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  • neas
    neas Posts: 3,801 Forumite
    Must admit have no sympathy for anyone who 'invested' their savings in purchasing one of these homes...

    I.e anyone purchasing it to rent it out and become a property millionaire.

    Anyone who purchased as a FTB i feel sorry for... but i am assuming alot of people bought off plan to make a profit from rising house prices and someone else paying their mortgage... shame they thre away their money instad of making it.. but thats investment for you.

    As a FTB house prices have rose and i've had to pay rent to greedy sobs like you guys before... and am glad some of them get their come uppance.
  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 50,790 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Name Dropper
    Wickedkitten wrote: »
    I love the paranoia in that anyone who doesn't agree that they should be able to break contract law gets branded as a representative despite having absolutely no VI.

    I think their arguement is that GH didn't provide their side of the contract, rather than an attempt to break contract law.
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  • Wickedkitten
    Wickedkitten Posts: 1,868 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    silvercar wrote: »
    I think their arguement is that GH didn't provide their side of the contract, rather than an attempt to break contract law.

    It's less an argument than a get out excuse.

    Especially seeing as not a single one of them bought it to the attention of the developers or even queried it before finding out they couldn't afford to buy the flats.

    Even more so considering even if there were communal roof terraces, they still couldn't afford to buy the flats.
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  • mystic_trev
    mystic_trev Posts: 5,434 Forumite
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    What I can't understand, is that these 'investors' even considered buying in Canning Town. The Docklands it 'aint, even though it's close by. I hope I'm not offending anyone, but having been there, and knowing people who used to live there, Canning Town is a crime ridden dump!


    http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/jun/21/ukcrime.simonhattenstone

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canning_Town
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    mystic_trev wrote: »
    What I can't understand, is that these 'investors' even considered buying in Canning Town. The Docklands it 'aint, even though it's close by. I hope I'm not offending anyone, but having been there, and knowing people who used to live there, Canning Town is a crime ridden dump!


    http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/jun/21/ukcrime.simonhattenstone

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canning_Town

    The state of the area is not the point. These flats were never for living in, they were for buying, selling and investing in.
  • knightstyle
    knightstyle Posts: 7,398 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Why don't the moderators just pull the offending postings and leave the rest of the very interesting thread for us to read???
    I have noticed this on other threads I have been following.
  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,944 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    You get what you pay for when it comes to moderators. Umm, how much are you paying, Knightstyle? Same here, so can't complain.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • spotts7
    spotts7 Posts: 1 Newbie
    I am very close to telling GH where to stick there flat. We agreed a figure & now they are charging % because we did not complete on time, even thou we were negotiating to their timeline.
    Would love to contact some of the people who have been writing on this site on this subject.
    How do we get out of this ?Any help in building a case to get out is appreciated.
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