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chopper 
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 Posted: June 12 2009 at 07:41 |
 Syzygy wrote:
We exchanged contracts this week, and as of the end of this month I will be stepping belatedly onto the bottom rung of the property ladder. It hasn't been an entirely stress free experience, but from what I've read over the last couple of pages I think we've been pretty lucky so far. Bishops Stortford here we come! |
Isn't "we've been pretty lucky so far" and "Bishops Stortford here we come" an oxymoron?
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Padraic
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 10:14 |
Oh the tales I could regale you all with about the home buying process. Like the lovely old woman we bought our first house from, who upon moving out locked her two little dogs in one of the bedrooms, where they proceeded to piss all over the carpet. So you can imagine what a lovely smell it was when we first opened the door after settlement.  And I so enjoyed ripping up all the carpet in the upstairs rooms and paying thousands for new carpet! 
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Jim Garten
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 10:29 |
On the other side of the coin, when Vicky and I stepped into the house on completion day, we found the previous owver frantically scrubbing away at the wall behind where the washing machine goes to get the place as clean as possible - virtually had to kick her out the door to go to her new house 
In all the excitement of moving, none of us had noticed that as the weather was so hot, the tar on the road was a bit soft, so we tracked little blobs of molten tar all over the carpet in the living room - bugger!
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
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el dingo
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 10:36 |
Syzygy wrote:
We exchanged contracts this week, and as of the end of this month I will be stepping belatedly onto the bottom rung of the property ladder. It hasn't been an entirely stress free experience, but from what I've read over the last couple of pages I think we've been pretty lucky so far. Bishops Stortford here we come! |
Hey - congrats! I used to work there many moons ago and it was a real cool place. Close enough to (yet far enough away from) London. I used to be a sub-ed on the Stortford Gazette and we used to go to the Whore's Bed (sorry, better make that Boar's Head) and the Bakers Dozen or sometimes The Star. All good pubs about 25 yrs ago. Times change of course, but hopefully they still are. I went out with a girl from Takeley for a while - she ended up with the Daily Mail and I... well never mind! Glad it went well for you.
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It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 10:37 |
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I've never fully understood why people decorate before selling their homes. The likelihood is that the new owners will just re-decorate anyhow. So it's a waste of money.
I'd just keep it as it is, unless it's a real mess.
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Man Erg
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 10:52 |
James wrote:
I've never fully understood why people decorate before selling their homes. The likelihood is that the new owners will just re-decorate anyhow. So it's a waste of money.I'd just keep it as it is, unless it's a real mess.
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If you decorate in a plain colour (white,beige,cream etc.) before you put your house on the market,there is a better chance of an offer than if you keep your 'personal tastes' in decoration evident.
i.e. if you have a penchant for flock wallpaper,which isn't to everyone's taste,the chances are that you will wait a long time before receiving an offer. People,on the whole,cannot see beyond the owner's tastes in furniture and decor.
Edited by Man Erg - June 12 2009 at 11:10
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 10:54 |
very true - and just because you actually like the gas fire built into the house in 1957, does not make it an 'original feature'
Mmmmm - flock wallpaper...
I want a curry for some reason.
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Man Erg
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 11:00 |
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 11:01 |
That would explain the spelling then
Down to the Mutual Friend later - there to sample more fine ales +++hic+++
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Damn you - you corrected the spelling before I hit 'Post'
Edited by Jim Garten - June 12 2009 at 11:02
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
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Man Erg
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 11:03 |
Jim Garten wrote:
That would explain the spelling then
Down to the Mutual Friend later - there to sample more fine ales +++hic+++
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Damn you - you corrected the spelling before I hit 'Post' |
+++hic+++
Happy quaffing,Jim
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 11:04 |
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YOUre MYBESHTEST MATE YOU aRe
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Man Erg
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 11:07 |
Jim Garten wrote:
YOUre MYBESHTEST MATE YOU aRe |
Aw! +++hic+++ ch..+++hic+++ eers, maaa..woooar..+++hic+++..mate.
Phew! nearly.
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 11:08 |
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That's what I meant... it should have a plain scheme rather than a Lawrence Llewellyn-Bowen madman's scheme.
I'd probably have a boring scheme for my house anyway to be honest. So not much would need to be done.
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Man Erg
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 11:11 |
James wrote:
That's what I meant... it should have a plain scheme rather than a Lawrence Llewellyn-Bowen madman's scheme.I'd probably have a boring scheme for my house anyway to be honest. So not much would need to be done.
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I'm afraid to say that not everyone has your taste in decor,James.
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 11:25 |
Man Erg wrote:
James wrote:
That's what I meant... it should have a plain scheme rather than a Lawrence Llewellyn-Bowen madman's scheme.I'd probably have a boring scheme for my house anyway to be honest. So not much would need to be done.
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I'm afraid to say that not everyone has your taste in decor,James. |
I don't have any taste though. I fully admit that. However, people should be able to see through a colour-scheme. Just because a bedroom has bright yellow walls and red window sills and curtains (as my room does), it does not take anything away from the house. I realise people will look at it and vomit on the carpet but it's easy to fix.
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Man Erg
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 11:30 |
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 11:31 |
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Or a Meshuggah minus 11 situation.
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Dean
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 11:55 |
I've always liked the idea of painting one door fluorescent green or some other hideous colour before showing prospective buyers around. The theory being that they are so distracted by that they don't see all the other minor faults and leave with the idea that " When we buy this place that door's got to go..." rather than "If we buy...".
Or alternatively paint a whole room in broad blue and orange stripes and lock them in until they crack.
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limeyrob
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 12:35 |
L, L, L LLB Next you'll be mentioning House Doctor and that property auction show - all after the quick buck - What's wrong with programs called
Who's daft enough to buy this house with a fifty grand mark-up?
Who's got more cash than sense?
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 12:38 |
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Those shows annoy me so damned much!
There was a couple on one of them the other day who looked like they should be living in Penhill (a very rough area of Swindon) but were looking for a house for about 950,000. What the hell?! Where on earth did they get that kind of money?
Edited by James - June 12 2009 at 12:38
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