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    Quote Originally Posted by SvN View Post
    Why are you paying the final installment before the work is finished?
    I'm not sure if it is or not, my Mum deals with workers wages.

    Anyway the other day he was meant to come at 5pm and we asked the main contractor to come from London so we could all talk and plan. At 10 to he called to say he can't come and my Mum gave him an earful.

    He came yesterday early morning and stayed all day as we were there and basically babysitting him. He came again today as he hadn't fitted any toilets or turned on the water but left about 20 minutes ago as I was out and my Mum was picking stuff up for him.

    The only reason we can't stay is because we have no toilet and he knows that too the wanker.

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    He's sending you out for supplies.

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    A valve for a pump.

    We bought the pump yesterday but the valve wasn't in stock for some reason.

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    You must know you're getting conned

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    This bloke is going to be a legend down the boozer tonight.

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    Pretty much

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    I'm starting to think his step-mum isn't the world class schemer we assumed.

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    Conveyencers are absolutely infuriating. We're trying to arrange a completion date and they keep making up arbitrary "end of today" deadlines which they only mention at 4pm. We've been ready to exchange for a fortnight now and they're just fucking around trying to arrange a date with the rest of the chain.

    The original date (that everyone agreed to) was last week and yet here we are without a date. No enquiries are outstanding, everyone is eager to move and get on with it, yet it's not happening for some reason. And noone seems to know what the hold up is, other than the date not yet being agreed.

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    I remember that shit pissing us off as well. It is an annoyance of the same family as 'trying to get discharged from hospital after the dr has already said you can leave'.

    Their just seems to be a concerted effort from all involved to stop the final step from actually taking place, and you'd think they'd want the thing finished / their bed back.

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    I'm starting to have a tentative look at buying somewhere round here, and, aside from the social stigma of literally wanking in a basement, what are the actual downsides of basement flats? Are they more likely to get all manky and shit in the damp without as much natural heat/light, or can that be seen off reasonably easily?

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    If it helps, half my basement is just concrete now after the grate got blocked during a flood. It's a risk but worth it imo. Probably depends most on what it's like around you. I wouldn't recommend one in Cumbria for example.

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    What's a good/nice off white colour for a living room?

    Choosing paint colours must be the most tedious thing known to man and why a there a million variants of the same colour? How on earth does that work as a business model.

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    Whatever this board uses.

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    My living room is Frosted Dawn and the bathroom is Milky Pale, both sound like 80s porn stars and both need to have art put on them so as not to resemble Room 101.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yevrah View Post
    What's a good/nice off white colour for a living room?

    Choosing paint colours must be the most tedious thing known to man and why a there a million variants of the same colour? How on earth does that work as a business model.
    We have a light grey on ours and grey wooden flooring. Looks nice.

    There's a Dulux app which has an augmented reality effect that lets you see different colours in real time I think

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    Holy shit Raoul, that is a game changer.

    Thanks gents.

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    Didn’t know they had done one too. The IKEA AR app is really handy but that’s an even better use for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yevrah View Post
    Holy shit Raoul, that is a game changer.

    Thanks gents.
    God we're all so middle-aged.
    I'm a twit

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yevrah View Post
    What's a good/nice off white colour for a living room?

    Choosing paint colours must be the most tedious thing known to man and why a there a million variants of the same colour? How on earth does that work as a business model.
    Natural calico and natural hessian are both my go to colours if someone wants off white but cant be arsed to pick an actual colour. They're both dulux.

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    For 1500 sheets a month.



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    Ive been informed that three of the major mortgage lenders will not issue a mortgage on the converted factory new build I was interested in and ive been advised to run. Tears

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    Won't issue one to you, or to anyone?

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    It appears the problem is with the building itself.

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    This is as grim as I’ve seen. 600 quid a month to sleep in a jacks.



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    You get better conditions inside a prison cell

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    Somewhere down the thread there’s a photo of a cell in Mountjoy prison and it is indeed nicer.

