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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    Completed today. Got my keys, went in there, turned the fridge on, made sure the taps worked. Did a massive IKEA order. Booked a broadband man.

    Should be habitable by mid October. Absolute scenes.

    There are things you don't think about, though. Like lampshades. How many saucepans do I need? Do I need a microwave? Do I actually need bookshelves, or are they just to show off? What can I actually keep in the 'garden shed' I have just discovered I have, when I don't have a garden? These things will keep me occupied until I die.
    Congrats! As Mike said. Only buy something extra when you absolutely need it - the key thing is the endless war on tat/clutter/junk. Anything you haven't done in the first three months will never get done.

    If possible make a room plan and spreadsheet the fuck out of things. Draw furniture to scale and mark out sizing using masking tape on the floor/walls.

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    Had another offer today. £8k lower than the last one, but we're accepting it as I just want to get the fucker sold.

    Now we need to find a new house to buy.

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    Saw the house, put an offer in, it was accepted, the survey came back fine, the mortgage has been accepted, 2.19% for 5 years fixed, I could move in by mid November.

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    UKPN have decreased the price to £4.6k but they've also finally provided design plans and a quote so I can send it over to Npower who can contact some of their third party contractors.

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    I'm assuming that you're planning to rent them out once sorted? Would it not be easier to keep the electric as it is and include the rough cost electric within the rent?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spikey M View Post
    I'm assuming that you're planning to rent them out once sorted? Would it not be easier to keep the electric as it is and include the rough cost electric within the rent?
    Haven't decided if we will rent/sell yet (dependent on the bank really) but there are two reasons we need to separate the electrics.

    1. The current electrics aren't good enough to handle the extra load. (it's currently a single phase supply which needs to be a three phase supply).

    2. Would be a bit awkward having to knock on your neighbours door to ask them to flip the fusebox as yours have tripped.

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    For 2. You just locate the fuse box somewhere communal, but if you're going to be a health and safety tart about 1. then whatever m8.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spikey M View Post
    For 2. You just locate the fuse box somewhere communal, but if you're going to be a health and safety tart about 1. then whatever m8.
    The only communal bit would be the pathway in the front garden which would be a great place for a fuse box.

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    Put a parasol up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yevrah View Post
    Saw the house, put an offer in, it was accepted, the survey came back fine, the mortgage has been accepted, 2.19% for 5 years fixed, I could move in by mid November.
    Congrats.

    I now own my flat entirely. Mortgage has been closed. More free money for fotoball stickers.

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    We viewed a house today that was really odd. It was absolutely huge, but had such a weird configuration. It had 2 kitchens, a dining room, a family room, a lounge, a massive garden and 4 bathrooms. Yet despite it being huge, I really feel like they've done a terribly job of utilising the space they have.

    We're going to make an offer because it's a lot bigger than anything else we can afford. My thinking if we'll rip everything out and re-do it in a few years.

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    2 kitchens, living the Ed Miliband dream.

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    Two kitchens.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pepe View Post
    Two kitchens.
    His and Hers

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    Indian married couples usally move in with the man and his parents for a while before they get a place of their own. One of my friends had his whole house completely done and he has two ovens in his kitchen.
    Last edited by SincereTheRebel; 02-10-2019 at 08:39 AM.

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    I bought my house back. #gome

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    Mong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SvN View Post
    We viewed a house today that was really odd. It was absolutely huge, but had such a weird configuration. It had 2 kitchens, a dining room, a family room, a lounge, a massive garden and 4 bathrooms. Yet despite it being huge, I really feel like they've done a terribly job of utilising the space they have.

    We're going to make an offer because it's a lot bigger than anything else we can afford. My thinking if we'll rip everything out and re-do it in a few years.
    Have you got a link to the listing? I'd love to see that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    I bought my house back. #gome
    Does it come with an ex-wife?

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    Had an offer accepted on a place today. 3 bed semi, really liked it when we looked round and it's in a great location for us.

    Noice.

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    Why a 3 bed?

    Mad brother coming along?

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    What’s people thoughts on city vs suburb?

    Ive always assumed I’d hate living out with a city, but I really don’t do much city stuff.

    Can get a bloody nice house out in a nice suburb now that house prices are more reasonable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry View Post
    Why a 3 bed?

