I have a boring house related conundrum
I rent a flat in Manchester. The flat next door to mine has been repossessed and is now on the market for £150k. It was originally sold 10 years ago for £160k and the last selling price (albeit before the housing crash) was £270k. It's bigger than mine, so with a bit of cosmetic surgery it would be worth much more than £150k.

However, to be able to put an offer in, I would need to the flat I own in Blackburn on the market and it would need to sell almost instantly. I only need £15k out of it to be able to afford the deposit, so I could put it on at a reduced price and hope that it sells quickly. However, the longer it is on the market for sale, the longer it goes without a tenant, leaving me paying for two houses.

And to add a moral question to it, if I put mine on the market cheaply, I'm undercutting my own sister by £10k, because her flat is on the market now and is 20 feet away.

What would you do?

If that's too boring for you, what's the best and worst thing that happened to you this weekend? Points for nudity.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 8:46, 73 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Sell everthing and spend it all on booze and loose men.
Alt Q: I spent almost half the weekend nude, they were short of seals at Whipsnade, and I helped them out. I can now play the horn provided I get a fish.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 8:52, Reply)

I don't need money to buy loose men
and I think I've drunk enough this weekend to sink an elephant, but thanks, I'll add it to my excel spreadsheet of possible solutions.

Speaking of seals, did you watch Andre yesterday?
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 8:56, Reply)

Sorry, No. During my time off I was teaching the seals electrostatics,
I think Undercutting your sister would be a fun thing to do, but I'm a git, so probably not a good thing.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:02, Reply)

She probably wouldn't hesitate to do it to me,
but I feel guilty about stuff like that. She is a bit of a bint sometimes and she was recently telling me how she could afford to keep that flat and buy another one because she and her boyfriend are so rich, so maybe I shouldn't worry.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:10, Reply)

In that case, you must undercut her.
Just tell her she can afford it.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:12, Reply)

when she went on holiday earlier in the year she asked me to check her bank every few days to make sure nothing untoward had gone out
but when I checked it there were 5 different accounts, all with commas in them, so she obviously just totally wanted to lord it over me because my account is always red and angry looking.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:18, Reply)

Like a vagina

(Bazongaloid, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:21, Reply)

It's worth checking a vagina every few days to make sure nothing untoward has gone out.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:28, Reply)

haha
gross
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:31, Reply)

Fortune favours the brave, sell up and ship out

Alt Q:Drinking good - hangovers bad; I'm getting old
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 8:59, Reply)

Yeah I find my hangovers now skip a day
so that Mondays are extra crappy. Or Tuesdays if you were drinking on Sunday.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:02, Reply)

I read that as blah blah blah, something about cakes or poledancing.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 8:59, Reply)

yay you're here!
No one likes mango.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:01, Reply)

Oh nooooooooooooooooooo
How did the party go? Did you end up in tears?
(PsychoChomp, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:02, Reply)

No, it all went well
It was a bit tame, but that's because everyone filled up on cake and felt sleepy. I binged on mango cupcakes yesterday, but only one other person liked them and his complaint was not enough mango.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:05, Reply)

that really is my fault for suggesting mango
and not a comment on your cooking skills.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:07, Reply)

Well I thought it might be that I hadn't made it well enough
but the cake itself was nice and so was the frosting, but it was an unusual taste, so I think anyone who doesn't eat mango very often would just think it tasted odd.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:08, Reply)

My weekend was very nice too thanks for asking.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:10, Reply)

I did ask, see the original question jerkface!

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:11, Reply)

I wasn't being sarcastic

(PsychoChomp, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:12, Reply)

oh!
then, er....good. I'm glad.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:17, Reply)

you're always mean to me.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:20, Reply)

I wasn't being sarcastic either!

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:31, Reply)

I'd probably get stoned and not do anything
the best thing that happened to me this weekend was probably having some random fellow surfer shout "nice ride" at me after I'd just pulled off a wave.

the worst thing was the can of hippy fucking cola I was forced to buy at Watergate Bay because the wankers are too wankerish to sell real coke. It tasted like arse and they charged me £1.30 for the pleasure. cunts.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:04, Reply)

Wiggy was the one who was all "yay house let's buy!"
so I guess he's not stoned enough. Although one thing that did appeal to him about it was the fact that moving would be the easiest thing ever.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:06, Reply)

Did you get my text message?
I was a bit drunk when I sent it, hope it wasn't too offensive.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:08, Reply)

I read that as a reply to me
and was really concerned for a moment that you had my number.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:11, Reply)

Maybe I do
Maybe I'm just waiting to surprise you.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:12, Reply)

I like this
I hope you'll make it as creepy as possible.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:15, Reply)

my number has changed
so no

I'm going to assume it really offended me and snub you for the rest of the day
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:13, Reply)

I'll put the text here and you can imagine you received it at 19.04 on saturday
When I got to Exeter there was this horrific smell. But it wasn't as bad as last time. And you're not here this time. What does that tell you? X
(Bazongaloid, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:14, Reply)

you bastard
did you have a nice time in Exeter?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:19, Reply)

Yes
We walked the very long way to get between St Davids station and the KFC in the city centre, then we tried to get a taxi back and he lied and said where we were going was just around the corner. It wasn't.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:20, Reply)

sounds like an exciting adventure

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:22, Reply)

There was a right freak in KFC
someone who looked like their head had been shrunk and then had false teeth glued to the front of their face and with a really high pitched voice.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:25, Reply)

which KFC was it?
the one near the Odeon or the one on a bit of a hill. possibly near the Oxfam bookshop?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:28, Reply)

Last time I was in exeter there was a dwarf serving in KFC
and there was a q out the door on Sunday lunchtime.

