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Tips for future Landlord
Hi All I am looking to get a bit of information about becoming a landlord, if there are any wise experienced landlords out there that can guide me in the right direction that would be great. I only need some rough figures on what you must have to be a landlord and fees it would entail: Landlord Insurance Building Insurance…
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Previous owners let themselves in!!!.
I just got the keys to my new house Friday just gone, i haven't currently moved in as decorating and need to get furniture sorted. On Saturday i got a phone call from my EA asking if i was at the property (which i was) and if it was possible for the previous owners to come around and collect a child gate they had left, i…
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Is this a little fishy
This house came on rightmove on the 18th of this month, since the very day it came on we have phoned the EA 6 times and my GF has called into the EA's office twice. On every occasion we have been told that the EA dealing with this property is unavailable/ popped out of the office but will get back to us when they return to…
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Urgent - car park spaces; should they be numbered?
Hi Please move this post if it's in the wrong place. I'm not familiar wth this area of the forums. Apologies in advance. Basically, I live in a small block of flats (16 flats) and we all have one parking space each in the car park. The car park has been re-marked today which has been organised by our professional…
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How long to give seller time to accept offer
Hello all, looking for some advice. My partner and I are first time buyers who put an offer in for a house on Wednesday 16th of this month which was verbally accepted on Monday 21st. Our solicitor sent the necessary paperwork through to the sellers solicitor the same day. It's now Tuesday 29th and we have not heard back…
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Completion day tomorrow - seller now can't complete!
Any advice please, I had a phone call from my solicitor this morning (Tuesday) confirming he had all my funds in place and ready to go, we are due to complete tomorrow, but he would get hold of the sellers solicitor and if he was ready perhaps we could complete this afternoon and I could get the keys early, Excellent or so…
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Problems with Ex Landlord
Hi all, Looking for some advice please. Long story but basically my mum is getting hassle off her ex landlady. My mum rented the flat via word of mouth through a friend of a friend wanting to rent her flat out. She and her husband didnt take a bond off my mum just a months rent in advance. From what i can see the tenancy…
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A scenario to get your teeth into
Hi All I mainly lurk here bar posting on the have a look at this thread and would have posted this here at the time but I’m interested in the boards opinions; Back in May when I was house hunting I went to see this flat; http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-51315709.html It was in disrepair which I was…
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Who pays for House repairs-Buyer or Seller?
This might have been asked before here but the search isn't brining up anything. Also, posting it incase there is an ‘updated’ solution. Found a house, loved it, made an offer, did a detailed survey. Survey results came out mostly good except drainage pipes highlighted as a problem. Got a drainage company to do a CCTV…
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To staircase or sell
We own a 50% shared ownership 1 bed flat in London and are looking to move on pretty pronto although we've only been there for a year - it's small, neighbours are a pain, and we'd like to move further out. Also, luckily, it's gone up by 80k in value since we bought. Our options are: 1. Staircase to 100% and then sell. This…
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Mortgage Subject to Valuation
Hey, I am not sure if I should be excited at this stage or still be nervous! The Valuation was instructed last week however since then I have had the mortgage broker ask for more details with regards tot he Housing Association (We are Buying Shared Ownership) we have sent 2 different numbers and every time we ring either…
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Unmanaged Leasehold
Hello! I am currently near completing on a ground floor victorian terraced house in London. It is a leasehold, but having gotten the vendors lease documents back it appears that it is not managed (i.e. we're responsible for any repairs and upkeep). I'm trying to get more information from my solicitor at the moment, as my…
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Ftb & ccj
Hi, I searched the forum and scouted the internet for as much information as I can find, before coming here and asking but now I'd like to ask a couple of questions before we start speaking to a broker. So, we have a deposit of £22k, I earn £36k and my partner £24k, we're first time buyers and all should be well. However,…
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"Nice" Road Premium and getting people "in the door"
Thinking ahead somewhat, but we might be (starting the process of) moving within the next year or so. The house is a 3 bed semi in one of the - at the risk of appearing snobbish - "nicest" roads in the town. Non estate location and an effectively dead end road close to, but not too close to, river, pubs, church, shops so…
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renting whilst not working, including "no dss"
wondering if ppl have had any experience trying to rent a room whilst not working. I find as soon as you tell ppl you aren't working, regardless of whether you are clean, tidy, whatever other habits would make co habitation easier, ppl don't want to take it any further,even if you have savings. also - why do many ads say…
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Desktop Valuation
Hello, Does anyone know how much a desktop valuation from a RICs registered surveyor roughly costs? Thank you
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nw london -renting a room/haggling the price
looking at rooms to rent on spareroom and gumtree in west london and north london. For a single boxroom the prices i've seen are at least 100 pounds a week. Usually that, for say, harrow, wembley, golders green etc. But yesterday my friend told me they can get a single for 67. So it got me wondering- is it normal to haggle…
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Guarantor
Hi, am after some info about guarantors. Sadly my guarantor passed away recently and me and my partner have got ourselves a little bit behind with the rent unfortunately. My landlord is threatening to 'go down the guarantor route' my partner is concerned as the guarantor was her grandpa and she doesn't want the landlord to…
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Some quick mortgage Qs from a FTB
My GF and i just had an offer accepted on what will be our first house (hurray!). She works in a bank and so does my brothers GF (her boss, the bank manager) and i'm pretty savvy at this point (i think) so i'm trying to avoid using a broker to save some pennies. Everything about our situation is standard, 10% deposit, 2…
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Right to buy
Hi. My partner and i recently got our right to buy valuation here in Leeds. It is £112,500. Before me, my partner put in right to buy 2 years ago and got a price of £80000 but did not go through with it. we would like to buy together but feel this a drastic price increase and have told the RTB teams legal department who…