Owning your own home

I have a friend who has a very friendly whippet.

It made the mistake of trying to visit a fox and her cubs in their warren.

The whippet is no longer so friendly nor as pretty anymore.

csb

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Anyone got the name of a friendly surveyor?

Got to get one done for the house purchase...

a friendly surveyor

Too soon man.

#jeezlivesoninourhearts

I said friendly.

isn't jeez an estate agent?

I have spoken to the seller and he has received enquires today from his solicitor which he will reply to by the end of the week.
At the weekend he sent his signed contract and signed Tr1 form to his solicitor together with a fixtures and fittings list.
He would like to know if you would be interested in the oven and freezer for £200

from the EA... Not sure what this all means.

And is a oven and freezer worth extra £200? Is he being cheeky asking? I asked brand/model and condition.

Is that a distraction for the first bit that i dont understand.

http://www.lfgss.com/comments/12227878/

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are going for a proper survey? pm me...

Probably worth £200 to not have to deal with that nonsense just after you've moved in, no? Although you could always haggle.

Oven and freezer - aren't they typically included as "fittings", well maybe not freezer if free standing and movable. But oven surely! I dunno, this is what I thought.

I wanted the previous occupants sideboard and was agreed at £100.
They left it behind for me and I didn't pay for it. Might be worthwhile to say, leave what you don't want. And they might not be arsed to move it.

Good point. He clearly doesn't want oven, and moving it is harder than not moving it...

If it's a gas oven it'll cost him the best part of £100 just to disconnect it, so you could just call his bluff, but if it's decent stuff it'll be much easier and cheaper for you. Bid him £100.

I have spoken to the seller and he has received enquires today from his solicitor which he will reply to by the end of the week.

This is what it sounds like - questions about the house that aren't obvious to the solicitor from the agent's brochure or the title deeds. Things like when it was extended (if it was), when the boiler was last serviced, more details about any rights of way. That sort of shit.

At the weekend he sent his signed contract and signed Tr1 form to his solicitor together with a fixtures and fittings list.

The TR1 is the only physical part of the contract that needs signing. Most solicitors would make signing that one of the last jobs as it's not worth anything until the contents of the contract are agreed, but the fact it's done is positive. The F&F list is a standard form detailing everything that's staying and going so you know what to expect when you move in.

As above - all good news but you've got a few weeks to go yet.

Probably worth £200 to not have to deal with that nonsense just after you've moved in, no?

This is true.
I decided not to take their washing machine. So here beings the saga of getting a new one.

2 weeks of washing piling up
Found one on gumtree which was close by, sounded good condition and pic was good.
Posh brand and model from a google search so, great!
£20 as they were keen to move it quick.
Organised a mate and a zip van
Just before going to get it, lady rings to ask whether we can take a bed away for her as well and she would throw the washer in for free, and so said yes if we can fit it in.
Could not get bed in as needed tools, so took washer, paid £20 and said we would come back for bed tomorrow. (Because it turns out we actually needed a bed due to mattress wont fit up stairwell issues).
Organised friend again, for zip van. Got bed.
Had to buy hose for it and fix the electrical plug as we had to cut the cord to get it out of their place.
Washing machine was gross, mould and lime scaled and shorted out when we tried to put it on 90'C wash to wash it with citric acid.
Found washing machine on sale at John Lewis and got delivered 1 week later.
They took the old washing machine away.

£20 washing machine
£7 hose and bits
£20 zip van
£10 laundry
£250 new awesome fresh and beautiful washing machine

Free bed scored but yes, worth ££ not to have to deal with that nonsense.

Bed up the stairs saga is another one...

Just after I moved in I sold my tumble dryer on Gumtree (don't like wasting electricity drying clothes, needed the space) and someone turned up within the hour. We had a chat about his time in prison, then I helped him carry it down from the third floor and put it in his van. It was at that point that he offered me £20 rather than the agreed £50. My options at that point were limited and I just wanted to get on with unpacking, so I caved in. Not doing that nonsense again. Would rather offer it "on here" and, failing that, take it to the dump myself and throw it away.

Use a laundromat. Cheaper and a great way to spend your Sunday mornings.

Hellish places.

Whaaat? I used to love going to the laundrette. Quiet hour to myself to read a book with the nice smell of clean washing coming out of the dryers. Meet your neighbours, talk bollocks with the owners, much fun.

So we have now encountered what is (hopefully) that one big unforeseen expense you have to stomach when you buy a new house that everyone warns you about.... we had new fireplaces put in yesterday and while up on the roof to add bird guards the installer discovered the entire chimney was in a pretty awful, bodged together state. Looks like it'll cost ~ £2.5K to rebuild the top 3-4 roes of bricks and fix/replace the pots.

Our only hope is that, since the whole chimney needs work and we share it with our neighbours, they might chip in too. What are the chances?

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If they are owner-occupiers then probably better than if it's an absentee landlord.

I presume this is a house and therefore you own the freehold?

technically a couple of medium self service wash at
http://www.eskimolaundry.com/Pages/Prices.aspx
so ok £8

Yeah, we (well Barclays Bank on our behalf) own the freehold. The folks next door are tenants so we need to chase them for the owner.

Sounds idyllic. And unlike every single laundrette I've ever been in.

My favourite incident was when the weird guy next to me stood up with a manky tea towel over his hand, said "I've got a gun under here, hand over your money." and everyone ignored him until he got bored, took it off, said "Just kidding" and fucked off.