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  1. I wish young people will get together and organise a worldwide rent strike.
  2. It's working again now ... which saves me going down there in the morning with a suitcase.
  3. Yep ... they made an announcement on twitter https://twitter.com/CoventryBS
  4. What I want to know is why are the 2 'L's following WHO'll the only lower case letters?
  5. Anybody watching the unfolding drama of Agents' Mutual's onthemarket.com ? It's really pretty funny. Many of the agents seem to have very little understanding of online marketing. They largely underestimate the difficulty of setting up a national brand, and in any case a buyer will just need to look at zoopla and rightmove to see all houses on the market so bypassing any need for ontheMarket. The days of agents with expensive flash high street offices could be numbered. http://www.estateagenttoday.co.uk/industry-views/1789-the-portal-wars-your-views http://www.estateagenttoday.co.uk/1788-another-high-end-agency-drops-zoopla-for-onthemarket --
  6. Apparently they have some sort of acceptance procedure to allow vendors to take part in the sale... "If you are selling your home and would like to be considered for Connells' 'January Sale' event, contact the local branch..." http://www.courier.co.uk/Home-hunters-urged-ready-sales/story-25755892-detail/story.html --
  7. I caught a hilarious and sad programme on TV today "fantasy homes by the sea" (I couldn't help myself - it's like rubbernecking a car crash). A banker and his housewife live in Fulham and want to buy a second home by the sea. They want a large home with a sea view in the Lymington or Chichester areas. And they proudly announce they have a budget of £1m. The first house is ordinary and "far too small" and 2 miles from the sea. The second house is "a bit pokey" (it has an annexe for the au pair though). Clearly the housewife isn't going to get any bragging rights with the Fulham yummy mummies with these properties. "Look, if you stand on your toes upstairs you can see the top of a yacht's mast!" Then she's shown a nice house on the clifftop, unfortunately it's £2.9m. Oh dear. The third house is £1.2m and she says "I don't love it" but her expectations are being moderated by now. She says the price is "quite toppy" ... maybe the penny is starting to drop. Next place is a bungalow squeezed in among other bungalows. The garden is "too tiny". It's nothing special and it's also £1.2m. When she hears that she says "whoa!". It seems even bankers are deluded about what £1m will buy you. --
  8. You'll be pleased to know this is now readvertised at a £55k reduction. Still got a bog in the bedroom though. --
  9. You are a cynic. Bournemouth council have made it clear the reef is a "fantastic success"... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-20181220 --
  10. £450K for a 3 room property. One of the rooms is a shower room which is accessible only from outside. This means the bedroom has to have a toilet installed next to the bed (I wonder what the Mrs will think of that?). If you're not yet convinced, don't worry the “Panasonic Viera" TV is included in the price. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-35600530.html --
  11. For just 450k you too can have 3 room house with a bedroom with a toilet next to the bed. Taking a dump and hopping straight into bed has got to be the ultimate convenience. The other half has got to love that... http://goo.gl/YbxCv Oh...one of the rooms is a shower room that's only accessible from outside. But don't worry the “Panasonic Viera” TV is included in the price. Oh that's OK then. FFS. --
  12. By that time you've realised how much it costs to run and you'll be pleased to leave it behind. I told my Mrs you can get the same effect by turning an ordinary oven on 27x7x365 (which is fairly close to the truth). Homerenter
  13. Hi Can someone give me some planning advice? There's a piece of agricultural land with a barn that could easily be used to live in (and the current owner is probably doing that). But there is no planning permission for residential use. My question is, in practice what would the council do about that? evict the person from the barn and make them homeless? --
  14. That may not be necessary - having all the pipes leading into the soakaway jet washed may be effective. --
  15. ING says homeowners are overvaluing thier houses... http://www.ezonomics.com/videos/the_mistake_of_not_giving_up/ --
  16. > would not be accepted. They seem to be guessing that it wouldn't be accepted *if* they submitted it to the vendor, unless perhaps they have prior instruction not to inform them of bids lower than a certain figure. I'd ask the EA if they've actually passed your offer to the vendor and if not why not. -- John
  17. Why restrict this to areas with a waterway? By using caravans you can pursue this policy throughout the land. --
  18. I thought the attached agent's ad was pretty funny. They paid for a quarter page, not advertising houses, but telling buyers how naughty they are for not playing the game. If you cant be bothered to get the image, the ad says. ************************************* MARKET COMMENT It's soapbox time again! We have covered this point before, but it still happens and requires legislation to correct it. After some time of marketing you eventually secure your buyer and find a property to purchase, therefore, creating a chain that could involve a number of parties. All going well, but two weeks in, one party pulls out and the chain breaks. You will have had expense, which you are unlikely to be able to recoup and your emotions and faith in human nature is dented. Surely a simple solution to avoid this heartache would be that when a sale is agreed both vendor and buyer sign a pre-contract agreement and put down a substantial deposit (say £5000 each) which is only refundable if they have an adverse survey, lose their job or die, otherwise it goes to the agrieved party as compensation and for abortive costs. This may seem drastic, but it would stop those who agree to buy a property this week and change thier mind the next without giving thought to everyone else involved. In other wordsput their money where their mouth is. If you buy a car you put down a deposit and lose it if you don't pay the balance, so why is buying a property any different? It's time legislation was brought in to protect all parties involved. ************************************ Come on buyers, have a thought for the emotions of this poor agent's vendors and get an offer in - and don't change your mind (unless you lose your job or die). --
  19. She's carrying on as if housebuyers are estate agent's customers, obviously it's the seller that's the agent's customer. --
  20. > making this cooker compliant with the law for those living in a flat or rented What they really mean is "rented flats and multi-dwellings" AFAIK it doesnt apply to a rented house. --
  21. > her advice is innaccurate Her youtube videos feature "twigs in a vase" so she must know a thing or two about property prices... and she's got a house to rent at £2250 so she's practising what she preaches... http://planet-press.org/house.html --
  22. But she's already been bankrupt so maybe not the best person to give financial advice. http://www.tvtalentsupermarket.com/prods/97.html --
  23. Advise for millionaires ... money psychologist Christine Thompson-Wells says "if I came into a £1m next week, I would go out and buy four £120,000 one-bedroom flats or properties in London or somewhere like Hertfordshire or Berkshire" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12058218 She runs workshops for £440 where you can get more quality advice like that... http://www.christinethompsonwells.com --
  24. All the replies so far seem very relaxed about this. I'd recommend taking it much more seriously. People die from carbon monoxide poisoning and you and your toddler are at risk. The house is ucurrently ninhabitable as its unsafe without the gas safety certificate. I'd say you could move into a hotel and send your landlord the bill if you want. Certainly dont pay her another penny. I'd get advise from the CAB but my view is that you have the upper hand because if your landlord took any action against you they'd be laughed out of court. Buy a Carbon Monoxide detector tomorrow and send your landlord the bill for that too. -- John
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