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Don’t trip up when setting booby-traps to protect your house from burglars
How to manage a joint purchase, and when to claim compensation for building delays
Neighbour may be breaking terms of leasehold, and why a houseowner can’t just park anywhere
How to raise a stink about smells, and the agony of being in a housebuying chain
How to challenge contractor’s invoices, and why an ugly outhouse might be protected
When to check listing status and what to do about rubbish left at a sold house
How to demand a ‘right to light’ and when best to extend a property’s lease
Law Commission plans would make it cheaper to buy a freehold
Why you can’t just mess about with a river, and what to do about a scrapheap challenge
It’s always best to avoid litigation — try to find an amicable solution
What rates of tax will I be liable for? Airbnb or a more usual holiday let?
Homebuyers unwittingly signed contracts that doubled their ground rent every 10 years
Law Commission proposes changing charges for conversion to freehold
How to protect your new-build deposit, plus can you remove a caravan eyesore?
Housebuyer says untrue statements were made
When to declare on letting income, plus what to do about ‘ownerless’ ponies on your land
Restrictions on woodburners, plus shooting rights on land
How to play the lottery game plus what to look for outside the sewer network
What to do about an obstruction, and who is responsible for making cladding safe
How to get rid of pests and what to do if dementia threatens a house sale
How to exercise control over images and what to do about noise from a bar downstairs
When wood floors create noise problems, plus how to sell a fugitive business partner’s house
Wild rabbits have started burrowing into my land and feasting on my vegetable garden. Is there anything I can do?
What can I do after gamers trampled my flowers? Plus what action can be taken over noisy relentless building work?
Do we have a right to privacy? Plus, new energy-efficiency standards for landlords
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