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Agreed to let a property and now agency says he got better offer!!!
Hi guys, On Friday me and my partner went to view a house and we decided to go for it. We rang the agent who showed us the property and we agreed over the telephone that I would pay £600 deposit and £600 rent up front and would do this on 30th April 2013. He assured me the property would be mine. I had a call today from…
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Nightmare Landlord - Help!!
We are the quietest tenants a landlord could wish for, and wherever we lived, our landlords have always told us how happy they are with us. We rented a lovely penthouse flat for one year, and paid 12 months rent in advance (£28,800). During our tenancy we gradually discovered we had a landlord from hell; he was rather…
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Possible tree damage to our new house
We bought a house about 3 weeks ago and after moving in we noticed* a large twisted willow about 6 ft from our house and 2-3 ft from the shared man-hole cover, Its the other side of the garden wall about 1 ft into their garden. its about 25-30 ft tall and they have had it Cosped or topped which ever it is. The house has…
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Buying a house under probate
There is a house we are very interested in buying that has unfortunately notcleared probate. The lady who has inherited the house from her mother is unsureexactly what she wants to do with it, but has let us look around the propertyso selling isn't out of the question. However she wants to get probate sortedfirst before…
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Offering on a new build & using HTB?!
After looking at mortgage options it is looking more and more like we will only be able to apply for a mortgage in my name - therefore cutting our budget down. A house we like is up for £195k, I plan to use HTB and have a 5% deposit but ideally I need the house to be less to be able to get it without getting the maximum…
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Deposit issues
Hi, I've been having a few issues reclaiming my deposit from my old landlord. It went into a deposit protection scheme when we started the tenancy. There was no beginning of tenancy checklist completed, but there were numerous damages in the flat. Again, there was no exit walkthrough completed but when I tried to reclaim…
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"Completion Order"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-21748616 "But Environment Minister Alex Attwood has found a directive within planning laws that gives developers a certain time to complete a building." Does this "completion directive" apply in England? If so - which bit of planning law? Locally in 2005 a developer started…
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Using EA mortgage side and they cover stamp duty-is this right?
Just had a call from one of the well known agents B E*es, they told me as I'm FTB they have an offer at present that if I sit with them and use their mortgage office I can get my stamp duty paid should I buy property via them. I did say to them I have a mortgage broker and AIP already in place but I have to say its very…
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Washing Machine replacement is this good price?
Hi, the washing machines at the property I rent out has gone, the LA's are in touch with local dealer and I can get a Beko for £200, that includes plumbing it in and taking the old one away. I think it's not a bad deal what do you think? thanks
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parental gift plus parental loan
A family member seems to be considering helping her son buy a house as follows. She'll gift him enough so that, added to his substantial savings, he would have a 20% deposit. She will then lend him enough extra, interest free, so that he'll have a 40% deposit. She believes that that would mean that he could get a better…
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buying a property to rent
hi I currently have a mortgage of about 87k outstanding and the property is worth about 200k i have seen a property that i would like to purchase for the rental market which is at about 87.5k however this is a cash purchase property only am i right in assuming i can remortgage for 180k take 87k and buy this other house…
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Mortgage advisor won't answer calls - what to do?
We are in the process of selling our house and buying another. Both offers accepted late March. Both surveys done and solicitors seem to be making good progress but with some outstanding queries at both ends. So all going well except that our mortgage advisor will not answer my emails or phone calls. We applied for a…
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Has anyone dealt with Experience International for the student property market?
I am interested in buying a studio in a block of University student accommodation. Experience International offers off plan purchases with incredible sounding returns of guaranteed 10% net after management costs per year for five years and then a buy back option with a 10% uplift on the purchase price. They are building a…
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Contact neighbours landlady re anti social behavior?
Without going on and on, we've had consistent problems with our neighbours who rent well over 12 months. It's gotten much worse since our neighbours bf moved in. The main problem at the moment is two things. 1) their kitchen drain at the back of the property is blocked and is now leaking under our fence, full of kitchen…
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Survey Results
Hi All, My wife and I are in the process of purchasing a beautiful 1930's "dream" home. It is in the right area of our town and exactly what we are looking for. The problem being that the survey (carried out by someone I trust) has brought up the following; "Clear signs of structural movement to right flank walls and bowed…
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Lump Sum Plans
we are about to sell our holiday home in a foreign country which will leave us with some clear funds to invest we are considering buying in England a house outright to rent out but wondering if that is the best thing to do Or would it be better to buy 2 - 3 properties to rent out with buy to let mortgages Or would it be…
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Tenant has had fire in our rented flat - do we have to rehome him?
Just had a phone call from our tenant who accidentally set fire to our flat by putting a heater on the bed to warm it up!! He has been rehoused in a hostel (the local council pay all his rent on our flat). The question is - how soon do we have to make the flat habitable as we are due to go on holiday next week? Also, as he…
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Selling water damaged house
The house we moved out of a couple of years ago suffered a burst pipe in the loft and took out (at least) half the ceilings in the process. My own fault for not checking the small print, but the insurance claim has been cancelled (they actually voided the policy) so I'm stuck with a house that currently has no water, still…
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Shared Ownership Problem
20 years ago my husband and myself bought a 25% share in a property....due to my husband inability to take care of his finances over the following 15 years years I discovered that he was some £45,000 in debt (which would explain why every time I broached the subject of purchasing the rest of the shares he made excuses not…
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FTB in Leicester
We are buying our first house in Market Harborough but we are currently living in Leicester. Could anybody recommend good conveyancing solicitors and surveyors? Much appreciated. Thanks.
