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Neighbours keep stealing my post!
Hi, any advice much appreciated... I moved a month ago into a rented flat. It's in a converted Victorian semi and the house next door is also flats owned by the same company. There are two entrances - one to my side (flats 14, 15 and 16) and one to the flats in the other half of the building (9 - 13). Unfortunately the…
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Energy Supply and previous occupant
Hi guys I moved into my house back in August 2013 and very promptly (that day!) informed my energy supplier Flow Energy that I had moved, gave them my opening meter readings, and they advised me all was in hand and not to worry about a thing. However it was not all in hand at all as NPower rejected the application (but…
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Being ignored by Vendor - FTB
Hi, My husband and I had an offfer accepted on a house back at the end of September and are now no further along as the vendor hasn't found another property to buy. So far we have been unable to view the house a second time as the vendor is apparently always busy looking for new properties. The EA doesn't seem to be able…
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Paint/Plaster/Damp Issues
Afternoon! We have recently bought a ground floor 2 bed flat (1950's) build and are in the process of refurbing it. We have had it rewired and replastered, and are now in the process of decorating. We have just finished painting our bedroom, 2 weeks after it had been plastered/skimmed and applied a mist coat followed by 2…
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Questions to ask sellers with week to go
Hi everyone First time buyer with my wife and hopefully exchange of contracts will happen this week and hopefully we be able to move into our new place very soon. I made an appointment to speak to the selllers this week about things that came out from my discussion with our solicitor last week, nothing too major just to…
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Homesforstudents
I've just chanced upon the site homesfromstudents - has anyone had much luck placing an ad and getting response off that site?
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Bovis Jumpstart - Help needed!
Hi, My fiancee and I bought a Bovis House via their Jumpstartscheme in July 2009 and are now considering our options. We bought the house for £199,995 (Mortgage 75%/Bovis 25%Shared Equity) – the house is now valued at approx £240,000 (Our neighbourspaid £250,000 in 2008 for exactly the same property) We have 10 years from…
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If anyone is looking to move near Prestatyn....
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-27091878.html?premiumA=true I have no links with the owner or the estate agent and I have ruled this property out after viewing it due to it being too far out from my search area. However it is a cracking bargain! Has space to house livestock, plenty of character and is…
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OwnPlace Scheme in Merseyside (Riverside Housing)
Hi All, I wanted to ask you lovely people if any of you had any experience or knowledge of the OwnPlace scheme, run by Riverside Housing in Merseyside. It's where you have to meet the criteria (first time buyer, have to live in the house for at least 5 years, cant sub-let) and then if you qualify you get the house with 25%…
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Selling our house - please give feedback
Hi all We are putting our house on the market with Hatched. The house will be uploaded to Zoopla / Rightmove tonight and we have the opportunity to make changes today. I would love to have some feedback. Please note we can only remove photos (which I want to do as there are a lot of the kitchen for example) or update the…
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How reliable are Zoopla property values?
Hi all, I'm just wondering if anyone can share their experience of Zoopla property values? Long story short - bought a house with my ex-partner almost 7 years ago... Loan was 100% mortgage. Market crashed, we broke up, house went into negative equity... We wanted to sell 2 years ago, but property value still wasn't…
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Problem with HA landlord
Two weeks ago I completed on a flat in a block of rented and shared ownership HA flats. Despite telephoning them I have not yet heard anything from them, they say that they will contact me when they are informed of the transfer by my solicitor. I suspect that they are used to dealing with matters in their own time and have…
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Help, where to move to?
Hello Wondering if anyone can help me... We are looking at areas to move to so wondering if anyone has any suggestion: We need to commute to London Have a young family so need to be close to good school Thank you
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Homebuyers report through, advice re: electrics?
Hi all, My homebuyers report came through yesterday and all seems well apart from one thing rated 3 regarding the electrics. Can someone explain the urgency/exact issue please? This is what they've said: The consumer unit can be found under the stairs. Where visible, the installation 3 has been wired in plastic covered…
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The art of negotiation after survey result?
We just had our home buyer's report back yesterday. The surveyor feels that our offering price was reasonable if we don't mind the hassle. However, the property has 81 years unexpired on the lease, which we are fully aware. My question is, we will have to pay about 7k to renew the lease straightaway. Otherwise,more cost…
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Breaching quiet enjoyment and future damage deposit dispute
I know my issues are relatively minor as I grew up in awful DSS properties but I hope you guys could help me :D Essentially, I live in a HMO individual tenancy houseshare in a rundown damp council house (that hasn't been renovated since 1990, down to the carpet) with four other random students in a 12-month contract. Our…
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Advice on Voluntary Surrender
Hi, I own a property in Nottingham, England. I have owned this property since November 2005 and have never missed a payment or defaulted on the mortgage before. I left the UK in August 2010 and have lived in British Columbia, Canada with my common law wife since. During this time I have attempted to rent out the property…
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PFI Property, Peppercorn, Charity Lease
Hi - first thread, so bear with me! We are looking to set up a new church in a community in our city and are going to do so with the aims of setting up a food bank and working with young people in an urban setting who would fall into the NEET bracket. We are starting with just a few people, no finance and lots of ideas. We…
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proving id without passport/driving licence
i'm looking at getting a rented flat through yourmove/rightmove and the credit checks are asking for photo ID however I don't have any of that and the agents said they will accept a letter from either my doctor or bank (i'm with natwest for my sins ) and I'm wondering how much my bank would charge for this form.
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Eligibilty for Social Housing
I really need to move house to be near to my mum, who is in her 80's, has a lot of health problems and is becoming very depressed on her own. I go as often as possible but it's costing a fortune with it being a long distance. I would like to move near to her and was thinking about applying for housing with a housing…
