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Q. I am a tenant and have been having issues every time I report a fault in my apartment to my Landlord. I have had an ongoing problem with the boiler and have had numerous days without any hot water or heating and yet nothing ever gets resolved. What can I do to change things…
Q. I am selling my house in the country and moving to London and found my dream riverside residence and after three long months of conveyancing was ready to exchange yesterday only to be given the news that my buyers buyer has dropped out resulting in a break in the chain. As you can imagine,…
Q. I have just put my house on the market for sale and having never done this before I suggested to the agent that I carry out all the viewings, the agent didn’t seem keen but I thought I would get your viewpoint on this. Honestly as the homeowner I think it would be most…
Q. As a buyer in a rising market can you offer any advice to help me secure a property? Having offered on three properties and lost them all to other buyers I really feel that I need a helping hand to secure something? A. I hear you, as the market continues at its current pace…
As a Landlord the safety of your tenants is paramount so it’s good to see that ARLA (The association of Residential Lettings) are supporting Gas Safety Week 2014, taking place 15th – 21st September. Gas Safety Week is an annual safety week to raise awareness of gas safety and the importance of taking care of…
Q. I have literally just signed up to renew my rental contract for another year and out of the blue have been offered a job I cannot refuse overseas. The problem is my landlord is not very flexible at the best of times so I am wondering if there is anyway at all I can…
Q. I recently tried to rent a property privately through a newspaper advertisement. Having transferred all my move in money it turns out that the person I assumed was the Landlord does not even own the property! Needless to say I have been seriously scammed and this is now in the hands of the police.…
With the current sales market at boiling point and open house viewings resulting in multiple offers and sealed bid situations I was recently challenged by a buyer that agents attribute to gazumping by continuing to put other offers forward to the sellers even once an offer has been accepted and has been placed into solicitors…
Q. I have had an offer accepted on a property but the agent has informed me that the seller is looking for a non-refundable deposit of £25,000 in return for an exclusivity period. Apparently he has had a buyer pull out the day before exchange so he is keen to ensure this time things actually…
Q. I agreed to buy a property over a month ago now and everything is going well, I have had the survey back which is fine and am now in receipt of my mortgage offer too but I have just had terrible news. My agent has just called to say that someone that viewed the…
