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Roof Repair Dilemma
Every year we have to replace tiles on our 3-storey Victorian house. As it always necessitates scaffolding because of the height, it ends up costing more than the tiles! There are even more tiles blown off this year, & I don't think the wind has finished yet. We have never claimed on the insurance (Halifax) but think we…
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Property transfers and when Capital Gains Tax applies
Hello My father-in-law lives in Thailand with a Thai lady and wants to protect some of his assets by doing the following: He has a house in the UK he wants to put in my wifes name, he has lived in it in the past but has rented it out via an estate agent for 2 or 3 years. His intention is to transfer ownership to my wife…
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Next doors dog damaging fence
Can anybody advise on this please. 6 years ago I replaced the fence along my garden as I got 2 miniature poodles. Fence is Lap type 4 ft high panels. I own my house. Approx 6 months ago The neighbours got a dog, a Labrador. Dog is very bouncy and wants to play with my 2 dogs, All 3 of them bark and jump at the fence at…
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Notice of Correction - Good Idea/Bad Idea?
Afternoon all, Firstly, thanks for all the help you don't know you've given me over the years. This forum is always a gold mine of info and experience. My question in short is this: I am not on the electoral for my current address, the paperwork has been sent but I'm well aware this will take months to show up in credit…
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estate agent cooling off period
Hi guys, Firstly I'd like to say the following has taught me a lesson, im well aware I haven't acted in the best way possible. I am a young guy, selling my first house. I had a couple of valuations, and the agents were awful. I had a third and fourth scheduled one afte the other. When the third guy came round they were…
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Tenant of repossessed property told not to pay rent by agent then told to make immedi
(This is a bit long to read but wanted to provide as muchbackground information so you know the story) I moved in to my current property in September 2013 andsigned a year’s tenancy agreement with the LA . I am a single parent with two young children and for thefirst month of living in the property I had no hot water,…
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Buying at the right price
I have been looking at a houses in the Guildford, Surrey area. I have come across a property in Burpham, which I am interested in but is at the very top end of my budget. It was originally listed at £190,000 in October '13, and was reduced to £183,950 in November '13. Property details: 1st floor, good sized 1 bed flat in…
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Free 'Handy guide to renting eBook'
As the title says, a free 'Handy guide to renting' eBook by Gumtree. Looks quite useful! http://blog.gumtree.com/rentsmart-handy-guide-to-renting/
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Landlord selling house & increasing rent?!
Hi, My contract runs out the end of the month and the landlord hasn't asked if we are staying and we haven't said we are leaving and he hasn't given us notice to vacate, He has however said that he is increasing the rent by £100pcm but has not mentioned a new contract, if he was increasing it would we have to sign a new…
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garage access- would this put you off?
We are in the process of buying a semi detached house. The garage, and the neighbours garage are on a side road next to the neighbours house. We were told that we could get to our garage by going across the neighbours back garden. It transpires this is untrue and we have to go down the front garden, down the road and down…
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Access Order
Hi All I have to lodge an access order with my county court to force my neighbour to give me access to their garden to treat knotweed ( the knotweed is affecting the sale of my property and the landlord is rejecting all requests for co-operation). I initially asked for a contribution towards treatment but not I'm just…
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Vendor/Solicitor Delays
I'm in the middle of a house purchase and I'm a bit concerned about how long it is taking. A little of background for you: * We made our offer on the 4th of January - accepted same day. * We made the offer with the understanding that the vendor was able to live with family until their purchase was arranged, so we could…
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Replacing Housemates in Rented Accommodation and Agent Charges
Was looking at moving out of my house mid-tenancy and having someone else replace me. In my contract it states that 'in the event you wish to replace yourself, it will cost £420 in order to cover the administration fees.' This seems extremely excessive, and something I quite frankly can't afford. Is there anyway to…
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Who pays house insurance after exchange of contracts?
I expect to exchange contracts soon on a house I am buying. I have read that I should buy insurance for the property at that time, ie. before I actually own the property. There is no mortgage on the house. Is that true? Also, insurance companies ask so many questions these days about the property being insured, eg. does it…
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Taylor Wimpey - a moan!
Hi All I have been browsing this site to get advice on Taylor Wimpey and their schemes but feel compelled to write after recieving such a poor service from them! To give you an idea i have copied and pasted my letter of complaint below! its a long one sorry! :p anyone else had issues with them?! We are now buying a older…
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STP, deposit protection and S21
I'm posting this on behalf of friends. They have been renting a house since January 2011, initially on a 1 year fixed term AST which has since rolled over to an STP. Their deposit was protected at the time (not sure which scheme though) and they received the protection certificate (which was valid for the duration of the…
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FTB - pressure to use estate agent's mortgage broker and solicitor
Hi all I made an offer on a property on Saturday for £118k (asking price £130k) with the expectation of hopefully ending up around £125k. The agents have rang me today to say they have received at least one other offer and are trying to get a sense of where everyone is in terms of interest before they submit to the vendor…
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Shared Ownership - positive changes of circumstance
Hi all, Newish member her with a question about Shared Ownership and changes of circumstances (in a positive way!). The situation is thus: two years ago my now fianc!e bought 45% of a flat in London with her brother. I met her shortly afterwards, and over the course of time spent more and more time at the flat. I started…
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New estate agent and old estate agent who gets the fee?
Hi I'll try and keep this short, any help gratefully received thanks. We were on with estate agent X who managed to get an offer which we did not accept from Mr A. We said we needed more and he said he couldn't give more and X failed to get a higher offer from Mr A. Since then we changed to agent Y who whilst speaking with…
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Anyone moving-moved overseas
And use any shipping companies to do international removals? Cheers :beer:
