quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: See? We're all fucked.
But... if you don't buy a house, then you have to pay rent forever and there's not even a house at the end of it for your grandkids to squabble over.
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quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis: But... if you don't buy a house, then you have to pay rent forever and there's not even a house at the end of it for your grandkids to squabble over.
Yeah, but... and here's the thing... you can just walk away...
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Also, there are about two dozen blisters, cracks, stains and sags on the walls and ceilings of my house that make me wince every time I catch sight of them. Every one of those teeny defects are going to cost me thousands and thousands of pounds one day. If I was renting I could just phone my landlord and say "Hey! *****chops! Come and fix all this shit in my gaff!"
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Octavia did that a few years back and just... rented her house out. Or you can sell it, and pocket the extra £££. Like I say, it's about a lack of aspiration. If you really want to do something, owning a house isn't going to hold you back.
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quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: Also, there are about two dozen blisters, cracks, stains and sags on the walls and ceilings of my house that make me wince every time I catch sight of them. Every one of those teeny defects are going to cost me thousands and thousands of pounds one day. If I was renting I could just phone my landlord and say "Hey! *****chops! Come and fix all this shit in my gaff!"
That's true - landlords are wonderful aren't they? Just wonderful, magical creatures made of rainbows and happiness who are always a pleasure to deal with and show nothing but ceaseless dedication to their duties. No-one would write a song about landlords being shitty. They'd be lynched! 'Why are you putting the boot into the landlords?' people would shout 'They do so much for us, and all you do is slag them off!'. Good old landlords. They really are brilliant.
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Us "Even if we set the oven to 250 degrees C which is the maximum it only gets to 180, can you get that fixed?" Him "Just cook stuff for longer then"
Us "There is a damp patch in the top corner of the living room. It's quite small at the moment but it's appeared quite suddenly, I guess it's due to a leak upstairs" Him "Let me know if it gets worse"
Us "It's got worse and is getting bigger quite quickly and is going brown" Him "Let me know if it gets worse"
Us "It's really getting quite bad, There is clearly a leak somewhere that could cause problems if not sorted" Him "I'm sure that the people upstairs will sort it out"
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I'm looking at flats at the moment. It's tough bacuse the price can vary, but I have the luxury of time on my hands. I'm hoping to save up and wait for the most perfect place. Recently, an edwardian house that was fully renovated came up, 5 minutes walk from the one I currently rent. It was fully modernised, had a balcony, spotlights in the ceiling, new kitchen and bathroom and solid walls. Couldn't move in though. Brother didn't have the money.
We started looking for other places. Found a huge place, but the internal fittings were from the 70's - it was pristine really, but you get the impression if a landlord isn't going to spend a couple of thousand pounds over 30 years then he's not going to be any good in say...an emergency. So we're looking for the right place. Trying to be able to go look, know we want it and put down the deposit on the day. So far the agencies have taken us to some horrendous laughable shitpits, and we've just gone WTF is this?
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: So far the agencies have taken us to some horrendous laughable shitpits, and we've just gone WTF is this?
Yeah, the problem is that they'll try to get rid of the ones they've had on their books for ages first so they're always going to show you the ones that everyone else has turned down in the hope that you'll think it's wonderful. You just need to keep harassing them to let them know when new stuff is coming in and try to be the first to see it.
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quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: So far the agencies have taken us to some horrendous laughable shitpits, and we've just gone WTF is this?
Yeah, the problem is that they'll try to get rid of the ones they've had on their books for ages first so they're always going to show you the ones that everyone else has turned down in the hope that you'll think it's wonderful. You just need to keep harassing them to let them know when new stuff is coming in and try to be the first to see it.
This is what we thought. One flat was quite nice but ridiculously small. When we mentioned how pokey it was he just said 'well if you want quality' - and my brother audibly laughed. Some of the flats though, you know if they're not shifting you'd think the agencies would let them know why. The first one we looked at just needed a few changes to be totally awesome, but they're not things you can change yourself.
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Ralph's right, we should just go and live in our cars rather than spend all this time worrying about paint schemes, light fixtures and mixer taps.
But no, it is a pain in the arse when you rent. Little things like putting up shelves or a new bathroom cabinet or whatever all involve some dialogue between landlord and tennant. We were lucky that our landlords were really nice people and were happy for us to do whatever we wanted really as long as it didn't mess the place up. But now we're leaving it's like, there's hundreds of pounds of stuff we've done to the place that we can't take with us. At least once we're living in our new place, if we make a change to the place it's our own decision and it affects the value of our own property. Renting is a mug's game.
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What about when you inevitably break up, Ringo? It'll be all like, "I put up those fucking shelves!" "Fine! Fine! Fucking take them down then! Take them down and take them with you! Take them to your whore! I hope she likes your fucking useless shelves!"
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: What about when you inevitably break up, Ringo? It'll be all like, "I put up those fucking shelves!" "Fine! Fine! Fucking take them down then! Take them down and take them with you! Take them to your whore! I hope she likes your fucking useless shelves!"
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It is the biggest garden in the block which is nice. Just needs a lot of work doing to it as they've paved over the entire thing.
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I had a heavy day yesterday – wrangling a baby and two grandparents. The grandparents were hard work. Their idea of fun was to fill the baby up with rich food, then drive it round Oxford until it threw up.
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I hope you mentioned that every step of the way. "Is it much further?" "There's a nice pub just round the corner from where we're moving to. makes it easy when you're staggering home!" "We'll have earnt that pint when we get there!" "Should get to the bar just in time for last orders, shouldn't we?" "I suppose it's a choice isn't it, if you want to have a big house but be out in the sticks. Still at least you don't get woken up by people passing through" and so on.
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