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Changing estate agents

We have had our house up for sale for 4 months and having put the price down a fair bit as advised by the agents we have only had one offer which fell through and now it's gone quiet again. I know the...

scotting

Retirement housing

We have been looking at retirement properties for the past year, but after watching the TV programme last night about McCarthy & Stone I am having grave doubts about the wisdom of buying one. We...

themalster

Shared Ownership

Hi guys, Moving back to my house after separating from my wife. It is going to be a struggle with the mortgage payments being on my own. Does anyone know how to find out who qualifies for shared...

Puzzled001

Glazier/Carpenter ??? you'd never beleive it!!

High all, for the buiding trade, Don't know if this is the right place to post ,but just had to report it. I live in northern Murcia ( Moratalla) in Spain. I took a casement window to our nearest...

Sept2012

Can Estate Agents Do this??

Hi all, I own a property that I have been renting out for a few years through, quite possibly, the most useless estate agents in the country. A new tenant moved around May this year and signed a 6...

Ric.ror

Damp patch on inside wall

I have found damp patches on the bedroom wall The wall is the connecting wall with next door and is approx two feet from ceiling and from the outside wall so I'm thinking it cannot be as a result of...

LaurenD

Recycling Bins in Block of Flats

Any ideas here would be hugely welcome. I live in a block of 12 flats, which shares the refuse area with another block of 12 flats. The council has now refused to empty our green recycling bins due to...

daginge

Advice on Putting a property into Auction needed please!!!

Hello! I'm after some advice off anybody who has had some experience on selling a house through auction...I have looked on-line and all I can find are companies willing to take my info + ring me back,...

Ric.ror

Potential Problems with Builders

In May 2011 I spent almost £40K on the house my son lived in - this work included a new roof, heating, re-wiring and removing a chimney brest. I chose a local builder who was recommended to me...

pizza

Re mortgage advice please

I am looking to see if anyone could advise on a good remortgage deal. I am lucky to have a low balance for the next 10 years but just looking to see if any savings could be made. I am with c & g...

davidk65

Selling Lease hold Property with a Short Lease

The land on which my house is built is lease hold and the lease has some 90 years left to run before it expires. I have made a will and when I am die, the house and everything else I own will go to my...

getpooh

property extension price idea

Hi folks My father has recently died and left me a sum of money in his will which I would like to spend on expanding my property. I will not have enough for this (mortgage for remainder) but roughly...

sandyRoe

Patio door bolts sticking...

When I turn the handle to open the door a bolt, inside the door, to secure it at the top drops and one at the bottom of the door lifts. Sometimes the one at the top doesn't drop and the door won't...

scraggy55

Owning a Share of the Freehold

I am buying a flat and will own a share of the Freehold. Can anyone please explain to me in 'english' what that entails/means? Also if I own a share of the Freehold should I have to pay Ground Rent...

sad old git

dampness

Hi All. I posted this question a while ago but can't remember what kind of response I got so asking for advice again. We have what looks like rising damp at the rear of our house( 100 year old...

ganesh

What percentage would you expect an offer on property to be?

I know it is a bit like 'how long is a piece of string?' but what kind of drop would you expect if you were selling a property? We have got ours on the market and have just reduced it by 5% as we have...

breathe21

Who pays?

My tennant was broken into last night and had his car keys/house keys plus car taken. Thankfully he was unharmed. The police were informed and they advised him to get locks changed on property. Front...

albaqwerty

Hallo Lottie

There's been a few threads recently which have me reminiscing. My late brother used to live in Flint Cottage, I'm sure it was in Diss. He loved Norfolk very much. I suppose I could google but I prefer...

puternut

Photovoltaic System cost

Had a guy here today and he was quoting me for a photovoltaic system to be installed on my house roof. Intrigued by the apparent returns what with Government subsidies, refunds from the power company...

rsvp

boiler fumes

I think my boiler is giving off fumes, I have a headache, sore throat, tight chest when it's on (maybe the siteing of the fume pipe outside is wrong.) My engineer says it's fine (it's regulary...

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