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[doobrey]

I wish it was 1942.

I bet there was nothing bad happening in 1942. ...

[doobrey]

Well... yes it is. According to those figures, it's double the risk. And a rate of 5-10% is significant. That's not one-in-a-million 'not going to happen'.

[doobrey]

I don't really understand what you/they are proposing. Is this an auction, or a sale at 180k? At an auction, the price isn't set until it sells....

[doobrey]

+1 on the above (post #17).

To item 1, I would add: 'Risk'.

[doobrey]

Countless options that would have required a crystal ball, but a realistic one (which didn't, particularly) would have been Berkshire Hathaway.

General advice would be prioritise ISA over other investments....

[doobrey]

Yes, that's how it sounds to me.

I would phone agent, now, and try to get this resolved. If no progress, and if you haven't got contact details, you could try asking agent if you could speak direct to LL. Agent acts for LL and in most cases it is the landlord who is ultimately responsible....

[doobrey]

Perhaps what is going on here is that the agent messed up? Didn't do the background checks they were supposed to, causing the LL to demand that they be done?

However, if all signed and no conditions stipulated, it seems to late to add these requirements now. Agreed it sounds like breach...

[doobrey]

Why would the OP need to engage a solicitor?

[doobrey]

The market in Aberdeen has been horrible for the past few years, so you have had a bit of a headwind.

I have been letting a property at a long distance for years. I don't really intend to continue doing it for much longer and have come to the conclusion that hands-off letting does not really...

[doobrey]

My freeholder has started writing me letters about my door again. To reiterate (TLDR...), FH gives me two options: Either pay them to replace my front door at cost of over £2000, or get it done myself to their exacting specification and pay them to approve it.

I don't necessarily object...

[doobrey]

Presumably by 'out of contract' you mean they have a periodic tenancy?

[doobrey]

No personal experience and I haven't read all the documentation, but I haven't seen any reference to a fee. What is required on their part is set out in the above link. See section 3.1....

[doobrey]

Agreed on that. Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977 precludes disposing of it legally. Not sure how taking it to the tenants new address would be viewed in the context of that legislation - but I think it would be more favourably than the former option.

[doobrey]

What is being discussed here involves forethought and planning.

Revenge, yes* (partly). Vacuous, no.

* IMHO ; opinions may differ...

[doobrey]

My vote also goes to 'as much as possible'.

The only reason I can really think of that you might want to give them anything less than that is if you thought the prospect of a rent increase might prompt them to move out. But you seem relaxed with that outcome anyway.


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[doobrey]

Section 34 of the EPA 1990 concerns fly tipping. I wouldn't regard placing someone's abandoned possessions on their own property as fly tipping (although not sure of the legal position / definitions).

The farmer I mentioned in post #5 was Stuart Baldwin. His land is in Haydock. That case...

[doobrey]

What is the offence?...

[doobrey]

No great expert but I don't think you can(?) It's not something I have really considered, for that reason. SDLT, CGT, legals......

[doobrey]

I suspect that person doesn't know what they are talking about. Either that or it is poor communication. You could ask them to be more specific as to what these thousands of pounds would be for and to whom they would have to be paid.

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[doobrey]

I'm not sure it is unprofessional (if done sensibly, and not damaging anything, and assuming that it is legal). If something belonging to someone else is left on your property, moving it to the owner's property seems a reasonable course of action. It is what you would do with e.g. a neighbour's stray...