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Cowboy shower installation jeopardising my house sale
I'm currently trying to sell my house, pay off the mortgage and then buy a house outright with the remainder of the proceeds. I've accepted an offer and have been busy househunting. However, I've handed my forms in to the solicitor and been hit with a bombshell. Three years ago, I started on a training course for a new job…
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Tenancy Deposit Disutes - new guide from TDS
New guide on how to use the adjudication process, for both LLs and Ts See here
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Property Co Director and Council Employee fined - illegal access to Ts details
This report is from an ICO news release back in March this year"A Slough letting agent and one of its directors who unlawfully obtained details about their tenants from a rogue employee at Slough Borough Council have been found guilty of committing offences under Section 55 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA). At Reading…
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Agents fees - renting my house
I'm shortly going away for six months and have offered my house for rent through a local agent. Agent has found someone via RM to rent my home that I've very happy with. I just wanted to run the fees by other to get their thoughts. Agents fees are whole 1st months rent + of course I have to pay stuff like gas…
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Rent a Room Scheme - Allowable Expenses
Hi all, New to the forum, have a question that is driving me crazy as I can't seem to find the answer anywhere. I'm trying to complete my on-line tax return and I have a lodger so I think I want to claim the rent a room tax relief (it's my only property). The lodger pays above the £4250 annual tax relief so I get to choose…
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How can I check if parking space is included as sales price
I am currently interested in buying an apartment in a purpose-built block. The sellers bought the apartment as new a few years ago. Not all the apartments in the block come with parking spaces, but the sellers bought one and it is included in the sale. The sellers claim that the extra price they paid for the parking space…
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NHBC Warranty
Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has been in this situation. I'm in the process of selling my flat and buying a house. The flat is covered by an NHBC warranty as there was some movement I the building. We've just got a letter from the agents saying that the NHBC want to do work to the whole block and that all occupants in…
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Tenant Deposit Scheme - How clean does a house need to be when you leave?
We moved into this house a year ago, it was mostly clean but the oven and general kitchen area were very dirty, so we complained to landlord who got out a cleaner for us.
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Land register 'burdens' question - scotland
Hello I have had an offer accepted on a house an we are in the process of going through all the paperwork. a copy of the land certificate has been sent out and im wondering if anyone has any knowledge on the 'burdens' section. Part of the burdens is this 'the proprietors of the plots shall not be entitled to keep more than…
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Assured Periodic Tenancy
Hi, My Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement expired on the 30th May. I have recieved a form during May proposing a rent increase under an Assured Periodic Tenancy for a rent increase starting 31st of May which I have paid. Nothing yet has been signed but the letting agent wants me to sign a new 12 month agreement. Are the…
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Home buyers report - will they test the services
We are part exchanging with Taylor wimpey and they are having a homebuyers survey conducted on our house. I am just wondering how detailed the survey is. I will be there when they conduct the survey, do they physically test all the electrics, taps, showers, etc?
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Warning: rant. (viewings on my rental house)
We move out on July 15th... So far we have had a viewing every day... Since last Monday! Someone traipsing through my house, standing on post, LL moved my glass recycling from the front... Asked to make it more tidy... Now I'm suffering with chronic IBS at the moment and the thought of strangers being around when I'm ill…
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Security deposit issue
Slightly complicated story so please bear with me, My partner of 11 months began renting a property at the beginning of last April. Because of her single status at the time she applied to the council for help with the £675 security deposit. She had to pay £675 + £575 a months rent in advance on the 1st of April 2011. The…
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EPC Register "Opt Out"
If any property owner wishes to opt out of the publicly accessible EPC Register, so that their property's EPC cannot be brought up by a property address/postcode search (avoiding bulk data retrieval) then they can do so via this link The EPC can then only be searched for/ retrieved via the EPC's RRPN
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Fire Safety (Protection of Tenants) Bill fails to get through
This Private Members Bill , sponsored by Adrian Sanders, failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the Session so will not now become law. ( First Reading was in June 2010) The intention of the Bill was that LLs should be required by law to " provide smoke alarms in rented accommodation and for…
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morgoed estates admin fees
Got a bill from morgoed estates saying they have been writing to me for 8 yrs to get ground rent (£8.52) and i had ten days to pay it plus £100 admin costs. When i phoned them to ask who they were (i had genuinely never heard of them in my life) he accused me of being one of these people who just throw bills unopened in…
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Is my landlord being unreasonable?
I have lived in my flat for 5 years now and plan to move at the end of the month into a property where I can live rent free thanks to the bank of mum & dad. I gave notice in writing to my landlord this on Monday stating that I will be moving out on 30 June - I didnt receive any acknowledgement from him. Yesterday afternoon…
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Dividing a house that used to be two properties...
I'm looking at buying a house that was originally two separate cottages. It was converted around 40/50 years ago. I'd like to turn it back into two cottages, but does anyone know if I will need planning permission to do this? Also, if I have a mortgage on the property, if I was to split it and sell one, does anyone know…
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House price renegotiations
This may have been asked several times before but not sure how to try to find the answer. I have had an offer agreed to buy a house (say £200k) and have recently found out that a full rewiring will be required within the next two years (say £4k) so I am planning on asking the vendor to pay half the cost of the rewire. My…
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Insurance admin fee on mortgage
Hi, Wondering if anyone else has been in the same situation as me. I'm in the process of buying a house and applying for a mortgage. The mortgage provider I have applied to has informed me that unless I take out their buildings insurance they will charge me a £27 initial admin fee followed by a £5 admin fee every year…
