Ah...

Not far away from myself..

Yea... Older houses do have smaller kitchens,many have been extended though.

Car parking is usually the nighmare,but many new homes have at least a drive to throw a small car on..

What i personally dont like about new houses is that they have a small footprint,but clever design to make you think that your getting more...
My friend who i used as an example bought that 4 bed detatched house,but the living room was only 14ft x 11ft..That is just ridiculous IMHO...Even though it had 4 bedrooms,non of them was as big as our bedroom thats in our 2 bedroom 200 yr old stone house..

Anyway....Good luck with what you do,but buying a house is a huge commitment so get it right first time

 

What happened to Lewis ,has he filled his final colostomy bag

 

Our new build has a garage that you can easily fit a vw passat in plus it has a space in front of it.


We bought a Ward Homes new build 18 months ago. I won't lie and tell you that we haven't had any problems, but then most new builds will have issues.
Our main complaint was that in the winter, it was difficult to keep two of the three bedrooms warm (above 18 degress C). After a lot of moaning and threatening letters, they finally came out and investigated. It transpired that we were missing a large chunk of insulation in our loft space. I am now very popular at Ward Homes as our house is in a row of four terraced houses, so all four had to be fixed! My next letter will be demanding compensation for the extra amount of heating we needed (pretty much constant throughout the winter) just to keep warm.

But, we bought it as we liked the layout and the fact that it came with a 5 year warrenty.
Our living room is 18 x 14 I think, so quite a good size for a 3 bed terrace.

 

18 x 14 is a great sized room..

Guess its like anything,there is budget and premium in everything... Houses are no exception..

 

So.........

How is the housing market doing in your given area?

Any upturn as yet?

 

Well I live in Manchester, bought a new build apartment 6 years ago for 140k. 2 were sold last week for 100k... Really gutted about it to be honest, this was supposed to be a 2 to 3 year pad, and then move on to a house with garage etc, but it just ain't happening....

 

Here, along the South Coast, it's ticking over nicely.

 

Thats a hit...

Whereabouts in town do you live?

 

I think it was Manchester that was throwing up thousands of one an two bed flats that no one really wanted hence the price problem

 

Yep there is absolutely tons. Several around are half built, ran out of money after the crisis.

I think it is good the city has some life in it but architecturally it is ad hoc and all over the place...looks a right mess. The best ones are the refurnished old warehouses and mills. Some of the new builds you just know will be a real eyesore in 20 years, much like the 60's flats became.

 

Did you ever get around to buying anywhere Tony?

 

Knocked that on the head I am afraid.

 

Why,if you dont mind me asking ?

Surely good deals now to be had in comparison to when you was initially loooking ??

 

He must have spent all his money of drugs and bitches.

 

My house was a repo, they would not take under a certain amount for it because the previous owner owed so much money on it, but luckily the estate agent selling it was a friend of my dads and i managed to get some insider info to help with the offer, if its been empty for 6 months then electric may have been cut which is a major pain in the **** if the wiring is old as they wont reconnect it. I has to get a friend of mine to put the fuse back in.

 

We bought a repo in 1995 best deal I have ever done

I tried to be a bit sharp with the estate agent by offering even less -- then had a "Damascus" moment and realised I was being a ****

Paid the asking price even though we had to put a kitchen sink in before we completed

Was still 10% less than the market value

Doubled in value in less the 3 years

 

Who actually owns the property?

Who is charged with selling it?

Have they given you a reason for rejecting an offer that was previously conditionally accepted?

 

Hmmmm? I wonder what's missing?

 

I think I do and was going to suggest the same thing

 

 

So ,interest rates to be held low until 2017 !!
Even my prediction did not go as far as that,but it makes sense I suppose to get us back on our feet ?
Does it suit you sir ?!!

 

Happy, happy days.

 

Enjoy brother !!

 

I was paying a mortgage rate of 13% ...... now, I have no debts and vast savings I am returned with a pathetic 2.4%!!

It's CR4P!!

 

Low interest rates are not making much difference here. Some real bargains around though.

 

Surely, the only the reason that you were able to pay off your mortgage was 'because' interest rates were so low. Or was it because you are considerably richer than than the rest of us??

 

Its not all about "you" ,you know!!
lol

 

Yes, correct.

 

I know, selfish of me ....... we are all in it together with the Tory Eton Boyz ...... NOT!!

 

Where are you getting 2.4%? All I can manage is an even poxier 2.0%

Am with you on this one. Spent decades paying sky high interest charges, and now....

Decided to spend it all on recession cut price property instead. Two flats happily renting and now in the process of purchasing a nice holiday chalet in Glan Gwna. So it's not all bad