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Wrong starting date on my rental contract
I have an urgent question on my renting issues. Last Saturday I view a property and I decided to take it from the agent. Before I signed the contract, the agency and me agreed that the move-in date will be 5th of July. Then I gave them the admin fee and booking fee - 400 pounds in total, and signed the contract. Today they…
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New Bay bWindows - Planning Permuission required?
Hi I am struggling to get a concrete answer and our local authority planning department are no use whatsoever. We are having new windows put in, at the front of the house we are changing a flat window to a bow/bay window. We have a porch and the window will not extend the house our further than the porch itself. Does…
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Home removal insurance
I'd appreciate some advise please. We've just exchanged and completing in the next 2 weeks. We're moving 400 miles. We have had 2 quotes from removal firms and both have come back at just over £3k :eek: Company B includes insurance and the company A is quoting insurance at an additional cost of £300 approx, making them…
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Building an extension on a leasehold property
Hi everyone, This is my first ever attempt at a forum so please bare with me. I currently have a mortgage on a 1 bedroom ground floor maisonette. I purchased it 7 years ago. I have recently had a baby and would love to put a small extension on the side of the property as an extra bedroom. There is plenty of land to the…
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Landlord Dispute - Any advice?
Hi all I was hoping someone here can help me with some advice regarding a rental we just moved from. We vacated the premises last week, and upon final inspection the property management company said that the property needed some additional cleaning and also that, as part of a pet clause in the tenancy agreement, we would…
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Ending tenancy early to move to a different property with the same landlord
Hi, I am currently in a 6 month tenancy agreement with my Landlord for the 2 bed flat I currently live in. The agreement end on the 4th of Aug. We will within the next week or two be moving into a different property with the same landlord, we are meeting him tonight to sort out the tenancy agreement for the new property,…
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Purchasing new furniture
Hi all We're in the very early stages of a house purchase. We have to buy new furniture including a couch because our current one won't fit. We have seen one we love and it takes 10 weeks to make. I just wondered if people wait until they have the keys and are in the house before they make plans to buy furniture? Whilst 10…
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Tip for getting free boxes for moving house
Moving again soon and as usual I'm loath to buy moving boxes. Supermarkets don't seem to want to give them out anymore (health and safety) I work in a hospital and asked at work and was directed to pharmacy stores. They have deliveries daily and are chucking dozens of boxes and bubble wrap away! So that's my tip, ask your…
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Conveyancing Panel?
Hi, We have just had a verbal offer on a property accepted, this is the first time we have bought a property in the UK as we had previously lived abroad for a number of years. Fortunately for us our deposit has been held in our bank account abroad (following our house sale over there) so has done very well post brexit. The…
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Swapping out a housemate
Hello! After several searches I have been unsuccessful in finding a resolution to my query. So, I have decided to join this forum and hope that someone might be able to help. I recently rented a property, with my friend, on a 12 month contract with a 6 month get out clause. Four months into the tenancy my housemate has…
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Interest on tenancy deposits
Just curious, but as I understand it, the tenancy deposit is regarded as money belonging to the tenant. If the agent or landlord keeps the money, and makes interest on that money over a prolonged period, who does the interest belong to? Presumably, the issue of betterment comes into play here - the landlord should not be…
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Remain In The EU - Cheap Flat for Sale in Scotland
Do you want to remain a part of the EU? Then move to Scotland and buy my un-expensive flat - only £300/mth mortgage. :rotfl:
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Surveyors nominated by insurers
Hello all. Another first time poster seeking advice I'm afraid! We're currently going through a grindingly protracted process to try and get insurance company and their adjustors/contractors to admit fault and fix up the results of some work done back in 2013. In short: they fixed subsidence cracks on SE London victorian…
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Do I have a chance?
I've had a home buyers survey done on the house i'm buying and a number of scary (to me anyway) things have been mentioned. I'm looking to get a quote on the work and try and negotiate down BUT the survey valued the house at the same price as our accepted offer. Some stuff mentioned like 'uneven pathway' I accept are not…
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The opposite - silly not to continue post brexit?
Morning all, Firstly, apologies for the long winded post.. I'm trying to make sense of my messy brain at the moment! I've been keeping an eye on here and have been interested in all of the 'shall we pull out/reduce offers ' threads that have been popping up. (Aware some aren't genuine.) As a FTB'er, I too have been a…
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New house. Broken boiler
First post so apologies if this subject has been covered or I am posting in the incorrect place. So we exchanged last Friday and moved in on the Saturday. Went to turn on the boiler and nothing at all, gas is working, all the boiler valves are in the correct position. I downloaded the instructions for the boiler and still…
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Another anxious post-Brexit first time buyer
It feels wrong that the first contribution to make to this forum is to ask for thoughts rather give them, but here it goes. Its tempted me out of being a lurker at least. We're London first time buyers, both in stable middle income jobs, both early in our careers - fortunate enough to have a 20% deposit for a flat in the…
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Credit card balance during mortgage application
My credit card balance has went up around 1000 over the last month due to waiting on an invoice being paid by a client. Unfortunately the timing is bad as I am currently going through a mortgage application with a dip in place and a final check to be completed next week. My question is that if I pay the balance off in full…
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Do I need a section 104 agreement?
I will be extremely impressed if anyone can answer this as my solicitor appears to have no clue! We are selling our house (newish house, 5 years old) and have been asked to provide a section 104 agreement, which I've learnt is to do with drainage and adoption of sewers. We do not have a copy of this agreement, our…
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Dodgy threads on here
Appreciate I haven't posted much on here over the years, but for all the talk on the news this morning about a self-fulfilling prophecy, is it just me that finds it a bit strange how many new members have signed up to ask about pulling out of a potential purchase? I know on any message board you'll get some people who are…
