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I have a telephone call booked in tomorrow with a property lawyer so I will see what they make of it and what initial advice they have. The lease is very vague and ambiguous, it says that a proportion of the costs for work to the outside will be my responsibility. I asked them "what does...

Both I think. 28 properties and about 12-13 are owned by actual people. Most of those have no plans to move and don't seem too bothered, so I guess their plan is to just pay the cost over 10 years or whatever the deal is and forget about it. There are about 3 of us who are more heavily...

You're right, some good ideas and suggestions, many of which I have explored but possibly not responded directly to.... my own fault, it's hard to keep track of everything that has gone on and truthfully it's exhausting trying to maintain contact with other residents, the housing people, my...

It's an interesting idea but unfortunately not feasible. A few reasons why: - the lease states we can not make our own changes to the outside - the housing association have asked us about changing the balconies to juliette balconies to save money so any changes i made outside would probably...

UPDATE Since September hardly anything has happened. In January we had a meeting with the housing people who basically had no answers and answered most complaints with "That is not our department" They had no real schedule, no timescales, nothing worthwhile They told us that work was planned...

Yea it is a shame. Honestly didn't think about moving it as I just wanted it to be done as cheap as possible. But in hindsight to move it down to a cupboard potentially would not have cost too much.

Hi, Partner and I want to sell house in about 6-12 months time. We had previous feedback from tons of buyers that boiler was old and terrible looking (true). We've now replaced it. However, it doesn't look too great. We are going to try to get it all re-tiled around the sides at some...

Want to sell house at the end of the year. We want to make the kitchen look better. Obviously excuse the clutter, and we will also deep clean and paint. But apart from that is there anything else we can do? We need to replace our old horrible semi-broken boiler. As this will disturb the...

All I can say is that crack developed slowly after the drilling saga and over about 2 years got worse and worse to the point that a large section looked like it would fall The brickwork has been repaired and Re plastered But as can be seen the moisture highlights where the crack once was...

Hi, the metal was lintel was disturbed as I stupidly was trying to drill into it for ages to hang up a new curtain rail. At the time I didn't realise why I was unable to drill into it. Also, it wasn't until a period of months later that the wall began to come away and the crack got worse and...

The area above my window got a MASSIVE crack going along it. It was due to the metal lintel inside being disturbed, causing plaster to crack. A reputable plasterer repaired it. About 6 months later, and it looks really odd, like almost rusty, or rotting. Is it damp maybe? We sanded it once...

I FIXED IT!!!!! Unbelievable, one of my greatest ever achievements :D (But seriously, it is pretty impressive considering how bad I am with anything DIY related). Thanks for the suggestion of the "brass tail". I bought one earlier from screwfix, and that seems to have fixed the issue!

Sorry should have explained. I loosened it off. There's a good inch at least when it's properly poking through

There is a copper pipe that has a nut which screws into the plastic ballcock arm thing. I unscrewed the copper bit and could see the washer was wasted away. I have replaced that but it's not helped. If anything the leak is worse. It's very difficult to see where the water is coming from. A...

Well, it's "roof replacement or repair"... so unsure on that one. The cladding is DEFINITELY an upgrade as they want to have this new type of cladding which lasts for 20 years and is better. Loft insulation is an upgrade. The porch area they mention to is just rotten really, so it's a full...

I'm just reading the lease. One section states: To repay the council any expenditure (or an appropriate proportion thereof) for carrying out the following works: Replacement of windows repairs to rear porches repairs to timber cladding (doesn't say replacement... says repairs) Top up roof...

Hey, Yes I have a loft. Funny though ... the ground floor flats don't - so do they still pay the exact same thing? Another unanswered question. I have no idea about your other questions. All I have had from the housing people is two very vague letters. Most information came from a...

Many of the items on their list are not faults. Balcony upgrade - no one uses them as it just overlooks the road and the horrible flats opposite. Roof replacement - it's not leaking... maybe it's old but it's not faulty. Survey found no issues. Cladding upgrade - they're grubby and old but...

UPDATE Our buyer has vanished without a trace. Quite possibly he was always going to do this (he was at times difficult to get hold of), and it may also have been this recent possibly charges which made him properly vanish. Either way, it looks like the chain has collapsed and my...

It was my GF We've not officially done it. We said to solicitor to get hold of buyer. We would be willing to reduce as long as he agrees to exchange quickly