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Landlord withdrew from rental agreement 4 days before moving in
Good afternoon all, I was due to move into a rented property on 31st July 2025. I have signed the contract along with my guarantors. Today the landlord has withdrew from letting me the property despite me and my guarantors having signed the agreement. I have paid some bills up front to reduce my monthly outgoings such as…
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Selling Discounted Market Value House ??
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British Homebuyers - approached me to sell my house for me - anyone have experience of them?
My house is currently on the market with a local estate agent on a sole agency for 6 weeks and I've only had 1 viewing. British Homebuyers sent me a letter offering to sell my house for me. They claim to have buyers waiting, investors waiting, asked me what sort of prices local houses were up for rent, and seem very…
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Deconversion of a property, currently flats, into one house - Planning, Stamp Duty, Land Registry
Hi everyone sorry for the long post - hoping for some advice please. We are in the early stages of buying an old property that was converted from a house into 2 flats in the mid 70's. The property, we are told, is on one title and just has the Freehold with no leaseholds on the flats. It has been rented out by the same…
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Twenty year right of way rule – dedicated car parking space
Very grateful for your views on this please. Slightly hypothetical situation at present which could very well
materialise. Person A lives in a house near to some flats and gets on
very well with the people who live in the flats and does not in any way wish to fall out with them. Person
A’s car parking space is a dedicated…
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Served 21 Notice and keys going back 28th July
We were served a S21 on a property we rented and been there 10years. We have since rented another property and the keys are to be returned Monday 28th July as asked. I hadn’t heard anything in terms of check out/ Inspection. I contacted letting agent and I was told I would be contacted to arrange a time for check out. I…
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Contract states rent is due 27th of each month but I don’t always get paid on that date.
We are a month in for our New Rental and the contract states rent to be paid to letting agent on the 27th but I don’t always get paid at that time. It’s normally the last working day. I deal with LL for house but agent in terms of rent/contract. I did contact them via email asking if this would be an issue. But no reply.…
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Lettings in a box
Has anyone had experience of this company? Our letting agents have subcontracted Lettings in a Box to do the sanctions screening
and anti-money laundering checks on all landlords and tenants. The company wrote to me before our LA had informed us of it and I had already blocked them as I had no idea who they were. Despite…
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Lease extension cost for escalating ground rent?
Hello Forum. Sorry for a very boring (maybe too specific) question. I am a FTB looking at buying a leasehold maisonette in London which has an escalating ground rent. (Potentially not sensible but it's by far the best property we've seen in every other way). Ground rent is currently £200 pa doubling every 25 years.…
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Help needed please! New build house - 5 months in, find out they don’t have full planning permission
We’re 5 months into buying a new build house. The house is “built” with internal works nearing completion, we were expecting to be in the house in the next few weeks. The sale of my old place completed this week and we transferred the deposit to my solicitor (exchange of contracts hasn’t yet happened, we were anticipating…
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When can I legally reduce rent payments?
Hi everyone. I hope you can help me save on solicitors fees with this one. I am an undemanding tenant and have put up with a lot over the past 2 years while always paying on time. During a business trip away, the landlord then took the ultimate Micky and placed livestock into my private garden. He'd trespassed multiple…
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Changing Main Residence, Second Home, CGT and Council Tax
Hi all, I inherited a property last June when Probate completed, which I intend to live in as I am now being charged double Council Tax for the more valuable second home. Is it as simple as telling the two councils that I am changing my main residence then writing to HMRC and changing the Land Registry? Will this have an…
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Legionella/Landlord Responsibility
Hi all lovely peeps. Still considering coming away from a letting agent and managing my property myself. No hurry yet so teaching myself stuff gradually to see if I can handle it. Hit a bit of a block on the whole legionella thing. From what I read it is an assessment that I can do myself? Property has mains water in and I…
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Buying the freehold of a house - worth bothering?
Most of the discussion about property leasehold relates to flats - total nightmare. In my situation, it's a leasehold semi-detached house; 950 years lease, costing £15 per year. There doesn't appear to be anything in the lease that permits that £15 to be increased - it certainly hasn't changed for the last fifty years. The…
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Leashold - Lodger
Hello could you please let me know if I can take in a paying lodger while I live at the house (2 beds, 2 bathrooms). See below relevant clauses.
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Buildings insurance.
A few months back, a soil pipe cracked and caused damage to two of the Leasehold flats. There are 8 flats in all. The repair work was undertaken, and Zurich Insurance agreed to pay out. The freeholder paid the plumbers' bills, and has now billed us for his expenditure. He says the Service Charge bills will be amended…
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Been asked to chip in extra cash
Hi, in a chain of 5 buyers, one person has found they need to do extra work on their new house after a survey. The estate agent phoned and said would we mind chipping in £1000
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Council flat purchase?
Hey guys My friend is thinking of buying a new build perhaps 3 year old council flat under Right to Buy. It’s cheap but shes worried about future repair bills and service charges ( if their extortionate). For those who’ve done this or know the risks, is it actually worth buying, or is she just signing up for expensive…
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£100/month penalty from property management company
I own a small studio flat that I have owned for 6 years with no problems and a happy tenant. Yet now am being forced by the managing agents to replace my front door and a laundry room door for £2,818.80 with their contractor. This is as part of a planned replacement of the fire doors with their contractor for the whole of…
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Who do I complain to if the property manager is not part of a property redress scheme?
The government website states You must join a redress scheme if you’re:· an estate agent dealing with residential properties in the UK· a letting agent or property manager in England or Wales If a customer has a complaint about your service that you cannot resolve between yourselves, they can complain to the scheme. The…
