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Advice on Chester
Hi I'm hoping for some feedback on areas in Chester. We currently live overseas and are planning a move back to the UK at the end of the year. We are in our late twenties, will not be having children and would probably like to be as close to the city centre as possible (unless anyone advises against that?) - even within…
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Help smelly lodgers deposit
Hi I have a smelly lodger moving out this weekend. Basically he hasnt washed himself or his clothes/beding regularly to the point i was mortified when friends staying asked what the stench was upstairs (thinkin my dog had had an accident). He has also spilt red wine on the carpet and left it, I only found out when making…
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Wondering if this is usual
....hi everyone, I'm kinda new. Well, we have been looking at a house last week, I booked a mortgage broker appointment for today. Anyhow, we've decided house wasn't for us....but by coincidence, I was driving down a road today and spotted a for sale sign in a road we've always liked. Turns out board only went up today. We…
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First time buyer - bad credit
Hello, After a bit of advice. After being cash dumb at university, I have a pretty shoddy credit rating. Circa £3k credit card debt on a Lloyds TSB credit card - which I wouldn't pay and then they would automatically take the minimum payment from my Lloyds current account. Does this count as a default? I've grown up a lot…
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Uk property bank ?
So I just stumbled acros this site: ukpbestateagents [dot] co [uk] Too many things say to me that its too good to be true.. Cheaper and bigger coverage than any estate agent.. must be a catch.. Has anyone used them at all ? Or even considered anything similar. Thoughts? Trev
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Letting agents requiring bank statements
Hi all, further to my previous post about renting with bad credit our letting agent now requires 3 months bank statements from myself and my partner which we weren't told about and isn't written on any documentation. We dropped in our statements earlier today with just our pay going into our accounts showing but have been…
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Letting with bad credit
Hi, Myself and the girlfriend are looking to move in together and have found our dream place. The letting agent phoned and said subject to a credit check and references the landlord would like us to let the flat. We can both easily afford it and the charges are not a problem, the biggest issue is the credit check! I have a…
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Buying / Being gifted a house
Hi everyone, We've been looking to purchase a flat and have been offered one in the area we want to settle by a relative, at the minute it's a shell of an old shop and we're being offered it for £100,000 (we were going to pay the relative £1000 per month until the £100,000 was paid off), we'll just have to turn it into…
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Odd, buying practice? Paying a deposit to secure a home
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Damp problem
Hi, I am currently trying to pluck up the courage to tell my landlord we have a damp problem in our flat thanks to a damaged pipe, can he make us pay for fixing this? The pipe was a copper one inside the wall that got damaged (no idea how) and leaked into the wall. We first thought it was the shower leaking so told him a…
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Insurance Rebuild Cost
Interested in opinions as lender not being particularly helpful... I'll try and keep it short; - buying a listed building - had full structural survey done by a guy who came with a recommendation as a 'specialist' in listed buildings - survey came back with a rebuild cost of £298k - Lender sent me a copy of their Mortgage…
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Boiler installed in 2007 - no CORGI Certificate
The house that I am in the process of buying had a new boiler fitter back in June 2007, but the sellers do not have the CORGI certificate. They have, however, had it checked by a Gas Safe Registered person (dated 11/06/12) and have given my solicitor the Homeowner Gas Safety Record. My solicitor has responded asking for…
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Home report from websites?
Hi everyone, I've signed up to this as I have a question about home reports. I am planning to sell my flat and going through my solicitors. He said a home report for my property, valued at about £120,000 will be about £420. Phoned around and this is true. But when I googled 'home report' it comes up with suggestions and…
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Delivery of our effects by storage company
Hi there, Would appreciate if anyone could give us some suggestions! We moved to California a few years ago and just moved back to the UK. When we left, we knew we will be downsizing from a 3 bed semi to a small flat so we shipped half of our effects with Doree Bonner and stored the other half of our things with them.…
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Prices increasing when house doesn't sell
Just been looking into a house that is up for sale. Beginning of May it's price increased by £5,000, then middle of May it went up another £28,000. Why would somebody do that when its been on the market for a year.
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Finally Exchanged
Thought i would add to everyone elses good news on here. Finally exchanged on our first home this week :) Dont complete until 3rd august so loads of time to sort things.. Just need to run through everything we need to be sorting though if anyone can help.. Gas + Electric - Ring current supplier to property 1 week before…
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Tenant Selection
Has anyone renting or looking to rent a property found they are in the situation of having viewed but the landlord has other potential tenant viewings booked and is making a decision after all viewings on which tenants they prefer to have the property? Any views on how the process was conducted and any problems it caused…
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Estate Agent requires Proof of Income and Deposit to take Property off Market?
Dear All, After much house hunting, we have found a house that we really like, and having had a first offer rejected, may be getting close to agreeing a mutually acceptable sale price. The estate agent has told me that if the offer is accepted, that they will need us to come in to their offices with proof of income and…
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Advice on what will and will not help a sale
Hello, Is anyone here an estate agent or the likes and can give me a bit of advice on what is and isnt worth doing to sell the house. We've put in a new bathroom and added a walk in shower and have the upstairs rooms neutral painted, new neutral curtains and new lampshades We need a new kitchen (as there isnt one at all)…
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EA scam? Or am I paranoid?
My wife's father died last year, leaving her his maisonette flat. We don't need it so she decided to sell. It's now been on the market for 6 months - asking price (on EA's advice) of £70,000 in an area where 3 other identical flats are for sale via other EAs at around £80,000. The EA phoned my wife this morning advising a…
