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Pitfalls of buying a village property
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From my experience of village life, the clique community and the pompous village hall and parish council comittee memebers are a greater threat.0
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cheekychappy wrote: »From my experience of village life, the clique community and the pompous village hall and parish council comittee memebers are a greater threat.
Yeh I can see your point, but it's slightly larger villages that i'm looking at so hopefully that won't be an issue!0 -
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cheekychappy wrote: »From my experience of village life, the clique community and the pompous village hall and parish council comittee memebers are a greater threat.
:wall:And of course they are all related and have webbed feet.0 -
:wall:And of course they are all related and have webbed feet.
And have funny shaped heads with stick out ears and play banjos.
Actually the "all related" bit can apply to small towns. Many years ago I lived in one where you had to be careful who you were talking to if you were slagging someone else off as the two parties were often cousins.If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales0 -
cheekychappy wrote: »From my experience of village life, the clique community and the pompous village hall and parish council comittee memebers are a greater threat.
Not forgetting the omnipresent WI.
They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth. -- Plato0
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