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You clearly have no idea about HS2.MobileSaver said:Your buyer reduced their offer with absolutely no explanation why and you went along with it and gave up £5,000?!?! That's quite an incredible story.
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I thought HS2 made properties more attractive? Friends sold at great profit in Hanwell a few years ago.£216 saved 24 October 20140
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Not the properties in villages in Midlands just outside compulsory purchase order zone. Apparently very few fancy HS2 running through their backyards.youth_leader said:I thought HS2 made properties more attractive? Friends sold at great profit in Hanwell a few years ago.
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Now, 2022:
Before, 2018
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For quite a few properties, £5K is pocket change. It won't buy much if the place needs work doing to it.MobileSaver said:Emily_Joy said:
Actually the buyer did send a message asking for 10K reduction with no justification a few days before the exchange. I replied offering 5K reduction, which the buyer accepted.MobileSaver said:
So when you sold that house you obviously agreed a price with the buyer... what would your reaction have been if the day before exchange your buyer sent a message requesting a £35k reduction with no justification?Emily_Joy said:
Pretty sure, yep, bought my first house when I got my first permanent job in 2008.MobileSaver said:Are you sure you're not a FTB as some of your notions on how the housing market works are strange to say the least and are what you'd expect from someone who hasn't been through the process before...Your buyer reduced their offer with absolutely no explanation why and you went along with it and gave up £5,000?!?! That's quite an incredible story.
Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
Treasure the moments that you have. Savour them for as long as you can for they will never come back again.1 -
Sorry to see so much wildlife displaced - I understand ancient forest has also come for the chop because of it.£216 saved 24 October 20143
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Wow. Those pictures are …..stark…..Honesty is the best poverty.0
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If you turn around from that point and look another way now, this is what you see:
On the left, a footpath is still visible. Right ahead, on the horizon, there is a clearing through an ancient forest... I used to take this footpath every day on my way to work, through a forest that no longer there. Not sure why I am posting it now - maybe to warn the others to properly check on the area; maybe because it still hurts. We loved living there, but at the same time I am glad we sold when we could and certainly don't regret "loosing" 5K.0 -
It's appalling to see. I'm so sorry all of the protests fell upon deaf ears.£216 saved 24 October 20141
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