House buying, renting & selling

Discussion List

• Wear and Tear? Landlord Negligence?

  Good Evening, We are moving out after a 4 year tenancy. The tenancy hasn't been easy, we have had numerous different problems that the landlord has taken ages and numerous attempts at contact to fix (for example we had very little hot water for over a year) The property is in fairly bad condition. And I'm not sure whether…

• Conservatory Planning Permission

  We had a new conservatory built two and a half years ago. It doesnt require planning but we wish to sell the house this year. I recall at the time someone saying I should apply for a certificate to confirm no planning require. Could anyone give me any pointers on what this certificate may be called?

• Buying but issues

  Hello Great people, I am in the process of buying a semi detached property and my solicitors mentioned two issues to me as below 1. This property has had a ground floor slab replacement in 1987 (built in 1971) because the house was originally built with an unreinforced concrete floor and dint meet the building regulations…

• Making an Offer on a house without deposit ready

  Hi! I'm due to inherit some money shortly (mid July) which will be used to buy a house. I've just seen a house which is perfec' and want to make an offer - what's the likely hood (if accepted) the legal & application process would go along smoothly and be ok with a "getting money in the future" kind of deal?

• Land registry for private landlords

  Really in the need of advice. I an desperatly in the need of the contact details of the private landlord for the tenant of the house next door to me. My family and I have been suffering assault, verbal abuse and harassment from the tenant who rents the house next door for nearly two years. Incidents have been report to…

• rent deposit and bounced cheque

  Sorry i in wrong thread,but didnt't know where to put it. My son who is a student was living with a married couple.Last month they told him they had sold the house and he needed to move out.On the day he moved out they gave him a cheque for the deposit he had paid.He has now told me the cheque has bounced.The house is now…

• Should I stop paying rent

  Hello I am currently renting a top floor flat and the roof has a bad leak and I have had to move out. I am staying at my parents house with a new baby and I still have to pay rent. I have been out of the house for 2 weeks and still paying full rent. Could someone help me with my legal rights and what I should do next. Is…

• Trees overhanging into neighbours garden

  Hi Hope someone can help me or point me in the right direction for advice . I bought a house back in September that has two large ( and I mean large) conifer trees that are are the bottom of my garden. They have prob been allow to grow for about 40 years and I suspect largely unkept . I did enquire recently about getting…

• Would you move or stay in bad accomodation?

  Following on from last thread, my friend has been advised by Shelter to give his LL 3 working days to fix the water situation then if LL ignores it he tell him he is in breach of contract and leave or withhold rent. My friend is unsure how to proceed though because the flat is in such dismal state such as door handles…

• Pros / Cons of asking agent to recommend solicitor

  Hi, So we had an offer accepted and I am trying to find a solicitor. I have been through the online companies available, but they seem a hit and miss. I don't really have anyone local that I know of, and the ones I have tried are pricey (400 to 500 more then online) I thought of asking my agent. I understand he will likely…

• Conservative Manifesto - Right to Buy Question

  Question… Currently I live with my partner and 2 children in a HA property which is classed as in a ‘rural parish’. On this basis we currently do not have any rights to purchase the property. The parish is a small village where me and my partner have grown up, in an ideal world we would love to buy however houses coming up…

• right to buy housing association tenants

  Hi All, With the slim majority to the conservatives today, does anyone want to take a gander at the timeframe for allowing housing association tenants to buy their own home to come into fruition? I know this is the sort of question like 'how long is a piece or string?' but just curious how, in reality complicated this…

• Purchased a repossessed property - now the bank have found more debt!!

  Hi! I'm new to the forum but hoping that someone can help my tricky situation..! I purchased a repossessed property at auction in March. The purchase price was £90,000 and I paid a 10% deposit straight away at the auction. I have got the mortgage offer and everything was set to go through to complete on April 21st. But a…

• moving cooker and fridge, how to secure

  Hi all :) I need to move house (again) soon and I'll hopefully be taking my cooker and fridge with me. How do I secure the doors of them to stop them flapping open? I don't want to use brown tape because they're relatively new. Also, do I remove the shelves and pack separately? The ones in the fridge are glass but with…

• Selling home to pay for long term care

  My father is coming up on 80 yrs old and lives in a property worth around £275,000. My mum passed away in 1992 leaving her half of the house to my brother and I (a quarter each). I'm just wondering how this would affect the situation should my dad ever need to go into long term care. I understand that if someone owns…

• Japanese knotweed- overhyped?

  I have a friend trying to buy a house in SW England- they have offered on their dream home and now the survey has come back and identified japanese knotweed on a NEIGHBOURING property; they are considering pulling out, but is this plant really as bad as its hyped to be? Does anyone have experience of lenders refusing to…

• Renting - credit check advice

  Hi all, I am in the process of seperating from my partner and will be looking to rent privately. Last November I started a DMP with Stepchange and now have 3 defaults on my credit record. I have met all my payments on my DMP, pay my mortgage every month where I currently live and I am now panicking I will never be able to…

• Negative equity

  Hello Im just looking for some information. Im buying a House. I did a verbal offer was accepted, And i told My Solicitor to do it formal. After 2 weeks without answer I phone to my solicitor and she phone to the sellers and they said they are in equity negative. They are waiting for the lender permission to sell the…

• LPE1 form not completed fully

  Hello, I have posted several times on this forum related the issues I had during my house purchase and I am yet to exchange after 4 months It looks like everything stopped now. My solicitor is telling me that the seller's solicitor returned LPE1 form but it is not fully completed. My understanding this form is filled in by…

• Reasonable deductions from deposit

  Hi all, Our tenancy ended last month and we're still trying to get our deposit back. Originally the LL wanted to charge us to do a professional clean throughout even though the inventory marked the cleaning as 'fair' and more than acceptable. (The property was not professionally cleaned when we moved in) They have now…