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Owning and renting a property

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  • Affordable home ownership schemes
  • Apply to the land registration tribunal
  • Buying or selling your home
  • Check the register of fair rents
  • Claim compensation if your property is affected by HS2
  • Claim for subsidence damage caused by coal mining
  • Compensation when a road affects your property's value
  • Find an energy assessor
  • Find out if a property is affected by coal mining
  • Find out if a tenancy has been ended after a tenant's death
  • Get information about property and land
  • Joint property ownership
  • Leasehold property
  • Mortgage Interest Run On
  • Mortgage Rescue Scheme
  • Object to an application to change the land register
  • Park (mobile) homes
  • Private renting
  • Private renting for tenants: tenancy agreements
  • Protect your land and property from fraud
  • Registering land or property with HM Land Registry
  • Scaffolding rules
  • Search for property information from HM Land Registry
  • Search sold property prices
  • Stamp Duty Land Tax
  • Staying in your partner's property during a divorce or separation
  • Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI)
  • Tax when you sell property
  • Tenancy deposit protection
  • Track your Part I compensation claim
  • Update property records when someone dies
  • Your property boundaries

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Housing and local services

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  • Being a landlord and renting out a room

    Includes tenancy agreements, deposit protection scheme and evicting tenants

  • Council Tax

    Includes council tax appeals, bands, discounts and reductions

  • Council housing and housing association

    Includes Right to Buy, shared ownership and getting repairs

  • Household energy

    Includes grants, energy saving and renewable energy for your home

  • Local councils and services

    Find and access local services

  • Noise, neighbours, pets and pests

    Includes neighbour disputes, reporting noise nuisance, pest control and looking after pets

  • Owning and renting a property

    Includes buying and selling your home, compensation, mortgages and property boundaries

  • Planning permission and building regulations

    Includes building regulation approvals, planning decisions and party walls

  • Recycling, rubbish, streets and roads

    Includes collecting large waste items, garden waste and reporting problems

  • Repossessions, emergency housing and evictions

    Includes eviction from private, council and housing association properties, and squatting

  • Safety and the environment in your community

    Includes smoke control areas, road safety and crime prevention

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