Owning your own home

I have of course been looking at sold and for sale prices so have a fair idea. But the EA is going to be the one that puts it on the market. If I am wildly out and insist they use my valuation, they won't touch it.

I've emailed KFH as they seem to have a number of 2 bed places up around here.

Valuations is a thing they do, isn't it? I had a few done recently and even when I said I definitely wasn't looking to sell, the bigger places didn't charge. Tiny place round the corner charged but it wasn't much.

I think you've overhauled the living space, that's quite clear.
It should be an easy sale if you can indicate where someone else might be able to add their own "flourish". That's apparently what the people want.

Or you go crazy, rent it out on airbnb, smash the granny out of rentals, get a second property in Morzine somehow.

If I am wildly out and insist they use my valuation, they won't touch it

I viewed a fair number of places that were using the owner's valuation that was wildly out. The estate agents all seemed willing to take the property on and then just bitched about it.

I don't think I can sell it yet. I'm stuck in some no mans land.

"Please sign this form to state that you don't need this form."

The problem is that the person who needs to sign it is the freeholder and they won’t sign it because signing it would be stupid because it’s a stupid form.

As I understand it

They don't sign it as they need a Fire Engineer for big dollar to sign it I thought

Yep that's encapsulated in my 'it is a stupid form' statement

Additional reasons why it's stupid: the freeholder's insurers won't let them sign it

Essentially you'd be an idiot to sign it. There are a lot of idiots around but in this case the idiot has nothing whatsoever to gain by signing it. So guess what. They don't.

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My £40k kitchen is going to get a project thread https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/351228/

I've got to start it soon... but hopefully it's not actually going to be £40k, I'm going to try and get the totality of it down to £25k with some heavy value engineering going on.

heavy value engineering

Put the marketing textbook down and back away slowly........

heavy value engineering going on

so you are going to land up with 3 ikea cupboards, a camping stove and no sink as you can use the one in the bathroom as this meets the user requirements of be able to cook, clean and store

Moving day !

Nice! Have we seen pics of the new place?

Don't buy the Miele range for £14k

I'll be impressed if it ends up under £35k.

Offer accepted back in November, originally planned to exchange in Jan but top of the chain collapsed. Then planning on exchanging a few days before lockdown. 5 or so house chain that seem to be in limbo waiting (after the top pulled out of selling).

Fuck a duck you've been through a saga, hoping it works out.

Exchanged this morning :)

Delay ended up meaning I'll save on stamp duty :))

Complete on Thursday :)))

Quite possibly.

In this context, though, it would mean that in any dealings with an insurance company, you can point to a surveyor's report

I'll be impressed if it ends up under £35k.

If I can stop it going much above, then I'll be happy.

excellent. good luck dude

Has anyone had experience with water damage to ceiling plasterboard?

For context; our boiler in the loft leaked twice over a 4 month period. Coming back from a weekend away we noticed that the ceiling in one corner has a big crack and looks like it's sagging. I assume the residual water plus heat from a warm weekend with no windows open has fucked it.

Is this an expensive job that I need to put through insurance?

You'll need to bring the plasterboard down. You can just cut out the blown section and replace the entire board. To make it good cover the joins with tape and skim over. Plasterer could do it in a half day for £150-£200

Ah I think I just cycled past your house and Removal Zone van! Hope it's all gone well and that you enjoy that traditional takeaway on the floor tonight.

Yeah it's not a massive job. Had a similar thing happen in our previous flat.

Have you fixed the boiler so it won't leak again once you've repaired the damage?

ahahah the first thing that sprang to my mind too!

Yeah I lost the fight with the better half and ended up doing a lot of packing during lockdown and then used a cheaper man + van service. I still think I was right but hey ho.

We’ve got sandblasters and cleaners in first thing tomorrow. And then we can move in proper!