Hi All, I am in rental accomadation and the landlord wants it back. I informed virgin media that i will be moving home and would like my services transfered to my new address. When they checked my new address they said we cant cover that house as we dont have telephone lines going to it. I did a postcode check on there website and to my astonishment there telephone lines were only installed upto house number 112 and my new house number is 224 on the same street. Then they said as you are on a 12 month contract we will have to charge you £75 for early disconnection but if you take our broadband through BT we will waver that charge. "I was gobsmacked" So im having to pay £75:mad: because virgin cant supply me with the services that I want. This sounds like unfair trading practices and down right blackmail. Has anybody else had this done to them. P.S. I have been a non stop virgin customer for over 12 years now so loyalty doesnt exist with Mr Branson aarrggghhh.

I actually do think that not being able to get credit is a blessing, and not having a mortgage looming overhead feels good also. But i do eventually want that security of not having to move my family around every couple of years. I just cant see how i will get a mortgage if at all in the future, I mean if the global credit crisis ever returns to normal, i will soon be approaching 40 year old and running out of time with lenders.

me too excellent thread

Hi All, I have a poor credit record and cant ever see how i will get back on the housing ladder with a mainstream lender. I had a subprime mortgage but luckily was able to sell my house before the credit crunch. I am now renting. Would there be any benefit in changing my familys name by deed pole and would this enable me to eventually goto a high street lender? Regards P.s just noticed i spelt POLL wrong (Silly Me)

Hi, I own my own carpet cleaning business and have just had 15000 leaflets printed and delivered to me by a very large print group.. When i opened the boxes to find my new bright and beautiful leaflets i was horrified to what lay before me. I started a thread on the UK business forum for expert printing opinions. You can read the full thread by clicking the link below. Attention All Digital & Litho Printers - UK Business Forums - the UK's most active help and advice forum for owners, managers and entrepreneurs of small businesses and startups. Do i have a case to take to Trading Standards. Regards

OOhh i forgot to mention. Please make sure your deposit is placed in a Deposit Protection Scheme. And scrutinise the inventory and take photos of any damage to the property and note it on the inventory before you send it back. Make copies of everything. Not trying to put you off, but gives you some guarantees you will get all your deposit back.

Your situation isnt as bad as you think it is. I have a county court judgement and just rented a house through a well respected letting agents. I came clean about the judgement and also gave them 2 months rent in advance as a guarantee that they wouldnt get bumped. If they ask for a gaurantor and the rent in advance, say no you can have one or the other. Just get a letter from your next employer stating what your are going to earn. This worked for me. The rental market is booming with not enough tennants to go around so they will snap your hand off. Just remember to be upfront and honest about the whole situation. Hope this helps. Regards

I do have the written ccj but will have to dig it out. No the deposit wasnt even mentioned, and when i tried to mentioned it in court the judge said: that is another issue and i havnt got time to deal with that now. Yes i went to court personally and did offer defence but it went in one ear and out of the other with the judge. Thanks

Hi thanks for that, What sort of wording would i use on the court form to have this set aside or varied and what forms do i use. Thanks

Why/how does the grandfather think the son will pocket the money? Because the Grandfather has had money stolen from his house when his youngest son lived with him but couldnt prove it. Does the will clearly state his funeral wishes? NO. And as a final if this is a home made will did your wife witness it? Yes. The money that is in the bank account amounts to £10,000 which will cover both the funerals the way they want it.

The Grandmother suffers from advanced alzheimer's. The Grandfather has made a will, but are you saying that one of these template wills from the post office has no legal standing and the will is no good in this event?

HI, I have a few posts on here about financial issues, my life is getting very complicated. Advice: My wife who is the Grandaughter who looks after her Grandfather as he is ill. Her grandfather has made a will with two executors. 1. His eldist son 2. My wife. Her Grandfather insisted that he opened a joint bank account with my wife to put his savings in so his other sons and daughters couldnt get there hands on it. This account was setup for the Grandfather and (Grandmothers funeral who is now in a home) My question is: When God Forbid her Granfather Dies, have the sons and daughters got any legal rights to this money in the joint bank account as my wife is legally named on the account, can right cheques etc.. The reason im asking is that my wife heard a wisper that the other siblings wanted to give them a cheap funeral and pocket the rest. her Grandfather has quite clearly stated he wants a all singing and dancing funeral to celebrate there lifes. Regards

There is a new twist since my last post. I have attached all the documents my mother has with her details ommited. We have wrote and asked for a copy of the aggrement, in the meantime. On questioning my mother further, it emerged see had received gift voucher which is in the attachment on this post, congratualting her she had won a donation from local business and to call the number to claim. They said: you have won 2 years gym membership and goto her local gym to receive the gift. On arriving they congratulated her and made her sign a membership application which quite clearly says gift written on outlined in red (please see attachment) then they made her sign a credit aggreement also attached. She also said that when they made her sign they just had pages on top of each other and they lifted each page enough to put her signature on, gave her cups of tea and had somebody else talking to her while she signed. I really want to goto the gym with 6 of my mates and turn them over, im ((((((furious))))))) Now if im not mistaking this is fraud or something close to it as they have taken advantage of a 70 year woman who has never had credit in her life. What can i do to help her. Documents.pdf

In theory yes i am still paying the landlord for still renting the place. IMO And yes he thought he was going to suffer upto the break clause.

Hi, I posted about this a quite a while back. Here is the short story: I leased a shop with a 2 year break clause. I made a huge mistake in the location of the shop for my business and it failed 5 month later. I told the landlord of the problems I was having and he replied, if you go under you will still be liable for the rent upto the 2 year break clause; which is fair enough. As i had no money coming in to pay the monthly payments on the lease the landlord decided to take me to county court. The court awarded the landlord payments of £90 per month until the full amount of the lease is paid = £16000 + Interest which will take me 14 years to pay off, and the court also placed an interim charge order on my house. The landlord also still has £1900 deposit belonging to me and fixtures and fittings worth £4000. Now i have found out that the landlord has re-let the premises with my fixtures and fittings and receiving rent from the new tennant and also receiving the £90 monthly payment from me. My question is? Is this legal, and if not what can i do about it? Regards