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Old 05 February 2007, 06:11 PM
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what to do. Have dug about a bit and its been empty for as long as Mrs can remember (10+ years). Have found out that the owner appears to live some miles away, on her own by all accounts. Have written her a letter expressing our interest on renting / buying. Sent it recorded so we can trace delivery etc.

Topic for conversation is............

What to do if it comes back no ?? (give up I know is the real option)
What would you have done ?
What if we get no response ???

Has anyone any advice / thing to say on this. (serious would be preferred please !!)

Thanks,
Old 05 February 2007, 06:19 PM
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Firstly, your Mrs has a typical feckin female memory.. and I can guarantee that it goes back more than 10 years as far as all your foul deeds are concerned..

Secondly, why the **** do you want to live in a fecking BUNGALOW are you over 65? all the rooms on one floor.....! naah get yourselves a nice house
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its not in tameside is it
Old 05 February 2007, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by scooby595
what to do. Have dug about a bit and its been empty for as long as Mrs can remember (10+ years). Have found out that the owner appears to live some miles away, on her own by all accounts. Have written her a letter expressing our interest on renting / buying. Sent it recorded so we can trace delivery etc.

Topic for conversation is............

What to do if it comes back no ?? (give up I know is the real option)
What would you have done ?
What if we get no response ???

Has anyone any advice / thing to say on this. (serious would be preferred please !!)

Thanks,


are you mad? Dont you know that there is gonna be a house crash
Old 05 February 2007, 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by AudiLover
are you mad? Dont you know that there is gonna be a house crash
best to get a bungalow then
Old 05 February 2007, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by scooby595

Has anyone any advice / thing to say on this. (serious would be preferred please !!)

Thanks,
You've done what you can I think. Presumably you know that the person you've contacted is definitely the owner... I think you can find that out from the Land Registry these days.

At the moment, if she doesn't want to sell, that's it. If she doesn't respond you could try again, but there must be some limit to that.
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if you keep on at her it will become harassment
Old 05 February 2007, 09:52 PM
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Go to Land Register Online and enter the house number and postcode, if it's registered you can download the title for £3 and pay by credit card, this will tell you the name of the owner and address for service, but it could be out of date.

If they don't want to sell/rent, there's nothing you can do short of squatting and I wouldn't recommend that these days!

Good luck
Old 05 February 2007, 10:26 PM
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Squat and then claim it under that law which lets you do that sort of thing.. there was a chap iirc who had lived in a house for 10 years.. he got to keep it ;nod;
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I've been trying to get hold of a bungalow in my village.
Roofs collapsed, trees growing inside the place.
You can only just get in the door before being met by rubbish piled to the eaves.

The owners (daughter of owner) had a court order to come and clean it up as it is totally overgrown and rats are living in there somewhere.
They came, spent a WEEK clearing just the garden (That's when I "popped in for a cuppa lol"
Witch didn't want to sell it though.
No one has lived there since her mum died or got moved into a home about five years ago...
It's been derelict for 15 years lol
Winds me up something chronic..


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Old 05 February 2007, 10:39 PM
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it will be like ebay, you think its yours by rights but then find out that everyone has had the same idea and are trying to get hold of the property...not worth the stress me thinks
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not in milnrow is it?

I wanted that once
Old 06 February 2007, 07:50 AM
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well, some very interesting responses there, thanks. !!! Ermm, not sure which one I like best !!! Murder seems a bit drastic, maybe a case of human bird flu, given the area I live in (bit of a clue me thinks !!)

Thanks for all your replies, guess we'll have to see what / if she replies too.

:-)
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Originally Posted by DCI Gene Hunt
Firstly, your Mrs has a typical feckin female memory.. and I can guarantee that it goes back more than 10 years as far as all your foul deeds are concerned..

Secondly, why the **** do you want to live in a fecking BUNGALOW are you over 65? all the rooms on one floor.....! naah get yourselves a nice house

PMSL
Old 06 February 2007, 12:10 PM
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As NAT21 says . There's one next door to my Mum's house and its a pain in the derriere. Would be nice to have someone living in there before the squatters discover it.
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