Times_of_Grace

Oh sweet god, I was looking on a totally unrelated forum (http://www.catchat.org/forum.html just looking, not posting) and seem to have stumbled across the wench herself. JBFTB, any choice titbits on her nfh thread "9 Years Of Hell And Cant Sell My House"? I often wonder what happened to the nice London flat that we rented before it was sold to some crapulent BTLer. Situated above the insane drunken cow who would listen to Elton John at full volume at 3am and have raging arguments with her "man" (she was celibate for 7 years, and he beat her ) and below Mr. Stereotype pot-head rasta and his fugly wife, who smoked around their newborn baby :angry:. This was in Stamford Hill, and they owned their respective hovels/flats. Probably the only way to guarantee that your next neighbour will be inoffensive is to live in a bungalow...

OP, what a charming piece of work... I feel ill. So they have a neighbour who allegedly beat their dog so badly that it had to be euthanized, follows kids and takes photos of them, and trespasses on their land to fiddle with their property? But hey! As long as YOU no longer have to live next to him, sucks to the poor fool who ends up buying the millstone :angry:.

*Shame* Rat forum. Again. It's an education, to find that people are still buying houses at the asking price without having the common sense to investigate the sentiment spouted almost daily by the media. Because unless you buy right now you'll never ever own a house and end up renting forever and having someone else pay for things like dodgy wiring. And all your friends will laugh at you as they MEW to buy big cars and holidays. Oh, the horror is more than I can comprehend.

Christ. I am the same age as this daft bint, and last year I was the one to suggest pulling out of the purchase of a house we didn't necessarily want to spend a long time in, in an area that was passable, but could afford. Even if we never get on the fabled "ladder" in this country it's nice to know that we can actually leave it without massive debt/repo/stupidity fears. My partner thanked me for putting things into perspective. Hell, we lost money we can ill afford on the survey but that's a lot better than losing it on a mortgage. Some of you may recall my post about the young couple whose grandparents were supplying a deposit. She's back Astonishing. It's almost as if looking for a competitive quote was some unheard of practice. Some dull advice ensues in between; I'm merely taking the most asinine parts of her posting. Confusing like the English language, clearly. Bugger me, I wish WE could afford 155K as a first home. Considering that her other half is also 22 either he is on a damn good wage for someone fresh out of Uni, or the grandparents are in for a hefty loss. (Yes, there are probably graduates out there on substantial wages. But they probably wouldn't want to live in Stevenage, based on what I hear of it. Apologies to anyone who loves the place) I realise this post has little point, other than to vent my frustration on a board where I won't be flamed for pointing out that if one is confused by the process, perhaps one should wait a little before buying the most important thing one will ever "own", or at least seek advice from the bank. But hell, what would I know, I'm merely a writer, not a mortgage advisor.

Pants, should have put that in the "Your area" section. Desole!

http://www.ukpropertyshop.co.uk/cgi-bin/ag...estate&irp=3227 THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE BUCKS NATIONAL DOWNTURN SAYS DACRE, SON & HARTLEY ... "For first -time buyers who may be unsure whether to purchase against the backdrop of a market that is softer, it is important to remember that in the long term paying off your own mortgage rather than some else's makes a lot more sense - why rent when you can buy! Even if the property market were to stand still for a period, getting on the 'property ladder' should pay long-term dividends." Such as repossesion? Hot damn, count me in!

"Since I left University me lender trebled the limit I can borrow." "So they got you into debt?"

Thank you all, partner rang the plumber himself. Although he is busy he will come round at 10am tomorrow to have a look and try and get us equipped with hot water for those little things like bathing, washing up etc. Turns out the silly beotch booked him to fix the fires as well, hence the long wait we would have had... Will be ringing EHA again tomorrow (long story). Again thanks for your help, sorry to be brief but have a (Writing!) portfolio to compile!

