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Tenant decided to stay
A friends tenants gave the one months notice to leave (all done correctly) Due to leave 21st of this month. Agent finds new tenant, due to move in 28th of this month. Present tenant rang LL saying they would like to stay for two more months (due to a delay with there next rental) They have not been the best of tenants plus…
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Choosing a Letting Agent Experience
In the process of letting out our first property and had some letting agents round to do valuation and have a chat with them and wonder what advice anyone can give on best method of selection. We had one snobby and pushy agent here who was in denial that a tenant could go onto SPT after the fixed term..."they re-sign after…
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Putting Name On Council Tenancy
If any of this is incorrect please feel free to inform me, any information will be helpful. All my life our council house has been in my Mum and Dads name until my mum died. Removing the name counts as the one change you're allowed but I was wondering if there is any special circumstances, if there was any way I could put…
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Would you expect a bypass that improves area access to increase house value?
Around these parts there's a section of the city that's a P.I.T.A to get to at certain times of the day (namely tea time). There's been a proposed bypass which has been approved & should be completed by end of 2015. I would (in my vast knowledge!) expect this to increase the value of the houses in this area (the problem…
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Saving a deposit- Isa or overpay current mortgage?
Hi My house is up for sale and i am currently saving all my disposable income in order to build the biggest deposit possible for my next move. What I want to know is: should I save into an isa or increase my equity by overpaying my mortgage? I'm conscious my mortgage rate is higher than my savings rate, which would point…
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Thank you
We have finally exchanged on a house and just wanted to say a big thank you to for all of the advice, support and tips that we have received on this forum over the last couple of months. Hopefully nothing will go wrong now before competition, can anybody think of anything that could happen? Cheers again Matt and Claire
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Deposit held until bills are paid
I recently moved out of the flat I lived in for 2 years. The landlord wants to keep £200 off the deposit for "professional cleaning", which is not unreasonable, but they won't return the rest until they have paid the remainder of my bills off it. They said they have already informed the gas, electricity and water providers…
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suspect email to Tesco-only email address
Please advise me of a better place to post but I don't know which board to post this on but - does anyone know why Emily Alexander should write to my email address which had been provided to Tesco and not to any other organisation? Her email: Hi Here is some inside info... they don't want you to know. Its possible to beat…
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Deeds of trust and my rights
Hello all this is a long story so please bare with me, 4 years ago I split from my ex and I left, we took out a deeds of trust that she would take responsibility over the payments for mortgage and loan ( for the deposit) and I would have my name on the deeds as she could not buy me out on her own and was in negative…
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standard fire trim size?? help please
Hi, i am replacing a fire trim from my old property i rented, the landlord says that the fire opening is 17.5 inches wide which is 444.50mm and i have ordered a fire trim that is 480mm wide will this be too big or should it fit :/ . I did ask for height width of the fire opening and outside the trim but all he gave me was…
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Anyone already reserved a newbuild since 1st April 'Help to Buy'?
We have been planning to buy sometime in the next few months and very likely a newbuild. We have done much research on pricing etc but now since the introduction of 'Help to Buy' feel our negotiating power will be diminished somewhat. I have spoken to a broker and we would be eligible to take advantage if we wanted to but…
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Open Fire Advised is Dangerous
Hi all, I have been living In a rental property for just over 4 months with an open fire in the lounge. I had an inspection on it today and they have advised it is extremely dangerous and both a potential fire and carbon monoxide. I have been using it all winter with monoxide detectors and not had a problem but won't risk…
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Where do we stand?
So here's the situation. My partner and I have been saving to buy a house this year, and with this in mind renewed our tenancy in February for another 6 months. However, despite paying the admin fee back then (and obtaining a receipt) we have not had our new contracts through for us to sign. I've chased this up several…
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Pro-Rata Refund of Rent?
Hi there My OH and I moved in together on 29th March and she gave her previous flat mate 2 weeks notice but offered to pay for April's part of the rent - which has been honoured. My OH was sub-letting the room from her flat-mate for £500 and now the room has been sub-let to someone else, with the new person moving in this…
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What to do with house?
Hi, I'm looking for some advice on which way would be the best way to go with my current house. The situation at the moment is that I brought the house 6 years ago just before the market crashed for £147,500 (it was on the market for £149500), I have a mortgage of £110,000. I put the house up for sale about 3 years ago and…
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right to acquire,advice for friend...
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Problems discovered in survey- what should I do?
Hi all, everything was going smoothly until now... the survey was carried out this morning - I had a chance to speak to the surveyor just a few mins ago. This is what he said: The property doesnt not seem to have any structural problems. However, no upgrading or maintainance was carried out on the property since a long…
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Moving from rented to own home, when to give notice?
Hi, We're first time buyers who've just had an offer accepted. I realise there is a long way to go yet and it could all still fall through, but I was wondering at what point it is safe to give notice to current landlord? We are currently on one month of notice. Our payment date is 27th of the month. The vendor is moving…
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Covenants??
Hi We're about to complete buying a house but on the transfer paper signed in 1975 by the transferor and the buyer there are some covenants. One of the clauses reads as follow: "No building or erection of any kind shall be erected oh the land hereby transferred unless a plan and specification thereof has previously been…
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When to give AST notice?
Hi all, I just wondered if anyone could give me some advice on when I should give notice on my current private rental, which is an AST with a 2 month notice period. I am in the process of purchasing a shared ownership property (just for the record, this post is not intended to become a discussion about the pros/cons of SO-…
