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    I just clicked on a Baz link. Fuck sake. RSVP in peices.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spikey M View Post
    I just clicked on a Baz link. Fuck sake. RSVP in peices.
    What did you think?
    I'm a twit

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    It didn't remind me of a pub, but the colour is ok. Not sure I'd use it, but I'm not repulsed by it.

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    No I meant using Microsoft Edge on a Dell Inspiron with 1.4 GHz 4415U Processor and 4GB DDR4 RAM.
    I'm a twit

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    U wot m8

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    Got ur deets, init
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    Quote Originally Posted by mo View Post
    Anyone ever laid concrete slabs (or wet concrete?) for a shed foundation? My shed is on the verge of collapse and I’m pretty sure that when it goes I’ll find a mass of uneven stone under it, and if I’m going to go to the expense of putting up a new shed I want to get the foundation right first.
    Doesn't need to be slabs, just mix up some concrete and lay that, loads easier and cheaper.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy View Post
    Doesn't need to be slabs, just mix up some concrete and lay that, loads easier and cheaper.
    Thank you, that was exactly the sort of insight I was looking for (this sounds sarcastic, but promise it's sincere) - I haven't got the foggiest on any of this. Could I mix and lay concrete as an amatuer DIYer? Or am I better off paying someone to do it?

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    House going on t'market next month.

    I've got my heart set on a top floor apartment with views and a balcony.

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    How much are you listing it for?

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    Where's the ex going?

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    Top floor apartment with views and a balcony.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SvN View Post
    How much are you listing it for?
    I don't know, offers over 190k would be a good starting point, but the value is dictated by the surveyors.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy View Post
    Where's the ex going?
    No idea, can't control that so no point in getting het up about it. I probably won't like the end result but I can't let it get me down. Regardless, she stays at the same school.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    House going on t'market next month.

    I've got my heart set on a top floor apartment with views and a balcony.
    Does a view of Dundee knock the price down?

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    Depends if it shows you the way out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    House going on t'market next month.

    I've got my heart set on a top floor apartment with views and a balcony.
    Good luck.

    Renting or buying?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spikey M View Post
    Does a view of Dundee knock the price down?
    Its a view of the river and Fife, south facing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Foe View Post
    Good luck.

    Renting or buying?
    Buying defo. Can't be arsed renting. I need to add at least £300 a month as well for the maintenence.

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    Just means your pay fees buying if you then find someone else and want a house in the future.

    are you planning getting a tennant to make up that £300?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Foe View Post
    Just means your pay fees buying if you then find someone else and want a house in the future.

    are you planning getting a tennant to make up that £300?
    Honestly mate that's way, way down the line.

    No, 2nd bedroom will be Amber's. I'll just have to get selling.

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    I can make a reasonable down payment of twenty American dollars ($20.00)

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    Our house has been on the market a week. Already fed up of viewings, but needs must. We had one offer that was lower than what we paid for it 2 years ago. The estate agent said the guy had done the same (made insultingly low offers) on 3 other properties within the last month and they're going to blacklist him .

    In no major rush, but would like to get it sold within a month or so.

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    I'll take it off your hands for a fiver.

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    Leather or fabric sofas?

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    Leather are easier to clean, but I much prefer fabric.

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    Fabric. Leather is too cold in the winter and you get stuck to it in the summer.

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    I heard about cold and sticky learther, but ive never had that problem before. Room temperature is probably the most likely cause?

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    Definitely fabric

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    Quote Originally Posted by SvN View Post
    Our house has been on the market a week. Already fed up of viewings, but needs must. We had one offer that was lower than what we paid for it 2 years ago. The estate agent said the guy had done the same (made insultingly low offers) on 3 other properties within the last month and they're going to blacklist him .

    In no major rush, but would like to get it sold within a month or so.
    Some people are such snide fucks when it comes to houses. I am hoping to move again in 4 years and hopefully that will us for the long haul, I cant be dealing with all agro too many times.

    Are you moving away from Southampton?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy View Post
    Some people are such snide fucks when it comes to houses. I am hoping to move again in 4 years and hopefully that will us for the long haul, I cant be dealing with all agro too many times.

    Are you moving away from Southampton?
    Yeah, I'm moving back to the Midlands to be closer to work. It's a shame because I quite like the house and we've only been there 2 years - like you, I'm hoping the next house will be it for at least 7-8 years.

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    Home Report being done on Tuesday, once we get valuation we can get an estate agent to market it and move on with our lives. Be fucking heartbreaking.

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    If it was cheap digs then fine, but 1300 a month? Who would pay that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    If it was cheap digs then fine, but 1300 a month? Who would pay that?
    The way things are here they'll all be gone within an hour.

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    https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/144...ne-conditions/

    I've left now, so fuck them, but in my last job I had to listen to this utter cunt sound off about how hard done by he was and how he was doing poor people a favour at great personal cost on more than one occasion.

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    Landlords are the fucking worst. They should all be strung up.


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    House got valued at 200k, up from 180k 5 years ago.

    Estate agents coming round tomorrow to discuss getting it to market ASAP.

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    That seems like a crap increase. Is that normal for the area?

    We paid £250k 2 years ago and we're marketing it at £280k. We're expecting to get £270k.

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    Yeah but people want to live in Southampton, not Dundee.

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    Quote Originally Posted by phonics View Post
    Yeah but people want to live in Southampton, not Dundee.
    Exactly. I was told by the surveyor it'll go for over that, so if we get 210k I'll be happy.

    Gives me around 30k for the next deposit plus whatever I can save between now and Sept (3k so far).

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    Is it worth rejecting an aprtment that has loft space, that isnt for your use. But is there purely for "maintenance"?

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    Quote Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel View Post
    Is it worth rejecting an aprtment that has loft space, that isnt for your use. But is there purely for "maintenance"?
    It depends on whether you need the space or not. If you're renting then it's kinda tough shit: the landlord's rules apply.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raoul Duke View Post
    It depends on whether you need the space or not. If you're renting then it's kinda tough shit: the landlord's rules apply.
    Buying, not renting.

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    Do you need to provide access to it? Sounds a bit odd. I can sort of understand the idea of it not being part of whatever it is you legally buy (bit like balconies sometimes fall within the freehold and not the leasehold), but if someone else is going to be needing access to it through your flat that sounds a bit dodge.

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    Hear about these new builds where the loft can't be used for much other than storing Christmas decs. Fuck that, I'd be buggered without the loft space.

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    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    Do you need to provide access to it? Sounds a bit odd. I can sort of understand the idea of it not being part of whatever it is you legally buy (bit like balconies sometimes fall within the freehold and not the leasehold), but if someone else is going to be needing access to it through your flat that sounds a bit dodge.
    Sounds like i do need to give permission for work access. Sounds well weird.

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    Been starting to look at mortgages. Fuck me, what a confusing world.

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    We had an appointment to get a Decision in Principle for when we move this weekend. The formula they use to determine how much you can afford to borrow is all over the place. Reducing our childcare costs by £150 per month meant they'd lend us an extra £50k. How does that compute?

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    £150*12*length of mortgage? Add the interest and it probably amounts to ~£50k

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