LA or LL, is it safe to assume it'll…
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£480 to put house in joint names and pay off mortgage?
Please note we're in Scotland. In a nutshell: House is currently in OH's name with mortgage. Fixed term has now ended and I have inheritance which I would like to use to pay off the mortgage and have the house put in joint names. (Previous thread: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3653597) Our solicitor has…
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Leasehold Charges
My daughter is in the throes of buying a leasehold flat in East London. The Service Charge is £1600 which I thought would cover all maintenance, but we've just discovered that there is other repair work, which is not included in the Service Charge going on, to the value of £1,200,000 to another part of the block, of which…
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Help required from residents in Milton Keynes
Hi guys, We r looking to move in Milton Keynes area. I have 2 rental properties arranged for viewing, one in bletchley and the other in heelands area. Could anyone please tell me which area is the better of the two? The one in bletchley is on sunningdale way. I'm moving from Chippenham , Wiltshire so not really a city girl…
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Cash purchase for property
Having just signed for a new property (a £10k garage not main residence) I was about to transfer the cash to my solicitor to conduct the necessary payments and thought 'I could walk the cash around the corner'. After all that would be faster and easier and I'd got to get the money out of two different bank accounts. The…
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Buying a flat -mortgage brokers and computer errors?
I'm buying a shared ownership flat through in housing association and my mortgage lender has downvalued the flat by 10k. The housing association have tried to appeal this through the mortgage broker I am using. This morning I find that the flat in the block was sold for less than the original purchase price "due to a…
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Taxing empty houses
I saw in the news that there are loads of empty properties in the UK. Apparently most of them are privately owned by people who are really just trying to time the housing market. How can this make sense when there are so many people desperate for somewhere to live? Why doesn't the government tax this? This makes even more…
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How to find out council tax prices of rental properties?
Hello all It looks like I may need to move in Jan from my current rental flat. I could happily move to another flat in the complex, as I love living here and there are a few available. However the area I live in has a high council tax band/price due to it's location. There are a few other properties in the town that I…
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To sell or not to sell ?
We have a 1 bed flat and need to move to a larger home as we now have a child. Due to the property crash and our area being swamped with flats we will only get around £4000 - £7000 equity from selling this place. We have lived here 7 years and feel reluctant to walk away with so little. Our idea is to rent this place out…
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Gifts forming part of the house deposit
Am curious, I ahve been reading a few of the threads here about the troubles people are having with house deposits made up in part of a parental gift and have a question. How long after the gift is made can you consider it "your" money? Ie parent gifts you £10k on 1st Jan. You put it into your account but the purchase…
