Reply to: Buy to Leave Empty

[Sockpuppet]

Then door to door would be 2 hrs each way and involve more than just the packed train.

So in a week he spends about 250 quid and has 20+hrs commuting time for a place he has bought specifically as a money saving option that is close to his potential workplace

Thanks for proving my point.

Except that most of his work is in the midlands. I was saying its a possible commute. Not an ideal one.

He would however get a much nicer house for a lot less money than being in London commuter belt. There is also talk of making the line high seed so its 35 mins to the capital.

[Turion]

Leicester to London 1h 4mins on the train. £200/week train ticket.

Job done.

Then door to door would be 2 hrs each way and involve more than just the packed train.

So in a week he spends about 250 quid and has 20+hrs commuting time for a place he has bought specifically as a money saving option that is close to his potential workplace

Thanks for proving my point.

[DimPrawn]

Leicester to London 1h 4mins on the train. £200/week train ticket.

Job done.

Actually it is between 1h 9mins and 1h 26mins according to the timetable.

[Sockpuppet]

It's a knobbo plan. Since when is midlands to London a realistic stress free daily commute? Does he own a helicopter. Maybe he does and then he needs a place with a helipad

Leicester to London 1h 4mins on the train. £200/week train ticket.

Job done.

[Francko]

It's a knobbo plan. Since when is midlands to London a realistic stress free daily commute? Does he own a helicopter. Maybe he does and then he needs a place with a helipad

And with peak train fares you'd need to work 1 or 2 hours just to pay the ticket.

[Turion]

It's a knobbo plan. Since when is midlands to London a realistic stress free daily commute? Does he own a helicopter. Maybe he does and then he needs a place with a helipad

[Board Game Geek]

You may have council problems with leaving it empty, since is becoming more and more contentious to own multiple homes and yet only live in one at a time.

Some councils are actively pursuing properties that have been left vacant for a certain amount of time.

Google it (ICBA)

[MrMark]

there's nowt queerer than folk,

now I've heard some funny things in my time, but I've never heard of someone thinking about buying a second home, a weekend house, in the black country...

'Most work these days seems to be in the midlands so I was thinking of a pad in the middle of the country would allow me to commute to most places (including London) and the family could stay during the school hols.
'


toodle pip,

Milan.

Some really nice places in Derbyshire - plus you'd be close to any potential contracts in Manchester or Yorkshire, as well as the Midlands. Assuming there will be any contracts left...

[BlasterBates]

Why don't you just rent a furnished flat. This would be much cheaper. You can do it 3 or 6 months at a time. Remember interest on a mortgage is also dead money. That's what I do. House prices will probably drop from now on but if not they aint going anywhere for a long while. If you rent you can be even closer to work by moving from time to time. The rents in the country are really cheap. IF I remember correctly I saw houses being let for £500 in Milton Keynes for example.

Detached house in Northampton

[DimPrawn]

Actually it's full of blacks since 1997.

tulip!, wrong login.

[Bagpuss]

The whole of the midlands is not the Black Country, waits for CyberT and his obvious reply

[milanbenes]

there's nowt queerer than folk,

now I've heard some funny things in my time, but I've never heard of someone thinking about buying a second home, a weekend house, in the black country...

'Most work these days seems to be in the midlands so I was thinking of a pad in the middle of the country would allow me to commute to most places (including London) and the family could stay during the school hols.
'


toodle pip,

Milan.

[Shimano105]

Buy and rent out 'till you need rather than leave empty.

Sounds good in theory but you'd have to plan that one well

[Menelaus]

Oxfords lovely, and a reasonable rental market also.

EDIT: Post 1400 ...

[Lockhouse]

Buy and rent out 'till you need rather than leave empty.