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Exchanged on our new flat today
neverdespairgirl
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Which is very exciting for us! We offered in the first week of March, and were ready to exchange a couple of weeks ago, but the solicitors spent a fortnight worrying and faffing about a missing 15 year old building regs certificate.
Bit scary, but great, too.
Bit scary, but great, too.
...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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You're officially landed gentry now I guess.
*doffs baseball cap... and with a quick sleight of hand lifts wallet*
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neverdespairgirl wrote: »Which is very exciting for us! We offered in the first week of March, and were ready to exchange a couple of weeks ago, but the solicitors spent a fortnight worrying and faffing about a missing 15 year old building regs certificate.
Bit scary, but great, too.
:T:j:beer:_party_
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Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
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me nextMortgage free as of 10/02/2015. Every brick and blade of grass belongs to meeeee. :j0 -
Congratulations and happy completion day, when it arrives.neverdespairgirl wrote: »Which is very exciting for us! We offered in the first week of March, and were ready to exchange a couple of weeks ago, but the solicitors spent a fortnight worrying and faffing about a missing 15 year old building regs certificate.
Bit scary, but great, too.
I am a mortgage broker. You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.0 -
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Well done
Hope Completion Day goes okay and you're very happy there!
Jx2024 wins: *must start comping again!*0 -
Congratulations. It's a great feeling 0
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Wooooooooooo
Congratulations, and all the best in your new home!Emergency savings: 4600
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thanks! Completion is 20th may, but we won't be moving in on that day, there's work to do, first....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'.0
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neverdespairgirl wrote: »there's work to do, first.
Congratulations! :j
You are very wise, doing the work first. It wasn't possible for us, but at least we're not short of space to park a caravan! 0
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