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Periodic tenancy - confused - which date does it run from?
I will soon be hoping to give notice on my current rental. I have a periodic tenancy for which I know I need to give a month's notice. But I am confused when notice needs to be given... taking bits from the agreement as follows: 'your current lease expires on 21/09/2013.. as of the current expiry date, the lease will…
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New build boundary issues
Hi All. We are in the process of buying a new home from a well talked about builder that has been on TV of late largely for poor workmanship. We are almost at contract exchange and now it appears to be going wrong. When we originaly made inquiries we were told our detached home would have access to its left via a gateway…
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How frequent are double/separate walls with neighbours? (noise issue)
Hi All, unfortuntately we have a serious noise issue (meaning we're extremely noise sensitive). We recently have viewed a property where the neighbour (who we met by accident and started to chat with) invited us for a "noise test": We were in his house and were talking very loudling, putting TV on very loudly and were…
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Local occupancy clause
Hi, I am looking for some help. We have identified a plot of land in the Yorkshire Dales National Park which we would like to buy. We have made offers and these are close to being accepted. The plot is advertised as with a 'Local Occupancy Clause', we have checked and we qualify to move in. All good, except when finalising…
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Mortgage with Bad Credit
Hello everyone, Just after some advise. My wife and I are currently trying to buy our first home. We have the deposit ready but due to mistakes made a couple of years we have a bad credit rating. We are both in full time employment with a good combined salary and trying to get our redit rating in the green. Is there…
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Protected deposit Northern Ireland
Hi, I moved into my rented house in early 2012. At this time in NI there was no requirement for the deposit to be in a protected scheme. I paid the deposit to the letting agent. I was recently chatting to my LL (who is very very good and with whom I have no problems whatsoever) about the deposit and she said it was still…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should I charge a neighbour for storing stuff in my flat?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... My neighbour has asked to use some of the space in my flat for storage, which the past tenants used to allow. I don't need all of the space I've got, but I pay a lot of rent for the size of the flat. Should I charge her for the storage space? If you haven’t already, join the…
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Tell me your extension stories!
Help needed :) I'm thinking of buying a house that needs work - at least new floors, kitchen and bathroom, and possibly an extension. I can afford the house and the work. There's planning permission for an extension already. Should I go ahead? Anything I should know? Pitfalls, tips etc? Am I mad to even think about it?
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Right to Buy Extension - Exemptions..
Hi Everyone, I have been following this with interest and I see there are a lot of arguments for and against, it appears that the deal has been done however there are some exemptions as follows: "Reflecting the existing Right to Buy, housing associations would have discretion not to sell a particular property in some…
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Problem With House After Exchange.
We have exchanged contracts on a house we wish to buy and plan to move in in 4 weeks. unfortunately we have been informed that they had a new washer fitted and went away for the weekend and the pipes have bust and leaked. they have been in touch with the company (indeset or hotpoint) who fitted it and they have said its…
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Conveyacing solicitor
Can anyone recommend a good but not expensive conveyancing solicitor please?
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Can a seller take the carpets & blinds AFTER completion?
Question: Does a seller have a legal right to fixtures and fittings that they left in the property (which the buyer has said they do not want), even after completion? Background: We have just bought a house and 3 days after completion seller knocks on the door stating they want certain things from the house. We…
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Wait for right to buy or move in with parents and save?
I'm very tired as I write this. 70+ hours work over 5 days and more 10, 14 hour days for the next few days so please excuse my grammar and trailing thought. Sorry if I don't make sense at parts. My situation is that I live in a council flat, have done for a bit over a year and a half. I have nearly 6 grand saved up. I want…
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Tenancy agreement clause help
I'm hoping someone can help me with the understanding of a clause in my agreement. I have lived in my rental property for 6 years each time just signing an extension 1 page document to my original tenancy agreement. This time I signed a whole new document which states that the tenancy is from July 2015 to July 2017 BUT…
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Bed bugs
We have been in our rented house since August. My mate slept on the sofa at the weekend and woke up covered in bites. We have found a few bed bugs, including on one of the beds. We have reported the problem to the letting agent but they are taking ages to sort it out. We really want to get the sofa and bed replaced. Should…
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Costs of changes to load bearing outside walls?
We are considering buying a house which we might need to "modify"/extend within the next few years. However, I wasn't able to find cost estimates for this via Google... We have two potential modifications in mind: - Extension to the back, which would require to change the load bearing outside wall to just make one room…
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FTB Buying Off Plan - Can you make a lesser offer?
Hi There, Just a quick question about buying off-plan. There was a new development being offered 'Off-Plan' that I was interested in a few months back where the property I was interested in was listed in the first stage at £215,000 but I held off as I wasn't quite earning enough to realistically be able to afford it. Since…
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Advice on best and final offer
Hi everyone, I've been reading these boards for the past couple of months, but this is my first post so please be gentle :) . I am after some advice. My husband and I have been looking to buy for a month or so. We've viewed 5 houses and seen one that we liked enough to make an offer. The house came on the market just over…
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Boundary issue
Hi All, Am purchasing a semi-D house (garage is on the detached wall side which has been converted into a nice bedroom). I have noticed that the neighbour on the detached side has used the wall as the 4th wall of his garage workshop and has attached flashing of some sort to the wall of the house to make his room…
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Is there a need for this?
Evening everyone, we are just finishing renovating a house and don't want to let it out long term and have to store all the furniture etc. BUT we love to travel and it seems silly for it to be empty for 3 or 4 months at a time. I wondered if it were possible somehow to let it at say a weeks notice for a couple of months…
