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Have to sell my house - need advice
Hi All I have a house that I rent out, yesterday my tenants told me that they have to move out as their alcoholic neighbour has been causing problems, by problems I mean - prostitution, up to three men visit her per night, last week there was a drunk man sleeping on the lawn, strange man walking into the house thinking its…
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Changing Address
Hi, I am a first time buyer moving for the first time away from home. What do i need to change my address on? For example - Driving Licence.
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Council tax privacy?
I have had serious council tax debt issues that I am just coming out of the other side of. I'm due to move soon to a new area where a friend works in the council tax dept. Will they be able to see everything that has happened, and if yes, then could they discuss with anyone? So worried!
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Deposit Return and 10 day rule?
Evening all, I've recently become a first time buyer and thus moved out of my rented flat. The deposit of £1350 was paid 2 years ago when I moved in and has (as far as I know) been stored in a deposit scheme. I left the flat in a very decent condition and feel that no deductions should be made. My last day in the flat was…
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Landlord vs Tennant
Hello Wonder if someone could help/advise, I recently vacated a rented property after over 3 years, I was on a shorthold tennancy agreement. When I left theproperty once the tenancy agreement ended I forgot some items of bothsentimental and monetary value. The landlord has disposed of such items withoutattempting to…
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selling a PRC house
We sale agreed our PRC repaired house in Jan and told buyers what it was etc upfront and showed them cert. they were happy and made offer. we were today 2-3 weeks from exchange and they changed their mind. this is second time this has happened and we are beginning to think we are never going to sell. We have already…
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Been Gazumped!
Has anyone else been in this situation? I found a bigger house within budget which I liked (crazy colour decor though) and my offer was accepted. I promptly put my house on the market and received a full asking price offer by the first viewer within a week. I was very happy with this outcome and my buyer sent a surveyor…
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Property Rental Repairs
I currently rent out a property and just wanted to check what is permissible and what is not to offset tax assessment at the end of the year. The first one is for a fence in the garden which has blown down and is behind repair so needs to be replaced as the posts snapped - this is not covered by insurance unfortunately.…
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Acquiring Freehold of Long Lost Freeholder
I am currently in the process of buying a house (hoping to exchange within the next few weeks) which has a 999 year lease dating back to 1854. This covered a plot of land which has been split into three leaving a share of the ground rent of 16s, 4d on the house I am buying. The ground rent hasn't been collected in living…
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Will CGT apply to me?
Any advice on the following would be gratefully received. My dad owns his house mortgage free. It has been his main home since 2003 until he moved out to live with his partner in 2011. Since that time, I have lived in the property. My dad wishes to transfer the property into my name as ultimately it will be mine one day as…
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Monthly Rolling Lease
Hi there, do you know if it's possible to start with a monthly rolling lease or a 3 month lease instead of a six-month one? I'm selling my house and may not be able to find one I like straight away but would not want to commit to a six month lease in the meantime. Never rented before so just thought I'd find out. Thanks,…
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Building regulations on bathroom moved upstairs 30 years ago
I am in the process of selling a property I rent out and today I got a letter from my solicitor asking a number of queries from the buyers solicitor....amongst these they are asking for building regulation documents for the bathroom that was moved upstairs in 1984. This I don't have and I don't remember my solicitor ever…
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Road use change - Part 1?
Hi I live on a small estate (50 houses) and the road running past it was a dead end. However, a huge Sainsburys has opened at the end of the road and a new road added from the end of this. Therefore the usage of the road has increased due to people using the store and as a shortcut / through road onto the local motorway.…
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Buying new build - change locks?
Is it worth changing the locks on a new build house? I would do it automatically for renting or if buying any other home, but I'm not sure it's worth it for a new build. Arguably it should be fine, but we have no idea who may have been given the keys as most of the internal work seems to have been done by various…
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First hurdle of buying our home...
In that the former owners previous to the ones we are buying off are still named on the freehold the vendors didn't realise until now. The solicitors say it's an error due to the previous solicitors - anyone know if this will be east to get over?
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Claiming back an unprotected tenancy deposit
Hi! Long story short, my partner and I rented a flat from a distant family member of mine. The rent (£630) and deposit of the same value was paid upfront in August for the tenancy to start on Sept 1st 2012. We didn't move in, however, until the 9th as lots of things were broken - cooker, windows, huge damp wall....none of…
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Am I entitled to request a refund on my rent and maintenance fees?
Hi everybody,, I am writing for some advice on maintenance issues in my flat and whether I am entitled to receive a discount or refund on both: 1) my rent that I have paid thus far 2) the maintenance fee that I also pay to the landlords for upkeep of electrical equipment provided in the flat. I thought I’d explain the…
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Urgent Help needed re Tenants Contents Insurance (x-post from insurance)
Hi all, Need some urgent help. We had a house fire in the flat we rent last week. Fortunately no one was hurt, although everyone (the 2 and 4 year old especially) is very traumatised. The structural damage is fairly limited although one room will need reconstructive work and repainting and the whole house obviously has…
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Last stage of Right to Buy application
Hi, could anyone who has recently completed a Right to Buy application, tell me how much longer I will need to wait before the sale is completed. I have been told by the council that my application has finally been sent to the legal department, Friday just gone. I originally made the application in April 2013, it has taken…
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Which Online Estate Agent?
Hi I have been obtaining various local high st estate agent costs to market my property and come to the conclusion, I am going to use an online agent instead. Apart from having to accompany our own interested parties, i can't justify there ridiculous charges (the high st agents that is)…. So, the big question is - which…
