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Estate agent admin fees
Found a property I want to move into. Negotiated a rental price with the owner and estate agent has just asked me for £480 admin fee :eek: I asked for a breakdown and it is £120 fees per person = £240 Plus £120 moving in charge per person. Why is there a moving in charge? are they going to help us carry our furniture? Why…
East Village London (Olympic Site)
Whats peoples opinion of this place? eastvillagelondon.co.uk (am not allowed to post links - annoying) Any idea when they go on sale? They just give a vague "ready for living summer 2013" statement on their site :beer:
Urgent! Advice needed with potential landlord
Hi, We are hoping to rent a property privately but the landlord wants references and income up front as we claim housing benefit. Would it be wise for me to scan copies of paperwork over or should I hide certain information for safety? Thanks
Evicting a tenent
Hi I am after some advice for my nan please. She owns a bungalow outright. She has a tenent in there are the moment who has been there since April 2012. For the first couple of months the rent was coming in fine but it started coming in dribs and drabs around 6 months ago. The tenent said they were claiming HB and it was…
MSE News: House prices moving upwards, Nationwide says
"Prices rose by 0.9% year-on-year in April, taking the average house price to £165,586, says Nationwide..." Read the full story: House prices moving upwards, Nationwide says This thread is not in the 'discuss house prices and economy board' as that is only open to those logged into the forum so anyone coming from the news…
how to get conveyancing solicitor to speed up
Hi I just want to know if you got any ideas of how to get the solicitor working fast, i am almost at the point of getting gazumped and already explained this to him but he is taking too long to send me anything. First he did not wish to carry out searches till he got the mortgage offer when i was ready to take the risk…
Check out areas B4 buying
Sorry if I'm repeating previous threads but this link was just given to me reference checking out local crime in areas you are considering buying. http://www.police.uk/ :beer: Only for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Short Assured Tenancy (Scotland) - notice period
I am currently renting a property in Scotland on a short assured tenancy. The minimum term was 6 months which is now up so the tenancy continues 'on a monthly basis until ended by either party'. My question is, when can I give notice and does it have to (legally) be in line with the monthly rent date or not? The reason I…
Converting a outhouses into holiday lets help
Has anyone ever tried to Converting a outhouses into holiday lets, I stay in a small cottage and we have a outbuilding and often wondered about turning it into a holiday let. Has anyone ever did this tell me the best way to go about finding out if it would be possible to do .
Deposit Issues
Hello all, Apologies for adding to the amount of deposit related threads and a particularly long post, but I am currently in dispute with my letting agent regarding the return of my deposit. I moved in to a 2 bedroom flat with a friend in March 2010, and then took on the tenancy on my own in 2012 when she moved out. The…
Mortgages, incentive?? Help!
I would be EXTREMELY grateful for any advice as I have the surveyor coming out today to value for the mort co!
Searching for planning applications
I'm just trying to check out the local areas of properties we are interested in. I've gone on the council website for the district/parish but unable to just search a specific area, they ask for developer name or application details, which of course I don't have. is there anyway I can do a blanket search or another website…
Renting - giving notice
My rent is paid on the 28th but I am on holiday that week so cannot move. If I move out midway through the month do I still have to pay the full month or just for the extra 2 weeks. Thanks
Landlord served notice, can I now serve notice on him?
Our Landlord, after telling us we could have the property until November with no price increase, decided to serve notice on us last week. We have the two months notice and have to be out early July. After a bit of panic (we have two children under the age of 3) we have found another rental and the whole situation seems to…
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