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Bought leasehold flat and now they say my dog is a nuisance
I purchased my flat in December and moved in at the end of January. I was concerned about a part of the lease that said 'no dog, cat, bird or other animal that may cause a nuisance' could be kept at the property and I asked my solicitor to try to vary the lease, because I had a dog that I was not going to get rid of. The…
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Moderate Ground Instability - London
The Environment Report has come back on a property we are buying marking "moderate" risk of "natural ground instability in the area within 50 metres of the centre of the property". Our solicitor has highlighted that we may wish to follow this up, although stressed this can be quite common. Follow up options are; 1) Home…
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Equity release and rental tax
Hi all, Myself and my OH are planning to buy a house next year. We already own a flat which is in my name. The plan is to keep the flat and rent it out and to save up for a deposit for the new house. At the moment, we have about £115,000 left to pay on the flat, having bought it for £181,000 6 years ago (original mortgage…
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Anyone know anything about AGA's?
So I'm renting and there is an Aga in the kitchen, we aren't really using it at the moment so I decided to turn it off. I turned it off on Wednesday night by following instructions from an Aga specialists youtube vid... basically lifting a lever on the control box until it clicked, then turning the oil off (which is an…
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End of AST; Do We Need to Give Notice?
This is more for clarification then anything, as I remember seeing a few posts about this and wonder if they were actually correct. Basically, we have just received notification of rent increase if we wish to renew our tenancy (currently in a 1 year AST, due to expire May 19th) and as we don't think it is worth paying that…
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BTL - Rochester or Milton Keynes?
Hi all, We are struggling to decide between Rochester and Milton Keynes for our first BTL property. We plan to hire a letting agent to manage the property for us. Property: we are looking to buy a house 2-3 bedrooms, with atleast 2 double bedrooms. I'm looking at buying in a good area. To start with, I'm going by…
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selling house
I was due to complete with the sale of my house on friday but the mining search had not been done. The house had a mining claim in 1990 just for cosmetic work, plastering and painting which i have all the paperwork for. So told my solicitor to forward the paperwork to the buyers solicitor so they could take alook and…
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how long does house buying process take?
We have put on offer in on a lovely house. We expect a bit of a bidding war - 1st offer was 75000, ours is 77000. House is on market for 80000, expecting it to go at 90000. We have a morgage on principle of 100000. the house is empty. We are renting, with no contract. Will be giving a months notice once things are…
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Re Letting agent becoming VAT registered
I have been using the same Letting agent for the past 2 years. In January me rent income decreased by £11 and there was a comment of VAT fees. After speaking to the agency, they said that they are now above the VAT threshold and had to charge VAT fees. There is no VAT registration number on their web site or any…
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delayed completion and drawdown
Any conveyancing and/or mortgage experts here? A friend is having a total nightmare. Basically he was all due to exchange (17th feb) and complete on 19th feb but at last minute his buyer's buyer had an issue. He still hasn't got to the bottom of why. Anyway. His solicitor drew the mortgage monies down on the 17th and then…
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Ending tenancy questions
Hello all! I'm sure a couple of you can remember my issues with the ceiling coming down and disrepair a month or so ago. Well we've decided to get out, we've found a new place which will accept our dogs and everything seems to be going swimmingly. It's time for me to end the tenancy at this place so going in to the LA…
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Transfer of Equity
My parents moved abroard several years ago in retirement, then decided to come back. They had trouble selling their house overseas and could only afford half of the price of an £80k house here ie £40k so my wife obtained a mortgage for the rest in her name (I was self employed so too difficult). So house was purchased, 50%…
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Problem with letting agency
My letting agency took it upon itself to have my tenants chimney swept and washing machine waste cleared without informing me then charged £120 for it! I have informed them to refund the money immediately as they took a decision without my explicit approval. if they do not refund me I am considering dispensing with there…
