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I Don’T Want To Hijack Mikey's Earlier Thread

but as the countryside and green belt have been mentioned, I thought I would start a new one as it is a subject that concerns me greatly. We are constantly being told of the need to build more houses,...

pinkjudy45

Change Of Ownership

I have a small house that I rent out at the moment but I want to put into my sons name, (I know about the 7 year ruling), that means he would get any rental money, or could he let me have this money...

mikey4444

'hidden Castle' Builder Given Suspended Sentence

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34768763 We were discussing this on here some time ago. It seems that this chap has now reached the end of the line. As far as I am concerned, as soon as this monstrosity...

picker

Solar Panels

Do solar panels count as income when claiming Council tax.Without them I would have an expenditure.

Jennykenny

Get Round The Tax Man?

I want to give £10,000 to a close member of my family, (needed for house repairs). Is there any way I can do this without tax having to be paid on it? Can I set it up as a loan? (Perhaps to be paid...

ferlew

Single Built Under/in Oven

Getting an oven from Currys, (to match new hob - shallow I know) thing is, they are asking £90 to install, surely it's just a matter of unplugging the old one, removing from the housing, and putting...

modeller

Do Professional Tradesmen Exist Anymore ?

For the past three months I have tried to get some building , plumbing and electrical work done on my house and have experienced non stop broken promises, shoddy workmanship, unfinished work, holes in...

johnny37

First Time Buyers Isa

In order to qualify applicants must have not previously held a mortgage. Bearing in mind the opportunity for fraud, is there any way this rule can be overidden?...

Jenarry

Bought And Moved Into House With Problems.

We moved into the house we've purchased on Friday and we are finding lots of problems. The house has been a rental house and has sat empty for a few months once seller decided to put on the market....

2Margaret

Capital Gains Tax On Second Home

Owned a small second home jointly with my husband for four years. Sadly he died December 2014 and I am now selling the property. I realise I will have to pay capital gains tax on any 'profit' above a...

xwordmad

Sound Proofing

Hi, we live in a semi, last year we paid a builder to gut our kitchen...as the walls have been replaced with plasterboard we are now left with a kitchen where we can hear our neighbours clear as day....

jackthehat

Invalidation Of Insurance?

I have Googled but am getting conflicting information so I hope that some knowledgeable AB may be able to give me the definitive answer. My parents live in a 2 bedroom apartment on the 3rd floor of a...

Grandpappy

House Deeds.

Can anyone help?I kept my 'House Deeds' with Northern Rock and now want to get them back. Who will have them now?

Pragmatist

What Is A Reasonable Distance To Be Offered An Alternative Job Due To Redundancy?

My husband's company is 'downsizing'.... No they are not! They are making 75% of the staff in the branch north of London who receive weighting and moving the work north to a branch 131 miles away -...

birdie1971

Keeping The Lights On...

I wonder how many other people on this website (and in the wider UK) know just how precarious our current energy situation with regards to electricity generation? A recent article in Private Eye may...

R_Marshall

Charged For Additional Lesson?

My daughter dances on a Saturday, lessons are at a regular time On this day. Her dance school is adding an extra lesson on the friday in half term for the upcoming exam. We cannot attend -prior plans...

hotlips11

Is This Legal?

Hi All, My friend works in a residential home for the elderly. There are CCTV cameras installed and she's been told they are connected to the owners phone. ( the home is in Devon and owner lives in...

Jenarry

Trying To Negotiate Completion And Moving Date

We are at the very final stages of a house sale and purchase and we have been asking for an approx. date for ages. The end of last week and this week we have finally started talking dates. Our buyers...

VHG

Thick As A Brick

I "grew up" in the 1960s (I was 11 when it started and 21 when it finished) and listened to lots of music in that period: Beatles of course, Dylan, Who, Cream, Hendrix etc etc I then got in to...

Rowsdower

Contract Hasn't Been Countersigned

I'm self employed, and was approached by a company to help win them a job with a 3rd party. They sent me a contract which included a minimum of 2 days work helping prepare the bid, then more work if...

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