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Repairs in secure tenancy and arrears
Hi, I have a question regarding my tenancy and repairs. I have rent arrears which I am paying at an agreed rate. I've been trying to get repairs done to the property since I moved in nearly 2 years ago. I started the complaints procedure in Feb this year but still nothing's been resolved. I now have a letter from the…
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renting to parents
i have just remorgaged my house to buy a property for my parents to live in they woud like to pay an amount to help with the extra morgage payments. are they allowed to do this and do i have to inform anyone.
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notice of transfer
Hi, I have recently transfered a property that i own into my wifes name. It is an ex council house, which up until Feb of this year was occupied by a relative whos name was on the lease (I was the legal owner). The properrty has been empty since my relative passed away. We have decided to rent this property. I contacted…
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How much rent to charge for a room in my house?
I have a two bed house and am going to rent a room out to someone claiming housing benefit. How much should I charge? I want to include hot water, heating, electricity, gas, lighting, water authority charges, fuel for cooking, and will have to also include council tax. TIA
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Repaying BTL - should we swop ownership?
We are in the fortunate position of having the funds to repay our btl mortgage once it comes off its deal next month. At the moment its in joint names but once its repaid we are thinking from an income point of view it would be better in just my name as my husband is a higher rate tax payer. If we did this though, when…
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Exchange and Completion Concern
Hi, After a day long negotiation with the seller over the completion date, we exchanged on our house last Tuesday and expect to complete this Friday. The reasons we had a problem with the completion date was that the seller wanted 6 weeks to clear out the house (it's unouched from the day her father passd away - fridge…
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Asking for trouble or a good idea?
Hello! I was wondering if anyone could help me. My wife and I are looking at moving house but rather than sell our current house we were thinking of letting it and taking a buy to let (or is it let to buy?) mortgage to release some equity for our next house. Our current house is worth approx 100k and we owe around 25k. We…
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Rental house damaged, HELP!!!!!!!!
Hi All I currently rent a house and on Friday night a car crashed into the property causing extensive damage.The driver somehow managed to drive off and as usual the police were so slow in attending that they had no chance of catching the driver. The outer wall of the house is caved in but has not collapsed and the…
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Worrying news for many
just read this... http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=456896&in_page_id=2 how dreadful...not sure if this is even if you pay something towards the arrears... Sorry if this has been posted before.
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Furnished, unfurnished or part furnished?
Thinking of letting my flat out soon but not sure whether to spend extra money to furnish it, or maybe just a few things such as a sofa and bed. Is it worth paying extra upfront to furnish a rental property? What is the demand for furnished/unfurnished? I've already got an oven / hob, fridge, and dishwasher which i'll…
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Rent reduction
Hi, We are currently renting a house which we have being for the last 5 months, and the Tenancy agreement is coming to an end on the 14th December (gives us 3 days to give notice if we want to leave etc). We have being waiting since the 24th October to see if the landlord will be willing to sign another 6 month agreement.…
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buying a freehold
Ok this is my first post and not sure if its in the right place etc so go easy please.. I bought my house on 1 sept this yr, and was told I had to pay ground rent at £10 per annum.. I have received a letter from solicitors today saying.. We are instructed to act on behalf of the owner of the freehold reversion of your…
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Tracking down a sneaky Land Lord - Help!
I've started my own thread on this, having previously hijacked someone els's a few weeks ago now:http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1162223&highlight=maximus9 I moved out of my last rented room at the end of June and my landlord won't return my deposit. I'll summarise my position to save rambling, I…
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Advertise my room
We are trying to advertise a room to rent out but have no joy with spare room.co.uk or eassyroom mate .com, any suggestions where we can do this, ie student exchange or anything etc etc. Thanks
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Yay we've sold the house!!
After 2 weeks on the market for only £500 less than the asking price (for a very cheap £85k). We were so lucky in that we've got a cash buyer who wants to move quickly. Fingers crossed it now all goes smoothy!!! Now looking for a rental!!:T
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Selling house
My house has been on the market for some time the agent asked me to reduce the selling price by over £10000 on a £137000 terraced house, my contract says after 8 weeks, at any time I give a two weeks written notice I can end the selling agreement and remove it from sale with no cost to me for the work already carried out…
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I am moving.com? Any good???
Anyone ever used iammoving.com? My wife has signed up with them and told me she's had to give her bank details etc...i was a bit concerend, the website looks pretty kosher just wanted to check with people here first to put the wifes mind at rest?? Thanks Matt
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Offer to Buy Freehold from 900+ year lease
My mother in law own's her bungalow outright but the property is still leasehold and has over 900 years on a long term lease. She currently pays £6 a year in ground rent. She keeps getting letters from representatives acting on behalf of the freeholder telling her she can buy her freehold for around £620 plus her…
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part buy part rent or wait and try and buy on open market?
Just wanting advice. We have been offered a 40% share in 173,000 property through local housing association in a area we want to be. They havent dropped the price since april of this year so its already over valued. We have a resonable deposit (17k) agaisnt it which enbales us to get a good mortgage deal but due to house…
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Moving home - renting out present home till prices recover. Query Capital Gains Tax?
Hi there Could someone please advise me? We currently live in a flat that I bought before my husband and I got married and it is still in my sole name. We are moving to a new house shortly but due to the housing market at the moment, we were advised not to sell the flat if we could possibly manage not to. We are therefore…