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Previously on "Got purchase contract for flat"

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    If they piss me off then I'll fook off to my future mansion and put a tenant from hell into my flat
    Just mumble to them in Russian then one day meet them with a shaved head......
    Last edited by SueEllen; 10 March 2016, 04:39.

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  • greenlake
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    ....I'll fook off to my future mansion....
    If you pull off your evil master plan, you could be living here (as well as some other nice places)....



    Celebrity Real Estate: Inside the Many Homes of Taylor Swift; Celebrity Home Pictures: Glamour.com

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  • MrMarkyMark
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    Originally posted by RetSet View Post
    That's how flats work.

    How come you didn't know that already?

    Oh, and how long do you have left on the lease?
    Not if you own a share of the freehold like my other half.

    As it's in London I suggested suggested may be worth more more there was an "accidental " fire in the block

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    Make sure you always get on with your other co-landlords otherwise they will make your life hell over works needing to be done and then when you try to sell the property on.
    If they piss me off then I'll fook off to my future mansion and put a tenant from hell into my flat

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  • greenlake
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    So this means we are all literally days away from the biggest UK property price crash since the Romans left....

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    So this means we are all literally days away from the biggest UK property price crash since the Romans left....
    The budget's very soon and we all know Gideon Oliver Osbourne isn't very bright. I should have sent number 11 my economics for dummies book.....

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  • DimPrawn
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    So this means we are all literally days away from the biggest UK property price crash since the Romans left....

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    Yeah I knew, just did not expect the language and text to be so close to tenant/landlord

    The good news is that the freehold will be passed to new management company where I get a share, so I'll be 1/8th landlord
    Make sure you always get on with your other co-landlords otherwise they will make your life hell over works needing to be done and then when you try to sell the property on.

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Why on earth are you buying a leasehold property?
    In a couple of years you'll be on here saying how they've doubled the service charge
    Service charges can occur even on freeholds although they will ideally run open-book and not-for-profit. This model seems more common in Scandinavia where each street collectively owns their management company (or collective as one might call it!)

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  • AtW
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    Oh dear...

    Property service charges soar to average £2,777 per year for new-builds | Money | The Guardian

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Why on earth are you buying a leasehold property?
    In a couple of years you'll be on here saying how they've doubled the service charge
    Gotto start somewhere

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by RetSet View Post
    Oh, and how long do you have left on the lease?
    Should be around 999 years lease, though starting date isn't confirmed yet.

    Could be 1017 ac

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by jamesbrown View Post
    Flats in large blocks are almost always leasehold. Odd that you wouldn't know this as a prospective purchaser, even more odd that you wouldn't know before this stage
    Yeah I knew, just did not expect the language and text to be so close to tenant/landlord

    The good news is that the freehold will be passed to new management company where I get a share, so I'll be 1/8th landlord

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  • FatLazyContractor
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    The lease agreement makes me Tenant with some Landlord still on top

    Is the landlord Russian?

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  • jamesbrown
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    Flats in large blocks are almost always leasehold. Odd that you wouldn't know this as a prospective purchaser, even more odd that you wouldn't know before this stage

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