Owning your own home

yeah the transport links look pretty horrible and to be honest, i'm really looking for reasons to stay in z3 by having the shittiness of the great unwashed beyond pointed out to me in threads like this, so cheers!

that's a lotta money, sam. go halvesies and we'll pick up some baby sitting slack?

There's a chicken run in the secret back garden. I'll give you a quid a week for fresh eggs, that should help with the mortgage payments.

Aim for Sidcup instead? I grew up there and thought it was shit but every time I go back it's gotten a little bit nicer. Fewer cabbies too.

Considering you'd want to strip that out, SE London is getting way expensive.

Get a job at Sellafield, buy this.

Mortgage free and all of west Cumbria at you're feet. You'll be a king.

Anyone got a personal recommendation for a conveyancer or property solicitor? I don't suppose location is too important but we're in Hackney. Got some complicated house buying to do...

You'll be a king.

I will listen to anything this man says for the Kent advice.

Plus we can avoid each other on train.

/moves back to colonies
//buys entire village

Chislehurst too pricey?

If the next thing to happen is some bloke on steroids chins the weird fucker then you are in Whitehaven. Coastal too so the sand works.

^^It has caves!

I used Glazer Delmar based on the recommendation of someone else on here, they were fantastic and a massive improvement on the guys I'd used on the previous purchase. I spoke to Caroline Sherry initially and Harpreet Virdi was the Conveyancer for our sale and purchase, highly recommended from me.

How close are Zoopla value estimates once you refine them by updating the features and details of a property?

Formal offer received from local people, 5.6% off asking. These buyers seems much more serious and less time-wasting than the previous but don't really have a reason for discount other than 'state of market' and 'attractive buyers'. (Should I ask for pictures to prove it?!)

I'm tempted to accept so we can get on with moving/travelling but it's a hefty amount to give up, even if it's imaginary without someone actually paying it.

Miles off in both directions, in my experience.

Bah - well I'll let my mortgage advisor argue with the Halifax then. Zoopla reckons on a 50% increase in value over the two years of ownership. Which actually looks right when I see what else is for sale on my road in comparison. Of course, they would have to sell at the listed prices for it to actually mean anything.

Have you check land registry (or I think Mouseprice) to see real sale prices?

Ultimately the asking price is just a made up number, it's not a formulaic this area, this square footage, this condition, etc returns this value.

As such, it's really how you feel about whether you will get the asking price, if you want to wait, etc.

Even if you're minded to accept, there's probably no harm in going back with a counter-offer, you may screw a few more thousand out of them for the sake of an email/phone call.

Search by road, postcode, etc here https://www.gov.uk/search-house-prices

We're selling literally the cheapest hose in the area, and people are still trying to knock over 10% off the asking price.

And coming up with the most riciculous comments as to why the don't like the property - most of which are detailed in the sales blurb.

"It's too small." "There's not enough bedrooms" "There's only one bathroom"

Buyers are idiots.

Years from now as the survivors start to rebuild after the great collapse, people will try to find out what caused it and see @TW

A house, like anything else, is only worth what someone is prepared to pay.

You're under no obligation to accept a low offer but nor are the buyers under any obligation to meet your asking price.

Comments that it is too small, don't like the colour of the paint etc are all just a roundabout way of saying it's too expensive from the buyer's perspective. You are perfectly entitled to think otherwise. Just means you have to wait until you find someone who agrees with your view of it's worth.

I'm seeing a builder tonight about a loft conversion. Any suggestions on things I should be asking?