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PasturesNew wrote: »I had a potential tenant (a couple) just knock on my door at the last place as they'd phoned for a viewing and had been given an appointment the next day, but "couldn't wait", so wanted to find out where it actually was - then decided to knock and ask if they could just come in and have a quick look round.
Not .... good. Sent them packing....
I imagine that was quite uncomfortable for you. Well done for sending them packing instead of being too scared to say you weren't happy and letting them in anyway.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
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.
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I imagine that was quite uncomfortable for you. Well done for sending them packing instead of being too scared to say you weren't happy and letting them in anyway.
Definitely. I'm rubbish in that sort of situation. I'd have let them in!“I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.” - P.G. Wodehouse0 -
Letting the flat above my old office, I have been in the unfortunate position of having an outgoing tenant refuse viewings. She was unhappy that we wanted to increase her rent. She left, and new tenants almost immediately were found at far more than the rent we had asked the old tenant for. Two years later, the old tenant asked for a reference. I'm afraid that it went to the bottom of the pile of my jobs to do.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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Why are built in microwaves soooo much more expensive than freestanding? MIL's kitchen used to have a built in microwave, and now I have to fill a space 450 high by 600 wide with a built in microwave. The cheapest I can find is £300!
PN, this is not a posh alert. It's a gigantic PITA alert.
WE have the same, crazy isn't it - especially as the built in one we got is carp compared to the free-standing ones, the turntable only works if you don't cook anything too heavy - ok for microwave but it is a conventional oven as well so it is not unexpected to cook heavier dishes and one of the turntable wheels has now broken - it still turns but the metal axle arcs the microwaves so we only use it as a conventional oven now and have a separate microwave which rather ruins the point.PasturesNew wrote: »I had a potential tenant (a couple) just knock on my door at the last place as they'd phoned for a viewing and had been given an appointment the next day, but "couldn't wait", so wanted to find out where it actually was - then decided to knock and ask if they could just come in and have a quick look round.
Not .... good. Sent them packing....
We would probably do that thinking that they can only say no.
WE are also selling out from under our tenants, boo hiss. They agreed for viewings on the basis of my offer that we pay their removal and re-contracting costs. I think that was very generous of them. WE tried to arrange only a single day of block viewings, the agent of course tried to ignore this. The agent also tried to arrange more viewings after we took it off the market
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I have sympathy for tenants who want to remain in the property. Either they have their peace disturbed by viewings in the hope that a landlord buys the place or they refuse all viewings and get turfed out. No win situation.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0
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It often goes haywire when somebody posts a pic that's too big for the page. It will sort itself out when the big photos have receded far enough into the past that they aren't in the collection of previous posts that you can see if you scroll down from the quote box.
Yup, it was Gen's BBQ post.I used to live with a Malaysian girl who used to make samosas. Bloody good!
I messaged the german girl last night, suggesting we grab a coffee. No reply as yet; three day rule and all that.
Malaysian girl.... Ukrainian girl..... German girl....
Do you have something against British girls?!PasturesNew wrote: »There is no 3 day rule. If somebody likes you, there's no such thing as "too soon" .... and if they don't then it doesn't matter how long anybody waited.
I was always rubbish about game-playing like that. I never did it about any potential date / person I fancied / whatever.
Good thing I accidentally started going out with OH young or I'd have been stuffed....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 -
WE are also selling out from under our tenants, boo hiss. They agreed for viewings on the basis of my offer that we pay their removal and re-contracting costs. I think that was very generous of them. WE tried to arrange only a single day of block viewings, the agent of course tried to ignore this. The agent also tried to arrange more viewings after we took it off the market
Shining example of consideration and cooperation between LL and tenant. Well done you and well done them. :T
Pity about the agent.I have sympathy for tenants who want to remain in the property. Either they have their peace disturbed by viewings in the hope that a landlord buys the place or they refuse all viewings and get turfed out. No win situation.
My friend's tenant had it about the best it could be, I think. My friend went to the agent before doing anything else, and asked them to find out if the tenant would be interested in buying it themselves. The agent duly asked the tenant who said they were nowhere near being able to afford to buy it, but wanted to continue renting it. Before reporting back to my friend, the agent approached another LL on their books, whom they knew to be looking to increase their portfolio, and asked if they'd be interested, so when the agent did get back in touch with my friend, it was to say "The tenant doesn't want to buy it but I've found a LL who does."
Almost everybody wins:
The tenants got to stay in their home and didn't have to have viewings etc, except, I imagine, one for the new LL to confirm that it was what they wanted.
My friend didn't have a void, or to have to do the place up ready to sell.
The new LL didn't have a void, or any of the hassle of finding a new tenant or doing a property up ready to rent.
The agent kept the property on their books and continues raking in their cut of the rent.
The only losers are the would-be owner occupiers who might have bought it if it had been put on the market. (Oops - dangerously close to being on topic there. Sorry.)Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
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 -
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/19/indian-tv-news-anchor-chinese-president-xi-jinping-eleven
An Indian TV news anchor has been sacked after she referred to the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, as Eleven Jinping, apparently confusing Xi's name with the Roman numerals XI, a senior official at the state television channel said on Friday.
I'm afraid I laughed out loud.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
Almost everybody wins:
The tenants got to stay in their home and didn't have to have viewings etc, except, I imagine, one for the new LL to confirm that it was what they wanted.
My friend didn't have a void, or to have to do the place up ready to sell.
The new LL didn't have a void, or any of the hassle of finding a new tenant or doing a property up ready to rent.
The agent kept the property on their books and continues raking in their cut of the rent.
More on topic posting, sorry. Sometimes all parties can want an arrangement like this but the mortgage lenders for the new buyers can rule it out as it doesn't meet their risk profile I think....0
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