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Landlord subletted - breached his contract
Hi all, just looking for some advice. We are a young couple with a 10 week old baby, we moved into our flat at the beginning of March. We went through an estate agent, have met the landlord and everything was fine until yesterday. We knew the landlord was subletting - he openly told us he was. The flat used to be his…
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Where to look for non-renovated / unfurnished flats in London?
It looks like all what's available on the London's rental market is freshly renovated and modernly furnished so to maximize the cash-in (considering the demand, makes sense). Whereas we are looking for something plain and dirty. There are two reasons for this, one not less important than the other: first, we don't want to…
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Young Couple Looking to rent help??!
Hi Guys, Me and the girlfriend are looking to rent a flat (this will be the first place either of us have lived in away from parents therefore we have no previous history of rent payments etc..) I've calculated we can afford to live in the flat as we both have full time jobs, although i'm worried about the credit checks…
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Deposit not protected. Not Returned. Private Tenent
Hi There A month ago I moved out of a property that was privately rented. The deposit was never placed in a scheme. I checked at the time, and no information was ever provided. I thought my land lord was a nice guy so didnt pull him up on it at first. From the day we moved in there were astonishing noise levels coming from…
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From Residential to Buy To Let
Hi all, After 8 years of marriage and 7yrs living at this address with a joint mortgage, my wife & I are separating. I am remaining here and starting a new Buy To Let mortgage, paying off my wife, becoming sole owner & landlord. Once the contract exchange is complete at the end of this month, I plan to begin relatively…
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finding details on a property
Hi, wondering if anyone has any advice on this. We have viewed more properties today and there is 1 house that we do like however the garden is smaller in length than the neighbouring gardens. Next doors garden is very long, where as the garden of this house is about half the length, there is a house that backs onto it…
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Part Exchange and Newbuy Miller Homes
Thought i would give you all an insight to the how this has all panned out. Which for me wasn't what we wanted to hear but when we where looking we couldnt find any info or anything that was helpful. The story starts by explaining that we had decided to sell up and move to a different area. 6 estate agents out with values…
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Any info on Sterling de vere
Has anyone used the estate agents Sterling de vere in London? Any advice is appreciated.
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Share of deceased parents House Sale
Hi I wonder if anyone can advise me. Mother purchased house in early 80's with loan of £2500 from each of 2 of 3 children for deposit. Mother paid each child £6000 a few years ago in settlement of £2500 plus interest. Mother told me £6000 was full payment and the house would be divided equally after sale. After death the 2…
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home damage and repair cover
I am moving into a new house soon. The house is fifty years old and I want a damage and repair cover like Homeserve or British Gas . Just in case a burst pipe or faulty boiler happens.Does anyone recommend another or one of them for cover?.
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need advice on how to bargain with builder
looking for some advice on how to best use the current set of circumstances to our advantage with regards to getting some form of incentive from our builder. Weve been delayed several times since agreeing to buy off plan, we knew this was a possibility so we have lived with it. However after several assurances we would be…
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Tenant issues
Tenant has now left property not cleaned few bits damaged burn marks in carpets walls few screw holes required repair and painting I have carried out all repairs etc but do not have all invoices can I still ask for tenant to pay letting agents informed me tenant is refusing to acknowledge there calls emails they have…
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Harpenden letting agent reccomendation
My bro is about to let his 3 bed bungalow in Batford (nr Harpenden).can anybody reccomend a decent letting agent in the area?
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Starting freehold enfranchisement procedure in case of absentee lanlord
Got the official copies of the Freehold title today. As we already knew the absent Freeholder is registered to the upstairs flat (even though they don't live there and have not for some years!) Therefore: Is it enough proof that the owners of the flat show their title plan (which they bought in 2004) and a copy of the…
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Conveyancing - am I being unreasonable?
We haven't yet formally instructed our solicitors to undertake the conveyancing work, but were worried that the firm we plan on using are just too slow and lazy to want our business: We queried prices etc last week - and in fairness they got back to us within a day or two. We indicated that we would like to instruct them,…
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Japanese Knotweed
Hi all, First time poster and seeking help! My house move recently fell through after my buyer's survey showed up Japanese Knotweed on the council owned land behind my house. The JK isn't on my land. The council pay a management company to manage the land called NPS. they are treating the JK and they currently treat it…
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tenant wont pay and eviction questions
Hi Its been my first time of renting out my property and I have had loads of problems, we used company to sort everything out and manage it for us, it was a 6 month lease he never paid on time but has not paid for a 2 months so the company we use is taking it to court, its so much hassle for us as me and my wife both have…
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Help - Girlfriend signed tennancy agreement in error!
Hello, My OH has been looking at house shares and found one which they didn't like (and for some reason signed the tenancy agreement and some other documentation). They had a few looks around and told the landlord that they needed more time to think about it. He handed them back and said to get in touch if they wanted it.…
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Completion Date for house purchase
We are FTB privately renting and are in the process of buying a house.We have 2 month's of notice on our our existing contract to end it with rent and renewal date being the 26th this month. Now, we are already in a stage where we have a verbal full application mortgage offer, but have not given any notice to the…
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Removals quote - Is it reasonable? (Manchester)
Hi, I have a quote to move from the Bolton area to near Chester - 34 miles, that has come in at £1700. Its for a 4 bedroom home going to 4 bed home. I have a while till I move but I'm struggling to find removers I like the look of. Anyone have any personal recommendations in the Manc/Chester area? Does £1700 sound about…
