How do you deal with Brexit friends
Dec 18th 2019, 10:34 am
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No way willl we be coming back. My wife's parents need some help with every day tasks, i.e. including getting the shopping and helping around their property. There are other family living nearby but they are quite pushed to visit and check on them on a daily basis other neighbours have rallied round to help out. I've also been spoilt having visited Hungary so many times since 2003.
Dec 18th 2019, 10:35 am
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This is where we ran into difficulties. Turns out the seller has a dispute with 2 other owners in the house - going back many years. Also turns out she owes the house 4 years worth of common cost charges. So the other two owners are blocking the sale - so we walked away.
Dec 18th 2019, 10:45 am
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Thank you. She has been very foolish. We offered full asking price, her agent is in despair, our offer was the only one she had in 9 months - which, given the current market in Budapest is something of a record!
Dec 18th 2019, 3:25 pm
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This is where we ran into difficulties. Turns out the seller has a dispute with 2 other owners in the house - going back many years. Also turns out she owes the house 4 years worth of common cost charges. So the other two owners are blocking the sale - so we walked away.
I believe here they can attach electric and heating bills to flats as an encumbrance because they can't switch off heating and alike to individual flats.
Dec 18th 2019, 3:32 pm
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That shouldn't be a problem - the debt is attached to the property and comes off any sale price to clear the debt as part of the conveyancing activities, just the same as a mortgage or other loan secured against the property and the owner never gets to see the money destined to clear the debt.
I believe here they can attach electric and heating bills to flats as an encumbrance because they can't switch off heating and alike to individual flats.
I believe here they can attach electric and heating bills to flats as an encumbrance because they can't switch off heating and alike to individual flats.
Dec 18th 2019, 4:28 pm
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Peter, you are absolutely right - however the common cost issue was the least of the problems! Strangely the house has been dilatory in attaching the debt, furthermore the seller, who currently owns 63% of the total shareholding has pulled another stunt which our lawyer advised could take an age to sort out. Most importantly, I realised (just before I was due to pay over an 8 million deposit) that the seller is, to be polite, somewhat economical with the truth. Anyway we are happy with the alternative!
Dec 18th 2019, 5:01 pm
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Re: How do you deal with Brexit friends
Do you think this the natural progression of things, as we hit middle age and beyond? It seems even more prevalent for expats, somehow, there being a dislocation or two in the past. I've noticed a few friends drift away for no apparent reason, especially some long term, long distance friends.
Dec 19th 2019, 7:12 am
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Do you think this the natural progression of things, as we hit middle age and beyond? It seems even more prevalent for expats, somehow, there being a dislocation or two in the past. I've noticed a few friends drift away for no apparent reason, especially some long term, long distance friends.
I think as we get older we probably become a bit more disapproving of some people's behaviour.
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