Flat Price & Advice

Cannon_Fodder

its a flat...

lostinrates

breadlinebetty wrote: »

I can understand a SERVICE CHARGE in a big block where you have a porter, lifts, cleaners etc............but what would the service charge cover in that house?

Cleaning/decoration of communal areas?

breadlinebetty

lostinrates wrote: »

Cleaning/decoration of communal areas?

What? The hallway?:rotfl:

Dan:_4

Replacement Windows / External Repairs / Roof etc...

lostinrates

breadlinebetty wrote: »

What? The hallway?:rotfl:

Of course the hallway. Having lived in a house conversion, the hallway gets dirty: just as it would in a house. As do the stairrails on stairs (yuk, other peoples greasy-hopefully not worse- hands on communal lightswitches and stairrails). The communal areas get dirtier than the halls in flats because of the volume of traffic. I know lot of people don't have cleaners (ours did twice a year and I did it once a month throughoutand once a week (ish) for the bit that was not shared that lead to our top floor flat)

chewmylegoff

Dan: wrote: »

Replacement Windows / External Repairs / Roof etc...

buildings insurance...

robfuzzard

Yep, External Repairs, Roofing, Windows, Communal areas, buildings insurance. Standard stuff.

The pictures really dont do the flat justice as it is actual a very light, cosy and surprisingly spacious flat, especially if you're, say, a single chap/gal who wants their own space. And I feel I should protect the area somewhat from the comments that Portsmouth isnt 'salubrious'. We actually live in Southsea, which is the sea front area of the most southernly point (funny that) of the island. Its actually a really lovely area with massive commons which hosts all sorts of events through the year such as Kite festivals, visit circus', fairs etc etc and our flat is just a stone throw away from Gun Wharf and the Spinnaker Tower. Its actually a lovely area to live in now and if we had one more bedroom, we wouldnt be moving. The price of the flat was incredibly reflective of the prices around Portsmouth at the time when we bought it.

robfuzzard

Good news!!! Completely out of the blue we have a buyer! What happened:

We handed in our notice with Halifax and planned to move to Fox & Son's (to freshen the situation up.) End of two week notice, new contract to sign, Halifax phone to say they have someone interested and whether than can come round to view. Rather fed up with Halifax's track record with viewee's I said yes but warned that the short notice meant the place was a state. The guy viewed it, love it, applied to the Housing Association immediately, was accepted, viewed the flat a 2nd time, made and offer.

We did a bit of a carboot-sale haggling session, he started at £48k, we said £54k. He said £51k, we said £53k. He said £52k, we innitially agreed but gave one more push for £52.5k... he accepted, we accepted.

So there you have it. The luck finally came our way. One thing I have learnt though is DEFINITELY badger the face off of your estate agents who are selling your place. Since I started phoning them constantly they have really gotten their backsides in gear.

Thanks for all the help on here.

Cleaver

robfuzzard wrote: »

One thing I have learnt though is DEFINITELY badger the face off of your estate agents who are selling your place.

I really like the phrase "badger the face off your estate agent".

It sounds vaguely Chris Morris-esq.

julieq

as long as it's a badger rather than a beaver.