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House buying dilema . . . . HELP !

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  • FrugalTopCat
    FrugalTopCat Posts: 148 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    DVardysShadow wrote: »
    Ask the penguins. I don't think they go willingly to zones 1-6. As they say, it's grim up north.

    Er, the penguins are all dahn sarf actually,so what would they know about it? ;)

    If only the grim up north broad brush stereotypes were true....Try finding a detached house on a decent plot in a good area of West Yorks for instance....you'll be lucky to get something for half a million and it could be a lot more than that. Same in other desirable parts of Manchester, Newcastle, Cheshire, North Yorks, etc etc ad nauseam.

    PS Sorry for the thread drift OP! I definitely think you should try and get the £50k off.
  • Mum_of_3_3
    Mum_of_3_3 Posts: 658 Forumite
    neverdespairgirl wrote: »
    One of JOhn Prescott's dodgy expense claims was to put mock-Tudor beams on his house.........

    :cry:

    Mind you with JP being from 'oop-North' where the home of the brick-cladding is, maybe he just thought it was some sort of southern equivalent.

    I tell you it's harder to find a non mock-Tudor house than it is to find a brick and wood covered monstrosity in the SE.

    M_o_3
  • Frank_Cannon
    Frank_Cannon Posts: 66 Forumite
    sonastin wrote: »
    The Isle of Wight and Lizard Point are also outside of Zone 6 - are they in the North too?! ;)
    How can they be; they're by the seaside!:)
  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 49,659 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Name Dropper
    MobileSaver wrote: »
    In that case you'll know that Hempstead Road is one of the busiest roads in Watford; regularly grid-locked at peak times. And being the main link road between the M25 and Watford town centre has emergency vehicles with lights and sirens shooting down it at all times of the day and night - I've never understood how it became such an expensive area.

    Agreed. This house isn't on the Hempstead Road, so the sirens shouldn't be disruptive. Traffic is bad, but tell me one part of Watford where the traffic is good?

    A healthy walk from this house and you can be in the city centre without the car!
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  • vaporate
    vaporate Posts: 1,955 Forumite
    nearly 1 mill for that dump? lmao.

    I wouldnt pay 300k for it.
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  • mynameisdave
    mynameisdave Posts: 1,284 Forumite
    I wouldn't pay £925,000 for it!

    Also, this is moneysavers not overclockers :P
  • Hippychick
    Hippychick Posts: 738 Forumite
    Our house has the same kitchen and we paid a 1/5th of the asking price and we also live in the south of England. For nearly a million quid I would expect a much larger plot and much more expensive fittings than what you have.

    If the surveyor has valued it at 925k and you still want the house then go back and renegotiate.


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  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    Mum_of_3 wrote: »
    :cry:

    Mind you with JP being from 'oop-North' where the home of the brick-cladding is, maybe he just thought it was some sort of southern equivalent.

    I tell you it's harder to find a non mock-Tudor house than it is to find a brick and wood covered monstrosity in the SE.

    M_o_3

    I pass a lot of them daily, in London, promise!
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
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