House buying, renting & selling

Discussion List

• Rental wear and tear?

  Hi, our tenants have just moved out of our rented flat as we’re selling it. The oven and dishwasher are both not working - the tenants say they don’t know how both broke. As the dishwasher and oven are both 15 years old I wonder if we should just lump the costs to replace or whether we should charge them out of their…

• Buying a house to refurbish then sell

  Hi A few years ago I renovated our current property and enjoyed the process. I'm now retired and being a bit bored and fed up with the current low interest rates on offer with regard to my savings I feel I could be putting both my time and money to better use! Before I jump in and buy a house to renovate with the purpose…

• Subletting

  Hi, We are a couple who have been subletting a room in a houseshare with 9 other people (three of these are kids). We paid a £500 deposit and was told that bills (council tax, energy, internet and water) were paid separately. Whilst the main tenant was away the owner came to the house and when he saw me (black female with…

• Landlord is sabotaging onwards house move

  Situation is - originally moved in Sept 2017 on a 12 month AST. Property is in England. - in March my old flatmate moved out and I was told I had to sign a new 12 month AST - the agreement, and indeed it has happened twice before, is that if you wish to move out prior to the end of the fixed term, you simply have to find a…

• Buying Advice

  Hi there, I've recently been accepted to buy a Shared Ownership property, however I'm wondering if it's the best time to do so... I take home roughly £1,600 per month, I'm single and would be buying in a village roughly 40 minutes commuting distance from where I work. I've been told I can afford a 35% share of a £250,000…

• House buying help?

  Hi all I am thinking seriously about buying my first home. At the moment I am in the information-gathering stage. Obviously I will read everything on this website :) , and I've found a house buying guide over on which.co.uk, but I was wondering if anyone has any particular website or other resource you can recommend?…

• Difficult Freeholders

  Hi all, long story but I’d appreciate any advice. I bought a leasehold flat in 2006 and at the time believed that the previous owner had legally extended into the loft space. My solicitor (now out of business) advises it was all above board and I had supporting paperwork from one of the freeholders giving permission. Fast…

• Joint tenancy split advice - overcharging?

  Good morning everyone! This is my first post to the forum, but have used it many times for great advice. I turn to the forum for some advice. From all the research online I can not find my particular situation. My girlfriend and I split up in November 2017. We had a joint tenancy agreement on a rolling contract and have…

• How to find the owner of land?

  My issue is that the bottom of my garden has a fence and a gate. On the other side of the fence there is a strip of grass that runs the full width of my fence and also approx 4M to the kerb edge and road. From memory, and on the land reg , my property is only demarcated up to the fence line. I suspect the grassed area…

• No Heating & Hot Water For 2 Weeks - Entitled To A Refund?

  Hi All, I am looking for some advise for a couple of issues I have experienced in my current rental property, mainly around a refund of rent for time we could not spend in the property. We moved in to the property just under a year ago now and within a couple of weeks the washing machine broke. After the landlord started…

• No good offers in 6 weeks, drop price?

  Hi - I'm posting here as recommended to by a MSE article on buying/selling!! We have a two bed garden flat for sale in Hammersmith, London and we're not getting any good offers. It's been on for 5.5 weeks and we've had about 20 viewings but only one very low (more than 14% off asking price) offer with no follow up. Estate…

• Boundary fence dispute

  Hi, we are currently in a dispute over the ownership of a boundary fence. In October 2015, we reserved a new build house off plan from a local developer, at this stage we negotiated on price/extras etc. We negotiated that instead of the 1.2m wire fence, they would include in the price of the house a 1.8m high feather board…

• Right to Buy gift/loan - care implications?

  If I was to gift a relative money to buy their council house and thry subsequently go into a care home, is there any implications from the gift with regards to the state taking it? Would designating it a loan be better?

• Buying a flat in Lincoln

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• Approach owners of house(s) I want to buy directly? Or instruct agent?

  We love the area we're in, so plan is to upsize to a house in the next year or two (we're in a flat). There's one street we particularly like; are there any downsides to sending letters to the addresses of those 20 or so houses on it? Or are these things better done through an agent - it wouldn't be me paying the fees,…

• Refused to take possession of rental property

  Hello, We recently signed an AST for a house we'd viewed while the previous tenants were in situ. We spent about 15 minutes viewing the property (with the existing tenants showing us around). Subsequently we attended the property to meet an inventory clerk and collect our keys. On having more time to look around the…

• Latest stage I can pull out of a purchase?

  Long story short, I want to buy a property, but my girlfriend is out of the country for the next few weeks Can I put a bid in (after my viewing), and then when she does her viewing, retract the bid if required?

• Bulge / Crack in kitchen ceiling, please advise?

  We are currently doing up our property to sell and get the best possible value for it. I am looking for some advise regarding cracking and bulging in the Kitchen ceiling and what would be the best method to sort this out? There is a flat roof above the kitchen ceiling so maybe that is the reason, however maybe its just the…

• New Build Alterations

  Hi, I've heard about people buying new build houses and getting the builders to make alterations to their homes during the building process. Has anyone had experience of this? Do you think developers/builders would extend the driveway of the property onto the grassed front lawn if asked and paid? Thanks:)

• Self-Build Questionnaire - MArch Architecture

  My name is Francesca Paul and I am a student at Northumbria University, Newcastle, studying a Masters in Architecture and am researching the self-build housing sector against the current housing crisis for my dissertation. I am writing to ask if you would be willing to take part in a short survey about your experiences of…