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Problems with letting agents!
We have recently had to have work done on our house that we let out, we were advised by the agents and they gave us verbal quotes over the phone which we agreed - we did ask for them to be sent to us aswell but are still waiting. The work has been done so the agents rang me for the cheque so I asked for the invoices to be…
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EPCs - My Energy Efficiency Rating is better than yours!
Seeing as they're not much good for anything else, what's your energy efficiency rating on your EPC graph? Just being silly really but our EPC came through today. We have a 'C' rating - 79 out of 100. We did briefly get a bit excited about it as the energy assessor told us that we were two points off a 'B' and that he had…
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Service Charge Payments
Hi all, i am looking into an apartment to buy, within a document it states that the service charge is divided equally 3/3, and states £300. It does not state if this is monthly or yearly, the building contains 3 flats, with no communal gardens and one small communal entrance and staircase. Can anyone offer any thoughts?…
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Council Tax Demand - Am I responsible?
Hi, Im not sure if Im posting in the correct forum or not but... I have just received a council tax demand relating to a property I lived in over 12 months ago. The council are trying to charge me council tax for a full year even tho I only had a 6 month tenancy they say that unless I can find my tenancy agreement (which I…
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Buying a Property to Rent Out - How to Own it?
Dear everyone, I have been for ages looking at this great site and have finally got round to posting.:j We are looking at buying a property to rent out and have now found one that we can afford etc. We are wondering what the best way of owning it is and how to take the rental income. Should we set it up as a property…
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advice on choosing an estate agent / joint agency?
any advice or opinions would be so helpful - we have a hip being compiled seperatly and if we arent careful this will delay us getting on the market. we are in a v.small town, selling a small house, but with no clear idea of which estate agent to use. our choices are: :confused: A) an internet estate agent (house network)…
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Help needed on vacating property
Hello Guys, I am having the following question about tenent rights I took a flat through abode fletham ,middlesex office and the contract was written 2 years back.My contract was experied on 14th sep 2009.I sent abode an email (on 24th Aug 2009) saying i am vacating (on 14th sep 2009) the property before that i was told…
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Legit HIP training?
My sister has just been for what she thought was an interview - only after having driven to Bristol was she told what the course fees were (£6k, I believe) She's just had a really strange phone conversation with them and is now wondering if they're above board. She notes that there is no mention of fees on the website and…
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Advice needed for Lodger
Hi A friend of mine is lodging with a council tenant, and she has decided to move out to her boyfriends house. The lodger is all above board, but needs to know if he will be able to takeover the flat when she moves out, or does he have to find somewhere else to live? Thanks Buzz
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They want just a week between exchange and completion
There's no way! We are not ready to move out - we are waiting until exchange and then we have 4 bedrooms, 5 sheds, a loft stacked high, nowhere to live (!) no removals booked/storage .... do you think it's acceptable to say we want completion 4 weeks after exchange?
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About to make an offer... help?!?
Hullo, So after a couple of years of house searching, price crashing, redundancies and new jobs, we have finally found a house we want to make an offer on. I just want the (hopefully!) helpful advice of the MSE community with regards the offer we think we're going to put ahead (or some handholding - you decide:D). The…
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Hip pack for selling
Hit Would be grateful if anyone knows whether I have to have a hips pack to sell a house privately. Planning to sell the house not using an Estate Agent and trying to avoid extra costs. Thank you S
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could i complete in 4 weeks?
hi we've just agreed a sale on our house (last saturday) and have just seen a great property for sale, on the market for 99,950, i rang the agent and they said that an offer has been accepted of 93,000, but they are still marketing it, so we are going to see it on saturday. so from that i am assuming its a repo, and that…
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buying new - why is it so bad?
Hi there I see lots of negative remarks on here about buying a new build - can someone please tell me why?? am I just being a bit blinkered here? many thanks BB
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Deposit and first months rent for benefit claimants.
My sister in law, her fiance and their baby are currently looking for a house to rent. They have seen one that is close to where I live and it is ideal for them. The owner of the house says that he will get back to them in about 3 weeks once the repairs have been done, to let them know if they can be his tenants. They are…
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Almost completed on a house now negotiating price for oil!
We are just about to complete on a house and they have said they want to be paid for the remaining Kerosene which I think is only fair. The problem is they paid 52 pence a litre in early 2009 for 700 litres. Based on what is left (around 1,000 Litres) they want £530 for it. I've only recieved one quote so far but for £530…
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house under offer with 2 estate agents??
How can this be possible sureley only one can go through with the deal or have they split the fee between them>?, usually i thought the one that does multiple agency and gets the sale gets a higher percentage. Can anyone shed some light on this for me heres the two houses, it looks like to me they are both saying they have…
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Places for People
Does anyone live in an area managed by Places for People? Or failing that, does anyone have any experience of dealing with housing associations similar to this? I've recently bought a house (freehold) in an area managed by them and am expected to pay an approximately £20 per month service charge to them. I'm finding it…
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What would the cost be ?
Good Morning , You may know from my previous thread that the buyer of my property has gone to ground at the very last stages of the house im selling. No chain. Completion date : 11/9/09 at his request. It did not complete due to no deposit being paid to his solicitor for the mortgage. I was just wondering on what his…
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New website
Hi all, just thought I'd let you know about a new website that's come out today... it's called chainfree.com and it's estate agents from all over the country basically advertising properties that have no onward chain. I was looking at it earlier today at work. It's a kinda Rightmove thing, but for a specific target…