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Shorthold tenancy agreement for House we are buying
Hi, Hi, To keep a long story short, we have been on the verge of completion for a few weeks, but had to get a last minute structural engineers report as the (useless) solicitors did not see this requirement in the Mortgage offer until the day before completion. Report was carried out and everything is okay, but the initial…
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How do I sort out my signature on here?
Following the Spam issues a few days ago, I still have a weird signature. Any idea how to change it back?
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Extortionate admin charges by property management company
Has anyone else had any experience of high administration charges by property management company when selling leasehold properties? We are in the process of selling a leasehold flat in Coventry which has OM Management Company (previously Peverel) as the managing agents. So far we have paid £268.80 for a leasehold…
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Should I look in unoccupied house prior to completion?
I have sale agreed on the purchase of a house which is unoccupied. The property is obviously unoccupied due to the condition of the front garden, and the surveyor discovered that it has had a break-in at some point due to damage found to the external door. As the whole process has dragged on longer that I would have hoped,…
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Landlord using secured deposit for damages and withholding rent owed to us
I will try and keep this as succinct as possible ... We have recently moved out of our rental property - the official checkout was on 24/9/14. We had paid our rent in advance via direct debit to the landlord up until 13/10/14 (in line with our original payment commencement). The landlord came to see us the week before we…
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Scotland, written offer put in over 2 weeks ago no response yet....
We are in Scotland. Our solicitor put an offer in writing 15 days ago now and they have heard nothing back from the sellers solicitor. Our solicitor has called them a couple times and left couple messages but still no response. Am I just expecting too much too soon? It was the sellers who came back to us 2 weeks after…
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Estate Agent Fees
My husband sold a house recently in Yorkshire & it was quite straight forward. Estate agent gave free valuation, we accepted the fee was 1.5% including VAT for the house on completion of sale. The house was advertised on national websites, estate agent did the viewings as we are hundreds of miles away, apart from this we…
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Delays with exchange
Hello everyone, We put in an offer on a house at the end of June. We were initially meant to exchange on 5th September but it didn't happen. After 6 weeks we've finally found out that our seller is waiting for a warranty for the conservatory in the house they're buying. It's been left with the solicitors to sort out,…
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advice needed - ending tenancy agreement
Hi - I hope someone can help. I'm renting through a Letting Agent (in England) and I am on a AST which has an initial 6 month rent minimum - which the fixed term ended at the end of August. There are 3 of us living in a shared flat. One of the tenants moved out at the end of august, and someone new came in - they signed a…
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Advice re joint tenancy and broken relationship
Thankyou for your responses.. i have now removed the query
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Will I ever be able to rent my own place with bad credit history?
I have defaults, however I wish to maybe start renting a place on my own through estate agents. Will they ALL ask for credit checks or is it spareroom.com forever? Thanks.
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Speeding up local searches
I've just been reading about personal searches instead of a local authority search. Ours is looking at taking until 1st Dec at the moment :( and I just wondered if anyone has any experience of requesting a personal search instead and what I need to consider.
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Selling because you can't pay the mortgage but no where to live
I'm not sure if I am posting this in the right place but if not hopefully someone can guide me to a better place. Following our relationship split my ex is having to sell his house as he simply can't afford to pay the mortgage, in the last few years he has lost his job and has only been able to get agency work with very up…
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Nightmare Student Housing Company
On the 1st July 2014, i moved my belongings into my new rented student home. upon entering the house it was apparent it had not been cleaned and there were many issues. - All Carpets were filthy, we put a piece of paper on the floor applied slight pressure and it had gone grey and filthy - Downstairs bedroom, carpet was…
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Eviction..HCEO
Can someone explain why when a court order for eviction with a given date can result in the landlord applying for the above and the tenant gets no notification but can be evicted with no notice? I was watching a TV programme last night where the tenants were under the impression that they had a few weeks to vacate but then…
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Has anyone been successful in moving completion date earlier than seller sets?
So despite the sellers telling me they were in hurry to move i've been given a completion date of 3rd Nov! I've told their side I want it sooner (ideally by next Fri) - hoping they will accomodate but this entire experience I've quite literally had to jump to their tune!
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All you cesspool owners.
About 10 months ago we moved to a house with a cesspool. A bit of a worry at first but soon got used to it. We have it emptied about every 8 to 10 weeks at £100 a go, so really only about £250 dearer than mains wast water drainage. My question is when we get heavy prolonged rain ie 2 or 3 days do you find the cesspool…
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Cash buy or part mortage with partner?
Hi everyone, I desperately need some advice on buying a new home. I am in a very good situation financially in the fact that I am able to buy a house outright, pending a sale of another property, however this is due to an inheritance and the recent loss of both of my parents. I am not sure if this will count as a cash buy…
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*URGENT* House buying advice
Hello all, Thanks for reading in advance. I state urgent because I need to make a decision today. I recently viewed a 1 bed flat with the vendor in attendance. EA not present. When asked about the property, she stated she would accept the first offer that come to her should it be the full asking price because she is…
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Leasehold roof problem
Hi all, Long time lurker on this forum but my first post... I'm currently in the process of buying a leasehold flat - top floor including loft area. I have an issue that the roof looks as if it might be in need of serious renovation - mossy, slipped tiles, and I think I could see daylight through when looking into the…
