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Experience with Letting Agents
Hi all, I am new to the Forum so not entirely sure if this is the best place for this, apologies in advance if it isn't. I am a freelance researcher working for an independent television production company. Currently I am researching the rental market and specifically tenants experiences with letting agents. This, I…
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phone line issue in rental property
Tenants have left the property. We've tried calling the phone number for the property but got the message, "this number is unable to accept incoming calls". Tried to call BT to find out the status of the phone line, but when I entered the phone number, was told by automatic message that it was not a BT number. Does this…
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Tenant wanting to stay in property after the tenancy has ended. Advice please!
My tenant gave me notice to end the tenancy as he was in the process of buying a property. The tenancy is due to end this Friday. I had a text from him last night saying that his vendors assure him that the property is likely to be his by Friday but he has asked me that if the completion were to be delayed by a few days…
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Help with buying a new build property
Hi all, My husband and I are looking to buy a new build home off plan - does anyone have any experience of this? We have a home to sell but the deposit is the equity in the house. Some information I have gotten so far is that your house needs to have an offer to reserve. But if that's the case, what do you do when your…
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is gazumping illegal these days?
whenever i enquire about a house, I am told "it just went under offer yesterday". assuming this is not a lie, and the house actually exists, why won't the EA let me see it - as I may want to pay more than the current offer. seems madness to me. One house was well below my upper limit so could have offered substantially…
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High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire Investment
Hello All, I'm thinking about buying a 2 to 3 bed house in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire as a But To Let. High Wycombe seems like it could be a good place to put some money(?) as it has good links in to london and there is other investment happening at the moment so the area could go up in value. I would be looking to buy…
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help re pricing
My house has valued at £145,000 estate agent think I could get £135,000, how would you price this?? would you think offers over £135,000 would get most interest or a fixed price of say £138,000 (in case they try and bargain me down) not sure how to market it for most interest!
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Getting agent to take house off the market?
Hi, I'm a FTB so I'm totally at a loss as to what is normal in this whole process! I've put an offer in on a house, which has been accepted. The agent has told me that they won't take it off the market until I've engaged a solicitor (and then quoted me for how much their 'preferred' firm would cost... Ouch!). Is this the…
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Landlord duty to replace broken items
Looking for a bit of advice from other landlords please. Just had a text from tenant to say the whirlygig in the garden has broken & she wants to me (as landlord) to renew so she can hang washing out. Whirlygig is old & came with flat when I bought it a year ago. Is it my duty to replace this or should tenant replace it?
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Do i go that extra 5,000 Pound?
Had our second offer knocked back today on a house, they want another 5,000 Pound. We did say we were not prepared to go that far, but after looking around there's nothing in our small area that is of interest to us and if we have to rent somewhere for the next 6 months (min lease) then we will spend that in rental costs…
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Freehold flat lease to buy or not?
Hi all Some advice for a friend. If they own the flat and the management company is selling the lease, is it better to buy it or are you better of being with the management company they sell to. What happens about repairs to the property? Who pays for what?? If the people in the other flats buy the freehold and you don't…
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Survey issues - Fire regulations etc
Hi all We had a survey done the other day on a 2-bed leasehold flat (converted period property) we're purchasing, and I had an initial chat with the surveyor who raised the following issues: 1. Layout of flat does not meet Fire Regulations The entrance door from the communal hallway goes straight into the living room.…
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Trying to put a flat on the market - is this normal?
I have a flat that I am trying to sell. Have had to chase the estate agent from the beginning. A valuation was done, that I was happy with and the the flat was supposed to be surveyed on the 3rd March. I have emailed and rung several times to see if this has been undertaken and to find out when the flat will go on the…
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Am I being too pushy?
We've really been through the house buying ringer! We sold our old house eight months ago and have been living with the in-laws ever since. We did this, mistakenly thinking it would make the process simpler. We're now on attempt four and hopefully this one will work out. It's a refurb project and chain free. We're getting…
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when to reduce?
How long do you think a reasonable time is to wait before we reduce price of our property? been on 4 weeks with 11 viewings but no offers, went with lowest valuation from 3 EA's. Could take 175K currently on at 180k but could take 170k in a few months. Market seems to be picking up, so unsure if I should wait a little…
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Making 2 offers?
My never ending quest for a house is transmogrifying into a quest for a flat. I've seen two. Flat A is nicer but is on the second floor of a block with no lift. The vendors have not yet offered on a place to go to. Flat B is slightly smaller, ground floor, same road but busier traffic flow. It is also chain free. Needs a…
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Paint or not paint
Hi I am selling my house - for the past 8 months there have been tenants living in it and they have painted a large mural on the wall in the lounge - please see picture on link http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-43351618.html they are moving out shortly and the house will be empty, I will be painting the…
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Offering on two properties with same agent
We're currently looking for our first home in NE London. Last week we put in an offer on a house, but were told the vendor wants to wait to see what other offers are received after the open home, which is next weekend. We really like the house but trying not to get our hearts set on it, and have formally withdrawn the…
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Renting out own basement problem
I own a house with a self-contained basement that I'm looking to rent out. It has it's own front door, bathroom & kitchen, lounge & 2 bedrooms. It's connected to the main house by stairs and a connecting door. My parents live there at the moment but are moving out soon. I rang my lender who won't give me permission to rent…
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Valid Section 21 do I have to Leave?
Long story short we received a Section 21 because the LL wants to sell up. We are and always have been upto date on rent so no issue there. We were going to buy a property rather than rent another but that fell through last week and we need to be out of here by the end if the month. Do we have to leave? We have requested…
