I’ve been to London several times, but I still don’t know the city very well. (It’s a BIG city). But I am looking for advice on the best location to rent a 1 or 2 bedroom flat for a few months.

By “the best location”, I don’t mean the fanciest. I just mean:

1.Safe - (my wife may be there alone while I travel occassionally),
2. Reasonable in terms of rent per week or per month. If it matters, my lodging budget is around 850 pounds per month.
3. I don’t need to live in central London, but convenience to a tube station would be nice, with a travel time into central London of less than a half-hour.

Are my requirements unreasonable? Is my rent budget too low? I know London is one of the most expensive cities in the world in which to live.

Thanks!
Richard M.

Sell and Rent Back

I was living in a duplex and had a six month lease, I finished the lease and moved out. I only moved there, because I needed somewhere to stay. It’s been a month since I have moved out and I still haven’t received my deposit back. I got a letter couple days ago saying I OWE him money BESIDES the $200 deposit I gave him when I moved in. He charged me ridiculously in “repairing the apt”. I need to know where I can find out how much people charge for “repairing/cleaning” and apt. About 2 or 3 or on me, but that’s about $30 max. The rest I want back! He’s charging me $378 for a $30 he can keep. As if that is worse, supposedly his “receptionist” can’t even write a business letter. My name wrong, the owner of the realty wrong and apparently the owner never read it. It seems like they just put whatever they want and charge me whatever they want. Like $150 for paint??? I saw online that they have to show proof and receipts for that! It didn’t even need paint!!! 6mths living there and i didnt even hang things on the wall!!!

Someone please help in where I can find info on charging to “repair/clean” apartments. Thanks so much.
I live in Corpus Christi texas.

Real Estate Professionals

I am living in my cousin’s second house (1 bedroom flat). She has been renovating it for years, and now it is nearly finished. We helped her do a lot of painting, plastering etc last year. My boyfriend and I are staying there at the moment, even though it is not finished, because we had to flee our rented flat for emergency repairs a month ago. We then had to give up the tenency on our flat. We have been paying the coucil tax and bills here, and paying off an old electric bill. My cousin says that she could get £400 a month for her flat, and that as us being there prevents her getting a tenant we should pay her that amount. She has said that the absaloute lowest she can go is £360. We wouldn’t mind so much but the place is not finished to the standard that one would pay this amount for. It is still jammed full of her things; we are sleeping on a mattress in the kitchen as the bedroom is full of them.We just cant afford this;and if I give her my student loan we can’t afford to move out

Passive Income

Hi I am looking for and 2/3 bedroom house on portland in dorset and am struggling to find one at the moment. Ive been through the echo and the internet and am only finding flats. The landlord/landlady must accept children as I have a near 3 year old and a baby on the way. We are desperate to move to Portland as we moved off the island to Weymouth almost two years ago and now my son starts school in September we wanthim to go to school there and also because our landlord is looking to sell his house and we cant afford to buy it. Deposit and refs no problem. please reply if you have somewhere on portland to rent in the very near future i.e ASAP or know of anyone who has somewhere to rent on Portland.
I cannot use an estate agent as the lady who lived here before us still has many debts registered at this address and has completely messed the credit score up because of this. Estate Agents/Letting Aents do a credit check and we fal it everytime because of the thousands she owes

Sell House Quick

My ceiling/tiles have been leaking since Oct. of 2005. It only started with one tile but became worse over the year. It literally rains inside my apt. when it rains out and has affected 11 tiles now. I made the mistake of only putting a request in writing for repair once but have documented every conversation, days they came in to look at it, days when it was supposedly fixed, and a few weeks ago when a professional finally came in. (The pro did say to call if the problem wasn’t fixed.) My landlord told me several times that if worse came to worse they would put a tarp over the roof. I have requested this repeatedly and this much I have in writing. I paid my November rent and the landlord(s) said that they don’t want to deal with the “leaks” problem anymore and that they just wanted to use the apt for storage. IMPORTANT: They have not been claiming this apt. on their taxes (it’s connected to their house) for the last 13 yrs and I believe they are afraid to get caught. Mold too
UPDATE: Low and behold, they served me a 30 day WRITTEN, but very inaccurate, notice to leave by Nov 30th. This came following a complaint filed to the board of health just today. (They will be here tomorrow.) The letter states/names the landlord as the landlady’s husband, Joe. He told me repeatedly that he is NOT my/the landlord. He just does the repairs. His wife owns the house. She is the landlady. Also, they will not produce receipts for me proving that I lived here since Sept. 2005. Plenty of relatives/friends/neighbors as witnesses. AND no, I am not leaving. I will wait for the 30 days and let it proceed to court. I am covered. They do not have a good reason for asking me to leave other than, “we don’t want to deal with the leak problem anymore”. Sorry but I’m standing up for my rights and fighting tooth & nail. I will later decide AFTER the hearing if I chose to leave. The judge will not ask me to leave because there is not good enough reason. Again, this was a verbal lease.

Passive Income

Our offer has been accepted on a flat but the lease has only 72 years left on it. Will the mortgage company refuse to let us the money on it? Also, how long does it take to extend the lease and can the leaseholder ask for any amount of compensation in return for another 99 years on the lease? many thanks

Quick House Sale

I live in the UK a bit south of London, i have just turned 16 and I really want to start thinking about leaving home. How much would it cost roughly to rent a house? Either here or in Ireland. House, flat, whatever, I just really want to leave. I know it should be common knowledge but i am not very good on values of things. Help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Passive Income

i am looking to rent in the south west london area.. and i would ideally like a studio flat or one bedroom flat (anythings with ..STRICTLY NO HOUSE SHARES)
i would like to spend around maximum £450 per month renting..
but i cant find any good websites and am i stuck and dont know where to look next.

does anyone know of any sites i could look at?
or agenies that could help?

Sell House Quick

2day many homes and flats are being renovated and I am interested in learning the Art of redesining those flats or homes. Is there some good institute where I can learn designing? I am retired but I enjoy this field and maybe this will keep me busy too.

Quick House Sale