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Oops - Lost My Rag finally with LL
I expect a S21 tomorrow. Those of you who have read past threads, I have been living in a 3 bed house for just under four years. Done a lot of repairs the LL refused to do. Still have a boiler with wrong temporary circuit board (been months). Doesn't work very well, kitchen is freezing because of no insulation. Insulated…
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Ending periodic tenancy mid-month
Hi I'm on a monthly periodic tenancy contract. The termination clause stipulates that 'One months notice is required by the Licensee on the 1st day of the closing month to terminate the license. If notice is not given, the License will be extended for a further one month'. I've given my landlord notice on 17th March that I…
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Compensation and DPS
Hi Guys, I had a flat in London which was a Short term tenancy. My contract was 6 months, but they wanted me to leave early so we came to a settlement that they would pay me my agency fee before I left and the Compensation amount of £2,000 the day I left. I have a contract for this, in which they stated they would do so on…
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Property off the market but still on the website
Hey guys my offer was accepted last week and EA told me they weren't going to show the property any more. I was clear right from the start that I wanted the property off the market. They told me once the survey is booked they'd take the property off the market. Survey was booked last week. Yesterday I saw that the property…
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Local Authority Leasehold Problem
Hope this is the correct place for this question. We own an ex Local Authority flat in a block of nine, four owned and five still council tenants I believe. As you would expect any works carried out is divided by nine and we pay one share. The flat used to belong to my MIL and around ten years ago the whole roof was…
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Complaint against a mortgage broker
I engaged the services of a broker as he came highly recommended by a relative. Unfortunately, based on the trust of this recommendation i did not run any checks of my own when i decided to go along with this broker. I was asked to make payments of £1,800 upfront. The first DIP i received was a KFI which he didn't end up…
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Landlords Beware - My Experience
I rented out my house using a letting agency and moved toa larger house as I was looking after 3 grand children and needed more space. When the anniversary came up for renewal my tenants became evasive about signing and with driving by I could see there were issues with the state of the house. The tenants indicated they…
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Offer accepted but no progress there after
Hi, I am new to this forum so please bare with me. We have an offer accepted on a house this week. From the agency's pov they need Sellers solicitors details in order to create memo or sale and take house off the market. The agency have said the they have stopped taking further viewing but the house is still on the…
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Deciphering land border on Land Registry Title....
I hope someone here can help me. We purchased out house last year and unforunately had to move out for months because of unforeseen building works which is why I'm asking this question now. At the time of purchase, we were told there was an extra packet of land at the bottom of the garden on top of a bank which belonged to…
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Full deposit not protected
[FONT="]I took an assured short hold tenancy in a house in Feb 2011 and paid £1400 deposit to the letting agent.[/FONT] [FONT="]I always paid the rent on time, gave proper notice and vacated the property in Feb 2014.[/FONT] [FONT="]I am in disagreement with the landlord over deposit deductions so tried to refer…
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How will Budget 2015 impact First Time home Buyers
Hi All, Seeking contributions and your thoughts regarding the 2015 Budget and how it impacts first time buyers. Please lets know your thoughts. Thanks Jay
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House searching - tree growing in wall?
I need some advice. I’m currently house searching, and recently saw a Victorian terrace which needs a lot of work. Complete upgrade needed. New kitchen, bathroom, garden etc. Still didn’t put me off. I saw the property and could see a lot of potential, but one thing caught my eye while looking at the rear bedroom. There…
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Mortgage conditions
I have had a mortgage offer through the door but the conditions are not clear. What do use think are conditions and/or don't have to do as a condiotn? Supplementary conditions You must instruct a roofer and carry out repairs within 3 months of completion. We Recommend you instruct a damp and timber specialist to carry out…
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Assistance with landord
Long time reader, first time poster so please be gentle. I was in a short term tenancy ending Jan 28th 2015. The reason behind termination of the tenancy. We received a letter from the agency stating our tenancy was coming to an end on the 28/01/2015. The landlord is happy to extend your agreement for a fee for £389. Me…
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Selling: who pays my co freeholders costs?
Hi all, Hoping someone can help. Bear with me, it's complicated! I'm selling my flat, and it's been a 7 month nightmare with too many disasters to bore you with. It's a Victorian house converted into two flats, and both parties share ownership of the freehold. My extremely demanding buyer insisted on a new lease, new lease…
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New Build FTB - Timeline Concerns!
Looking for some advice and appreciate any feedback (Sorry for the jackanory style background): Myself and my partner have exchanged (as of 02Mar15) on a new build property. We reserved the plot back in January based on the floor plans as the developer does not have a show home in the style we wanted to purchase.…
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Fensa
I am in the process of selling my house and it is quite a nightmare. todays problem is that the solicitor is asking for a FENSA certificate for the windows I had installed in 2002, 13 years ago. It was a small local company who installed the windows, I don't even know if they are still in business but I was never given a…
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What to do...after completion
I completed the purchase of a flat just under 2 weeks ago. Collected the front door keys from EA and was told the keys to double glazing windows was left in the property along with the parking permit. When I went to the property the parking permit wasn't there, there was a set of keys, but wrong ones and definitely not for…
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Sadness while selling house?
Sale agreed on our house and I am quite happy that we are selling it (we already bought a bigger house). But my wife is sad that we are selling it and she thinks old house was part of our memory. Is she getting emotional or it is just normal? :o
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Indemnity insurance for dormer
Hi there, I'm after a bit of advice please. We are in the process of selling our house and have an agreed completion date. The buyer had a survey done around 4 weeks ago which highlighted a few issues (as I'm sure all surveys do!), they tried to get us to pay to rectify some of them but we have refused as the price of the…
