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Rightmove/google map rant
Just a quickie - anyone else hate the stupid fish eye view when you're trying to have a look at a house street view??? Makes every straight road look like a !!!!!!! hairpin bend. Wonder what designer birdbrain thought it was a great idea? Drives me nuts :mad:.
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Bathrooms - any recommendations?
Hi All, I want to do a new bathroom in my new flat. Does anyone have any good recommendations? I don't mind spending a bit, but I just want to make sure that it's great value for money and good quality. Any advice would be much appreciated. Cheers,:money:
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Credit Rating
Hello Please assist me with some advice about credit ratings as my husband and I want to buy a house. Does having a bank account with benefits count in your favor towards a good credit rating or could we have a plain account with no extras? What other things do I need to make a note of?
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Anyone bought a Grade 2 listed house?
There are a couple of listed semi-detached (or terraced) properties in my area. I am desperately trying to find a house, but there isn't much on the market at all, so I am wondering if I should consider the listed houses, which are surprisingly in my price range. Apart from a special insurance, the age of the property I…
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Rent Arrears and served notice with incorrect dates
Hello, I hope someone here can help me. I cant get to the council or CAB till monday AM. background: We have been in our private rented house since may 2009. Always paid on time and been good tenants and get on really well with the landlord. Me & my partner live with our 2 young children. Early last year, things changed…
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Is it a good idea to see how much your property is worth?
Hello Is is a good idea to see how much your property is worth in the current market even though you might not want to sell? E.g. Getting a estate agent to give you an estimate on the house? What are the pro's and cons of doing this?
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Freeholder claiming legal cost without sending an invoice
Can someone advise me please? i'm under a lot of stress and can't even eat properly at the moment because of this problem. I bought a leasehold flat over 5 months ago and received a statement from freeholder last week stating outstanding balance which is made up of ground rent, building insurance and late payment fee of…
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Houses with oil tank
We are considering a bungalow which has a oil tank. The tank looks like it is made of metal and is rusty on the outside. There is no gas supply. I have a few questions: 1. How much difference is there in energy costs between oil and gas? 2. Does having oil central heating effect property prices or the time it takes to…
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Urgent subtenancy problem
After graduating, my daughter continued to share a student tenancy in Plymouth and in December asked her landlord's permission to sublet her tenancy to work as an au pair in Italy from 3 January. Her landlord agreed to this verbally and she accordingly sublet her tenancy to a one-year PGCE student who is a model tenant,…
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Drafting a Lease Extension without solicitor......
Hello all, Unusual query which I hope someone can help direct me on. I own the leasehold on one flat in a 2-flat property (purpose built flats, circa 1900), and am in the process of acquiring the full freehold through the 1993 act (leaseholder for other flat wasn't interested in jointly purchasing the freehold, but has…
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Old ccj - declare or not?
Sorry if this is in the wrong section... I have an old ccj (8 years old now), it doesn't appear on any of my credit reports and it doesn't show when I search for it on the county court website thing, I don't have any paperwork for it. It was for about a grand, and have never paid anything towards it, never had an…
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Buying a flat with penetrating damp
Hi all, I started purchasing a 2 bedroom flat that had been recently redecorated in October, place looked great, due to a bunch of holdups the survey didn't end up getting done until the start of Jan so we could get the purchase moving. The survey turned up penetrating damp in some of the rooms, I went round for a second…
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data protection act
Anyone familiar with the DPA and related rules? Specifically, where a letting agent quotes 'Data protection' as a reason for witholding from a landlord information they hold on a tenant, which part of the Act, or subsequent amendment etc, or court decisions, can be quoted to convince them otherwise?
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Severance of Joint Tenancy to Tenants In Common Please help
Hi wonder if people could help me. My mum wants to make a will, we saw a solicitor before xmas. She is seperated from my dad for years and they jointly own their house. At the moment they are joint tenants and she needs to change her tenancy to tenants in common so she can leave her half to her children. We asked the…
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house fell through for fourth time in 18 months!!!!
Hi all Feeling so fed up and disillusioned, we own a mid terrace in Belfast northern ireland. As the title suggests are property has fell through again this week to fourth time. First time was December 2013- sale agreed cash no survey - were advised family disagreement, we were out solicitor fees as was almost at…
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Deposit gained from equity in house we could be buying
Ok this is a wee bit complicated and only a possibilty. Grandfathers house could be going up for sale and we would be interested in buying, The proceeds would be split between my mum and her brother. Now my mum has said that she will be giving us some of this which would be enough for a deposit on a house, however we would…
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Are there any known cases of suing LL for 3 x the amount of an unprotected deposit?
As per the title suggests. As some of you are aware my deposit was not protected when my tenancy began, and still hasn't been. My LL is becoming increasingly difficult to deal with - had to move out the property early to accommodate decorators (13 days early), have been told it's not clean enough even though check out…
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Selling a house to free up equity
I am 74 and my wife is 67, we have a 10,000 mortgage on a house worth 80,000 and savings of around 20,000. We would like to sell our house to free up the equity to allow us to spend more time with our grandchildren who live abroad and also have a better standard of living whilst we are still able to enjoy our lives. Our…
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Buying an ex Local Authority flat - thoughts?
All experience and advice welcome! I am thinking about buying (in London, Southwark) an ex-local authority flat. This would be a flat for me, not an investment. They seem to be significantly cheaper than other flats. I would need a small mortgage. I have started researching issues but would welcome your thoughts. In…
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How to check boundaries
Hi, We are buying a house where the current owner has previously bought land off the owner of a field that backs onto the property to extend the garden. I know that land registry title plans aren't super accurate, but looking on Google Maps, the boundary fence exceeds the plans by a good way. Images below are taken from…
