Owning your own home

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Howard in reply to @Dramatic_Hammer

buildings insurance is £1,200 year

Also, google 'should I buy an underpinned property?'

I polled a load of people - answers were 'no' to 'maybe'. So it's going to be a PITA to sell at the end.

It's a bit circular - they are blighted because people think they are blighted and that isn't going to change easily.

FWIW from a technical perspective if the job was done well it makes the place 'better' than stock. Trouble is you never can tell exactly what was done on the day and to what level of quality.

I spent a lot of time understanding the analysis and design documentation for the work that was done* and took advice from people who know what they are doing - in theory it should have been good, but the shitty attitude of the EA and the Seller combined with the potential for the same trouble when selling put me off.

* old school typed reports and hand drawn specifications. Amazin.

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NickCJ in reply to @Howard

The fact they sprung it on you late in the game definitely makes it suspicious.

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Howard in reply to @NickCJ

The high pressure sales tactics from the EA were also something else.

We asked for the seller to help us out with the BI costs over the 20 years or so we would stay there in the interests of striking a quick deal and keeping the thing alive. This was roughly 1% of the offer price. It was declined.

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