    Mad brother coming along?
    Well, we want to stay around here for the foreseeable future and I can't imagine it'll be too long before we start thinking about kids. Doesn't seem to make much sense getting somewhere smaller just to have to move again in a couple of years (moving is stressful and expensive).

    And no absolutely fucking not.

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    In the meantime Igor can come and go as he pleases on a night out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yevrah View Post
    Have you got a link to the listing? I'd love to see that.
    Just had an offer accepted on it, so I'm afraid not.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SvN View Post
    Just had an offer accepted on it, so I'm afraid not.
    Soz DM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel View Post
    Does it come with an ex-wife?
    No, it comes with crushing silence and loneliness.

    This is, of course, an enormous improvement.

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    Rather kill myself than living in a suburb again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by randomlegend View Post
    Had an offer accepted on a place today. 3 bed semi, really liked it when we looked round and it's in a great location for us.

    Noice.
    https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property...-64937553.html

    This is it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pepe View Post
    Rather kill myself than living in a suburb again.
    You're so sad. What's not to like about discussing the first hedge cut of the summer? Been shopping again MJ? Better stack up on the old teabags, sure going to a cold one this week! Oh, you gonna be painting that garage door soon? Kinda letting the side down, ya know. You want to fuck my daughter?

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    My ex was from Swaffham.

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    Quote Originally Posted by randomlegend View Post
    You really won’t live very far from me at all.

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    Jesus, my one bed flat will ultimately cost that. Then again, I don't have to live in north Norfolk, so swings and roundabouts.

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    I love living in Norfolk. You'd have to give me the house for free to get me to live in London. It's fortunate we're all different.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    Jesus, my one bed flat will ultimately cost that. Then again, I don't have to live in north Norfolk, so swings and roundabouts.
    Yeah I’ve just sorted a mortgage for someone in London. 250k on a one bed flat that I could only describe as a shit-hole.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luke Emia View Post
    You really won’t live very far from me at all.
    Probably already don't then

    We're renting in Yaxham currently.

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    Looks like a nice place RL, not too different to where I'm currently at actually.

    I made the mistake of looking at houses in my price range in Walsall (where I grew up) and felt utterly depressed to see I would basically become King of the town.

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    Quote Originally Posted by randomlegend View Post
    Looks amazing VFM?

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    Two weeks until his neighbour bullies himself seventy per cent of that shared drive.

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    My brother owns a house in Stoke (for reasons known only to himself - he doesn't even live there) and when I looked up the price of that I wondered why he didn't buy two or three of them.

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    It seems like the done thing for forces people to chuck their extra money into rental properties back home. Unfortunately, he's a bit stuck there, so he must have been watching Newsnight one night and discovered Stoke.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    Looks amazing VFM?
    Was this meant to be posed as a question?

    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis View Post
    Two weeks until his neighbour bullies himself seventy per cent of that shared drive.
    There actually is some maniac on the road with a coach parked in their drive.

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    Yes, elaborate. What's the catch.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    Yes, elaborate. What's the catch.
    There isn't one. It's not wildly out of line with other similar houses around here,price wise. It's probably more nicely done inside than most, which is why we've gone for it.
    Last edited by randomlegend; 02-10-2019 at 10:20 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    No, it comes with crushing silence and loneliness.

    This is, of course, an enormous improvement.
    Sounds like your moving good now lad. I don't understand in the world we live in today, how being around the same person every day is healthy. You will be better living solo.

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    Annoying news today.

    Had my Home Buyers Survey Report back and while the report was generally good, a few category 2/amber cracks and some fucked decking (which was obvious) the valuation they've given is £15k less than the price it was put on the market for and my offer.

    How accurate are these things and is it standard practice to follow them religiously and therefore lower my offer on the back of it? The mortgage lender valued the house at the same price I offered, but I understand this almost always happens.

    Any advice/first hand experience welcome.

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    Surveys always come back with mental valuations.

    House we're renovating was on the market for £30k more than we paid but the survey had it at about £115k less.

    Not a chance it would have gone for near the survey valuation and the only reason we got it for under the market value was because we were cash buyers.

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    Cheers Mahow. If that's the general consensus then the TTH hive mind wins.

    I did my own research by looking to buy a house in the area I've chosen and there are a lot of properties I didn't bother seeing that overtly look far worse than mine and are on for the same value or more.

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    It's them wanting to cover themselves if/when the property market shits the bed.

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