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New landlord - do I need a letting agent?
Hi all, I will try to summarise my situation as briefly as I can. Recently I have had to move for work which has meant renting out my property with an agent. I have never done this before but have read up and researched and appear to have learnt quite a bit although I am quickly becoming aware that there is always more to…
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Selling Leasehold Flat With Past Subsidence!
Hi all, I've looked through the forum and couldn't find a thread specific to my situation hence making a new thread on the lovely topic, property subsidence! Basically, I was due to buy my 1st floor council flat (converted house) July just gone via RTB, however the neighbour downstairs has noticed cracks in her walls etc..…
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Part exchange / new build purchase - haggling
Hi Looking at buying a house on a Barratt development. A number are available for part exchange, as they're ready built and want people to move in. To date two have sold, out of 16 being available. They have valued mine at £95k for part exchange, and weekend before last house I wanted to buy was £155k. Last Thursday I…
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Absent freeholder/ buying the free hold
Hi, I purchased a flat about 4-5years ago with a short lease and absent freehold and I am now looking to purchase the freehold. The property was previously 2 houses which was converted into 4 flats and issued with leases in the 60s, I have done all the necessary checks to track done the freeholder but I believe he has…
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Right to buy mortgage
Hi I'm wondering if anybody can offer any advice. My partner is currently looking to buy his council home under the right to buy scheme but he has a discharged bankruptcy on his credit file and this will be cleared in May next year. Does anybody have any advice on the best companies to offer mortgages in this situation.…
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Scotland, written offer received 'date of entry to be negotiated'
Our solicitor received written offer from our buyers and at date of entry it said 'to be negotiated' Our solicitor received that written offer 12 days ago. We are still looking for a place to buy ourselves. Our solicitor has been in touch today to say our buyers solicitor is waiting on confirmation of a date of entry. What…
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Big problem trying to get my share of my property
Hi. I own half of a property with my uncle. He died last year and his wife inherited his half of the property. It was only my uncle and his wife that lived in the property and since he died, she has lived there. The problem is that I want my half of the property and she refuses to sell. She also will not buy me out of my…
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Transfer of equity between husband and wife, no mortgage
My husband and I own our house, there is no mortgage and and it is a joint tenancy. We wish to transfer the equity to just my name. We've been quoted ridiculous amounts of money for solicitors to do this, so would prefer to do this ourselves as we've been told it's simply filling in a few forms and having them witnessed.…
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Mum in law wants a lodger
My 80 year old mum in law has decided she wants to take on a lodger. Love her to bits, but myself and my OH have said its her decision, but she needs to organise this herself, we won't and can't organise it for her. She says she will go through an agent and is seeing one today. However, it concerns me. Her house is an old…
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Moving out, what rent to pay?
I am moving house very soon and have notified my landlord who asked if this is my official first day of a months notice, this was on the 18th. My rent due date is the 7th of every month so 7th oct would have been my next payment of £650, I paid a month in advance when I moved into the property so how much am I liable to…
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Advice on Help with Legal Costs
Hi Guys Just wondered if anyone could help, though I am not sure much can be done. I'm a landlord and a letting agent has been badly professionally negligent and has cost me around £2000 to date. I have tried several solicitors who all say their services will cost around £3000 to bring the matter to court. I have asked did…
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Offer of interest
Hi All Im new to this forum, so firstly apologies if this has already been brought up. If i can explain my situation. My wife and I, currently own our house and plan on moving into a new house with an annex with my parents. My Parents plan on giving me part of the deposit as a gift from the sale of their house. We also…
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Rental income for my parents - setup Interest in Possession Trust?
Hello All I wish to buy a property for my parents to provide them with income. However I do not wish the property to be within their IHT net upon their passing. Essentially I wish them to benefit from the income from the property without being freeholders. Setting up an Interest in Possession trust fund could be a away.…
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Letting fees - asking for a discount
Hi, I am having to rent a new house, got lucky and actually found the house we need. The agent is charging £740 processing fees, none of which you get back. Is it worth asking for a discount? anyone had any luck with doing this? This fee just covers application, which surely can't cost more than £50 - a mark up of about…
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Can lettings agency charge for this?
Hello, We are trying to get our deposit back following the end of our tenancy. At the beginning of our tenancy we asked if we could change the locks and give the landlord the new keys. This was one query on a list and the answer from the lettings agency was that the landlord was happy for us to do whatever we liked at our…
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Got ripped off by the Estate Agent
I don't have any better swear words to describe estate agents. I think these two words are able to do the best to express my frustration and resentment on them. All estate agents are fXXking cXXts Here is my story. I have recently moved out my flat. The date I moved out I asked for professional cleaning on my flat before…
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High hedge rented house
The house I'm currently renting has a surrounding hedge, around 10 foot high and 12 foot long. My tenancy states I'm responsible for the garden, but is such a big job included in this? The hedge was higher than I'd of felt comfortable with when we moved in, and even worse now. Previously one person from the LA advised me…
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Guarantor
Hi hoping someone can help. The tenancy agreement is for 36 months from 18th January 2014. If the landlord has moved the tenant within 2-3 weeks into another flat in the same building. Is the guarantor still liable to pay for the original flat, even though never signed a new guarantor deed on the second flat? Now the…
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Any share of freeholders? your thoughts pls
If you're in a share of freehold flat you own and say the other flat in block is let out how do you go about communication with the share of freeholder for that flat? Especially if not mgt company owned? I'm buying a ground share of freehold flat but looks like upstairs has bought a place but is now letting upstairs out.…
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Would you buy a house without meeting the seller?
We are approaching exchange and as everything has been handled by the agent it's looking like we might complete without ever meeting our seller. I feel a bit uncomfortable about this as there are some general questions I'd like to ask - for example, what are the neighbours like, has she ever looked in to extending the…
