Owning your own home

Sounds like a combination of different types of work, some of which are at height, so consider a roped access company. We just had one do roof and drainage repairs on our tenement. Granted, we're a 4 storey building. Just a thought.

What a bloody farce. I had looked into it for new windows myself but by the time I'd paid (more) for the underfloor and loft it just simply wasn't worth it and I may as well go private from the off.

Classic government mismanagement.

The solid lump of fuck that is our purchase just gets better... We're supposed to be completing today and the lender sent our solicitor the money for all buyers apart from ours. After asking why, their reason was they 'forgot'. Brilliant!

2 storey house with a fairly steeply pitched roof. I'm hoping regular scaffold would be ok. The front garden is a bit fiddly to put stuff up in but should be possible.

Fair. In our case the costs were comparable, but roped access removes the risk of the scaffold staying up for ages because the builder has punted the job in favour of a client who pays more etc etc

4 months after offer being accepted, bank should be issuing binding offer of a bridging loan on Monday. So many hoops jumped through.

Today I noticed that the slightly rusty soil pipe on the side of the house looks pretty fucked.

I had this not so long ago. Cost about £700 for a plumber (they had to remove and reattach the toilet so probably a plumber job) to do it. Did it with a ladder.

Also it was discovered when downstairs were suffering damp problems due to it leaking so don't leave it too long ...

awesome. is that a two car garage?

Yes, which is very handy.

Completed at 4.30 this afternoon and collected the keys at 5.30. Bit tired but very happy and the house is as nice as we remember. Didn't even realise you could exchange and complete on the same say.

Congratulations!

Hurrah! Fantastic. Early next week for me hopefully.

Now order a takeaway and put your feet up for this evening!

Congrats!

Aaaannnnnddddd.... Breathe.

@howard955 @Aroogah

Our plan is to go to the local pub and get a takeaway, classic. @spenceey I'll be congratulating your completion here in a few days in that case :)

Enjoy them both!

As an aside - when could I expect my completion statement from the solicitor, is this usually just before completing?

Ah cheers for that. I will get on to the local recommended plumbers. I wasn't sure if it was a bit too agricultural for plumbers to deal with.

Also it was discovered when downstairs were suffering damp problems

Well there is a mystery damp patch on the wall below... it's quite a way from the worst looking bit of the soil pipe though, and wouldn't it smell? I can't figure out what's causing it.

1 Attachment

Congrats

Wooop wooop @jambon

@Señor_Bear @Tenderloin will post gaff pics tomorrow

Congratulations!!!!

Could be the cement pointing over lime mortar wicking water from somewhere.

As in final bill? A week or so after completion once stamp is paid and land registry docs have been sent.

We were looking at the same, as it's the only thing we'd be eligible for. In a pretty typical fashion to most people I assume, we've scrapped it as the energy savings wouldn't have paid for themselves.

But you do also have to be realistic and understand this stuff is in part an economic stimulus, so the government isn't too fuss who pockets the cash, home owners or business. And there's an argument to say that taxed business income would be a cheaper subsidy.

I'm not sure I agree really. If their plan was economic stimulus they could have introduced a far more competitive environment for suppliers and a much lower hurdle for consumers. What they have created is a marketplace that benefits only a few suppliers and holds no challenge to pricing. It's a racket.