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Discount When Buying Off Dead People
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When we sold my Nanas house we were in no rush and wanted the most we could get for it so people came in with silly offers eventually someone paid £5k over the asking due to really wanting it. Thing is they can probably hold out for a decent price x0
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The death was unexpected, a total house clearance was organised the next day, house on the market the day after, viewings the day after that.
House was on the market so quick, EA admitted he had no info re. property apart from the address and a set of keys that were dumped in his office.
Wowsers nice family!0 -
thequaint: with every post you are making yourself sound more and more like a blood-sucking vampire! Be careful, as the executors might be good judges of character.0
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If the death was unexpected, the family could be moving quickly as a coping response to the trauma. It still doesn't mean they are fair game to be taken advantage of.
Or maybe they're moving quickly before anyone figures out there's a couple of bodies buried in the garden...0 -
Here is an extract from the official discount matrix for buying from the dead.
Single, old, natural causes - 8%
Single, old, nat causes, multiple hard up beneficiaries - 12%
Single, early death, possible police investigation - 18.3%
Multiple mass murders, major redecoration required - 32.453%
Indian burial ground, possible haunting - 666%0 -
The death was unexpected, a total house clearance was organised the next day, house on the market the day after, viewings the day after that.
House was on the market so quick, EA admitted he had no info re. property apart from the address and a set of keys that were dumped in his office.
<blink> OK, that's a bit... quick.
Go on, give us a rightmove link...0 -
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The family seem to be unfamiliar with the law on probate and the obligations of the executor.
>Single, old, natural causes - 8%<
Take another 2% off for body fluids soaked into carpets/floorboards0 -
You can gauge this by taking a look into the sky and counting the number of circling vultures.I_have_spoken wrote: ».... Single, old, natural causes - 8%<
Take another 2% off for body fluids soaked into carpets/floorboardsYou might as well ask the Wizard of Oz to give you a big number as pay a Credit Referencing Agency for a so-called 'credit-score'0 -
I only ever intend on selling my house when I have died.Been away for a while.0
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