Reply to: Boom (not work related)

[Whorty]

Anyone finding London slow as feck? I'm looking in zone 2 and the house turnover is slug-like, things are selling but not much coming to market at all.

I hope it stays that way. Once we sell here we'll be looking for a flat in London in the 900,000 to million bracket, so we're hoping the London market keeps heading down as there will be even more bargains to be had

[Whorty]

Congrats, just so I understand does that mean the person buying your house won't be entitled to the same protection?

Correct. Although there are a host of covenants on the land going back 20+ years so the new owner of our house will have the protection from them.

Purely technical front, what is the penalty if the neighbour does decide to build something on that land whilst you are there.

If he chooses to apply for planning (whether successful or not) he will be liable for a sum of money to us that would not be financial viable for him. He has maintained he has no plans to ever build on the land .... and to be fair to him, the only access he has now is via knocking his own current house down as we wouldn't be providing access via our land so it would be a major decision for him anyway. Will he want to do something in 5, 10, 15 years time? No idea. Will he even get planning permission? Again, no idea.

[TheGreenBastard]

Just need to sell the house now which still sits on a 1/2 acre plot so should still be a good garden for somebody ..... it's a bit slow out there though

Anyone finding London slow as feck? I'm looking in zone 2 and the house turnover is slug-like, things are selling but not much coming to market at all.

[woohoo]

We put a clause in contract that the neighbour can't do anything with the land (apart from use as garden) whilst we own the property to protect us.

Congrats, just so I understand does that mean the person buying your house won't be entitled to the same protection?

Purely technical front, what is the penalty if the neighbour does decide to build something on that land whilst you are there.

[Whorty]

Very nice. Do the ducks have a duck house to live in?

No, I never built one as they're wild ducks mostly, and there are Moorhens on the island so didn't want to disturb them Neighbour is going to put one up though for his own ducks, but I think it will have to be a large one as we'd get 40-50 ducks on there most days

They have quite a few chicks at the moment too ..... stop sniggering at the back, not those kinds of chicks!!

[jamesbrown]

Good point. Though I know a few contractors who'd put the ducks up in the real house, and go live in the duck house themselves (or caravans or campervans as they are otherwise known as..).

Yeah, we all know PC.

[GJABS]

He's a contractor, FFS. The ducks have a real house to live in, serviced by a duck Jeeves.

Good point. Though I know a few contractors who'd put the ducks up in the real house, and go live in the duck house themselves (or caravans or campervans as they are otherwise known as..).

[jamesbrown]

Very nice. Do the ducks have a duck house to live in?

He's a contractor, FFS. The ducks have a real house to live in, serviced by a duck Jeeves.

[GJABS]

including a little lake for the ducks.

Very nice. Do the ducks have a duck house to live in?

[Whorty]

I would have gone for the one with the most money. Invested some of it in hoisin sauce.

There wasn't that much difference when you considered the potential hit on the house price (with a development planned in the back garden) and the extra time it might take us to sell (time isn't on our side with my wife's ailing health). This way keeps all neighbours happy too, which again we're hoping is a positive when we come to sell the house.

[BrilloPad]

I care for the ducks, which is why I went with him instead of a developer who was interested in the garden. The neighbour keeps ducks (most of his end up on our lake anyway) so both wild, and his, ducks are all safe

I would have gone for the one with the most money. Invested some of it in hoisin sauce.

[Whorty]

Nice to see nobody gives a toss about the ducks.

I assume your neighbour has a good recipe?
If not, the local Chinese takeaway will make it worth his while...

I care for the ducks, which is why I went with him instead of a developer who was interested in the garden. The neighbour keeps ducks (most of his end up on our lake anyway) so both wild, and his, ducks are all safe

[Whorty]

What about the Islington townhouse?

I wish

[BrilloPad]

It just came over me.

Thats what I say about Mrs OG.

[Old Greg]

How long have you been saving that one up for?

It just came over me.