Owning your own home

You are better off DIYing or saving the small shit jobs up in to one big ass project that a builder will be interested in.

lol… exactly my strategy. Luckily my partner doesn’t mind living with semi broken shit whilst we save up to do the whole kitchen / ground floor / house.

Perfect! Thanks

Would have been my strategy too except I can't stand broken / half assed shit

Was domestic surveys who are in Bristol. I also got a colleague's son who is an electrician to go round and check it over. If you PM me I will happily send the survey across.

I completely see the other point of view. Just personal preference I guess.

On the leasehold vs share of freehold thing, there are people better qualified to explain. Mine is leasehold, freehold owned by a guy down the road, no ground rent, the 5 flats run the management company. They pay £500 a year for a service charge (mainly building insurance comes out of that) and then split stuff as and when as not much in the pot. I will be asking my solicitor to properly explain the lease and they're checking it is okay. Effectively I think mine is quite similar to a share of freehold structure

Picked up on here that older leases (like yours will be) tend to be written more favourably than modern ones. Also picked up that share of freehold flats tend to be nicer and more desirable.

With it being listed you'll want to get your solicitor to check out what's been done and it had the necessary permissions

The gaff was nice but yeah we have decided we like London too much and not really ready to move out. So 100% pushing forward with the Reno to our place

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Also needed about 5ook chucked at it

You went to see this place? Looks wild.

Yeah - that’s the place we viewed in Huntingdon. The photos on the agents listing did a good job. In reality it needed a lot of work

In our area this is lots of removal of pebbledash or render to reveal the lovely bricks beneath. I haven't seen any evidence of bricks needing to be replaced or heard any horror stories from the multiple people on our road (and nearby roads) who've had it done.

That’s somewhat good to know, as our flat have pebbledash applied despite looking decent as it is (not our property but a neighbour nearby without pebbledash).

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Same as Fox - we had our pebbledash removed and whilst it was a dusty old job was totally worth it. Have recommended the guy to several on here but he’s based in East

Seems like a common theme fly night dicks. Im guessing its not just a couple grand either.

That place always looked impressive. Wouldn't have wanted to live that close to all the shops though and that road is always busy. Darjeeling is a very nice Indian and is only a few doors down though...

Yeah fuck that place sky high.
Why would you want so many rooms? You'd need too many cleaners.
Whats the point?
Guess to keep yourself busy as there is nothing else to do?

Seems like a common theme fly night dicks. Im guessing its not just a couple grand either.

Finally got a response - in bed, awaiting covid test results...
I'm honestly in no rush to get this job done, I'd just like to not be ghosted when he's sitting on a couple grand of my money ffs

Proper wallet emptier, that one.

me, when I see any house:

Proper wallet emptier, that one.

Me, when I see my house.

amey, when he sees any bike

My maintenance is £2000 pa!

I'm hoping that turns out to mean it's well managed and the only pain is paying it.

Thanks for offering to send your survey, but I think I'll get quotes from local surveyors familiar with Brighton regency properties and go from there. I'm happy to spend a few hundred if I can get a useful account of the property and know that I'm not becoming liable for existing alterations etc.

Yeah - the agent seemed surprised when I said as much. There was no gas central heating in GF, all single glazing, three different structures which would need to be connected somehow (with lots of steel) and therefore the foundations would need work, roof needed work, think first and second floors seemed wonky af so might need to be rebuilt. Other than that you're golden...

And on top of that it's Listed.

Chimneys look fucked as well.

But it's got loads of character and quite a lot of space. Might not make much financial sense but could be a really great home.

It’s still too big for the plot though and on what looks to be a busy road?

If anyone's after a project rapidly bankrupting themselves, I reckon with liberal application of moneygun this could be fun:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/111829811

It’s still too big for the plot

I can see your point but loads of people feel differently. A big garden is seen as a hassle by many as it requires maintenance. I'd be more worried about the garden being a bit overlooked.

what looks to be a busy road

I've never visited but it looks like you can only access that bit of High Street from St John's Street and you can only exit back on St John's Street behind where you started so it is no use as a cut through and probably fairly low traffic as a result.