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Water meter fiasco.Deposit being held.
I recently moved from one rented property to another.I was at the old house for 2 years.I had a water meter fitted as i was advised by yorkshire water that if you have a long term tenancy agreement (6 months or longer) you do not need your landlords permission.) Further research confirmed this: "The Water industry act 1999…
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Rental Questions
Is there a website anyone could suggest to get some info on renting? I'm a little worried I have CCJ's which we are clearing once we sell our home but I believe these will prevent me from renting. Our house has sold and we should exchange in the next couple of weeks I'm just wondering if my husband should apply to rent the…
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The house nobody wants to buy
I know there was a recent horror house that was done out entirely in purple that was struggling to find a buyer recently, but here's another struggling to find an owner to take it on. http://money.aol.co.uk/2014/02/04/a-property-with-something-to-shout-about/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cukt2%7Cdl2%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D243133 I like…
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Building survey finds minor damp and issues...
Just had a detailed building survey on a 1960s detached house, there is an unknown damp in the centre of the property (most likely from a seeping water/heating pipe), some minor leaks from a flat roof join into a kitchen (which will need repair) and potential damp from neighbours garden where borders and hedging is higher…
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Repossession - thank you
Just a quick note to say thanks to the people on here who directed me toward Shelter and the gov.uk website for advice re. repossession. I'm pleased to be able to say that the friend I have been helping has had their eviction notice set aside, so it's never too late to get help!…
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Reference Fee (Scotland)
Hi there, I wonder if anyone has advice (even if it is just to suck it up!) My current letting agent needs to give a reference for me before I can rent a new flat. They have charged £30 for this, and when I emailed to provide permission, they told me of the fee and said once it's paid then the referencing agency can email…
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Girlfriend's landlord problems
Hi everyone, I'll try to keep this brief but my girlfriend is having a few problems with her landlord. She's lived in the property with another 'tenant' for about 18 months. The landlord lives in another property about 100 miles away. There was no written agreement but the rent was set which has been paid monthly. At the…
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Buy To Let - How much income from job needed?
Hi, Can anyone help. I am interested in changing my personal mortgage to a buy to let mortgage, and move in with my boyfriend, thus making it my only mortgage. However, I am newly self employed (which my existing does not know about), and therefore my income is not at the level it needs to be, to meet the criteria for my…
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Buy to let?
Short and sweet: Basically i'm considering the option of buying to let but i have no idea where to look / ask for advice! I have never had a mortgage (Own a house through inheritance) so not really sure what i need to consider. Pros/Cons/tips = anyone? EDIT: Will also be going to speak to an adviser at some point but i…
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Buying Shared Ownership ?
Hi all, I am in the position of only being able to afford a shared ownership property if I want a house. There is one other option , an open market retirement flat. Which ever option it will be a 10 year mortgage to take me to retirement at 65/66... Is there any real problems with Shared Ownership, I have looked through…
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Mortgage Offer
We received our mortgage offer on Friday and are awaiting the final searches to be done before an exchange and completion date is agreed. Hopefully no further delays! 18/11 - Viewed Property 19/11 - Initial offer made but rejected by vendors 21/11 - Final offer made via sealed bid. Vendor accepted a higher offer from…
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Can I serve a notice to complete on a seller?
I had an offer accepted on a probate house sale in August 2013, almost got guzumped in December and exchanged at the same time. There were outstanding charges against the deeds on an old mortgage and so we agreed a completion date of the end of Jan 2014. It still wasn't sorted by the end of Jan, so we signed again until…
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Landlady selling
Hi, We currently rent a 1 bedroom house. We are on the council housing list and are in a band D (moderate priority to be rehoused) as there is myself, my partner and our baby. We don't have money for a deposit and with our credit status would struggle to pass any credit check done by a landlord/agency plus we don't have…
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Transferring buy to let property into joint names
My partner and I have a portfolio of five buy to let properties, the total portfolio value is in the order of £1million with three of the properties having individual mortgages totalling circa £300k. Our main residence is in joint names but the buy to let properties are held in individual names, two in mine, both mortgaged…
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Flooding and alternative accommodation
Hi all Our rented house has flooded - the floor itself isn't wet but you need wellies to get to the house. It's a slightly raised old house so underneath where a cellar would normally be is definitely sopping wet, our front door is raised on a step if that makes sense, the water was about a centimetre from going on the…
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What can I do about the damp the LL wont fix
We've been renting our current house since June 2012. Initially there were no damp issues. Three months in when we had an inspection I noticed some damp in the kitchen outside wall which I reported verbally to the LA. Nothing was done about this. In the inspection after Christmas the damp had gotten worse so I reported it…
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Tenants "moaning" about furniture
Wondering if you can help? My friend moved to Asia in 2013. He has let out his house furnished. He has always called on me to get him find deals and I got an email last night asking me to look for a new 3 piece suite and a double matress and a single bed + matress. My friend has ALWAYS been a soft touch and if the tenants…
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Where to buy? Advice please..
Hi, Here is my situation. I’ve sold my flat in West Sussex last year. I’ve started looking another property months before the sale was completed. Because of my job, I was looking somewhere in South of London within zone. Basically I have been looking over 6 months now. I have made offers on a few properties and they all…
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Resigning between exchange and completion
Hi all. We have had an offer accepted on a house and should exchange tomorrow (fingers crossed) The issue is that it has taken longer than we expected to get to this point. My wife currently has two jobs which she is struggling to maintain. The principle job pays more, however the second job is her passion and is more of…
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Problems with Taylor Wimpey in Basingstoke
My bf moved into a TW flat in Basinstoke a year ago - and is experiencing huge problem with leaks in his roof (although we now think it's a problem with the exterior walls, rather than the roof its self). As we speak he has active drips and damp patches in nearly every room, on the wall by his door and in the communal…
