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Can You Claim To Put Thing Right Following House Move?
Hi, We moved house on Friday and to our horror found that a fitted wardrobe that should have been left has been ripped out. This has caused extensive damage to the coving and plaster on three walls. The wardrobes were obviously built before they carpeted so there's just floorboards in that part of the room now and it's…
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Noise Issue with Neighbours
Hi Guys Could someone please offer some advice. We own our house and when we moved in over two years ago the house next to us was vacant but up for rent/sale. Tenants moved in a little over a year ago and everything seemed fine - nice "professional" couple with three kids (all under 5 I would say). However we have having…
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Help with Neighbour dispute / fire escape
Hello, just wondering whether anyone could give some advice, we are the ground floor garden flat or a georgian conversion, the two flats above have an emergency (iron) fire escape running to the back of the property (not a problem!). We moved in 10 years ago (initially renting then we bought the property from the landlord)…
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brentwood or Billericay ????
So we bought a place last year but have put our house on the market, because we don't love the town, no support network and because we find ourselves travelling back to east of london/ essex almost every weekend to see friends/ family. Brentwood is an area we are seriously considering moving to because of its proximity to…
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Negotiation on price with shared ownership?
Hi Does anyone know whether it is always the case that with a shared ownership property with a housing association, no negotiation on price is possible? I have come across one that I like but it needs work doing and I'm not happy with the asking price. It isn't massively overpriced or maybe not at all, and it is 70%…
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how much does it cost to repair shakes to a roof purlin
I am in process of buying a house. Survey has highlighted splitting to roof purlins. I have seen you can either metal plates or use epoxy resin. How much does this cost to have done to a roof. Both purlins have splits. :eek: PS whats the benefits of epoxy against using metal plates?
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Neighbours landlord
Hi, Having problems with tenants next door trying to argue with us over land boundaries, claiming there is a shared footpath on our land. No mention of this in our deeds, no right of way through our land brought up by solicitors. Told them it is between us and their landlord. We've been here 8yrs, they been renting 1yr…
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Do we need to have signed the inventory?
I'm used to LLs/agents trying to unfairly screw us out of our deposits in the past. Once we rolled over, but later on we've been to the Dispute Service twice and won in full each time. One time the reason cited by TDS was that they hadn't provided an inventory. This leads me to my question - we are looking at a house move…
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can you recommend guides/books to renovating a house
I am in process of selling my present house and buying a house with my partner who is 15 weeks pregnant. The house is going to need significant work immediately. We have a limited budget. The house is needing rewire, new kitchen and carpeting. I have started off being confident but am doubting self with regard to…
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small claims court amount to claim and pay?
Ok so I need to take my landlord to small claims for my deposit. Deposit is 550 but he cant provide the scheme it was in and I believe it never was. Therefore I can get three times this. So do I claim for 3 times this or just the deposit? Thanks
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graffiti on property- effect on house price
Hi Forum we have found a house that we like, however there is a crime problem. In the past, there has been violent crime there, anti social behaviour and the side of the house's fence, which faces a public pathway, is covered in graffiti (as is the neighbouring houses' fences). The house is being sold by the children of…
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Guttering replacement and future sale
We live in a 1930s mid terraced house where the original cast iron guttering and wooden soffits need replacing. The guttering had rusted and water has come through to make the soffits go rotten. The plan is to replace with uPVC guttering and soffits. Is this likely to significantly affect the value of the house? Also, is…
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What happens if a Land Charge is not registered?
[FONT="]Hi - Sorry about the length to save you reading the whole post what I am trying to find out is: 1. what happens if liability for land is not registered as a Land Charge, can anyone be held liable for something that is NOT registered ? 2. what happens if a Section 38 is breached but the road has not been built…
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How long to receive your Homebuyers survey report from Countrywide?
I've read some negative things about Countrywide and their slowness, but our buyer is having survey done through them, surveyor due tomorrow. I was just wondering how long it will take for our buyer to receive it so I'd be grateful if you could let me know how many days it took to receive yours after surveyor conducting…
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New Landlord - advice please
I have recently married and am letting my 2 bed cottage. There are several restrictions I have in place of which the letting agents are aware, and were placed upon my application form, however I agreed to allow pets subject to approval to try to obtain a long term tenant. I have tried to ensure that everything is done…
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Tree Removal
Sorry that this is in the wrong section. We are in the process of buying our ground floor council maisonette with the intention of extending. One thing that will potentially affect our plan is a huge conifer in the garden behind ours; it is situated at the corner of that garden, and affects three other gardens (including…
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Surely this is not allowed? Landlord + keys
Shared house with 6 people, starting on August 1st. Landlord says he will not give anyone keys unless everyone pays the first months rent on that date or before it. Meaning that if I pay the rent for August (say, sometime in July), and wish to get the keys and move in, if one of the other people hasn't paid, he will not…
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Help we can't sell our home!
We are attempting to sell our property but can't due to a problematic neighbour who has refused to move his equipment off a right of way. He has stated that he owns this. Our deeds state the following: (16.06.1994) The land has the benefit of the following rights granted by a Transfer of the land in this title dated 27 May…
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Renting - garden issue/ dog
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Pulling out after contracts exchanged?
Hi, My partner and I have recently exchanged contracts (about 2 weeks ago) on a new build property and have handed over a 5 percent deposit. The house hasn't been started yet and the completion date has been set for a few months time. Since completing, my partner has had a change of heart and we have split up and I dont…
