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"of no fixed abode"
Too_Hairy_Husky
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Hello again - just looking for an opinion on this please, as I had an email last night that means our house-purchase is back on track!
We sold our house at the end of January and moved out, without having purchased our new home, to stop the sale from falling through.
It was originally supposed to have been for a matter of a couple of weeks - but has turned in to 10 weeks. It is looking as if it will be nearer to 3 months by the time it is (hopefully!) all sorted.
In that time we have lived in a succession of Holiday Cottages - all legit and above board and I have the receipts and addresses and agent details for each one.
My question is, how will being "of no fixed abode" go down with the mortgage company when it comes to the crunch? We did it with the best of intentions, but I'm now wondering if we did the wrong thing and should have looked at a 6 month rental instead. It's too late really to sort one of those now.
Any advice or opinions gratefully received.
Many thanks, Sarah
We sold our house at the end of January and moved out, without having purchased our new home, to stop the sale from falling through.
It was originally supposed to have been for a matter of a couple of weeks - but has turned in to 10 weeks. It is looking as if it will be nearer to 3 months by the time it is (hopefully!) all sorted.
In that time we have lived in a succession of Holiday Cottages - all legit and above board and I have the receipts and addresses and agent details for each one.
My question is, how will being "of no fixed abode" go down with the mortgage company when it comes to the crunch? We did it with the best of intentions, but I'm now wondering if we did the wrong thing and should have looked at a 6 month rental instead. It's too late really to sort one of those now.
Any advice or opinions gratefully received.
Many thanks, Sarah
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Shouldn't pose any problems as your circumstances are fully explainable.0
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Is it wrong to say I love you...?

Thank you - we've been looking at 6 month rentals and found one yesterday that needed disinfecting from top to bottom before I'd even let my dog in it... you've put my mind at rest - thank you.0 -
Too_Hairy_Husky wrote: »Is it wrong to say I love you...?

Thank you - we've been looking at 6 month rentals and found one yesterday that needed disinfecting from top to bottom before I'd even let my dog in it... you've put my mind at rest - thank you.
Thrug can print that off and stick it on his wall! Advice is always sensible, but he does have a tendency of telling people things they don't want to hear, good to hear a happy customer.0
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