General Chat

Merlin, we don't mind doing somewhere up as long as we'll recoup our money on the value. Some properties are wrecks in crap areas and the asking price is ridiculous!

*sigh*

Retirement park sounds roight op your street pet, but think of the all visiting grandchildren * cackles * :-D

On a slightly different fingy but still buying and selling........

My neighbours daughter's father died a while ago and the cash from sale of house to be shared between this daughter and her half sister........so this daughter gets very excited and tells her mum she'll buy her a new car, kitchen, bathroom and central heating as well as a house for herself (daughters self)....fathers house gets sold, so daughter buys hers, then finds that there is a hell of alot to be taken out by inheritance tax....this means that mum is now not getting all the things she had hoped for.......this morning her mum tells us that the house is'nt actually sold subject to contract, nothing signed and the buyers want it reduced by £10,000.....so now all the other plans this daughter had may have to be cancelled....WHY DO PEOPLE start spending money thats not in the bank......:(((((

sorry Sue just had to get it off't me chest!!!!

jude :-|

All of this is a little too raw for me right now.

So I promise to come back and say how I hate being lied to and misled. Fortunately I have dealt with one apparently 'decent' estate agent in my time so I know they are not all conmen or women but when the revolution comes, would I put them on the bonfire along with bankers and politicians? You bet! Jill

Well, I am armed with details and post codes for the sat nav.

If you read of estate agents being verbally abused over the next couple of days it'll be meeeeeeeeeeee :-P

Sue

I love looking at property for sale on line as you can often get a better idea of the layout etc, if there are floor plans shown. I am so nosey but it's really interesting seeing how people furnish and decorate their homes and there are sometimes lots of pictures and a chance to go into street view from the agents info.

I am waiting for a lottery win so I can grab a lovely ground floor apartment in Sheringham, in an old converted hotel, but with it's own courtyard garden - the rooms are lovely and big and loads of light and with the wrap round courtyard too, it would be perfect for my pots and tubs of plants. it's within walking distance of the sea, (20 mins amble) and would suit me down to the ground.

Good luck with the house hunting, I looked for three years for my last house, and visited dozens of properties.

Lizx

I thought rules and regulations were tightend up on estate agents some years ago re property descriptions. Evidently it has not worked.

Chris, they always find a way round it ,usually by printing a( Disclaimer ) in very small print on the Brochures.**M** :-S