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Complaining about Estate Agents.
Can anyone tell me the procedure for making complaints and getting compensation from Estate Agents please. I have complained over the phone but they couldn't have cared less so what's the next step please?
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Shelter Campain vote - to ask government to protect tenants' from the bad landlords.
The UK has very poor renting laws to protect tenants from bad landlords and Shelter are running a campaign to try to force the government to act to stop these rogue landlords. I'm sure the good landlords will want these types stopped too and will also vote. "Did you watch Channel 4’s Dispatches: Landlords from Hell last…
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advice for quick sale?
hi, am after some advice re the quick sale of a house please. Has anyone got any experience of or advice regarding quick sale companies such as national homebuyers etc? Are they reliable? A family member inherited a house last year and the sale has just fallen through. they are not after making a huge profit but just want…
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Mugged by direct debit!
Yesterday we received a letter from the Halifax who hold our home mortgage. It said that they were giving us 250 GBP as goodwill because the terms of their original mortgage offer had been ambigious and the mortgage interest cap would no longer apply to us as it has for the last several years because their costs were going…
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Leaving a rented flat, oven cleaning question
I've cleaned the hell out of the oven at the rented place I'm moving out of, it looks almost new - apart from the two oven doors. They're double glazed with a 0.4cm x 25cm gap at the top, and over the last couple of years oven gunk has gone down the gap and accumulated on the insides of the glass. It looks like it's…
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Part exchange dilemma
Hi I'm looking to buy a bigger house than the one I am currently in. I have seen a house on a new Miller Homes development and am looking at their MiSwap incentive. Does anyone have any experience of this particuler scheme, I am concerned that I am not going to get anywhere near the price I need for my property (as I…
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has my solicitor messed up?
Hello, I'm in the process of buying a house and have been really disappointed with my conveyancer. I was hoping to exchange / complete this week and have been chasing my solicitor for confirmation of this for weeks and weeks with very vague responses. Late last week her assistant emailed me stating that everything was…
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does this look very fishy?? let to buy?
http://www.viewpoint.net.uk/property.asp?action=query&psc_rtid=8&hidelinks=1&link_portalid=8&agentid=592&psc_propertyid=40168 I'm wondering if anyone else has come across anything similar, i don't really understand how it works!
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Landlord Notice To Tennant
I need to give my tennant two months notice as per our tennancy agreement as I will not be offering the option to extend. He has been a great tennant and paid on time all of the time its just that I no longer want to rent the house out. Could somebody point me in the direction of an example letter of notice that I could…
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Moving out but housemate wants to stay
Hi all, hope you are well. I have been renting an apartment with a friend for almost five years now. However, I have decided to move out in May/June of next year to move in with my partner. My housemate has indicated that they would rather stay in the flat beyond this time but I'm just wondering how this would work in…
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The Great British Property Scandal
Did anybody watch this last night? I think there is something on every night about it on Channel 4 at 9pm. Phil Spencer is doing his bit tonight.
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Landlord Liable for Theft - Broken Window
Hello We have a window in the downstairs bedroom with a broken opening mechanism which means it is permanently slightly ajar even when the bolt is in place. This makes it an tempting target for theives and easy to break in. We have informed the letting agent in writing a number of times and they have informed us that they…
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Should I purchase the freehold?
In August 2010 I purchased a flat in a block of 36. The block was built in the 1970's A lot of the flats have shortish leases left (60 years) Mine has 122 years remaining (the guy I purchased from paid to extend his lease) Now the idea has been put forward to purchase the freehold of the block. As I already have a long…
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Has my estate agent messed me over?
Hi all my current situation is that i am currently selling my house and moving. the date to move is hopefully 16th December. my problem is that after the buyer got his homebuyer report it said that due to no electricity certificate the electrics were rated 3 (as in warning) now, on a 50s/60s house i would not expect a…
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Right to Buy
Hi, In light of David Camerons recent decision to improve the 'Right to Buy' discount for council house residents I have been trying to convince my mum to purchase her house. To set the scene, it is proposed the government will offer a maximum discount of £52,000 for this area, which she will be eligable for. My mums…
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No planning permission nor building reg for the house?
My house was built 2005, it has NHBC certification. but it seems got some issues with planning permission and building regulations on my house, details showing below, on the local search 'Planning and building regulations ' part 1.1 (d) certificate of lawfulness of existing use or development -NONE (e) certificate of…
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thinking of selling or renting
Hello We need some advice.. We live in a flat but we are just expecting twins. we want to move but cant be cause we have no deposit. would it be a stupid thing to sell the flat and rent. until we have paid off our depts and can save for a deposit for a house. the other opion is renting. doing our house up to rent and then…
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Selling a house - buildings insurance at exchange?
We are in the process of selling my mum's house (probate sale). The buyers solicitor wants them to take over building insurance at exchange, and our solicitor said this is normal. I'm just wondering what happens if the house burns down before completion - if the insurance is in the buyers name then I assume they would get…
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Software for managing rental property?
I thought I saw some recommendations for free, online, web based software for managing rental properties. I was going to cook something up myself, handle financial transactions and reminders about certificates being out of date. If there's something out there already then obviously I'll always go with that!
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Haggling on Rental Price?
We have never rented before but we need to for the next 6-18 months. We were wondering whether it was the done thing to haggle on the rental price? We are looking at a property in the Leeds area that is on for £850pcm, should we suggests £800 to the LL/LA? Ta very much!
