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ladymuck replied

6 April 2020, 17:01
Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

Do you folks still use cheques over there?! This is JRM country I suppose.

Oh yes! I use an Ostrich feather quill to write mine out, well the butler does - I wouldn't sully myself with such a menial task.

I thought everyone did?
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jamesbrown replied

6 April 2020, 17:00
Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

Do you folks still use cheques over there?! This is JRM country I suppose.

I perhaps wrongly assumed that all your “charts” were drawn in crayon and scanned by your nurse.
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scooterscot replied

6 April 2020, 16:52
Originally posted by jamesbrown View Post

Of course you will, scootie. What colour crayon will you use to draw the cheque?

Do you folks still use cheques over there?! This is JRM country I suppose.
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ladymuck replied

6 April 2020, 16:50
Originally posted by d000hg View Post

We're all eligible for 0% CBI loans... buy buy buy

No fees for one year!
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d000hg replied

6 April 2020, 16:30
We're all eligible for 0% CBI loans... buy buy buy
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jamesbrown replied

6 April 2020, 16:05
Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

Will put in an offer for £250k

Of course you will, scootie. What colour crayon will you use to draw the cheque?
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CheeseSlice replied

6 April 2020, 15:21
Originally posted by eek View Post

If you have an airbnb where is the customer going to come from in the next year.

BBC News: Airbnb hosts defy lockdown laws with 'Covid-19 retreats'
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b0redom replied

6 April 2020, 14:15
All those extra beds in there. My money is on an AirBNB scam thing like has been all over the news recently.
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eek replied

6 April 2020, 14:07
Originally posted by KinooOrKinog View Post

Reduced today. I wonder how much by. They're still overpriced.

Was £1.6m

And yes, still insanely overpriced even without the repossession look and feel on all bathrooms and boilers.
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KinooOrKinog replied

6 April 2020, 14:03
Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

Another BTL'r in Edinburgh jumping ship with their portfolio... £1.5m - Will put in an offer for £250k

Block of Apartments for sale in Baxter's Place, Edinburgh, EH1, EH1

Reduced today. I wonder how much by. They're still overpriced.
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scooterscot replied

6 April 2020, 13:29
Another BTL'r in Edinburgh jumping ship with their portfolio... £1.5m - Will put in an offer for £250k

Block of Apartments for sale in Baxter's Place, Edinburgh, EH1, EH1
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SueEllen replied

5 April 2020, 17:05
Originally posted by ladymuck View Post

Scraping the fat off the walls and ceiling will take a while

That's what illegal immigrants who work in the builder trade are for.
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MrMarkyMark replied

5 April 2020, 16:46
Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

How much does planning permission for change of use cost? Turning it back to residential?

Of that I'm unsure, however there have been a few that have been converted in such a way around us.

So it must be worth doing
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ladymuck replied

5 April 2020, 16:45
Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

How much does planning permission for change of use cost? Turning it back to residential?

Scraping the fat off the walls and ceiling will take a while
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SueEllen replied

5 April 2020, 16:37
Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View Post

They might have the option to buy the bottom floor when the Kebab business fails

How much does planning permission for change of use cost? Turning it back to residential?
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