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Recently purchased flat has prior leak into flat below!

5th September 2014, 12 years ago | 12

I purchased a first floor flat beginning of August, it was completely redecorated, carpeted and prepared for letting and a...

Where are the best yields in Manchester/NW?

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5th September 2014, 12 years ago | 6

Hello readers – I’d like to draw on your wealth of experience. I have circa £50k to invest and already...

Green Deal Home Improvement Fund voucher?

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4th September 2014, 12 years ago | 4

Has anybody redeemed their Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF) voucher yet? I’m told [ by someone answering the Phone...

Why is it so hard to find 5 bed properties with an HMO license in the Clapham/Battersea area?

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4th September 2014, 12 years ago | 5

We are a group of sharers falling into the “young professional” age category (a mixture of accountants, engineers and consultants)...

Problem freeholder when selling flat

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4th September 2014, 12 years ago | 5

For 8 months I have been trying to sell my leasehold flat. I have had two offers but both sales...

Tenants have done a runner – what should I do?

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3rd September 2014, 12 years ago | 7

It looks as if the two tenants in a property of mine have done a runner as the flat shows...

CAB giving tenant stupid advice?

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3rd September 2014, 12 years ago | 28

Hmmm, it never rains, but it pours .. having had a blissful tenant-communication free few months it all happens at...

Tenant just arrived from British Virgin Isles

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3rd September 2014, 12 years ago | 9

A lady and her daughter have just come into UK from British virgin isles and wants to rent house for...

Advice on negotiating with other freeholder to develop the loft?

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2nd September 2014, 12 years ago | 11

I’ve just exchanged on my first buy to let and it’s a purpose built maisonette. I’m upstairs and there’s another...

Tips for ‘tenant proofing’ your property

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2nd September 2014, 12 years ago | 39

I’ve just exchanged on my first Buy to Let and as I’ve got some work to do on the property...

Tenants rights following repossession order of rented property

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1st September 2014, 12 years ago | 4

Urgent advice needed please. We are tenants of a property that has been served with a repossession order by the...

Good Landlord, Bad Letting Agent

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1st September 2014, 12 years ago | 13

My letting agent is now 4 months late paying any rent to myself. The payments have never been on...

The Mortgage Works (TMW) Redemption figure – Help!

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1st September 2014, 12 years ago | 5

We have five portfolio loan accounts with TMW. These five portfolio loans are held under one account number. We have...

Tenant wants her daughter to move in

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1st September 2014, 12 years ago | 16

I have a couple who are on an ongoing AST. They have been in the house for one year now...

To buy a house with old uncertified loft conversion?

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1st September 2014, 12 years ago | 12

I need some advice about buying a house with an uncertified loft conversion please. It’s advertised as a 3-bed house...

Tenants praying for a new landlord to buy their London flat!

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1st September 2014, 12 years ago | 6

We are a professional couple in quiet, untouched Rotherhithe and we are praying for a rental buyer of our landlord’s...

Window smashed in burglary – who pays?

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1st September 2014, 12 years ago | 9

My son and his family moved into their rented house last week. This morning they were burgled; access gained by...

My first BTL – capital repayment or interest only?

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1st September 2014, 12 years ago | 8

I am aiming to buy my first rental property and am weighing up whether to use a capital repayment or...

Tenancy Ended Abruptly

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29th August 2014, 12 years ago | 4

We moved into an office within an office block about 4 years ago at the height of the recession. When...

Parking £600K for a few months

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29th August 2014, 12 years ago | 16

Someone has offered me about £600K for an unencumbered property. I’d happily sell now, but am too busy to buy...

HMO licensing and absent freeholder

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29th August 2014, 12 years ago | 9

I own a leasehold flat in North Wales, it is one of 3 self-contained leasehold flats in a converted house. ...