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When is a BAFO not a BAFO??
So my boyfriend and I are looking for a house to buy to live in together :) .. viewed a house earlier this week, he had already viewed it and we asked for a second viewing, I really liked it and it ticks all the boxes for us. Slightly more that we were originally looking at, but not over the maximum we can afford. Estate…
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Rtb
I will have achieved 5 year rental on local authority property within camden london nw5 next year. It is a one bedroom conversion in house and i understand that i would get a good discount i am a male aged 50 and live alone and earn circa £33,000 a year and am looking to buy this property. I may move in with my partner and…
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The Hours Of Vacuuming
I live in private apartments in Kingswinford and an outside company comes in every couple of weeks to clean the communal areas. This is covered by a fee payable from each of the apartments. Recently though the cleaning and in particular the vacuuming has being getting earlier and earlier in the morning. This morning which…
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Shared access through neighbours garden?
Looks like unfortunately I will be moving to a house where access to get bins bikes etc is only through the neighbours garden. It is an end terrace but three houses shares back gate entry. The only way to get bins out besides bringing them through the house is through the backgate across the soon to be neighbours garden…
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sell or rent out - the future?
Hi all I need some 'adult advice' so I want to put this out to an open forum andsee what advice I get for in order to make my next move. I’ve been lucky to have been paid £7k of missold PPI from the help of thisforum - so very thankful for that I bought a house 7 years ago on a intrest only basis with the guarantee ofmy…
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Am I right to be suspicious?
I'm a council tenant and just before Christmas my neighbours of about 20 years were evicted. There was a flurry of activity over the next few months, as you would expect, with council workers coming and going, emptying the house and getting the place ready for new tenants. After a couple of weeks of inactivity, my husband…
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Advice on bond deductions :(
I moved into a privately rented house that is managed by a letting agents on 01.02.2012. When I first went to view the house it was in a bad way, it needed to be re-decorated throughout and the carpets were filthy. The agents explained that the work was due to be done but just hadn't started yet. Despite the property not…
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Repossessed house
Probably a stupid question but here it is anyway If someone buys a repossessed house, how would they be able to get the electrics checked by a survey if the electricity supply has been cut off to the house? Do the surveyors have some kind of gadget that can test the electrics without the need for the house to be connected…
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Potentially Daft Question
Hello All, My OH and I sold our small starter home about 10 days ago now. It's proceeding nicely - we sold to a FTB and decided we'd move in with family rather than rushing around to find something. We hope this will complete by 2nd week in July, as we advertised with 'no chain'. So, this week we spent a while looking at…
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Are estate agents obliged to pass on an offer?
Hi we went to view a house yesterday priced at 300,000 on I rightmove but on the actual EA brochure it says guide price 300-320. We love the house it's a lovely location and ticks all the boxes, although it would need full redecorating and carpets throughout and parking is not quite as available as we'd prefer. For this…
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Take a mortgage for my parents?
My parents are in what I see as quite a sticky situation. They have both recently retired with no income, high credit card debt and a mortgage still to pay. House is worth about £400k and mortgage left is £134k. Credit card debts amount to £40k. Funds left from a small savings pot are gradually running out and they are…
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Tenant issues
Hello my tenant should have vacated on 15 May end tenancy agreement but remained had a new tenant due move in on 25 May 13 and has signed contracts etc lady was informed by letting agents she would not be moving in as this tenant will take months to remove. Lady was happy wait I never gave any permission as away on holiday…
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Leasehold / freehold house
Hi, I've seen a detached house which I can't determine if it's leasehold or freehold. On the land registry site I've found 2 entries for the address; 1 showing Tenure: Leasehold Price Paid/Value Stated Data: Yes, another showing Tenure: Freehold Price Paid/Value Stated Data: No. How do I determine which report/entry to buy…
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check out fee / tds fee
Hello, all - I wonder if you can help me out. I am due to move into a new property in a couple of days. I have just received an email from the letting agent saying that I am expected to pay a check out fee and a TDS fee. Is this reasonable? Or legal? I have never heard of an incoming tenant having to pay a check *out* fee…
