AudioAl
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Why do people put "That" in front of London?
Why do Americans change AND into AYAND
Why do people put "That" in front of London?
Well looking straight into the mirror, not long at allAnd how long is your nose now may I ask ?
Maybe to distinguish the city from the 32 boroughs.Why do people put "That" in front of London?
Why do people put "That" in front of London?
These places are not as nice as you would hope. I don't know Puglia but I do visit nearby Calabria regularly, and there are places there where I wouldn't keep a dog. One village I visited was horrible. Everyone under 60 had left, half the houses were empty. I was looking for a path into the mountains, but failed. There was a police cars, its occupants were very interested in who the hell I was and what I was doing. A tourist, you say? Round here?Well if you fancy a project in southern Italy
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/seaside-city-italy-selling-1-165000061.html
Lots of other very cheap 1 Euro properties in Europe but most need renovating and are in areas where peole have migrted from due to lack of work
So true! Good means just about functional.All estate agents should give the room dimensions in the blurb. Also the size of garden. If they don't ask them.
Check the house location on Google Street View to get an idea of traffic etc.
Good means the same as in Record Grading.
Think yourself lucky that they bothered to tell you. I had one shitrag estate agent a few years ago who did the viewing before me, when they said they'd make an offer he went home. Did he tell me? Of course not. I was knocking on the door of an empty house, and of course he didn't answer the phone.What a bloody nightmare this is , At least 6 homes I have shown intrest in have sold almost instantly
One yesterday that I phoned about told me the earliest I could view is next wednesday, I asked why ? Because we have 3 viewings today , 3 on Friday and more next week , I confirmed the booking , At midday I had a phone call saying the property is now sold so your viewing is now cancelled ,Oh dear
What a bloody nightmare this is , At least 6 homes I have shown intrest in have sold almost instantly
One yesterday that I phoned about told me the earliest I could view is next wednesday, I asked why ? Because we have 3 viewings today , 3 on Friday and more next week , I confirmed the booking , At midday I had a phone call saying the property is now sold so your viewing is now cancelled ,Oh dear
Sounds tricky. You're best bet is to get on the good side of a local estate agent in the area you are interested in. How to go about that, well, i'd suggest having a proper chat with them and making sure they understand that you are ready to go, so basically an easy commission for them. You want to be in a position to get up the ladder on viewings for new properties that come up.
We had similar issues when looking for a weekend place, with several we were interested in selling before we could view. One we were very keen on we did get a viewing booked in but it was cancelled at the last minute as someone had made a good offer subject to it getting taken off the market straight away.
We have eventually managed to purchase a property - I monitored the Rightmove for the area I was interested in on a daily basis, then booked a viewing the same day that the house came on the market, going to see it that Saturday. There had already been multiple offers in by then (i.e. with 2 or 3 days) but the seller decided that they'd not make a decision until all the booked viewers were completed. We then put an offer in that Monday (which needed increased once) and used our status as cash buyers with no chain or issues with entry dates to ensure we were the preferred option - and to get it taken off the market immediately. It definitely pays to be persistent and to get viewings booked in immediately a property comes on the market (although in some cases even doing that hasn't helped, especially if you have to wait until the weekend to view).
We ended up only paying about 5% over the asking price, which under the circumstances I was quite happy with, especially as it'd have been our preferred option over all the others we'd considered anyway.
I picked up the keys earlier this week, and it's very nice to have got through the process. This is it - it's quite a big bigger than it looks (it's a 3-bedroom) and loads of room to expand as the garden is pretty big (60 paces from the back of the garden to the house) so is big enough to be our retirement place if we want it to.
It even has some musical connections as it used to be owned by Pye Hastings from Caravan and still has his former studio in the garden.
Stay out of the Whisky Castle, it’ll ruin you..We had similar issues when looking for a weekend place, with several we were interested in selling before we could view. One we were very keen on we did get a viewing booked in but it was cancelled at the last minute as someone had made a good offer subject to it getting taken off the market straight away.
We have eventually managed to purchase a property - I monitored the Rightmove for the area I was interested in on a daily basis, then booked a viewing the same day that the house came on the market, going to see it that Saturday. There had already been multiple offers in by then (i.e. with 2 or 3 days) but the seller decided that they'd not make a decision until all the booked viewers were completed. We then put an offer in that Monday (which needed increased once) and used our status as cash buyers with no chain or issues with entry dates to ensure we were the preferred option - and to get it taken off the market immediately. It definitely pays to be persistent and to get viewings booked in immediately a property comes on the market (although in some cases even doing that hasn't helped, especially if you have to wait until the weekend to view).
We ended up only paying about 5% over the asking price, which under the circumstances I was quite happy with, especially as it'd have been our preferred option over all the others we'd considered anyway.
I picked up the keys earlier this week, and it's very nice to have got through the process. This is it - it's quite a big bigger than it looks (it's a 3-bedroom) and loads of room to expand as the garden is pretty big (60 paces from the back of the garden to the house) so is big enough to be our retirement place if we want it to.
It even has some musical connections as it used to be owned by Pye Hastings from Caravan and still has his former studio in the garden.