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Static caravan

If static van is lived in as part of job with no independent facilities only shared via landlord do we have to pay council tax?

chrissa1

Selling A House at Auction

If I have to sell my house at auction would you recommend a local/regional auctioneer or a London based one for greater exposure?

moodypants

Can you live in a caravan in a shared drive?

I live with my son in a property with a shared drive, wich so far had not given us any problems. The drive is at the front of the house and there is space for 4 cars if parked tightly next to each...

arden

Moving to Spain

Can anyone recommend a good house removal company going from Birmingham to Spain. Many thanks.

charliloup

Hi everyone, I'm French.My daughter has been living and working in Oxford since september 2010. She has a lease until september 2011. Unfortunately, her job is to be over on june 15th. She's found a...

snags

Holding Fee on rented property...

Looking to rent a property. A month's rent and a returnable deposit of the same amount is required before moving in... fine. Inventory and agent fees of £150 on top of that... fine. Non...

net1961

garden fence problem uk

last year my neighbour put up a picket fence we was trying to be helpful when because a few years before he had built a large above ground fishpond going right up to the boundary we allowed him to...

AgOlive

Garden land value in Banbury

I would like to buy some of my neighbour's garden to increase the size of our current garden (not for development). Can anyone advise me on how to find out the value of the land (per metre squared)...

Deardrooper

Land prices

I need to find a graph showing residential land prices in the South East for the period 2005 to present day. I've found one for house prices but not for land.

enfable

Buying a property outright. Solicitor or not?

If I was to buy a property, cash, outright would I still need to use a solicitor? Or can I just pay the money, take the deeds and it is completed?...

zooble

can my boyfriend rent his house to my mother if she receives housing benefit?

i live with my boyfriend, who owns his own home, and our child. he is going to change his mortgage to a 'buy to let' one soon, as we need to move to a different area so are going to rent for a while....

Lanesra

Property Development

I am a first year uni student and would love to go into property development but where do I begin? Any advice?...

wildwood

Land area

How is land on a slope/hill measured? 5 acres viewed from a satellite on a 1:5 gradient has an actual ground area of 5 acres.

themalster

Renting out my double garage

Hi guys, Could anyone tell me how I can go about finding out the price for renting out my rear double garage? A friends dad has a car he wants to leave in a garage for a few months but I have no idea...

clipclop1

I had to re-post as I could really do with some more opinions...!

To cut a long story short... (some of you will already know this but..) dad has just sadly died, he was the main bread winner so now mum and I are faced with (sadly) lots of debts and a big house we...

dustypuss

Refused planing

What happens if sombody has had planning refused and has been told to remove a building but thay refues to remove it.

browndmb

Central Heating

I have a 10 year old Worcester 35 CDi boiler and it is out of control. It is burning at the lowest setting --almost off-- and the radiators are too hot to touch. Gas board man said nothing wrong with...

ollywilli

back boiler query

We are looking at houses at the moment and come accross a house with the old gas back boiler in it, which Inahve no problem with but in the futher I would like to alter it is its asolid fuel fire BUT...

Pinkypie

Renting?????

Hey all, Me and my husband live in a 3 bedroom house and we have wanted to move for some time into a bigger house. Unfortunately the housing market is still shaky and we know of someone who would love...