2nd home somewhere on the South coast

Running_Horse

Like I said Alan...full of it...and not a squatter...why should anyone do as you say?

SquatNow

Running_Horse wrote: »

Like I said Alan...full of it...and not a squatter...why should anyone do as you say?

I identity of the speaker doesn't change the importance of the message.

I have to say, you don't appear to have much respect for other people. Do you consider your attitute toward others to be normal behaivour, or do you think it's OK to behaive badly online due to the perceived anonymity?

LandyAndy

SquatNow wrote: »

I identity of the speaker doesn't change the importance of the message.

I have to say, you don't appear to have much respect for other people. Do you consider your attitute toward others to be normal behaivour, or do you think it's OK to behaive badly online due to the perceived anonymity?

It can, however, seriously affect people's willingness to listen.

Running_Horse

SquatNow wrote: »

I identity of the speaker doesn't change the importance of the message.

I have to say, you don't appear to have much respect for other people. Do you consider your attitute toward others to be normal behaivour, or do you think it's OK to behaive badly online due to the perceived anonymity?

That's rich coming from a man who reduced a woman to tears by falsely claiming she was going to prison when she came on here asking for help.

Funny, didn't have you down as renting a granny annexe. Thought you were more a Travelodge man. It explains your constant bitterness towards anyone who has the temerity to have (shock horror) bought a property.

SquatNow

Running_Horse wrote: »

That's rich coming from a man who reduced a woman to tears by falsely claiming she was going to prison when she came on here asking for help.

If you'll check that topic in question, I was right. I wont go back over the whole thing again. Somewhere the woman was being dishonest. Either she lied about her circumstance in the post, in which case it's her own fault, or she had lied to her lenders. Either way my statement that she was a crook and was asking for advice on the best way to spend the proceeds of a crime was an accurate response to the information she provided.

I can't help it if she doesn't like being told that what she was done was wrong and she could get in serious trouble for it... maybe she should, perhaps have not done it in the first place.

(It's notable that you've resorted to desperate attempts to discredit me now you've realised you can't use pure bravado to defeat my arguments)

Running_Horse

Oh, the injured innocence.

Your problem Alan, is you can dish it out (at random to total strangers), but can't take it.

Even your advocacy of squatting has been exposed as a total sham. You are a renter who spends hours on a buying forum with nothing positive to say, probably bitter because you missed out.

CB1979_2

what a couple of losers you two are!

Austin_Allegro

Moral issues aside, and they're welcome to spend their money on whatever they want, but I'm puzzled as to why the OP's parents want to buy a second home when they don't intend to move there for another 15 years.

As others have said, they could easily afford a caravan, a motorhome or hotel stays, or even a tent and a tandem.

My grandmother had a second home on the coast (she inherited it from a friend) and for several years rented it out and used it once or twice a year herself, but eventually got fed up with losing money, tenants trashing the place etc.

It would be far easier for the couple to invest the money somewhere else and buy when they're ready to move.

I suspect they may have bought into two common fallacies, and would hope they think carefully about them before going ahead:

1. Property only goes up and now is the time to buy before their retirement home becomes too dear;

2. You can't lose money on renting property out;

Both of which points have been debunked time and time again on these fora.

worrypants

running horse re BACK OF THE NET:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :T
hope santa brings you a lorry load of Toblerone mr sqatty:rotfl:

fc123

SquatNow wrote: »

I am currently renting. This is no secret. I do not squat personally, as while my rent includes all bills, it is so low as to be little more than I would pay in bills if I rented or squatted in a similar place. (Rent for a similar flat would be 30-40% more than I currently pay, and I'de have to pay bills on top!)

The "granny-anex" I live in was very dilapedated when I moved in and needed me to replace some of the wiring to make it safe for occupation. It now a very comfortable little batchelor pad. I've rewired it, put new lights in, knocked down a wall, built 2 new walls, built a breakfast bar, refitted the kitchen, converted the attic, fitted/tiled a new shower cubical.... the list goes on. I have done a lot of modernisation and maintenance work on the main house as a whole. My landlady pays for all the materials for work on the main house and the annex, I do the work. She also has common sense... accepting that stuff wears out and offering to replace furniture/carpets that have come to end of life.

I've been there 5 years now... have a very good relationship with my landlady. I've done a lot of maintenance work that would have cost a LOT of money to get done professionally, and in exchange shes charges nominal rent. As example would be when the ball-!!!! valve on the tank in the attic in the main house seized and the tank wouldn't fill. I did a temporary fix as the shops were shut then picked up a replacement valve from B&Q (Which she paid for!) and fitted it a couple of days later. Total time and effort for me... 20 minutes max! Cost to get an emergency plumber out at 11pm? £300?

The essence of Social Squatting is the the Squatters move into dilapidated houses and make them livable, tidying them up and making them pleasent homes. The owner has someone looking afer the house for them, (and paying the council tax for them) and when the time comes for them to use it, it is in a much better state than when they left it. In exchange the squatter gets somewhere to live for a couple of years... maybe longer. It's an important point to note about social squatting that NO-ONE loses out.

Incidently, was up in the attic(s) last weekend putting in some fresh insulation, as the old stuff was 30 years old and less than an inch thick. (The current standard is about 8 inches!)

1 "though doth protest too much"

2; take the responses in the spirit that they are meant with good humour.

3; she may give you the house one day.

4; you seem to have DIY skills that are unrequited.

5; the squatters opposite me are occupying 2 houses (worth in todays terms)
a million £ but have graffitied the front + a load of old sofas have appeared in the gardens (where do they get them from??). The owner is trying to get PP for flats on the site....he is using the squatters to achieve his goal....oh dear...the houses are trashed...all I can do is knock them down and build nice block of flats (and i know how they got into the property in the 1st place.....no accident).
6;if you really want to change things within society, you need get into a position of power (by that, i don't mean only in politics) on the inside...no good ranting on the outside...live and act your principles...whether seen as right or wrong........@ 44 I am giving up living my socialist, principled lifestyle as I've ended up poorer for it....yes, we had a council flat once...saved, bought a derelict house and GAVE flat back to council to let to another family in need...oooh what else....employed staff on amazing contracts that cost a fortune.........always paid a shed load of tax by running an honest business....the list goes on.....

7; i also know the secret to permanent weight loss:D