Housies; The Future; fear
Apr. 21st, 2004 01:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kingandyBah.
Apparently the woman who owns the house next to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
samharber's is demanding an exhorbitant price (twice what Sam and Nook, also in the same street, paid - and it's been on the market for a good while now) and will not budge. She is a fool. The fallout from this is that myself and Ms bacony will require somewhere to rest our heads come July. Anyone know any good letting agencies in Notlob? The plan is to move there and rent temporarily while I (a) build up capital and (b) find somewhere to buy... hard to arrange house viewings when you live the far side of Manchester.
In case anyone's interested, the crazy woman is asking £57K. I suspect I could get a mortgage for that on my salary - just about - but I think I'd want something a bit larger for that much. I know, housies are expensive these days, but it seems daft considering what other houses in that street went for.
It is still tempting though, if only somebody would sort out the administration... and give me a big pile of cash.
Apparently the woman who owns the house next to
samharber's is demanding an exhorbitant price (twice what Sam and Nook, also in the same street, paid - and it's been on the market for a good while now) and will not budge. She is a fool. The fallout from this is that myself and Ms bacony will require somewhere to rest our heads come July. Anyone know any good letting agencies in Notlob? The plan is to move there and rent temporarily while I (a) build up capital and (b) find somewhere to buy... hard to arrange house viewings when you live the far side of Manchester.In case anyone's interested, the crazy woman is asking £57K. I suspect I could get a mortgage for that on my salary - just about - but I think I'd want something a bit larger for that much. I know, housies are expensive these days, but it seems daft considering what other houses in that street went for.
It is still tempting though, if only somebody would sort out the administration... and give me a big pile of cash.
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Date: 2004-04-21 07:30 am (UTC)I think she wanted me to buy a house so that I could finally remove my piano from her living room. Unfortunately her plan was foiled when I bought a house that it wouldn't fit in.
How much is your combined rent at the moment? I will try and put my numbers head on and work out some comparison figures for you so you can see if it's even worth thinking about.
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Date: 2004-04-21 07:34 am (UTC)We couldn't really live together in that widdle house for very long though. Unless, um, maybe we could.
I don't know. I can't remember what Katy's last word on the subject was ...
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Date: 2004-04-21 07:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-21 08:12 am (UTC)(Though I don't think I can afford that and loan repayments unless I get a better job.)
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Date: 2004-04-21 12:24 pm (UTC)Mortgages are so much cheaper than loans.
In fact you can get Current Account Mortgages that allow you to lump everything together, which as long as you're not a complete idiot means you can pay your mortgage back much earlier.
The minimum you can borrow is £50k, so it should be ok for you...
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Date: 2004-04-21 01:14 pm (UTC)This is, in fact, the major stumbling block. I am paralysed by not having done anything remotely similar at any point in my life. Who does these things? Where do they live? Why doesn't all just magically appear in front of me? Etc, etc.
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Date: 2004-04-21 01:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-21 02:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-21 02:59 pm (UTC)Confusled!
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Date: 2004-04-22 02:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-21 08:24 am (UTC)However, Andy - listen to
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Date: 2004-04-21 08:34 am (UTC)