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  1. Yeah so funnily enough our solic has just had a reply asking if we would be prepared to discuss an offer. Which was probably all I wanted all along, I don't expect a brand new boiler for free, but then I don't expect to have to replace the existing boiler the day I take possession. If I got half the money back I would be happy. We are drafting a reply asking for their offer.
  2. An update - I have a new lawyer, they think we may have a case due to the form TA6 Property Information form. Section 12.3 question C. This is potentially misrepresentation. Letters have been sent... And the gas safe issues, they agreed with you guys, its not a problem between me and the engineer, its between the vendor and the engineer.
  3. I am a bit peeved with our conveyancer as she has just told us to pay for litigation and is not prepared to help. We purchased our house 3 weeks ago. Prior to purchase the vendor sent on in date Gas Cert. However on completion my gas safe reg engineer inspected the boiler and condemned it for 2 reasons. 1) The vertical flue was 300mm from a wall directly under a window. In fact the open window (a top hung DG unit) created a hood which funnelled flue gas back into the property! 2) The boiler was leaking form several manifolds, the cylinder had perforated and was a write off. I would have been happy to repair the boiler and re-flue but the model was 8 years old and there were no flue options to fix it. The Gas Safe engineer who signed it off should never have done so. It is clear he did not inspect the flue arrangement, or if he did, he ignored it. So we installed a new boiler at 3.5k cost. Do we have a leg to stand on to recoup costs from the vendor? Vendors solicitor initial reply was - your argument is with the gas safe engineer.
  4. Sorry your reply makes me wonder if my OP made any sense, apologies for not being clear. I will be paying full french tax from day one as french tax payer. That I do not have a problem with. 1) I want to know firstly is if I have paid tax on my french income, when I bring that back to the Uk, ie change my wages into pounds and put it in a UK bank account, will I have to pay any more tax in the UK? 2) I am not concerned about healthcare in France, I have that covered. I am concerned about entitlements when I come home to the UK. Eg do you lose them if you stay away for too long?
  5. Well for me it will be feb19 until minimum july 2020. The kids will come over in the summer in time to start school until july 2020 also. Then we need to make a decision to stay or come back as the older one will be heading towards GCSES. Its a permanent job and I have wanted to move there for ages, I know the area and have lots of friends and colleagues there already. (edit -that is as long as we all like it, I kinda have until june to be sure, then we have to make major decisions about kids and renting out our house etc.)
  6. There is a possibility of a job in Europe for me. Yay... I have dual brit and irish nationality, so no brexit worries about visas etc. I guess there are two scenarios - if brexit happens or if it doesn't happen... I suppose if it does happen I should consider it as worst case - it would be the same as going to some non EU/Non commonwealth country. If it doesn't happen, I still do not understand the current rules. They want to pay me via the french tax system, it will be full time, I have seen the income projection and tax etc and I am happy with it. I will still declare a self employed income in the UK due to small consultancy jobs and my small rental portfolio. also approx 60k a year. (30k each between me and wife) I am deeply confused about lots of stuff. 1) If I pay french taxes as Irish me do I have to pay any more tax on any euros I might bring back to the uk? 2) Will it have any bearing on my self employed income in the uk? 3) Will being away for any period effect my entitlement to NHS services and future state pension? Or anything else? will the kids be allowed back into UK state schools etc? And is there anything else I should be aware of? Like I know I will have a driving licence problem to solve as mine is UK.
  7. As a landlord I am continuously surprised at what tenants will allow them selves to be conned into, this tale hurts my sense of fair play to tenants and I hope you guys can help. My friend is the 4th tenant T4, in a shared flat above a shop in south London (shop also owned by LL). It seems to be on individual contracts. The LL assigned my friend T4 with the responsibility of paying the metered supply water bill to the water company (lets call them WC as I am not sure who they are as yet). She calls WC and they arrange 1/4ly DD of £300. Although they did not change the name on the bill it remains the name of the previous tenant even though now T4 is paying the DD and collecting the other shared contributions from the T1, T2, and T3 At some point it is discovered that the shop below, with a loo and a kitchen, are on the same meter, and that the WC has them on a commercial rate. T4 asked the WC to come and see what was up and they confirmed single meter, commercial rent, and that meter had not been read correctly since june2018 and they in fact owe 2K in back charges. So T4 and her pals have been paying the water for the shop since June last year, the LL knew this but did not tell T4 or her buddies. They have spoken to resolver who have said because the water comes in via the shop, then they must pay commercial rates - its about twice what a normal water bill should be - now I think resolver probably cannot think outside the box here... Anyway what to do? I am tempted to advise T4 to just stop paying and give the WC the LL name and address as the bill payer. I feel like LL has committed a fraud by a) not telling them they were paying for the shop, and b) not paying to have a 2nd supply added to the flat. T4 is moving out at the end of April 19 and wants to try and resolve it so that she does not have to pay these ridiculous water charges. WC seem ambivalent, (as you would expect, they are making the dough right now) LL said tough **** sort it out with shop below. T's 1-3 are spineless and my friend T4 is trying to sort it out. Any advice?
  8. The small claim is a secondary problem. Right now they want to gain legal possession and move on. I think it looks like "implied surrender" but as yet LL has not been able to get the keys.
  9. 5 months into a 6 month AST, they are over 2 months in arrears. LL knocked on the door last night and the house is empty. All of their stuff is gone. Tenant unresponsive by phone has blocked numbers etc. Questions: 1) What to do about what seems to be surrender of tenancy? LL obviously wants to get in asap clean up and re-let, however I think ti is not as easy as that? I "think" that if we can get tenant to sign a "surrender of tenancy" form then that covers it? But I am unsure. 2) I assume small claims to recover the monies owed?
  10. Thank you steampowered for answering my question. I tried to add reputation but apparently I have given you some recently and it would not allow me to do so again. I will proceed as you said, that seems like a sensible approach. The deed of assignment does indeed include a line "This document is a DEED and has been executed as a DEED." I don't really want to upload the whole thing here as it is copyright of the NLA.
  11. I meant to ask why you asked? FYI I am by no means an expert, I have learnt an awful lot over the years and have a kind of method/process that seems to work. Always looking for new and better ways to continue to make a success of it.
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