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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on Jan 2, 2020 20:51:21 GMT
You'd have to get a lawnmower, and a shed to keep your lawnmower in! That's exciting!
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Post by rayge on Jan 2, 2020 21:03:59 GMT
Or you could just keep a goat tethered there, which would have the added advantage of scaring of visitors and other nuisances. You could call it Boy.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2020 21:09:58 GMT
Or you could just keep a goat tethered there, which would have the added advantage of scaring of visitors and other nuisances. You could call it Boy. Or Dougie the goat.
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Post by Cousin Lou on Jan 2, 2020 21:37:17 GMT
Just one week left in my old Whitehaven abode. I've got the rented flat in Edinburgh, but I don't want to stay there much longer. We're actually handing over the property on the 15th, so from that date I'll have a fair bit of cash in the bank for the first time in my life. It makes the stress and the sadness a little more easy to deal with. But I'd really much rather hang on to the old house. Ho hum. Anyway - still looking to buy locally. This place looks OK www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-86428490.htmlNot the best area of the town, but the fact that it's a bungalow and is completely detached appeals greatly. What a fucking depressing place!!
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Post by oh oooh on Feb 19, 2020 11:05:27 GMT
Generally, top-floor flats are better than ones on lower floors, right?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2020 17:04:39 GMT
Generally, top-floor flats are better than ones on lower floors, right? It depends. Heat rises, so top floors are warmer and there's chances of roof leaks, but you get no noise from people above you. Bottom floors can get musty and damp and have greater chance of dry rot because of it. Also, if there is a ceiling leak, you have to trace it from all the floors above you from the top of the building to the bottom floor.
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Post by oh oooh on Feb 27, 2020 0:59:50 GMT
I'm looking at this place: cumbrian-properties.co.uk/property-details-page/?id=16353345it's the only flat I've seen in Whitehaven that has decent-sized rooms. That main room is a beauty. It's absolutely at the top of my range, price-wise, but I really like it. It's on the ground floor which MIGHT be a problem (noise, burglary) - there's one on the top floor going for just a little more, which is furnished. The building itself is listed and it's well-known locally. Do people always get surveys done? Is there always a point? And one more question: how do you make an offer on a property? do you just phone the estate agent and say 'I'd like to make an offer on X' and they say 'OK thanks'? It seems strange. Anyway as a first-time buyer with no chain and (potentially) payment upfront in cash, apparently I'm a preferred client. What do you reckon? I should offer 90 grand?
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Post by hippopotamus on Feb 27, 2020 9:15:32 GMT
Looks beautiful!
I was so overwhelmed by the RISKYness of it all, and my father who has largely made his living from properties told me I had nothing to lose. He's also a lawyer who pointed out that in England you can largely make any offer you want on any number of properties you feel like and you aren't legally obliged to ANYTHING until you actually FINALLY sign for conveyancing.
The way I ended up buying my house is a mad story, that just expemplifies how my family works. My sister had been nagging me to buy a property for YEARS. And for YEARS I told her I wasn't ready, and moreover I didn't know where I would be settling, and that as a single person wandering around the world, it was also hard for me to do alone.
The ONE time that she mentioned it and I didn't kneejerk a "NO!", and instead said, "I guess I could think about it now... since I have a long time contract for the first time, and I'm getting to know Liverpool better". She got very excited and immediately started showing me properties. I pointed out a few that seemed okay. I thought that was the end of that. I was driving back to Liverpool from visiting my parents in Essex later that day. The next morning, I get a phone call from my giggling sister and mother. They have looked through properties. "The market is going SO fast! So we thought we would put in a few offers for you. We've arranged 2 viewings for tomorrow morning, and we're just getting in the car now and we'll be with you tonight!"
I freaked out! They reassured me " Don't worry.... We'll leave straight after the viewing and I'm bringing you a lasagna."
I was determined to stubbornly hate both properties. One was nice, the other looked like so much work and I didn't like at all.
I asked to go back to the first one, and when speaking to the owner, who was a bit of a happy, hippy... I said "Hypothetically, would you be ready to sell if I offered you the asking price". He said "I'll speak to my wife..."
We went off for lunch and 10 minutes later my "offer" was accepted. I was advised that I didn't NEED to do a fully survey. Maybe if I had, I wouldn't have bought it because with this building work, we've ended up replacing pretty much all the electrics, plumbing and gas. But thankfully, it's only cost us £500 pounds above the price we were paying for all the renovations.
It's crazy how a person can just BUY a house. I wasn't buying in cash, and the mortgage is sort of what I was paying for rent anyway. So I think it was always the right thing to do, despite being terrified of it. I'm sure it's not even half as nice as your flat above, AND it has a mouse now... but it's mine. And It's really nice not having a landlord.
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on Feb 27, 2020 12:01:28 GMT
It looks really nice, John!
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Post by Cousin Lou on Feb 27, 2020 12:37:17 GMT
That's marvelous!
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Post by oh oooh on Feb 27, 2020 15:17:05 GMT
With all the fees I'm not sure I can stretch to that price - as low as it is for a flat like that.
I think I might wait a month or two. I need to have work organised for September. The market is incredibly slow in West Cumbria right now so it should still be on the market. I just hope I don't regret it.
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Post by oh oooh on Feb 27, 2020 15:17:56 GMT
The flats were going for around £150k when they were first built in 2014!
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Post by hippopotamus on Feb 27, 2020 15:22:10 GMT
With all the fees I'm not sure I can stretch to that price - as low as it is for a flat like that. I think I might wait a month or two. I need to have work organised for September. The market is incredibly slow in West Cumbria right now so it should still be on the market. I just hope I don't regret it. Good luck! The fees and fuss are always more than you expect. Are you buying to let?
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Post by oh oooh on Feb 27, 2020 15:25:09 GMT
Thanks!
Yes, ultimately. It would need to be furnished, too.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2020 17:24:38 GMT
Re: surveys or building inspections, it's usually required by the buyer here in the US, and suspicious if not done by the owner.
I know this because my brother has operated his own home inspection business for almost 30 years. Request it as a contingency as based on the offer.
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