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Landlord Harassment
Hello All, The council have provided me with a letter to indicate I am not liable for council tax and that the landord is liable, as the property has been identified as a HMO (House of Multiple Occupation). The landlord has received a letter too, but chosen to ignore it. The landlord has sent me an email demanding I pay…
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Newbie wanting info on planning
Long time stalker, first time poster. A little bit about myself..... I'm 20, working full time, living with my parents near Norwich, Norfolk and my partner's in her first year of nursing at UNI. I have £20,000 in savings. I went to a recent country show and found this finnishloghomes.co.uk/residential-lodges/ They're…
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Flat Service Charge & Reserve Amount - Advice Needed
Hi All, I own a flat with the usual service charge, today I received the accounts for 2011 and have a query which I would appreciate some advice on. When I bought the flat the service charge was £57 a month, in 2008 the amount increased more then planned due to planned roof works and in the subsequent years the management…
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Am I bound by a lease that I didn't instruct against?
We recently bought a new lease on a property from a property development company (lower ground flat in Edwardian house) We were provided 1 x lease during exchange and completion. After completion, we were sent the 'lease' to sign for registry but have realised that it is different from the one we exchanged against. There…
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Rentals go within a day! Any tips for getting in there first?
We are looking for a rental property, and every single one we see seems to go within a day! By the time we see a house on Rightmove, either it's had an offer against it or it's already gone! I was wondering if there are any tips for beating the rush?!
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Landlord selling our rented property - questions around lease timings!
We have just been told that our Landlord is selling our rented property. The terms of our contract state that there should be 2 months notice, but our contract runs out on 27th July, only 1 month away. 1. Does the 2 month notice still apply if the contract runs out in 1 month? 2. Are we entitled to just move out on 27th…
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Deposit Dispute - Bogus Charge
So here's what has happened. I was a tenant at a unit for 12 /mo's at which time I remained in communication with the property management extensively whenever a situation arose. This includes when I added my 3 week old Shih Tzu puppy and added someone onto the lease mid-year. I've never been late on any payments and have…
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Is EA lying to me??
Hi I have recently made an offer of 55k on a 60k property that has been on the market for around 6 months. The Estate agent has just rang me and stated there has suddenly been a lot of interest and I should now offer over 60k as the vendor has received numerous offers. In your opinion do you think the estate agent is lying…
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£50,000 property-do i qualify?
I currently have got £17,000 saved, i earn £13,000 per year, i want to put down a £10,000 deposit, i currently live in family home, so rent etc is not to much, how much roughly would my repayments be, would they be weekly or monthly, this is my first attempt at a mortgage, so sorry for the ignorance :beer:. Rough figures…
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Is it worth it?
Any opinions on whether this is worth the asking price? http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-34102366.html I like it a lot - the garden and conservatory are beautiful, but I think the upstairs bedrooms are very small, and the central heating system is looking a bit creaky (10+ year old boiler and a hot…
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Time-lapsing guarantor?
When me and my husband moved into our current flat, we had my dad as a guarantor for our rent since we'd not rented on our own before, and were both students. Now that we've been in the flat for 2 years, always paid our rent on time, working, paid all the bills etc ourselves, is my dad still the guarantor, or has he been…
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Tenants (possibly / probably) committing fraud, LA's responsibilities ?
Hi, I'm new to this board so please keep that in mind ! I live in a semi-detached and next door is rented out. The current tenants have been using my address to obtain mobile phone contracts (from O2) and attempting to obtain credit from 'Very' (declined). This issue started almost as soon as they moved in. At first we…
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Mother died but sons own house
My mother has recently died and I am dealing with her affairs and probate. She was a widow and lived alone. About 10 years ago, after my father's death, she signed her home over to my brother and me (her only two children) as she was concerned about potential care home charges. Her house is worth about £120,000 and her…
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Form TA6 question
Hi Could you resolve a query? Question 1.3 asks "During the seller's ownership, has any land previously forming part of the property been sold or has any adjacent property been purchased?" Since this is in the "Boundaries" section, I took this (poorly worded) question to mean whether or not we'd purchased any neighbours'…
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Trying to sell this country cottage, any advice?
We have had this house on the market for a month and have not had any viewers from the internet marketing. Have had a word with the agents and they have suggested that better internal pictures are required so I need to arrange this, and that we should have a look at the details, which I am hoping for some helpful pointers…
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Any searches when SELLING a house?
A family member has just sold a house, been what appears to be treated very bady and ripped off by a conveyancing firm, so I'm going through the bill and trying to sort a complaint letter. Are there any searches needed when selling a house (no chain, no purchase, just a sale)?
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Pitfalls of marketing house without EA
Hi, I currently have a house on the market with a local EA, haven't had a great deal of interest, and when our contract with the EA ends am considering marketing the house privately without using an EA - this would allow us to reduce the price to reflect the savings in EA fees. We have already bought another property, and…
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Need a bigger house.....
We are a family of 4; mum, dad, son (7) and daughter (11) living in a 2 bed (2 up 2 down) terrace. As the title says we need a bigger house....as quickly as possible. On the plus side, due to recent salary increases we now have a joint income of around £54k and this provides us with an extra £500 per month which could…
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Affordability
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Urgent help needed.Notice period am I correct?
My husband has just been on Wednesday informed that his contract will not be renewed at the end of July as his company has lost their contract. This means we cannot stay in our rented accommodation any longer. I have written to our landlord giving just over a months notice. They have responded saying I must give 2 months…
