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the perfect Basingstoke flatmate

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž - ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž

Renting a property with a friend or acquaintance? Never lived with anyone before? Weโ€™ve got you covered with some top tips to help manage your new living situation.

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Basingstoke house price drop

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐…๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ

Many Basingstoke homeowners are now concerned about a possible fall in Basingstoke home prices. Especially as the newspapers predict a housing recession. Nonetheless, there are several reasons why homeowners should not fear Basingstoke house price drops.

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Buying a Basingstoke property

๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘: ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ

Buying a new home is a big step that comes with lots of considerations. Here are some factors to take into account if you are considering buying a Basingstoke property in 2023.

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Tenancy agreement template

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐š ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐˜ ๐“๐ž๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ง๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ

Hastily downloading a Tenancy Agreement template from the internet and high-fiving yourself for a job well done could prove to be a costly mistake.

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Basingstoke rents

๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ก ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ยฃ๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ซ

๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ง๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ? Many would say yes, yet here's the truth: most Basingstoke landlords aren't exploiting the situation. In fact, 64% are keeping rents steady or decreasing to protect their Basingstoke tenants! Discover the real facts and challenges they face in this in-depth article.

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thinking of downsizing

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ? ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ

The number of downsizers active in the housing market has skyrocketed in recent months, and is it any wonder? Whatever the motivation for making the change, for those thinking about downsizing, here are five factors to consider.

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Basingstoke property market - bungalows

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ

Often overlooked in favour of more glamorous options, the bungalow is now in the spotlight. Find out why they are experiencing a resurgence in popularity and how you can benefit from it.

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tenants fall out

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐“๐ž๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž

As a landlord, as well as managing the finances, the property and any repairs or maintenance, you also have to remember to look after your tenants. Whilst nine times out of ten youโ€™ll never have to deal with anything too difficult, sometimes relationships can be testing. So, whatโ€™s the best way to deal with issues that arise during a tenancy? In this quick read, we look at ways to deal with such problems.

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the property selling time

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ– ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž?

The average time to sell a house in the UK from start to finish is 170 days, equivalent to 24.3 weeks or 5.6 months from the first day of marketing to legal completion. In Basingstoke that's 178 days. Here is the breakdown.

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mum and dad helping first time buyers

๐๐š๐ง๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐š๐: ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ (๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ) ๐๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ

Every year, the Bank of Mum and Dad comes to the rescue by helping tens of thousands of first-time buyers get on the housing ladder. But for parents planning to assist their offspring, or children hoping to get a helping hand, there are a few issues to consider first.

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Self-managing your rental property could be a mistake

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ-๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ฌ

While the prospect of saving a bit each month on letting agent fees (which are tax deductible!) might seem attractive, in the long run, it could be a false economy. Here are some reasons why self-managing your rental might not save you any money at all.

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add value to your property with planning permission

๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ: ๐”๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐จ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž`๐ฌ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž

How do you feel about adding thousands to your home without making a single improvement? One of the magic words in property is โ€˜potentialโ€™, and getting planning permission to increase the amount of accommodation is a great way to add more value and widen your audience.

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