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Flying Homes
Has anyone used this company? I know most of the companies which buy houses cheap are scammers but I was wondering if anyone had used this company as they seem to have the best reputation out of them all. Please don't think I am being rude but I don't want people saying 'don't use companies like as they won't give you want…
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Landlord refusing to allow me to move on tenancy end date
Hi! I wondered if anyone could help me? My tenancy end date is set as the 31/01/15 as it states in my tenancy: TERMS OF TENANCY-EXPIRY DATE- 31/01/15 (to & including). Problem is, my landlord is refusing to allow me to leave this date and requests that I either vacate a day early (meaning I lose a day of my tenancy AND…
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How much money have you lost during the buying/selling process
I was lucky first time round, was a FTB and everything went swimmingly. This time, I have so far potentially lost a survey fee of £300 as I have just lost my buyers so the house I am buying has gone back on the market. I have also lost £300 in work the conveyancers have done so far. Bye Bye £600 and hello waiting for new…
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Home buyer report
Hello I have received the home buyer report and requested some information from the EA on Monday(05/01/15) and received the following replies.. issues(level 3) stated in the report in black and comment from vendors in red. The vendor has instructed a builder yesterday 06/01/15 and the builder has replaced part of the…
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Issue with retention money
We have just part exchanged our house with Persimmon and during completion they slapped £500 retention on us for what they called 'clean and tidy' which I was told we would get back providing we left our property in a tidy state. We cleared out everything including any rubbish and also hoovered etc to clean it up a bit so…
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Problems in chain, what would you do?
I am at the top of a short chain, I am selling my house, which is currently rented out and chain free, my buyers are selling their shared ownership house to first time buyers. I accepted the offer on my property in December and gave notice to my tenants of 2 months, they then gave me one month's notice as they found…
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Judge Rinder
I know it is pantomime, has anyone just watched the episode? Oh dear
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self assessment tax for BLT
Hi Ive been renting my former residential property out for just over a year. I dont make a profit on it as the mortgage, letting fees and repairs are a bit more than the rent I recieve. Do I still need to fill out a self assessment form ? If I do is there a simple guide to help with this? Thanks for any help you might be…
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Cheapest way to borrow 200,000 for short term
Despite searching the net and this site I have a question which I'd appreciate anyone's input. My partner lives in and owns a half share in a house valued at 430,000. My house is valued at 240,000 and for sale. We want to buy his ex wife out of the house and so need to pay her 215,000. This needs to be done urgently, while…
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Neighbours claim noise from my boiler is disturbing them
Hi, I have a two storey flat that is rented out. The conventional boiler is 2 years old and has been serviced and last had its gas safety cert six months ago. My tenants have been approached by their neighbours to say there is a loud 'ticking' noise which apparently the neighbours' gas engineers say is coming from my…
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Rental property advertised with parking but there is no parking
Hi all, Newbie here. I have just moved into a rental property on a new-build development. It was sold to me as having a Garage and Parking. Upon moving in I was greeted by a neighbour who filled me in on all the parking wars and disputes that have taken place and not been resolved - it seems there is no allocated parking.…
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New house just broken into between exchange and completion!
Hi, My partner and i are 2 days away from completing on our first home purchase after a torturous 3 month sale process. I've just learnt that the (vacant) house has been broken into, the perpetrators arrested and any damage liable by us and our buildings insurance policy that we took out leading up to exchange. The vendors…
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First time buyer
Good afternoon all, I was wondering if I could get some help for the forum :D I'm looking to become a first time buyer, not sure if I'm jumping the gun a bit. I have a job interview on Friday for an amazing job, I currently work as a receptionist which I have a live in position and pay minimal rent for a room it's just…
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Cost to Landlord of s21 evection
I haven't seen any details re costs when going down the s21 eviction route. Could anyone give me a rough idea of costs if this became necessary and we needed to use the Bailifs to do an eviction. Hopefully it won't come to this but an idea on costs would be appreciated. Thanks
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Selling Vacant House
My 4 brothers and I have owned a vacant house for 5 years. It was previously the family home. There is no mortgage. 4 brothers want to sell the house but 1 brother does not. Can the sale proceed?
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Anyone live near (ish) to a Crematorium
We're currently purchasing a house and hopefully getting near to exchanging contracts. Just yesterday it was announced that a firm had approval to build a crematorium up the road from us (same road). At first I didn't think I was bothered as it is (according to Google earth) 900m away from us and we defininately can't see…
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Open House
Seen a property that looks interesting and has an "Open house event" listed very soon. Never been to one, but what is the usual setup? You just turn up and an estate agent is there to show you round? Or the vendor? Do you need to pre-register a timeslot? Are they just used when desperate to try and shift the house? I…
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What do people think of this property deal?
A middle-aged woman lives next door to an elderly man. She moves house but they remain friends for many years after. He dies and his only relative is an elderly sister who lives many hundreds of miles away. The elderly sister wants to sell her brother's home and the middle-aged woman offers a low amount for the property…
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Leasehold Change Issue - Indemnity Insurance enough?
Hi Everyone We're trying to buy our first property, and have run into lease problems. We're getting conflicting information from our solicitor, and the estate agent, and are new to this, so wanted to get some experienced opinions! The property is a leasehold flat, and the lease shows that it has one bedroom. The property…
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Help to buy or small mortgage
Hi I was looking for some advice about whether a help to buy equity loan may be applicable for my situation or not. To explain, I'm a 43 year old married father who was taken ill at the start of 2014 with fatigue, pain and light headedness following a bout of flu. Eventually I was diagnosed with a low grade paraprotein in…