It's sooooo different to how I expected.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:24, Reply)

I've never had a KFC
it looks horrifically unappealing.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:27, Reply)

Yesterday I took the dogs for a long walk in the country.
Coming back to the carpark through the gate, at the side of the gate is a fenced off area with a small gap. Here I saw an old women with her pants down searching for something on the ground. She didn't hear me arrive until I had passed and got a good glimpse of her pasty, saggy white arse. Instead of rushing to pull up her pants she kept them down and carried on searching for whatever. There were other cars in the car park but only one with a guy sat in the front looking at her. I'm still puzzled as to what the fuck she was doing.
( girlinthehole, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:06, Reply)

Her love eggs fell out

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:11, Reply)

I thought she might have had a prolapse and was trying to stuff it back in.

( girlinthehole, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:13, Reply)

eww!
Maybe she'd just done a number 2 and thought she'd better bag it up and chuck it in a dogpoop bin.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:16, Reply)

God I hope not.

( girlinthehole, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:26, Reply)

surely that's not as bad as a prolapse?

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:32, Reply)

Don't really know anything about housing and shit.
Worst thing is that I've still not started revising for my exam. It's at 2.30 today. Yeahhh.
Or possibly waking up in my shower. I think I'd tried undressing myself, so do I get some points for nudity there?

Nothing good came of this weekend. Nothing.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:06, Reply)

yes, nudity +5.
Imagine waking up in a shower with all your clothes on? Oh the discomfort!

Nothing? Not even cake and or beer? I had a hot chocolate with enough rum in it to kill a pirate.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:07, Reply)

I'd passed out
The shower wasn't on, didn't stop it dripping on my face.

There were bakewell tarts and cider, and one was lethal.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:09, Reply)

lethal tart or lethal cider?

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:12, Reply)

Which one do you think lead to me being semi naked passed out in my shower?

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:14, Reply)

Maybe it was a 'special' tart
we had 'special' cupcakes at the weekend, although they mostly just made people giggly rather than naked and wet (fnar fnar)
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:15, Reply)

No, shopbrought bakewell
Sadly no magic funtime tart.

I genuinely hate my life sometimes :(
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:16, Reply)

cheer up, just think of things that are awesome
like rainbows.

And narwhals!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:32, Reply)

I'm sitting in bed looking across at my notes on the other side of the room, eating carrot sticks
and making no move to get them and learn shit.

Not even a narwhal vomiting rainbows could make me happy.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:35, Reply)

oh come on
it would at least raise an eyebrow!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:57, Reply)

I just thougt about it
and it made me laugh a little.
I'm still cold and bitter though.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:59, Reply)

We got thrown out of the pub
because my friend took all his clothes off and dived into the canal.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:09, Reply)

That was the worst thing
the best thing was seeing CHCB and Captain V and their amazing new kitchen. CHCB roasted an amazing piece of lamb and looked by radiant and blooming.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:11, Reply)

did you rub her belly?

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:12, Reply)

I've just realised that I didn't
I can't believe I forgot to do that.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:13, Reply)

psh, you had one job!

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:14, Reply)

I drove over the Clifton Suspension bridge.
It was very nice. And it cost me 50p.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:15, Reply)

Well done. Good inclusion of the words "radiant" and "blooming".
You can visit again.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:16, Reply)

It was lovely to see you
thanks again for a fantastic lunch.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:17, Reply)

You are most welcome.
I am just devastated that I didn't get to overfeed you to Fat Al status.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:28, Reply)

That's spectacular.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:13, Reply)

Sorry, too boring
This weekend I was in Glasgow with a mate. The good things were the burlesque night we went to on Saturday, Sunday night at a rock club, the burger I managed to eat so I could have my photo taken (nearly killed me) and spending time with friends.

The bad thing is that one of the girls I went up with suffers from depression. Mainly it's under control, and we just get by. Unfortunately, she recently had her medication changed, and it doesn't seem to be working too much. As a result, she was having terrible mood swings at the worst possible times, leading to me having to tell her to chill out. Due to the fact I'm a complete twat at times, my way of doing this on Friday was to tell her to grow up. I feel an utter tool, and have apologised many times since then though.

And as for nudity, me and one of the girls were having a bit of fun on the floor while someone was trying to have a conversation with her, who ended up getting quite annoyed at us.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:12, Reply)

yeah that is pretty annoying.
what about Singapore girl?

I'm not very good at dealing with depressed people because I've never fully understood it. I always say the wrong thing even when I'm trying to help.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:13, Reply)

Singapore girl was the one I was on the floor with
I know it might not be the best way to deal with it, but we all find it easier to just ignore anything snipey she says in these situations, and get on with it.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:16, Reply)

I just found a dirty pair of black lacy La Senza knickers outside my office.
Will post to highest bidder.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:29, Reply)

I wondered where they went.

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:34, Reply)

Shouldn't that be to the lowest bidder?
Ew!
( girlinthehole, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 9:43, Reply)

I bid
not telling anyone they're yours.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 10:04, Reply)

Late reply - but the wisest answers are worth waiting for. (Read - this is gonig to be dull.)
First - only consider buying this property if you expect to, and preferably want to, live there for the foreseeable future.
Do not rush into the decision. Also - do not rush into the decision.
Can you use the equity in the Bradford property as security on next door? That is - keep them both. If the Bradford tenancy is settled and viable why sell? (Unless the tenancy is undeclared to your lenders?)
Do not expect the market value of this property to return to £270k any time soon.
Your sister's situation is quite different to yours. If she needed to sell quickly she would reduce her asking price.
If you do go for it - consider a fixed rate mortgage. Rates are very unlikely to fall soon - quite the reverse.
Be brave.

Edit: Sorry forgot the nudity - *moons screen* - there you go.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Tue 1 Jun 2010, 12:46, Reply)