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Property misadvertised by Estate Agent
Hi, myself and my partner are currently in the process of purchasing a house which was advertised as having a detached garage. To cut a long story short, when the title plan was sent to us our garage was missing - I queried this with my solicitor and it now turns out that the property does not own the garage and it is…
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Council tax. Help needed.
Hi thanks for looking. My son is in trouble with the council for non payment. He signed a 12 month tenancy with a letting agent back in November 2014. He had spoken to the housing department who advised him about housing benefit, the council paid the bond for the flat. Well he never got the housing benefit so never moved…
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Service charge arrears on a repossessed property
Hi there, I've been trying to purchase repossessed flat over the past few months and to say the process has been slow is an understatement. However, after lots of waiting I may be nearing completion. The one thing that concerns me is that I've had no details of how much the service charge arrears are. Initially my…
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Advise needed, is this overpriced?
Hi Hope you can help. What do you think of this property. Is it a fair price, overpriced. Any opinions would be appreciated and understand it's not easy to say just from listing but would appreciate you taking a look. Thanks for looking, now removed. �� Thanks guys Set
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Nationwide mortgage and letting out property
I am looking at moving to a bigger house and renting out my current property next year. The trouble is I will only be around two years into a five year fixed mortgage with nationwide. Their website states I only have to tell them, pay a small admin fee and add 1% fee to the mortgage:…
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Recommendations for home/building insurance when you have a lodger
I am approaching renewal time. I am currently with Direct Line and have used Aviva and Nationwide before. Several others won't allow a lodger at all. Has anyone any particular recommendations? I don't want to waste time completing quote forms and they tend not to answer this on their site.
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Giving notice to letting agent
My tenant has advised me that she is buying a house and will be moving out of the property (England) so I have decided to sell the property. Do I need to give the letting agency formal notice or will my contract with then end when the tenancy ends?
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Ending tenancy early
Hi I'm in the process of buying a property and am currently renting. My tenancy ends at the end of September and I must have given one months notice to leave, so need to do this by the end of August. I very much doubt that the mortgage, searches, surveys etc will be done by that point and am reluctant to give notice if…
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statutory to periodic tenancy - deposit renewed
Is there an onus on a landlord that he has to reprotect the deposit which is given to him at the start of an AST and then when that expires the tenancy goes to a peroidic tenancy that he has to re deposit the deposit that has been given to him and that he has to provide the tenant with the new certificate and prescribed…
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Something missed on HB report?
Hi all, Hope I've posted this in the right place. We are buying a property in a village and compete in two days time. The property is served by oil rather than gas and this is our first experience of such a property, meaning we were unaware of any regulations relating to oil tanks. We had a homebuyers report completed and…
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Subletting on an unregulated tenancy?
Just after a bit of advice if this is possible. A friend of mine lives in a rented property where she has been for many years. The tenancy was agreed on a handshake and there is nothing at all in writing. My friend is looking to move to a different part of the country, but she is concerned that if things don't work out she…
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Gas cert before completion, boiler condemned after completion.....
Long story short, our vendors were difficult when it came to answering our solicitors queries, they took a very long time getting the gas safety certificate for the boiler but eventually did so at the end of June. Fast forward to completion in July and we got the boiler serviced (free of charge as part of our mortgage…
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Section 21 issued!
Deleted - in case seen by LL Thanks for info given and will prepare to appeal
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Public Right of Way query delaying house purchase
We are close to completion on the sale of our house. During the searches on the property we want to purchase, the 'Definitive Map' at the council has flagged up a public right of way (PROW) that crosses part of the garden even though in reality the PROW skirts the boundary of the property... Apparently definitive map is…
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Tax on Rental income which year April payment?
I'm about to start renting out a property and have to set the payment date. Assuming £1000 a month to simplify things. If I set payment date as 1st of Month starting from September It means I will receive £8,000 in tax year 2015 - 2016 If I set payment date of 7th of month I will only receive £7,000 in tax year 2015 - 2016…
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Is it possible to do a Shared Ownership scheme privately?
For example, I have a family member on low income who is on the list for shared ownership, but properties in my area for shared ownership are in very high demand. So I was thinking, can I do it myself? I would buy 75% of a property as a BTL (with say a 25% deposit) and my family member buy 25% as residential (again with a…
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House on sale for a long time....
Hi All, We are looking at a house that needs a fair bit of work but has amazing potential. Further, compared to what we have viewed it seems to be a very good price. However, when looking into it, its appears to have been on the market for a long time. Street view has a For Sale sign from 2012. It been on the market with…
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I pay service charge for nothing
Hello everyone, I recently purchased a flat and I was very happy until I had to deal with the property management company. The problem I have is that they seem not to care about the Estate at all (specially common areas). This is a list of issues : The backdoor of my building is partly broken and anybody can access the…
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Is this unreasonable?
Everything regarding my house sale is completed and my buyers are ready, as is the seller of my new property. My mortgage offer is in and the searches are back (no issues raised). There are no mortgage conditions other than buildings insurance, the valuation survey raised no issues, I commissioned my own private full…
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Complaints procedure for conveyancing
Please could somehow advise me of the correct procedure when making a formal complaint? I've written a complaint for the conveyancing manager for the solicitors but she is on holiday, does she need to respond to this before I take any further action? Obviously I am willing to give them the chance to put it right. The…
