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Post by EspadaIII on Dec 12, 2019 16:49:25 GMT
Hello everyone...
I know I've been away but it was only for a few days and we have some people back??
Apart from that little thing happening today about which I do not wish to talk, I have been moving house. The process has been incredibly stressful, made far far worse by four sets of incompetent lawyers. There were only two houses involved and three people but four lawyers.
Mr A buying Mr B's house. so, Lawyer A and Lawyer B.
Mr B buying my house, but Mr B has a different lawyer for his purchase of mine than the sale of his; so Lawyer C and Lawyer D (mine). All hopeless. Not responding to emails or calls. Not acting on instructions from clients. Quibbling over matters that might affect the value of a house by £200 when the house is being sold for £520,000. As an examiner for RICS, I find the lack of professionalism of lawyers to be incredible. No thought about how their actions affect people, just "wham bam thank you mam...." take it or leave it. If I acted like this I would justifiably be disciplined and possibly struck off.
Luckily we have moved into my parents home built in 1983 which we have updated so no further house in the chain and I can buy from my father at my convenience otherwise the stress would have been enough to burn down lawyers offices.
In surveying we call lawyers the Deal Prevention Unit. This transaction process has proved the accuracy of that epithet.
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Post by Humph on Dec 12, 2019 17:00:13 GMT
Has the new one got a steep drive too?
Just askin'...
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Post by EspadaIII on Dec 12, 2019 17:06:51 GMT
Cheeky.....
The drive slopes down to the road, but not quite as Alpine as the old house. However my father decided to install Indian Stone over the original block paviours for some reason best known to himself and in the wet they become very slippy under foot. Snow can make it tricky for cars but not as scary as the old house mainly because we no longer live on an arterial route.
I think I only ever crashed 4WD cars (Subarus) down the slope anyway, so as we only have 2WD cars now I may safe from such problems...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2019 17:13:07 GMT
I can buy from my father at my convenience I'm sure there's a joke in there somewhere. Bit of a left pocket, right pocket accountancy exercise, "Here Dad, here's some of my inheritance" Another thing I've been pondering: Israel vs Scotland EURO qualifier play-off. If it's a German referee how will they start the game ? Who's going to bring the coin ? And, more importantly, who will go home with the coin ?
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Post by Humph on Dec 12, 2019 17:17:13 GMT
Aye, they do say there's nowhere quieter than Aberdeen on a flag day...
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Post by Rob on Dec 12, 2019 18:37:02 GMT
Moving house and particularly buying/selling can be very stressful. Glad you're sorted. I'm selling a house as part of probate.
When we moved last we went into temporary (family) accommodation to avoid a chain. Easier to then buy this one. We might be interested in buying something newer. It would be easier to buy the new house and then sell this one. But the stamp duty on the second home would be a waste. I don't know how much your fathers house will be sold for but the extra 3% stamp duty can be rather expensive.
Glad to see you back :-)
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Post by EspadaIII on Dec 12, 2019 19:34:17 GMT
We have sold up on ours so we are house free and therefore not liable for the 3% surcharge. Effectively Dad is gifting us part of the value of the house which reduces his assets in the UK to save IHT. So yes, it is an early inheritance. As he is now an overseas resident, he has to pay CGT on the in
I would love to go to the Scotland/Israel match. Lots of people would, although I can't imagine that the match will be the highest quality. Despite City's recent poor form, they were sublime last night. I did go to Israel/Spain in Jerusalem a couple of years back. That was good actually, with most of the Israelis excited to see their international heroes playing on home turf; and by that I mean the Spaniards! The crowd were very partisan in cheering on Spain- it was very bizarre. I suppose they don't get to see real quality football normally.
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Post by Alanović on Dec 13, 2019 8:26:37 GMT
Half a mill? In Manchester?
Bloody hell.
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Post by EspadaIII on Dec 13, 2019 10:37:41 GMT
Not unusual at all. Four bed detached in about 1/4 acre of land. Cheap compared to most moderately affluent areas of the Manchester region for something similar. In Hale it would be £1,500,000.
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Post by Rob on Dec 13, 2019 10:40:17 GMT
Went to look at some new houses last weekend - nice big 5 bed house was £580k not that we'd want a 5 bed.
My last house which we sold 10 years ago will now be worth at least £500k now.
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Post by Alanović on Dec 13, 2019 10:58:11 GMT
I thought there was a north/south divide? I thought it was all poverty up there, urchins in gutters? Ignored by the metropolitan elite? And now they've all seemingly voted Tory. Make your minds up, The North.
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Post by Rob on Dec 14, 2019 0:07:24 GMT
How about here: www.heatherleywood.co.uk/And it's just Bellway but then it's also Nether Alderley. Don't forget houses are expensive in the north and wages are often not so high as down south. Which is why some BBC staff who relocated must have been laughing when they kept London salaries to move to the NW and could sell London properties to buy up here.
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Post by Avant on Dec 14, 2019 10:12:12 GMT
Is it just me, or is nearly £1m a lot of money to pay for a house that looks just like all the others?
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Post by WDB on Dec 14, 2019 10:43:45 GMT
How about here: www.heatherleywood.co.uk/And it's just Bellway but then it's also Nether Alderley. Don't forget houses are expensive in the north and wages are often not so high as down south. Which is why some BBC staff who relocated must have been laughing when they kept London salaries to move to the NW and could sell London properties to buy up here. Did you mean ‘less expensive’? Anyway, good to see you, Esp. When I scanned the thread and saw Vić’s ‘half a mill’ comment, I briefly imagined you in a partially converted cotton factory. Guilty of northern stereotyping, I know, but still a bit disappointed now.
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Post by WDB on Dec 14, 2019 10:47:06 GMT
I thought there was a north/south divide? I thought it was all poverty up there, urchins in gutters? Ignored by the metropolitan elite? And now they've all seemingly voted Tory. Make your minds up, The North. The Tory vote barely moved. It was the Labour one that collapsed in the North and the Midlands. Go, Jeremy Corbyn! (Because he — or his inability to overcome the Tory papers’ caricature of him — was the fundamental problem.)
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