Desperate property ads

poppy10_2

lynzpower wrote: »

Boomer!! Im shocked - you have not let us know of this barratt bargain!

http://www.barratthomes.co.uk/forms/requestinfo.aspx?d=8a6af6e8-8a1a-4cb0-bbad-74c823774a2a

Dont all flock now, or they might withdraw this quality offer!

That's expired now. Oh noes! :whistle:

baby_boomer

The 25% theme is "in" this week.

Higgins
"100% of your new home for 75% of the price NOW"

Fairview Homes
"Top deal. I saved £62,500 on my stunning Penthouse"
Well not quite because you still have to pay that £62.6K over the next 10 years. This "Flying Start" deal should be renamed "Millstone round your neck".

Other ads include:
"Stylish living in the heart of London's fashionable East End."

"What would you do in a home of your own? I'd walk around naked."
And you can't do that in a rented flat?

Taking the biscuit this week is Nicholas King homes
"Why now could be the safest time :eek: to buy a stylish new home"
I wonder if they offer free guided tours for all the family to the top of K2 as part of their safety package?

baby_boomer

Thanks to swingjune for spotting this on another thread, but it deserves a prominent place here.

Guardian

Live in your new Persimmon house absolutely free for a year.

"...no mortgage, no council tax and no house insurance. The developer is even offering to pay your gas and electricity bills..."

And to ndg for this one:

Get a free Lambourghini with your house

PasturesNew

baby_boomer wrote: »

Guardian

Live in your new Persimmon house absolutely free for a year.

"...no mortgage, no council tax and no house insurance. The developer is even offering to pay your gas and electricity bills..."

"Some observers suggest that if things get any worse, sales managers will be offering to come in each morning to cook new buyers a full English breakfast and do the washing up afterwards."

Had me laughing .....

poppy10_2

baby_boomer wrote: »

Thanks to swingjune for spotting this on another thread, but it deserves a prominent place here.

Guardian

Live in your new Persimmon house absolutely free for a year.

Persimmon, the York-based group with 34 regional offices in the UK, is offering anyone who agrees to buy one of its new houses the chance to live in it for free for the first year. It says the buyers of "certain properties" will have their mortgage paid up to a maximum of £938.50 a month for 12 months. On top of that, it will pick up the buyer's first year's council tax up to £1,170. If you don't fancy paying gas, electricity and water bills, no problem - Persimmon will pick up the tab for those too, and throw in home insurance on top. In all, the package could be worth up to £15,000.

Why not just cut the price by £15k? That's still less than 10% off the cost of the average home.

baby_boomer

This is the first one I feel like writing in about to complain.

Barratt
"Move in now and live mortgage free until 2010!" Offer only applies to comletions this year!

So far, so Barratt, so 2008. But then they pile it on irresponsibly.

"What would you do with no mortgage to pay until 2010?
You could buy that new car you've always been hankering after.
Take that trip of a lifetime
Fill your wardrobe with the latest designer brands.
You can do it all.

That's right. You too could land yourself with negative equity and a millstone round your neck for the next 25 years!

BettiePage

lynzpower wrote: »

Thanks or reviving this thread boomer, Ive been wanting to share a fantastic deal I constantly see advertised just off the west-way.

http://www.imaginehomes.co.uk/5yrdeal/index.html

If you buy an investment property from Imagine Homes, we will cover your mortgage payments for the first 5 years. Offer based on:

• 80% loan
• 25 year interest-only mortgage
• 6.25% rate fixed for 5 years

Didnt hink this was legal ?? Anyone know?

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:......................

baby_boomer

Currently exploring the Midlands where I find:

"Vendor pays deposit" in EAs' windows, helping to keep up asking prices in theory.

And one they wouldn't dare try in London, I think:

"Interest rates cut. It's time to buy"

Shameless and hopelessly wrong

Austin_Allegro

baby_boomer wrote: »

Other ads include:
"Stylish living in the heart of London's fashionable East End."

LOL I love those ads, always saying something like 'Live the Urban Dream in vibrant South Mottingham, SW89, just 105 mins from London Victoria' with a little map showing the BR station at least three miles away, and a couple sitting on a white sofa drinking big glasses of wine.

baby_boomer

Again from Leicester, in the window of an overseas property firm:

"Dubai property - 75% gains"

That'll be past rather than future, then?

Connells in Leicester are having an "Autum Sale". To be fair, all the properties in the main window seem to be down 10-15%, so someone is finally pushing vendors in the right direction.

Don't mention this in Dubai, though