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"Satisfactory tenant reference"
Hi, I'm looking for some people who have had experience with renting in Scotland recently. It is unlawful for agencies to charge fees for anything other than an upfront deposit and 1st month rent, so to get around the not charging prospective tenants a referencing fee, some have asked us to provide a "Satisfactory tenant…
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freehold purchase, shenstone properties
Hi, We are in the process of selling our home as we are emigrating. We applied to purchase our freehold mid feb to shenstone properties in Litchfield, We are paying £4195 upon completion through our solicitor. We were told that it would take 3 months and have so far heard nothing. I called earlier on and was told they…
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Buy or keep renting?
Hi Everyone, This is my situation: me and my wife are currently living in London and rent a flat at £1,300 / month, bills excluded. We are thinking to move to France in the near future, where we will buy a house for sure. We are hesitating between 2 options: Option 1 – buy a property in London (or around) and sell it when…
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Landlord serving notice/evicting after visiting the house without written notice?
Hello all, I think I have a somewhat unique problem which hasn't been answered on here before, or at least in full. Up until the end of April my flatmates and I had been of the impression that we would be renewing our tenancy for another term, with negotiations beginning in March as usual. We had (begrudgingly) agreed to a…
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Londons House of the Future.
The YMCA have released plans that they are to build 36 'houses' in London that are built in a factory at a cost of £30k to try cut the affordable housing problem. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27381656
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Advice on how to explain to landlord his worker did a terrible job
The day I moved into a property I was told there was some minor water damage. The owner is a contractor so his guy was on it straight away. It was inconvenient for me, but I'm promised a rent refund and the speed at which they started work made me confident I was in good hands. However, I think is guy is a terrible worker.…
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Surveyor says damp walls and floor
I was wondering if anyone can give advice? Selling our 1900s mid terrace and surveyor from homebuyers survey says possible damp in downstairs rooms and floors. As far as we know there is no retention on the buyers side. We had damp course installed 7 years ago through peter cox who used chemical injection. We didnt use…
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Do I really need a home buyer's report?
Hi, I'm a FTB, put an offer on house & had our mortgage valuation survey completed all fine, with no problems (was actually valued 6k more than our offer so a good start). The property was bought by the vendors just 2.5 years ago, semi detached & 30 years old (but looks newer). I have read some info on home buyer's report,…
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Sticky Situation - Rental Agreement Breach?
Hey folks. As if I didn't have enough on my mind, something else has reared it's ugly head to give me something else to worry about. I'm in the process of closing down self employment (online business) in the next few weeks, but in looking to claim housing benefit I looked through my Rental Agreement (I've been here close…
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Water Bill Included in Service Charge – How Does it Work?
I am contemplating the purchase of a leasehold apartment. The development (built within the past 10 years) has one water tank for the whole development. The water bill is then paid to the water board by the management company/freeholder and in turn, the water bill is included in the annual service charge. I wonder if…
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Credit checks on rental house
How long does it take to do a credit check on two applicants? Is it a couple hours or does it take a few days to get a check done? Also, from what I've seen on this site, because agencies/landlords do not provide credit they cannot see credit payment history eg. monthly payments/defaults/loan amounts etc. but only CCJs and…
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House with downstairs bathroom
A friend is viewing a house with a downstairs bathroom tonight and i'm coming along. Is there any questions we should be asking the vendor regarding this- potential complications? There is also an upstairs toilet with dressing area. How easy would it be to convert if necessary? Could it cause issues when applying for a…
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size of rental property garden
Have a pair of 3 bed semi detached houses next door to each other. Live in one going to rent out the other. Have the opportunity to adjust the garden sizes. Is it considered that a rental tenant would like a big garden or a smaller but still adequately sized low maintainance one?
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House Valuation vs Improvements
Hi, I'm currently selling my house of which I own 50% of. The house is currently under a Shared Ownership scheme with Places For People. I'm selling it as the full 100% Freehold, as was agreed with Places For People before the house went on the Market. I now have a buyer, and Places For People have had a surveyor over to…
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Stamp duty avoidance
I am looking at buying a property for £300,000. This equates to a stamp duty of £7,500. The owner of the (£300,000) property is interested in buying my property for £200,000. In essence a part-exchange where i pay an additional £100,000. Is it possible to revalue the properties so mine would be worth £150,000 and the one i…
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Can Anyone Help Decipher 2 Sections in House Deeds?
Hi All Hoping someone can help decipher my semi-detached house deeds concerning 2 issues: 1) There is a section under restrictive covenants that says 'Not to erect or suffer to be erected any building fences walls gates or other structures of any kind whatsoever on any part of the said land without the prior consent in…
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Renting from a family membe
My father in law has offered to let us live in his house as we are in need of a 3 bedroom and we need to move to that area due to work and support with our children. My father In law is going to rent a smaller property to live in but how do we go about this? Without effecting my father in laws mortgage as he is on a shared…
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House buyer not completing deal.
I'm having a dilemma about the sale of my house and was hoping I could get some advice? About 4 weeks ago I accepted an offer for my house. A week ago I contacted my solicitor as I had no contact saying that the deal had been concluded. He told me had been chasing up the buyers solicitor and all he had heard was that they…
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Do we get mortgage payment refunded if Completing after repayment date
We wanted to complete on our house sale on 27th this month, a day before our mortgage payment direct debit comes out however our buyer wants to complete on the 30th. Can we request refund on the final mortgage payment that we make if we are completing 2 days later? We are with Nationwide
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Dumb question about mortgage deed form
This is a dumb question but I don't want to risk anything going wrong... Solicitor's letter said sign it, and get a witness to sign it, print their name, fill in their address and occupation. However the form has no box for occupation, just one for witness name (sign and print) and one for address. Should they write their…
