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Help! Letting agent problems...
I need some help. We moved in to a house 7 months ago that had a myriad of problems from leaking taps, interior mould from broken guttering outside and the strong smell of cat urine. Needless to say, we complained about all of these things to the letting agents and during the first couple of months of our tenancy the…
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Neighbour's house: would this bother you?
This is a hypothetical question as my flat won't even be on the market until next week. But I'm interested to get some feedback. Would you purchase a property if the house next door looked dodgy? Eg, there's a nice row of little Victorian terraced houses, all very well-kept with neat gardens, freshly painted exteriors,…
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1st Viewing
House went on Market yesterday and got a viewing booked via EA Thursday. Should I have asked the EA any questions about the people coming to view ie are the 1st time buyers or in a chain etc etc? I have told EA I will meet them prior to viewing and then make myself scarce to let them look around at their liesure. However…
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Ending a tenancy
Hi there, We are tenants under an assured short hold tenancy agreement. We have a minimum tenancy period of 6 months. For personal reasons we may need to terminate the lease earlier. - Can the landlord unreasonably withhold its consent? - Can the landlord sue us for rent until the end of the minimum period? If so - does it…
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Deposit help from parents?
Hello again, I've just had a few thoughts about a house I'm currently looking to buy. The house is £175,000(accepted), and I plan to have a deposit of £130,000 - with the help of my parents. About £79,000 of it will be coming from my own name*, and the rest my parents will be putting in. I intend to pay them back over…
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Property Management Agents.
Just a quickie. I own a couple of rentals and the management has been handed over to a local property management agent. The property management agents have written to me asking me for copies of the AST. They took over on the 1st April can they ask for the information retrospectively or does it have to be for future ASTs?…
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Query about TDS - how long for online payment to clear?
First time protecting a deposit (I'm in NI and this is the first tenant since the new regulations came into force). Did it online yesterday (Monday) using Worldpay. Anyone have experience how long before payment clears their bank and I can print the prescribed information on the ready-populated form? Is it the standard 3…
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Where do I stand with my landlord
Help please! I have rented my house for last three years, my landlord has always been a nightmare. It is managed by an agent, but everytime repairs need doing she's dragged her heals. Told her fence was broken, had to fall down & hit neighbours car before I was taken seriously. Boiler has never worked properly - so at end…
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Homes in Stoke on Trent for £1
Just been reading up on this as I have a family member who lives in that area and thought I would pass the link on in case it can be of use to anyone. http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/content/housing/private-housing/empty-homes/applying-for-an-empty-cluster-property-homes-for-1-scheme.en
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Deposit Charge and Check-out Charge
Hi againnn... You've been really helpful so far so thanks :) I have another question (hopefully my last!) - In my contract which I have signed, they charge me £40 for 'cost of placing my deposit into the tenancy deposit scheme', and they also charge me £20 for a 'check out fee': 'As your deposit will be placed in the…
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experian / endsleigh tenant credit and referencing checks
hi really need advice very worried. myself and partner are trying to rent a property the estate agent is ocean lettings. we have now got to the stage where they are going to credit and reference check us. myself and my partnered had a joint debt mangement plan about 5 and a half years ago which we partially paid off…
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Surveyor's estimate for repair costs
Hello All, I've just had a building survey done on a house I'm in the process of buying. It needs a lot of work so I wasn't expecting a glowing report, I took a (known and trusted) builder on the second viewing with me so was aware of most of things the survey threw up, except we didn't stick our head in the loft space and…
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Selling two houses to buy one with elderly parent
I hope that I am posting this in the right place. My father sadly passed away a month ago and my mother is elderly and not able to stay in the property that she shared with my father. We have been debating the idea of selling Mum's house, and selling my house and then buying somewhere together - ideally with an annexe for…
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HELP! Advice needed on house situation
Hi folks looking to see what peoples opinions are on my situation. I currently have a house worth about £150,000 current mortgage left on it is £80,000,the monthly payments are £600 and the interest rate on it is 1.65% that's due to fixed rate term ending and going to base rate tracker. I have been doing overpayments of…
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Coal mine entrance within 20m of new house
Hi all, I was due to sign missives today on a house (3 years old, 1 previous owner who have part exchanged with the builder) but this has now been delayed due to paperwork we received from the Coal Authority. Basically the estate is built on an old coal mine and on page 1 of the report it says that the boundaries of the…
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how to pick a solicitor for conveyencing
Hi FTB'ers We've had an offer accepted on a house on saturday. I'm trying to choose a solicitor for the conveyencing. I am willing to pay to get good service so am not necessarily after the cheapest company. I thought solicitor would be the easy part The solictors that the E.A recommend i've googles and all the reviews say…
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what can i ask him to do?
hi all ive got some problems around the house, and i was just wondering what i can demand my landlord does,and what i will have to sort out myself, my living room door bottom hinges are hanging off, i have tried to fix it myself with no luck. the oven inner glass has shattered the lights in the kitchen are terrible, i need…
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Help to buy list of available developments
Hi everyone, I’m considering purchasing a flat in London using the Help to buy (equity loan) scheme, however I’ve enquired about a few developments and they all came back saying it was not available on the development. Does anyone know if I can easily get hold of a list of developments where this is available? I guess at…
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Barratt Homes
Hi, We're currently looking at a new Barratt Homes development for our first home. I know they had a truly dreadful reputation a few years ago but i'm finding far fewer complaints recently and they seem to be winning quite a few awards. Has anyone bought a Barratt home recently and if so can you tell me how you found the…
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Deposit not held in one of the three schemes
Our deposit for our rented property is being held with an estate agent and not in one of the schemes, does this mean its not protected? What happens should the LL want to make reductions when we move out for damage? (We haven't done any damage but know they could still try and take some)
