Morning Gonz.
Any further progress with the house hunting?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 9 Oct 2011, 10:25, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

They turned down our stupidly low offer and they turned down our serious offer.....
.... but we found out, because the estate agent they use is a right fucking numpty, that the 127 year lease is only 88ish, and they're going to use the funds to increase the lease themselves rather than letting us do it. This explains why they're holding out for the full asking price 'cus they'll only walk away with £20K-ish less than what we thought, which won't buy a property in the are they're looking at without some other kind of extreme cash injection and therefore making the whole pointless from their behalf. SO, so, I think on Monday we're going to offer the full asking price under the prevision that that lease is increased to the advertised amount (127) and we'll try and work out for them to leave a few bits like their waldrobes are quite good... something like that, donno yet. Can't really push for contents, but we'll see. It's still a wicked buy at the asking price, but means I can't get a brand spanking new kitchen, but I'll be able to get one in a couple of years instead, and we'll still be able to modify the kitchen to work to how I want.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 9 Oct 2011, 10:33, Reply)

Do you have a link to the property/

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 9 Oct 2011, 10:35, Reply)

Not one I'm going to post here, if it does go ahead, everyone will know where I live !

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 9 Oct 2011, 10:39, Reply)

That's a very good point!

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 9 Oct 2011, 10:41, Reply)

don't stir the IRL trolls

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sun 9 Oct 2011, 10:41, Reply)

Savvy
what area are you trying to buy in?
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sun 9 Oct 2011, 10:35, Reply)

Enfield Chase.
It's a really nice bit of Enfield, 5 minutes walk into Enfield Town. 20 minutes into Moorgate/Old Street/Liverpool Street. The town centre is a typical town centre with shops, resturants and bars. I'm set back a little from that, so i have no bother from drunken party goers (and the bus/train station(s) is between me and the clubs so they won't bother me in the slightest. They did have a problem with some hoodies selling drugs but someone told the management company and they never came back... I like that, it's honest and shows they deal with those sorts. Plus there is a pretty girl who works at the Waitrose just down the road. Their fish'n'chip shop have people queueing up outside on a weekday evening, so I reckon it would be quite good.

All in all, I'm really excited, if it all falls apart, there is another 2 properties in the area that have my eye.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 9 Oct 2011, 10:43, Reply)

Nice area,
shame about London being lolexpensive
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sun 9 Oct 2011, 10:46, Reply)

The area I was looking in, and budgeting, which is where I currently live, Southgate.... like-for-like I can knock off a good £25k and more so.
Thank you, London Riots, I reckon that knocked a good £10k off, even though in reality it's a big nothing that lasted less than a week.

I also like Finchley Central, which is more proper-london, but it's just slightly beyond my reach, unless I can find a place there that doesn't need doing up.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 9 Oct 2011, 10:52, Reply)

Riots: you secret ally

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sun 9 Oct 2011, 10:56, Reply)

I think the thing to remember, is that the people who rioted generally didn't do so in the areas they lived in.
And in Enfield, the anti-riot vigilanty groups were straight up on there on the second or third night, shows a really good comunity.

There are still bits of enfield that I hate, but I'm right up the oppersite end of them.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 9 Oct 2011, 11:01, Reply)