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Student renting shared house
My daughter viewed a house in February this year (2012) with 2 other students, they were rushed around it by the landlord and couldn't look properly at the bedrooms because they were told some other tenants were sleeping at the time. The house was full of their belongings and so it was hard look for any defects. Anyway as…
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Where is propertysnake?
I like to keep an eye on the bargains!(haha) and propertysnake seems to have vanished, anyone know anything? Hope I am in the right place, as I have come across a couple of meanies on here that has put me off posting, so dont shout if I am in the wrong place. I just like to keep my eye out for a home I may be able to…
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Buying house - what offer to start with
My partner and I are looking into buying our first house, the one we like in a particular area is up for sale at oo 125k in scotland. Last house in that area sold for 130k in June. The house though pretty much needs everything done to it ie New kitchen - around 20 year old New bathroom - unlivable at the moment Few walls…
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Moving to Northern Ireland
Hi... I'm looking for advice about sorting out removals to NI. I'm trying to work out the most cost effective way of moving and am not getting very far with it. Anything at all would help.... thanks
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Selling house with no boiler or electrical certificate??
Hi there, Just a query about our house...basically, hubby and I never thought we would move, so he did some electrical work on the house (he's an electrical engineer, not an electrician, so is "competent" but not in the legislative sense). Before I moved in he also had the boiler redone, and didn't know about the corgi…
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Payment of check out report at end of tenancy
My contract states that:the tenant will 'be responsible for payment of any charge relating to the Inventory check out at the end of the tenancy" That sounds like items identified by the report, rather than the report itself. Or am i wrong? After a long debate about a number of issues upon vacating the property, we were…
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Renting a property and paying tax
I need some advice please. We live in a house that my wife gets for a minimal rental fee through her job with the school she's the caretaker of. This means I can rent our 3 bed house that we used to live in. I am currently paying interest only on the mortgage which is about £250 per month, the rental on the house will…
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Just got told we are getting evicted
Hello, Me and my 3 flatmates live in East London, we have been living for the past year together and our contract finished on the 23rd of July since May we have been asking the Estate Agent what was going to happen when the contract finished but we never got any reply. So we just continued to pay rent as usual. Yesterday…
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Prime Inventories, Savills Islington inventory clerk, found unreasonably expensive
Attention anyone who uses Savills in Islington, and perhaps others: if Prime Inventories is your inventory clerk, you will be overcharged. However, it is possible to have this charge lowered. They tried to foist a charge of £150 for checkout for my 2 bedroom flat. I was required to pay my checkout fees per my Tenancy…
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Renting - new place, but on DMP?
We have been on a debt management plan with the CCCS for over 18 months now. Our credit history is therefore pretty bad with some defaults/missed payments. Our current letting agents were fine with this. We have just put in an application for a new property as we are relocating and I'm really fretting about them turning us…
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Can I save on tax if my wife takes out BTL?
As a 40% tax payer (only just though), with a wife who doesn't earn enough to even pay 20% tax, could I buy a flat for BTL and process it in her name, but manage the whole thing myself without the wife having to do anything?
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Restrictive covenant
After applying for planning permission we have been informed by the council that they have received a letter from one of the neighbours that our property contains a restrictive covenant preventing any extensions. I have spoken to the solicitor that did the conveyance when we purchased the property years ago & they advised…
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Help! Advice please...
Been on for £177,500 for a while and a new house has come onto the market at £169,950, same rd. Now our house has been extended to the back with a conservatory and is probably nicer decor internally. The houses are identical in lay out and room sizes and i just want some advice on our next move? Now we need to clear £168k…
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House buying-Accepted offer then changed mind?
Hi guys, Just wanted a bit of advice, me and my partner have just sold our house and our in the process of looking for a new home to purchase. We found a property we liked and put an offer in, originally £20,000 less than the asking price. After a bit of negotiation we settled at £11,000 less than the asking price. The day…
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A drop of advice appreciated
hello, looking at moving areas and considering renting our property out and buying another. current propery worth £180000. Mortgage £127500 on 3.89% offset. rental income in region of £900 before fees etc. property we would like to buy asking price £190000, (with FOUR agents) due to new build development opposite - doesnt…
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Estate agent fee to take flat off market
Hi folks, My flat has been on the market for nearly 18 months...no luck selling, so thinking of letting it out! Every 6 months I've had to pay the estate agent a further £250 for re-advertising on all the appropriate websites. This will be up for the 3rd time next month but the estate agent says even though this has run…
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Does the DPS notify a tenant once you register their deposit?
Hi, If a letting agent registers a deposit on the DPS do they automatically notify the tenant? Also if a letting agent registers this information on the DPS without notifying the tenant what so ever, isnt this a breach of The Housing (Tenancy Deposits) (Prescribed Information) Order 2007? There's a case where a tenant…
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Ready to scream - need a new home
hello, Just looking for some clarity as I ready to scream with frustration... I am looking to share a flat with one other person. I currently live in a one-bed flat which I can't afford (6 month fixed term, £360pcm + elect and C/T) I was fooled by the LA who told me that the rent included c/t. I hoped to either find…
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See if my head gets shot off again
Originaly joined this forum a week or 2 ago to vent my frustration at B&Q over refunds and got shot at ! however lets have another go I have a part share in a family owned property ,we all have a little of the rental income , it rarely comes empty not like every six months or anything like that . It always falls on me to…
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A question about overstaying...
Hi all, I was reading Sturman's thread today about overstaying his welcome and a question came to me which I was hoping you could shed some light on please...does what he's planning to do fall under those new squatting rules? I appreciate this may be really obvious to some but I've never rented and have no idea how it all…
