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Deeds to house
Can someone point me in the right direction to download a copy of my house deeds, please? I need to know which is my wall at the back of the house. Thanks in advance :)
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Is this discrimination? Landlord charging higher rent than others..
I live in a flat in Nottingham. I moved in to this flat 4 years ago for a rent of £695/month. The apartments have 12 flats which are similar. I have never checked with other residents about the rent they were paying. But last weekend I came to know from few tenants that they were paying only £550/month. I was shattered and…
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Letting agent asking tenant to sign prescribed information forms retrospectively
I moved out of the property about a month ago (as I was served with a section 21 and given 2 months notice) and I am in dispute with the landlord regarding amounts she wants to deduct from the deposit. The deposit is protected by the DPS and as such a dispute has been raised, however I have only recently received a request…
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Deed of Trust and Changing Equity
Hello, FTB here and need help understand the complex maths (for me!) of recording equity in a deed of trust. Myself and my partner will be putting in £20k and £80k (respectively), and the mortgage will be £200k. I've done some near rounding for simplicity, and ignore fees/taxes for now. So normally I would expect the…
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Chicken Egg Scenario
My solicitor requires I send him a copy of my proposed buildings insurance schedule before I exchange contracts. However, when I try to find insurance none of the quoting companies allow you to contact them before you purchase their insurance. So I'm stuck as to how I can get a schedule without paying for the insurance…
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Edinburgh Fringe Festival flats scam.
My son and his friends are appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. They are acting in a play about Charles Dickens, called "Grated Expectations". Accommodation was booked with fringeflats.co.uk, at the beginning of June. Last thursday, 18th July, we discovered the site had been deleted and all emails bounced. It…
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Quick renting question
Am on 30mins Wifi at Premier Inn, so don't have time to read the whole renting thread! If a house is on for rental at £825, can I offer to pay £800 a month? Property bee shows its been available for rent for 10 days - price reduced today. Is haggling on monthly rental the done thing? Or do you just accept the price its up…
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Making a low offer (based on work required) when house has already been reduced?
Just wondered what your thoughts on this are as my wife & I have differing opinions. We're interested in a house for sale which has been up for what seems like a while, but the date on the EPC states 19th June. It was originally up for £159,950 & out of our budget. Last week it was dropped £10k to £149,950. This has an EPC…
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Help pls :) 1st time buyer subsidence history
Hi :) This is my 1st post so hopefully I will do it correctly. Myself and my partner are in the process of buying a house. I will bullet the facts below: - * 3 bedroom detached with first storey extention (small) * Offer accepted at £2K until asking price * Full valuation completed - All clear * Solicitor fees/searches…
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Private sale
Hi all my OH and I took the advice on the website and sent letters out to a few areas that we are interested in buying a home in. We are currently still gathering our deposit at the moment and have 10k so far of a planned 20k. We are saving 1k a month. We sent the letters out stating that we are looking to buy in around…
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Do we need an environmental and drainage search?
Hiya, Got 2 quotes from the solicitors for our house purchase. One quote has an environmental and a drainage search while the other doesn't. The environmental is £55.20 and the drainage is £41.76. Do I need them? The new house is apx 4 years old and built on a brand new housing estate in a suburban area. What do you think?
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Anyone property bee this for me please...
and any advice regarding offers please? Thanks http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-23612901.html?premiumA=true
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Chattles
Before anyone has a go it is not me trying to avoid paying stamp duty! So my question is, in a fully fitted kithen do intergrated white goods count as chattles? Ta P3
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FTB- 5mths and still no closer to buying :(..did any buyers find what they wanted?
I've been looking at properties for 5mths now but nothing has really spurred me to want to put in offer. Only after two bed garden ground flat in croydon, max budget 210 but really its proving harder than I first hoped. Does it really take so long to find right place? Most two bed places I've seen generally have small…
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Moving house and area after 22 years- help please
Hello all Ive lived in my home in an area of Bradford for 22 years, close to paying off mortgage. The area has become unbearable over the last few years, the riots in 2001 probably catalysed the decline. Most people here now are from the same area in Asia and I feel increasingly like an outsider, especially since getting a…
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Not enough credit details to pass check?
My daughter and her partner are trying to rent a house. The problem is that my daughter has just had a credit check returned to the rental agents from her bank saying they have insufficient information on her to credit check her? The letting agent is now looking at turning them down for the property. Her boyfriends check…
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Section 21 - is it essential?
Hello I am renting out my property after receiving consent to let from my lender. They then asked me find an authorised letting agent, and the tenants moved in 01.07.13. The mortgage company require a Section 21 to be included with the tenancy. They say this is if I stop paying my mortgage then they can remove the tenants.…
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Homeless and council help
Im not sure if I titled this very well but lets see if anyone can help. I currently care for my elderly father who is not very well. I pay all his bills and rarely have any money left at the end of the month. I have tried asking my brothers for help but they are married with children and bills of their own so I hate to be…
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URGENT - Renting: Agent won't refund "Holding Fee"
Hello, This is very urgent, please. I have found a property to rent through an established Estate Agent. When I offered on the flat, I informed the agent that I had a cat, then I signed a "Holding Deposit" form. I gave them £700 to cover: Referencing, Tenancy Agreement, Inventory Check-in, Admin. This was on 3rd July 2013.…
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Just a quick gripe
Have viewed many properties over the last few weeks, none but one of which we liked enough to put in an offer. However, is it just us being unlucky, but only a couple of EAs have phoned us back to ask for feedback. We must be lucky with our EA as she has phoned us about every one of our viewings on our house which is…
