If you have decided to move away from renting because you can afford to buy your own house, you will obviously need to get a mortgage in order to help you make the step. For some, this step proves easier than they expect, but it is much more difficult if you work as a contractor. [...]
I live with my boyfriend and he is a hard worker – he is at work a lot and he stays late and often brings his work home with him. Because he is constantly working, I let him off with some of the chores and don’t force him to help me. I carry out the [...]
My friend was telling me a story the other day which really made me think and I feel it is important for me to share her advice with you here on my blog. My friend was seeing a boy and they decided to take their relationship to the next level by moving in with one [...]
I have been living in my house for just over a year now and when we first moved in our gas and electric were with British Gas. One day a nice young man from NPower came knocking on my door and persuaded me to change the Gas and electric over from British gas to NPower. [...]
I am quite a tidy person, I wouldn’t go as far as to say I am a perfectionist, but I don’t like going to bed knowing there are pots and pans down stairs on the work top in the kitchen which need washing. We do not have a dish washer so we wash all the [...]
It is probably the most asked question in the world – who does the most house work and whose job should it be to complete the menial chores around the house? I live with my boyfriend and my boyfriend has a job which means he has t o travel around a lot – it takes [...]
Again the current economic climate doesn’t just affect tenants but landlord’s aswell. Yes property is a good and a great investment and a number of people do find it to be quite lucrative. There are a number of unfortunate landlords out there who are struggling to make ends meet and sometime fall behind on mortgage [...]
Are you in rent arrears, in the current economic climate this may well be the case for a number of people out there. The current economic climate is making it harder year upon year for tenants to pay their monthly / weekly rent. Help from the government and councils is becoming is even more scarce [...]
Beware of scandalous property agents around the country who are luring in landlords on small tenant finding fees. A number of cases are arising where agents are not willing to disclose even basic information about potential tenants leaving the landlord blind. Landlords are being put at risk by these agents as a number of bad [...]
Councils all over the country are running out of properties very fast. A number of people being declared homeless are remaining homeless as the council has no means to help them. In fact a number of private tenants who are having to leave their rented accommodation due to the landlords request are being advised by [...]