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    Back on the hunt for a new house this week. The market seems to be slow, weve been looking at some houses which have been on the market for 6 months and have dropped in price by 25k or more.

    Is it poor form to go in and low ball them if they have already dropped in price?

    When we bough our first house it was so competitive we always ended up bidding higher than the asking price and still ended up with 20+ failed bids.

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    Having recently sold in Southampton, I can tell you it's a buyer's market. We got some insulting offers and ended up selling for £263k when our original listing price was excess of £280k.

    There's nothing to lose by offering below asking price.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SvN View Post
    Having recently sold in Southampton, I can tell you it's a buyer's market. We got some insulting offers and ended up selling for £263k when our original listing price was excess of £280k.

    There's nothing to lose by offering below asking price.
    That's good to hear, we are looking at the 350-450k bracket and looking for houses which need a fair bit of work. The worse condition the better for us which will hopefully mean we can negotiate prices down.

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    Our estate agents said it had been a shit year due to Brexit uncertainty, but they may have just been saying that because it took them 5 months to sell our house.

    What areas are you looking at?

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    Upper Shirley, Bassett or possibly somewhere a bit quieter like Hedge End or Fair Oak.

    I m hoping we will know when we see the right place or area as we are terrible at making decisions.

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    Should I wait for 10% of the population to die before I purchase place?

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    Quote Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel View Post
    Should I wait for 10% of the population to die before I purchase place?
    I have stopped everything now. We were going to put our house on the market today and make an offer on a new build Friday. Cant see many people wanting to view our house which will in turn end with a lower value.

    Just seems stupid to do anything now, even if moving would be better for keeping the economy going.

    Even if it all blows over in a few weeks you've not lost anything by waiting.

    I looked on rightmove yesterday in Southampton +3 miles 350-500k and only 1 house was added all day and maybe 20 had reduced prices.

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    Wait until all the old cunts die and vacate their lovely, in need of decoration, massive houses.

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    Can't remember if I posted this or not, but we bought that house I linked in here. Moved in about 3 weeks ago. Still taking a while getting everything sorted but we're really incredibly happy with it.

    Waiting on a sofa for another 6 weeks is the only major pain point atm.

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    I hope you deleted that post.

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    ?

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    So no weirdos get your address.

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    I'll be there in an hour.

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    Social distancing!

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    Quote Originally Posted by randomlegend View Post
    Can't remember if I posted this or not, but we bought that house I linked in here. Moved in about 3 weeks ago. Still taking a while getting everything sorted but we're really incredibly happy with it.

    Waiting on a sofa for another 6 weeks is the only major pain point atm.
    Im buying a massive bean bag until my sofa turns up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy View Post
    So no weirdos get your address.
    Yolo

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    Quote Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel View Post
    Im buying a massive bean bag until my sofa turns up.
    We considered it but they are surprisingly expensive.

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    Did I imagine it or was someone a mortgage broker or something on here?

    I'm wanting to tell someone my financial circumstances and ask them what my options and limits are with regards to getting a B2L or second residential mortgage. I recall trying this with my bank over the phone and my Hindustani brethren was of little help. Can L&C sort me out or do I need to pay/seek some specialist person?

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    Someone is and I'd tell you it is if you weren't looking to become a parasite.

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    Would you meet him half-way if he bought a corner shop?

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    Nah relax, I ain't a dickhead, it's for mumzy. Also, who tf is gonna get into property now? Don't even know what sort of conditions will be greeting me in terms of lending after this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Don View Post
    Did I imagine it or was someone a mortgage broker or something on here?

    I'm wanting to tell someone my financial circumstances and ask them what my options and limits are with regards to getting a B2L or second residential mortgage. I recall trying this with my bank over the phone and my Hindustani brethren was of little help. Can L&C sort me out or do I need to pay/seek some specialist person?
    It’s me.

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    I take it mortgages are an impossibility now.

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