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Re: Decision made.
Originally Posted by Giantaxe
(Post 12535139)
Agree completely. This is something that the US definitely gets right and England gets very wrong. Every time I think about buying a small apartment to use in England I cringe at the thought of having to deal with its home buying system.
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Re: Decision made.
Originally Posted by spouse of scouse
(Post 12534212)
£113,000 - gone.
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Re: Decision made.
Originally Posted by spouse of scouse
(Post 12521927)
Much of our first 2 years here was spent renovating the New Brighton place but we sold it for a really good profit - here's a link if anyone's interested in a nose :)
https://www.onthemarket.com/details/4531670/ Really sorry to hear about all your problems with the apartment over the water, complete and utter pisser! I'd like to hang these folk up by their genitals! Hope your last week on the Wirral is good to you and the weather remains good. |
Re: Decision made.
Originally Posted by moneypenny20
(Post 12535301)
The UK Real Estate set up is beyond stupid. We moved to Aus and from the moment of saying we'd buy this house to moving in was 21 days. Why the UK system takes months is beyond me. Just a money making scheme for solicitors I think.
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Re: Decision made.
Originally Posted by Giantaxe
(Post 12535139)
Agree completely. This is something that the US definitely gets right and England gets very wrong. Every time I think about buying a small apartment to use in England I cringe at the thought of having to deal with its home buying system.
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Re: Decision made.
What spouse of scouse is bearing first-hand witness to here has nothing to do with the archaic buying and selling routine which one has to go through when buying/selling English residential real estate. She has most unfortunately bought into a development which is being run by a thoroughly unethical developer and I can personally vouch for that because I too am being stung by the self-same. There are always risks associated with buying off-plan but this developer has only come onto the radar of being at the bad-egg end relatively recently. Let's face it, in spite of Rip-off Britain (BBC) typically focusing on travel and retail rip-offs, they are in fact all over the place and there are precious few avenues for satisfactory recourse particularly when you have bent architects, bent thoroughly dishonest developers, bent or useless solicitors and bent project managers all in cahoots with one another and seemingly no normal routes for remedy. We are soon headed for even less regulation. Imagine!
It would be nice to use the mainstream media as some sort of leverage for these sorts of frequent and very expensive abuses but there is only one paper that typically takes this sort of rubbish on and that is the Guardian. Would it be an instrument for actual positive change? One just doesn't know. If something meaningful isn't done soon to call these people out they will simply move on to another and then another, taking folks' life savings as they go. |
Re: Decision made.
Originally Posted by Pistolpete2
(Post 12536385)
What spouse of scouse is bearing first-hand witness to here has nothing to do with the archaic buying and selling routine which one has to go through when buying/selling English residential real estate. She has most unfortunately bought into a development which is being run by a thoroughly unethical developer and I can personally vouch for that because I too am being stung by the self-same. There are always risks associated with buying off-plan but this developer has only come onto the radar of being at the bad-egg end relatively recently. Let's face it, in spite of Rip-off Britain (BBC) typically focusing on travel and retail rip-offs, they are in fact all over the place and there are precious few avenues for satisfactory recourse particularly when you have bent architects, bent thoroughly dishonest developers, bent or useless solicitors and bent project managers all in cahoots with one another and seemingly no normal routes for remedy. We are soon headed for even less regulation. Imagine!
It would be nice to use the mainstream media as some sort of leverage for these sorts of frequent abuses but there is only one paper that typically takes this sort of rubbish on and that is the Guardian. Would it be an instrument for actual positive change? One just doesn't know. |
Re: Decision made.
I'm off like a piece of cheese :teeth_smile:
We fly out of Manchester to Perth this afternoon, via Dubai. Goodbye Merseyside, I've loved living here and will never forget you. Hello Australia, I love living here too and I've never forgotten you! See you all on the other side xx |
Re: Decision made.
Originally Posted by spouse of scouse
(Post 12541104)
I'm off like a piece of cheese :teeth_smile:
We fly out of Manchester to Perth this afternoon, via Dubai. Goodbye Merseyside, I've loved living here and will never forget you. Hello Australia, I love living here too and I've never forgotten you! See you all on the other side xx |
Re: Decision made.
Originally Posted by spouse of scouse
(Post 12541104)
I'm off like a piece of cheese :teeth_smile:
We fly out of Manchester to Perth this afternoon, via Dubai. Goodbye Merseyside, I've loved living here and will never forget you. Hello Australia, I love living here too and I've never forgotten you! See you all on the other side xx Have a good trip! :thumbup: |
Re: Decision made.
Originally Posted by spouse of scouse
(Post 12541104)
I'm off like a piece of cheese :teeth_smile:
We fly out of Manchester to Perth this afternoon, via Dubai. Goodbye Merseyside, I've loved living here and will never forget you. Hello Australia, I love living here too and I've never forgotten you! See you all on the other side xx |
Re: Decision made.
Originally Posted by spouse of scouse
(Post 12541104)
I'm off like a piece of cheese :teeth_smile:
We fly out of Manchester to Perth this afternoon, via Dubai. Goodbye Merseyside, I've loved living here and will never forget you. Hello Australia, I love living here too and I've never forgotten you! See you all on the other side xx Best wishes |
Re: Decision made.
Originally Posted by spouse of scouse
(Post 12541104)
I'm off like a piece of cheese :teeth_smile:
We fly out of Manchester to Perth this afternoon, via Dubai. Goodbye Merseyside, I've loved living here and will never forget you. Hello Australia, I love living here too and I've never forgotten you! See you all on the other side xx |
Re: Decision made.
Welcome home! :D
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Re: Decision made.
Originally Posted by moneypenny20
(Post 12535301)
The UK Real Estate set up is beyond stupid. We moved to Aus and from the moment of saying we'd buy this house to moving in was 21 days. Why the UK system takes months is beyond me. Just a money making scheme for solicitors I think.
I’m sure the overburdened NHS would also be better served with a massive administrative overhaul, but I feel that Brits are so established with the systems they’ve created, they’re not able to comprehend anything simpler. |
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