Seller backed out of sale due to requesting a survey

MultiFuelBurner

FreeBear said:

MultiFuelBurner said: We always have 10k.spare when buying an older property for unexpected repairs and hidden "gems"

Unfortunately, £10K doesn't go very far with the current prices for materials & tradesman.

We only use tradesman for the jobs requiring gas and electrics. Most other jobs are common sense DIY these days. Admittedly you have to want to try things out and graft and research.

There is always a ying to my Yang though and if you wish to blow your budget or expenses tradesman plow on and yes in your circumstance you would potentially need a bigger repairs budget but we see that as wasting money and thus is MSE after all.

[Deleted User]

You might have escaped problems.

Survey is standard.

Looks like the seller will be better off selling at auction.

[Deleted User]

MultiFuelBurner said:

FreeBear said:

MultiFuelBurner said: We always have 10k.spare when buying an older property for unexpected repairs and hidden "gems"

Unfortunately, £10K doesn't go very far with the current prices for materials & tradesman.

We only use tradesman for the jobs requiring gas and electrics. Most other jobs are common sense DIY these days. Admittedly you have to want to try things out and graft and research.

There is always a ying to my Yang though and if you wish to blow your budget or expenses tradesman plow on and yes in your circumstance you would potentially need a bigger repairs budget but we see that as wasting money and thus is MSE after all.

Feels like houses are only for the able these days.

MultiFuelBurner

[Deleted User] said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

FreeBear said:

MultiFuelBurner said: We always have 10k.spare when buying an older property for unexpected repairs and hidden "gems"

Unfortunately, £10K doesn't go very far with the current prices for materials & tradesman.

We only use tradesman for the jobs requiring gas and electrics. Most other jobs are common sense DIY these days. Admittedly you have to want to try things out and graft and research.

There is always a ying to my Yang though and if you wish to blow your budget or expenses tradesman plow on and yes in your circumstance you would potentially need a bigger repairs budget but we see that as wasting money and thus is MSE after all.

Feels like houses are only for the able these days.

Or willing, willing to sacrifice for the dream of home ownership. For our first house two full time employed one travelling 3 hours a day for their job, the other fulltime plus weekend work to save the deposit and get on the ladder. Then the first two years the struggle of the mortgage and bills and costs you never knew existed.

Lots of lazy people unwilling to sacrifice for the dream of home ownership (it should be a dream) and not just the needs of the new iPhone, latest console or whatever flashy thing they don't really need.

[Deleted User]

MultiFuelBurner said:

[Deleted User] said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

FreeBear said:

MultiFuelBurner said: We always have 10k.spare when buying an older property for unexpected repairs and hidden "gems"

Unfortunately, £10K doesn't go very far with the current prices for materials & tradesman.

We only use tradesman for the jobs requiring gas and electrics. Most other jobs are common sense DIY these days. Admittedly you have to want to try things out and graft and research.

There is always a ying to my Yang though and if you wish to blow your budget or expenses tradesman plow on and yes in your circumstance you would potentially need a bigger repairs budget but we see that as wasting money and thus is MSE after all.

Feels like houses are only for the able these days.

Or willing, willing to sacrifice for the dream of home ownership. For our first house two full time employed one travelling 3 hours a day for their job, the other fulltime plus weekend work to save the deposit and get on the ladder. Then the first two years the struggle of the mortgage and bills and costs you never knew existed.

Lots of lazy people unwilling to sacrifice for the dream of home ownership (it should be a dream) and not just the needs of the new iPhone, latest console or whatever flashy thing they don't really need.

Oh god, a "sell your iPhone" post.

Being disabled is horrible because people just assume you are lazy. It's especially bad if your disability isn't immediately obvious, or is difficult to measure like pain or tiredness. England is full of people eager to judge you, while claiming they had to go work down put, up hill both ways and only a lump of coal for dinner.

Sunsaru

[Deleted User] said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

[Deleted User] said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

FreeBear said:

MultiFuelBurner said: We always have 10k.spare when buying an older property for unexpected repairs and hidden "gems"

Unfortunately, £10K doesn't go very far with the current prices for materials & tradesman.

We only use tradesman for the jobs requiring gas and electrics. Most other jobs are common sense DIY these days. Admittedly you have to want to try things out and graft and research.

There is always a ying to my Yang though and if you wish to blow your budget or expenses tradesman plow on and yes in your circumstance you would potentially need a bigger repairs budget but we see that as wasting money and thus is MSE after all.

Feels like houses are only for the able these days.

Or willing, willing to sacrifice for the dream of home ownership. For our first house two full time employed one travelling 3 hours a day for their job, the other fulltime plus weekend work to save the deposit and get on the ladder. Then the first two years the struggle of the mortgage and bills and costs you never knew existed.

Lots of lazy people unwilling to sacrifice for the dream of home ownership (it should be a dream) and not just the needs of the new iPhone, latest console or whatever flashy thing they don't really need.

Oh god, a "sell your iPhone" post.

Being disabled is horrible because people just assume you are lazy. It's especially bad if your disability isn't immediately obvious, or is difficult to measure like pain or tiredness. England is full of people eager to judge you, while claiming they had to go work down put, up hill both ways and only a lump of coal for dinner.

Says the person who says things like all landlords are greedy etc etc.

MultiFuelBurner

[Deleted User] said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

[Deleted User] said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

FreeBear said:

MultiFuelBurner said: We always have 10k.spare when buying an older property for unexpected repairs and hidden "gems"

Unfortunately, £10K doesn't go very far with the current prices for materials & tradesman.

We only use tradesman for the jobs requiring gas and electrics. Most other jobs are common sense DIY these days. Admittedly you have to want to try things out and graft and research.

There is always a ying to my Yang though and if you wish to blow your budget or expenses tradesman plow on and yes in your circumstance you would potentially need a bigger repairs budget but we see that as wasting money and thus is MSE after all.

Feels like houses are only for the able these days.

Or willing, willing to sacrifice for the dream of home ownership. For our first house two full time employed one travelling 3 hours a day for their job, the other fulltime plus weekend work to save the deposit and get on the ladder. Then the first two years the struggle of the mortgage and bills and costs you never knew existed.

Lots of lazy people unwilling to sacrifice for the dream of home ownership (it should be a dream) and not just the needs of the new iPhone, latest console or whatever flashy thing they don't really need.

Oh god, a "sell your iPhone" post.

Being disabled is horrible because people just assume you are lazy. It's especially bad if your disability isn't immediately obvious, or is difficult to measure like pain or tiredness. England is full of people eager to judge you, while claiming they had to go work down put, up hill both ways and only a lump of coal for dinner.

Typical all you took out of that was one word and that sums up the laziness the country is caked in.

I am not getting into a debate over disabilities.  The post is about a survey request and the consequences to the OP. To follow up was I suggested even if a survey is clean we always have 10k spare for repairs and hidden gems. That advice still stands but when someone tries to add in being able or not to do repairs it really does go off topic very quickly.

Happy to debate the laziness of the country in a more appropriate thread, disabled or not.