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Inability to get freeholder info jeopardising property sale

I am currently selling a flat. It's one of a small block of 10. I bought the flat 6 months ago - it was repossessed, had been empty for some time and there was therefore little info available....

armanimick

Questions on getting out of a joint mortgage .

My neice's boss took out a mortgage with her. He rents the place out to pay the mortgage. She has not been given any rent ( duh) but was happy with that to get her foot on the property ladder. She in...

jerrythorp

Joint tenants- severing in a relationship

After my husband died, as joint tenants I became sole owner. 2 years on I am in a relationship and the guy sold his home and moved in with me. Unfortunately he persuaded me to let him in on my deeds...

bugslife

Will Interpretation

I would like to understand how the definition of 'property' would be interpreted in the following sentance contained in a will: "I give all my property to [x]...". There is no further...

crystalbee27

Divorce -unreasonable behaviour

hi -posting for a friend - what constitutes 'unreasonable behaviour' with regards to divorce laws / surely one persons idea of unreasonable behaviour might be very different from another - therefore...

michrose86

Can housing benefit make a decision based on pension contributions?

Housing benefit have said that they have overpaid me because of a rise in my partner's wage, his wages have not gone up, his work are taking more for his pension and they are saying that because of...

Legseleven

HMRC underpayment demand

I received two demands today for tax underpayment, 2008/9 and 2009/10. The total is aproximately £5000 - just in time for Christmas! Same employer for the past 10 years, same pension, etc., all...

Miss-taken

Building insurance

Hi I live in a small 1 bedroom maisonette that I own. Within the building there is a 2 bedroom flat and at the front of the property is a small shop. Building insurance is split equally 3 ways. My...

worriedsick

advice

wants to know how long your rent is paid if you are in prison, i am on benefit at the moment and claiming housing benefit, thank you

13579

indemnity insurence

i am in the process of buying a house and apparantly a wall was knocked through from lounge to diner however there is no paper work for this from the vendor to say building regulations were given when...

worriedfather

GBH - Additional compensation

Hi, If anyone has followed my other threads (GBH Section 20), I still need more advice. Just to recap, my son was chrged with GBH for which he was innocent but the presecution eveidence out weighed...

wilkesneil

land registry interest...

can a solicitor place an interest on the land registry (if a house is sold) if the person who they've set it up through doesn't have the name on the mortgage (so don't have a legal right to the...

cassa333

Gas safe/Boiler and tenant q

This is a question on behalf of a friend. I am a single mum of three in a rented house. The boiler in my rented house went caput. I didn't to tell the lanlord for a week or so and then told them on a...

Wu Banger

Can i get chased for unpaid UK council tax in the USA

I move to Florida on Sunday but have just been stung with a council tax bill from a couple of years ago - a sum of money i didn't even know i owed. It was only a small amount but costs have been added...

bubbly2000

pressing charges for assault

A friend was assulted in a club on friday evening, cctv shows the unprovoked attack. She has a cut nose, black eye and swollen cheek. The police have said she cannot press charges as the other person...

kat1

Advice Please

I rent my appartment from a estate agents.In June i had my boiler serviced which the 'owner' organised. He wouldn't leave me a copy of the 'Gas Safe' certificate so i asked the agents for a copy &...

pinkchick06

Will i get an increase in tax credits from january?

As we all know the VAT is going up in January. I am just wondering what this would mean to my working tax credits? Would I get abit more? Also as I was unemployed for the 1st 6 months of this tax year...

Kala01

Unpaid parking fines?

Hello there... I just wondered if anyone could help or advise me on the following.... 3yrs ago...my ex accumulated a large number of parking tickets in the UK...and didnt bother paying them. He was...

crystalbee27

criminal damage

my husband and i voluntarily attended the Police station following allegations from our landlord that we had entered one of his empty properties and damaged an internal door while looking for our cat...

Barmaid

Car Insurance grrrrrr

Our car insurance ran out 2 days ago. No reminders sent. Thankfully, neither of us have been anywhere since Thursday and something in the back of my mind said "cars need reinsuring at end of...

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