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Best 'welcome' gifts on completion from Mortgage lender / estate agent
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Just come across this thread! I am in the process of moving with a new build from Matthew Homes and mortgage from Barclays. Anybody have experience of gifts from either of these? I love presents!!
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Six "We Have Moved" postcards from the EA..... printed with their details.0
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POPPYOSCAR wrote: »Son recently got mugs, tea, coffee and biscuits from Santander
Either theyve stopped this or left us out, but completed on October 17 with Santander and got nothing
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We had a good box from Barratt today, mugs, clipper tea, posh coffee, monty bojangles chocolate, nice biscuits, fairy, zoflora, bin bags, tool kit, tape measure, picture hanging kit, Baylis and Harding handwash, key rings.
Anyone know if Halifax send anything these days? Or maybe I!!!8217;m just being greedy!0 -
The only thing you will get off an EA is their bill the day after exchange.
I’ve never had anything from a mortgage company or the person whose house I’m buying.
I always leave a card, flowers and bottle of champagne. Only time I didn’t was when the buyer caused me 6 mths Of stress and guzunder us on the day of exchange.0 -
We're getting a mortgage with nationwide would be a lovely surprise if they still do the boxes:beer:0
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I got nothing!:mad: However my vendor did leave me thousands of fleas and the remains of a fitted kitchen in the cellar. Swings and roundabouts eh?0
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We're getting a mortgage with nationwide would be a lovely surprise if they still do the boxes
Same here! Hadn't even occurred to me that lenders or the previous owners might do this. Maybe I shouldn't have read this - now I'll be disappointed if we get nothing!
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In all the years I've bought and sold houses I've not once had a gift from any party involved.
In America you get 'Welcome' gifts/vouchers/whatever but I wasn't aware of it happening here.0
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