Perhaps if I begin at the beginning it will make some sense. My partner and I have been renting a house in a nice area, for an astoundingly reasonable rate, since May 2003. We have the most ineffectual parody of a landlord, happy to ignore problems until they threaten health. The house did not have smoke alarms, but I am lead to believe that as there are only 2 of us this does not concern the Environmental Health Agency. In July this year the kitchen ceiling began to leak every time the shower above was turned on, turned out to be from improper sealing around the bath. Gimp boy sent his general cowboy round to do a poor job with a sealant gun, which lasted 2 days before shrivelling up! To cut a long rant short we ended up with a massive crack in the kitchen ceiling, extensive water damage, a leak down one of the inner walls over a light switch, the back door-frame falling apart and losing the draught excluder (cunningly affixed with expanding foam ) and a gas safety certificate not being issued since before we moved in! My partner rang the landlord every week, to be fobbed off by his minions (his "day job" is as an architect) or have his complaints conveniently lost. Finally after a strong letter from me requesting a rebate of 3 months rent he again sent the useless "joiner" AND HIS DAD to replace the back door frame, tile the bathroom (another thing that was meant to be sorted before we moved in) and get paint all over our table and furniture by painting the kitchen ceiling without laying dust sheets. This was on October 20th. A plumber came round and set his hand on fire trying to test one of the gas fires . Late November we receive a letter telling us that management of the property has been transferred to "Cekay Enterprises". His name is Chris Earl Kay. Yet we now have some god awful wench acting as landleech, wanting to do an inspection in January. To top things off the boiler broke on Monday, yet she simply can't get anyone out until the 14th of January. Merry damn Christmas, heard of emergency plumbers? Sorry, that was long. What in gods name can we do? Chrissy poo already inferred in his letter that it was normally "customary" to increase the rent each year, "something we have not done". I take this as a threat, but we can't afford to move from a 3 bed house with garden and drive when the same rent won't even get a 2 bed flat in Chapeltown (Scumhole for all none Leeds residents). To cap it all off, if that is possible, when we moved in we had the crazy notion that the "owners" might want to sell up because of the large amount of work needed on the property. To quote, "I don't think they would want to sell, they are looking to buy more properties in the area.". Any request to contact the actual owners of the property was met with Chris weaselling around, promising to pass it on etc... The Land Registry tells me that Cekay Enterprises owns this sodding house, it being a voluntary transferral from some bint who went bankrupt in 1995 and had Cekay as her trustees The work done is funking shoddy in extremis; there are tiles in the bathroom that stick out at 45 degrees! We waited for 3 months, have heard nothing about the rebate, and have been palmed off onto what appears to be another inefficient member of his weak-minded greedy family. We've been lied to, treated like molluscs and don't seem to be allowed to complain. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, my apologies again for the length and general frustrated incoherence of this rant.

BBB Quoi? We haven't borrowed anyones money, nor would we fanny around with it if we had! I meant how are the quoted peoples going to go about things when/if there is a swandive in the market. My parents would deserve it anyway

zzg113, I don't want a load of people flaming the poor guys Unless you're really interested in rats of course. Oh hell, here it is anyway, just don't tell 'em it was me http://www.fancy-rats.co.uk/community/viewtopic.php?t=14612 Some of the replies are quite priceless, much akin to their future hose methinks...

Just found this in another forum (it's about rats, OK?!) Don't want to be to one to pee on their chips but jebus, bye bye savings, bye bye borrowed money, bye bye common sense... My partner and I are in the same boat - not enough savings to form a decent deposit but enough to pay our own costs, and frankly we wouldn't touch this market with a long stick. I'd hate to tell my oldsters what had happened to £10k (or whatever) of their hard earned cash when the crash bit!

Hope this works, I can't get a direct link without giving them my particulars http://www.rentonandparr.co.uk/index1.htm Occupying a prominet position? Behind the chip shop? On a pokey little area of land that leaves each house overlooking the other? I saw the damn foundations go up, the rooms are tiny! Bugger, doesn't seem to work. "SHADWELL VILLAGE AN EXCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THREE STONE BUILT DETACHED HOUSESPrices From £395,000 £395,000 Occupying a prominent position in the centre of this popular sought after village, only some 5 miles from Leeds for easy commuting. A small exclusive development of three stone built detached houses by an award winning local architect and built by a well known local builder with a reputation for quality. The properties have the benefit of gas fired central heating, double glazing and briefly contain :- Entrance Vestibule and Hall, Cloakroom and w.c., Lounge, Conservatory, Dining Room, Kitchen and Utility Room. Master Bedroom and En-Suite Luxury Bathroom, Guest Bedroom Two and En-suite Luxury Bathroom Two, Study. On the Second Floor, two further Double Bedrooms, Bathroom and w.c., Detached Garage and Garden."

LS17 mostly, one "village" in particular where a rash of boards has gone up overnight but no-one's biting Take that you delusional affectations of prosperity! 2/3 beds in a crappy area of Moortown went up from £95k in January to about £140k in June/July, now many are back on the market at £110k to £125k....

Hello peeps, I'm a lurker but just had to vent about prices in North Leeds. Several properties in a certain pretentious village have been on the market for about a month. One "three bed" (attic conversion) mid-terrace with a ghastly interior, ugly extension and general pokiness went on the market for...£282k! A nearby pair of mid-terraces are on the market for £199k for a two bed and over £200k for a three bed. Oddly the £282k property now has a "sold" sign, as does the £199k. But on the EA website they are only "under offer"... I'm tempted to ask whether they got the asking price or are just bailing out, but it's a sad sad thing considering we can't hope to afford our shabby, neglected rental property :angry: Oh, and at the start of this year a house in need of modernisation sold for £157k. It's now been empty and untouched for 10 months