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Lambeth Council upgrades all house sin street from D to E
I got a letter from the council recently saying the house we're renting is being moved from band D to E. On looking on the VOA site, it seems they have bulk upgraded a whole range of neighbouring houses with effect from 22 July. Is the only way to appeal this to look through historic deeds and try and find sale prices…
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Norfolk: Dereham vs North Walsham
Hoping people can offer advise (more so on North Walsham) and identify the + and - of both towns. My partner and I have (finally) accepted an offer on our property, I know this in reallity means nothing until we get to an exchange, however, we know Dereham and everything it offers but we are keen to know more about what…
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Has anyone ever canvassed in a road where they wish to buy?
I'm thinking of posting leaflets in couple of flats of road I'm interested in but not quite sure best way I word it without sounding desperate or nutty! 'Hello, I'm a first time buyer looking to buy 2 bed ground flr property, should you be selling in near future, please do not hesistate to contact me. Thanks sterling tel…
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Guidance please - No buildings regulations
I’m in the early stages of buying a house. Just had a building survey completed on a large house in Watford (awaiting the results) but due to the type of person I am, having been doing my own extensive due diligence on the property. I have established from the buildings regulation dept at the local council that they have…
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Private road indemnity insurance?
Hi, We have sold our house and the buyers solicitor wants us to pay for indemnity insurance because the house is in a "private road". The road was built in the 1930's and is a totally regular- no restrictions, gates etc. The only difference is the road is maintained by a resident assoc for a small fee every year (about…
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Buying first Home
Hi All, I've just put an offer in on my first House purchase. The estate agent involved has said I need to go into the office to speak to their IFA to make sure I can afford the offer I have made. They asked for me to bring in payslips etc. Now I haven't got a Mortgage sorted yet but I did speak to the Mortgage Manger at…
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Home Valuation Horror Stories - Help?
Hi guys, I've been hearing horror stories about mortgage lenders undervaluing houses by a large amount. The home valuation is going to be carried out on the property we're hoping to buy and I'm getting increasingly worried that they're going to undervalue it, meaning we potentially lose it. I think the house is well worth…
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Anyone fancy a quick Property Bee for me pls ?
Am at work, so no FF + PB. Would a kind soul please cut & paste the property bee details on the following link for me please ?…
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Requesting my deposit back
Hopefully someone can help me. I've just moved flat and I am still waiting for my deposit back from my previous LL. The deposit has been registered with the TDS, but sits in the Estate Agents bank account. I cant find anywhere on the TDS website to request it back? Also my tenancy agreement has the following clause;…
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Recommend me an estate agent in Worcester?
Hi We want to sell my husband's former home which we have been renting out for five years. It is in Worcester on Warndon Villages. We currently let it out with Taylors who are ok although not as efficient as I would like. They have valued it for us but I want to get at least one more valuation. Can you recommend anyone? We…
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long-term tenants
I am currently renting my house as I am temporarily working away from home. The way things are at the moment it seems that I may not return back to my house and will probably consider purchasing house locally where I am currently working. Recently my tenants contacted me asking me if I have any immediate plans to return to…
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Regulated tenant not all she might be
The vast majority of regulated tenants are civilised and honest folk, but occasionally you get one that isn't. I have one, and I am writing about her because such tenants create chaos for verybody else and a great amount of mistrust, so there needs to be a way of dealing with them. For more than the last 30 years I have…
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Question about property information form
Just been going through the legal pack and the seller has ticked yes to previous building work having been done on the house - a kitchen extension. However in the land searches there is no record of building regulation applications going back to the 1970s. I have questioned this but is it something I should be concerned…
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Help please. Post: Mail re-direction issue.
OK, so we moved into our new social housing property the other week, and to my horror, I have discovered that the old tenants - who moved out of the area to be near family 40 miles away - have the SAME surname as me and my husband, and virtually the same initials. I am Liz Jackson and my OH is Carl Jackson, and the other…
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Estate agent dodgy dealings..... Things just not adding up.
Hi there, I'm hoping for some opinions and advice please, on a situation I'm in with an estate agent, who I'm buying a flat off of. Basically there were a few flats in the same block being sold off as part of the esate of an investor who passed away. It is their family selling the flats through an agent. I'm very confused…
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HSBC advert winding me up!
I don't know if anyone has seen it, but the new HSBC mortgage advert really hits a nerve! A couple get married and the parents give then a gift:a map. They follow the map to a house with an envelope on the door holding the keys to their new home. Bride is carried over the threshold. Lots of smiles. Great. So what this…
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Selling house in negative equity
Hello again, this is a follow up to my previous thread about considering voluntary repossession. https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4704249 I got so much great advice from everyone, thanks again for all who responded. I am looking into the auction route. I have not heard back from a company I contacted last…
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completion day
We are completing on Thursday and we have to wait for seller to move their stuff out I presume on Thursday before we get keys. What is the normally procedure on the day. Would you think we may get the keys late on in the day?
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Letting a property - What to consider...?
Hi guys, I'm basically looking at a Buy to let property right now and just making sure I have considered all of the costs involved before going ahead. The flat we have our eye on is a 1 bed top floor flat, everything inside is brand new as the previous owners just did it up to sell it. They are asking for 35,500 and want a…
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Leaving rented flat
We moved into our flat on the 26th of the month, and our rent is due on that date. We have since moved on to a statutory periodic tenancy and still pay rent on that date. If we wished to serve notice that we were leaving am I correct in assuming that it would have to be received by the landlord on or before the 26th of the…
