How to tell if neighbours own or rent?

SingleSue

Last sale in the road where my parents live was over 10 years ago and it is all owner occupied, my parents are amongst the longest living there at 47 years.

There are all manner of well kept gardens, not very well kept gardens and downright overgrown gardens, the same with the upkeep of the properties themselves because for a few of them, age or health has got the better of them and they find it difficult to keep up with it all.

Davesnave

SingleSue wrote: »

Last sale in the road where my parents live was over 10 years ago and it is all owner occupied, my parents are amongst the longest living there at 47 years.

There are all manner of well kept gardens, not very well kept gardens and downright overgrown gardens, the same with the upkeep of the properties themselves because for a few of them, age or health has got the better of them and they find it difficult to keep up with it all.

That's the best kind of road. When people have secured a place there, they recognise a Good Thing and usually stay on until they can no longer cope; hence the tired or outdated-looking properties. Probate syndrome.

I lived in one of those for 21 years.

Now, I don't live in something as mundane as a road! :rotfl:

moneyistooshorttomention

Davesnave wrote: »

That's the best kind of road. When people have secured a place there, they recognise a Good Thing and usually stay on until they can no longer cope; hence the tired or outdated-looking properties. Probate syndrome.

I lived in one of those for 21 years.

Now, I don't live in something as mundane as a road! :rotfl:

That sounds like the sort of road I'm living in now:rotfl:. Mine was duly bought by me as a probate house - and I've been knocking it to bits modernising it ever since I moved here:(. I anticipated the other houses would come up for sale one by one and household moving in would start gutting them too. A couple have had the Loadsa Work/Gut It thing done on them so far.

To me personally - I would say it's down to how much work is being done on the house.

My first house was mine - and I got it together to "keep for a few years standard" - as it was obviously a starter (small terrace house). When I got stuck in it for longer than plan - then further work got done on it in order to maintain it to high enough standard to keep living in. So - I'd replaced the kitchen and bathroom once and didn't want to do them again. The kitchen had got to the stage it needed doing again by the time I sold it. Signs it was mine - lots of work done initially for first few years and then maintenance level of work after that (the begrudging "keep it up" stuff). With both - I was around a lot supervising the workmen. On the first one - my father was there a lot doing the initial work.

On the second house (the one I now have) - again its down to lots of work being done on it and me here supervising it. I've now done a lot of the initial gutting it and the rest is being done bit by bit until such time as it's finished (my finances get checked monthly to see if I have enough money yet for the next thing). It's being done to Full Standard - as I expect to keep it for rest of life (now 60s age group).

If I do ever move - it will be same thing again - ie lots of work being done on it (bar the very unlikely event of it all being done and modern etc).