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Cluster house with strange garden arrangement.
Hi everyone I took my daughter to view a cluster house this afternoon ... She immediately liked it and felt it could be home, but she wasn't sure about the garden arrangement, in that it is not attached to the property but involves a couple of seconds walk up a little path to the side of the house to get to it. This house…
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Need urgent advice over Tenancy/Neighbours
Me and my partner moved into a rented flat 2 weeks ago, had no issues at first but a few days ago my partner took our dogs out to go to the toilet, they were both on leads! However, the neighbours two dogs downstairs were not! And one of them attacked one of our dogs it was totally unprovoked! It was being killed so I had…
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Cash Left to Pay Stat Notice After Flat Sale (Edinburgh)
Hi, This question may be quite specific to Edinburgh as it relates to the Statutory Notices that there is quite a bit of scandal around up here. I sold up my flat in 2009 but at that time I had an outstanding bill of around 6K due to works that were enforced by one of the local councils statutory notices. The works were…
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"Disputed Claim" - DPS - next steps?
My landlord has disputed the claim I have put in for my deposit. I have logged onto the DPS website but I don't understand what the next steps are. Do I receive a letter with the details of the dispute or do I get something by email?
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Deposit not secured - haggle with LA/LL?
Our AST ends 28 August. I'd like to stay here but my housemate is moving out to live with his girlfriend. We have had several maintenance issues with a leaking conservatory roof which has been "fixed" 7 times, a boiler which doesn't heat radiators or water properly, a shower which only warms water up in the summer and…
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Compensation for misleading service charge estimates
Last year I bought a flat from Barratt Homes where they gave a service charge estimate of £1200 to £1300 - but guess what? At the time of publishing this in their marketing material they knew what the ACTUAL cost was going to be ... £2300.79!!!! I took them to the Consumer Code for Homebuilders and was awarded…
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Making an offer
How low an offer do people usually offer? What % short of the asking price?
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Buy To Let Detroit U.S.
If you are thinking of a buy-to-let investment in Detroit be well warned, as I have experienced nothing but problems. The Management Company that I was allocated after buying through a U.K. agent are now under investigation by my U.S attorney and the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (aka LARA). My complaint…
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Loose/missing tiles on roof
Hi, Last week we exchanged contracts on our new house and complete this Wednesday. We have just noticed that there are a few tiles missing or loose on the roof. Are we too late to expect the present homeowner to rectify this? If so, any idea what cost would be involved as its a 3 story property. Thanks for advice in…
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Diary of a Scottish house move....I hope
I know that people don't normally post diaries on the House Buying, Renting & Selling forum but I'm just starting out on this house move journey and think it would be useful for me to track progress (or otherwise!) on here. So, a bit of background. I've lived in my 3-bedroom house since 2006. It's ex-local authority…
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Landlord & Tenant Act.
I have been searching for the Section II of the landlord and tenants act 1985, in relation to repairs, but with no luck, does anyone know about this act and what it says also have it been amended please.:T
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Letter Of Indemnity Question
Hello i was wondering if anyone can give me some advice, My friend is in the process of giving me a small property (see my other posts) and we have had some advice that it may be a good idea to get a letter of indemnity written out from a third party profesional who has met my friend to say that no coersion has taken…
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Partner moving in
Hi everyone, I need a bit of help please :) My partner is in the process of moving out of his mum's home and into my flat which is in Glasgow. He has been on Glasgow City Council website to fill in the details about his change of address for council tax purposes but the form asks for landlord details etc. Additionally he…
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consent to let issue
My partner is selling a house he let out. An offer has been accepted on the property. It is let out with the tenant due to vacate the property in 3 weeks before the sale is completed. Is there any reason for the mortgage company to discover this as he had no consent to let in place. It was fully disclosed for tax purposes
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Surveyor has done a full structural before on property we are buying
Hi all, turns out the guy I found on Which did a full structural 3-4 monthsago on the property we are buying, pure coincidence. We knew it hadfallen through and the EA said this was due to lack of funds. We spoke this morning and he said he didn't have the survey to hand but thatit would have to be done again as it's over…
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Selling a rented property
We are planning on selling our house (it's currently let out - we had to move away due to work) as we have finally decided to buy in the new area. Our tenants have been perfect and are keen to stay, but remortgaging won't release enough equity to allow us to keep our current property and buy a new one. The house is valued…
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Northern Rock consent to let fees?
Hi, I recently like others, had a couple of grand knocked of my outstanding balance on the unsecured element on a "together" Northern Rock mortgage. I rent the property out as I had to move due to work reasons and cant quite afford to sell it at the moment. When I initially applied to let it @ Nov 2011 up until when…
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Help to Buy scheme (can we ever rent it out?)
Hi all, My girlfriend and I are thinking of getting a new build apartment using the government Help to Buy scheme. Repayments would all be fine, but one thing we want to consider is that after a few years our jobs change and we need to move. Is our only option to sell the apartment, or could we rent it out? The official…
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Barratts new build house mortgage and price help!
Hi, so we went to go look at a new barratt homes development and we at a property and we loved it, so will be going ahead with it. However the house atm is the sales office and an show room so doesn't feel brand new at all and the garden, well it's really a garden like a small allyway! We have some concerns however, and it…
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Survey done...dreaded words.."poss minor subsidence"
Morning all, Buying a Victorian property.......had a structural survey done and the above was picked up on the rear right hand corner of the property. Suggests it could be caused by the drain pipe alongside door going into the ground and recommends CCTV investigation. Sellers and esate agent being really helpful and said…
