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The "have a look at this!" thread II

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  • stalkah
    stalkah Posts: 227 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I think I'd be more concerned with the boarded up building.
  • stator
    stator Posts: 7,441 Forumite
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    stalkah wrote: »
    I think I'd be more concerned with the boarded up building.
    Old council care home, boarded up when shut down due to budget cuts. Wouldn't worry me particularly, though the area isn't the greatest either.
    Changing the world, one sarcastic comment at a time.
  • Igamogam
    Igamogam Posts: 6,028 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud! Combo Breaker
    stator wrote: »
    Yes I was referring to the solar panels :)
    I guess they know it's going to be hard to sell and want to get people through the door before they find out!

    What is the issue with solar panels????????
    Be the change you want to see -with apologies to Gandhi :o
    In gardens, beauty is a by-product. The main business is sex and death. ~Sam Llewelyn
    'On the internet no one knows you are a cat' :) ;)
  • stator
    stator Posts: 7,441 Forumite
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    Igamogam wrote: »
    What is the issue with solar panels????????
    The crafty way they've taken the photo so you don't notice them, also the lack of any mention in the property description.
    Changing the world, one sarcastic comment at a time.
  • cazmanian_minx
    cazmanian_minx Posts: 4,048 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud!
    Igamogam wrote: »
    What is the issue with solar panels????????

    Judging from the way they've tried to conceal them, I suspect any future owner of the house is tied into a particularly nasty contract - possibly something like being tied to a tariff but not getting any return from the panels because the company has installed them for free in return for getting the income from surplus electricity generated.
  • Igamogam
    Igamogam Posts: 6,028 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud! Combo Breaker
    cazmanian_minx wrote: »
    Judging from the way they've tried to conceal them, I suspect any future owner of the house is tied into a particularly nasty contract - possibly something like being tied to a tariff but not getting any return from the panels because the company has installed them for free in return for getting the income from surplus electricity generated.


    Ahh. That's why we bought our own :)

    However if home owners are canny they would benefit/are benefiting from using the electricity generated. The FIT ( feed in tariff) BTW is calculated on all electricity generated not the surplus - so you can use all the generated electricity but still get the FIT on total output ...............if you have bought your own. The installers are onto a winner I guess, whilst there still is a FIT:(
    Be the change you want to see -with apologies to Gandhi :o
    In gardens, beauty is a by-product. The main business is sex and death. ~Sam Llewelyn
    'On the internet no one knows you are a cat' :) ;)
  • MadelinesMum
    MadelinesMum Posts: 862 Forumite
    House with a pool, anyone?! Pic 13

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-50498843.html
    I must remember that "Money Saving" is not buying heavily discounted items that I do not need. :hello:
  • fairy_lights
    fairy_lights Posts: 9,220 Forumite
    MadelinesMum wrote: »
    House with a pool, anyone?! Pic 13

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-50498843.html
    A pool and a serving hatch, talk about living the dream!
  • shirlls
    shirlls Posts: 95 Forumite
    Pixie5740 wrote: »
    Imagine if the deposit hasn't been protected. :eek:

    At first I thought OP meant the deposit on the bottles!!
  • phoebe1989seb
    phoebe1989seb Posts: 4,452 Forumite
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    MadelinesMum wrote: »
    House with a pool, anyone?! Pic 13

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-50498843.html

    What a soulless, uninspiring house :(
    Mortgage-free for fourteen years!

    Over £40,000 mis-sold PPI reclaimed
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