Reply to the comment left by John MacAlevey at 11/03/2024 - 09:56Battersea Dogs and Cats Home? Well of course they will come out with nonsense like this. It's like asking turkeys to vote for Christmas. There is a strong bias...
I was brought up in the 1950s and 1960s - 21 years in a rented house with no bathroom - outside toilet only. We'd view it as a slum property now, and yet my mother kept it spotless. My father...
Reply to the comment left by Luke P at 15/11/2022 - 14:26Unfortunately, no politician will be able to come to the same conclusion without being branded as a racist. They dare not open their mouths and suggest that we really...
And you are just looking at the housing problem. Add to this the problem of finding schools for any children who join us, the burden on the NHS, policing the added problems we have seen recently by such immigrants, the...
Couldn't agree more. I've been writing to my M.P. about this for months, and getting vague replies. This is costing us £5.5 million a day! And now we are paying the French even more millions to stop what they should...
Similar problems with my block of flats. Do the prices above include ready-hung doors (in their own frame) and a self closing hinge - which, it seems, each flat has to have? Finding a reliable, insured fitter, who is able...
Madness. Nobody touches my allotment! I'll be joining my fellow allotmenteers lying in front of the bulldozers. Interesting that this arrives on the day that sees a possible 20,000 Afghans welcomed to join us - somewhere in the UK. How...
It is unlikely to have a tree preservation order on it. If you don't want it, tell your neighbour it will go as soon as you have purchased the property. (And you'll have a happy neighbour, which is always a...
I usually try to deal with my own conveyancing, if the seller's solicitor will co-operate. In this instance, I'd go straight to a solicitor. They have their uses. James
My first reaction is to groan. But then I remember that my daughter has just bought a dog, despite knowing my views on keeping any sort of pet. My son is seriously considering buying a dog. But they own their...
Reply to the comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 12/01/2021 - 16:23Agree with all you say - right down to starting with the book produced by Which. James
I always tell any solicitor I might be dealing with that I have done this before on numerous occasions. If there is a mortgage or charge on either side, then I instruct a solicitor. I send my signed and agreed...
I've never been required to give a legal undertaking - because I would be unable to do so. This is why a transaction with a mortgage requires a solicitor. A typical purchase /sale really is simple (when you know what...
The excuses they give range from 'Money Laundering' risks and that their insurance doesn't cover this situation. I do intend to write to the Law Society to ask what their position is when dealing which buyers who wish to do...
I guess 'Mr Speaker' owns his own house (or even houses?) He is not a tenant, and nor would be the vast majority of M.Ps. Lots of crooked thinking and emotional blackmail in that speech.
Oh no! I tried this in the past, and every time the property has suffered. With the best will in the world, there will be problems - try taking a dog out (as you must) on a rainy day. Try...
I agree, Kate. Severn Trent billed me as the owner of the house, not the tenant. Similarly, I was able to claim on the buildings insurance - my responsibility to insure, not the tenants. I did have a high excess,...
Reply to comment left by John MacAlevey at 11/03/2024 - 09:56
Reply to the comment left by John MacAlevey at 11/03/2024 - 09:56Battersea Dogs and Cats Home? Well of course they will come out with nonsense like this. It's like asking turkeys to vote for Christmas. There is a strong bias...
Read More →19th November 2022, 3 years ago
I was brought up in the 1950s and 1960s - 21 years in a rented house with no bathroom - outside toilet only. We'd view it as a slum property now, and yet my mother kept it spotless. My father...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Luke P at 15/11/2022 - 14:26
Reply to the comment left by Luke P at 15/11/2022 - 14:26Unfortunately, no politician will be able to come to the same conclusion without being branded as a racist. They dare not open their mouths and suggest that we really...
Read More →14th November 2022, 3 years ago
And you are just looking at the housing problem. Add to this the problem of finding schools for any children who join us, the burden on the NHS, policing the added problems we have seen recently by such immigrants, the...
Read More →14th November 2022, 3 years ago
Couldn't agree more. I've been writing to my M.P. about this for months, and getting vague replies. This is costing us £5.5 million a day! And now we are paying the French even more millions to stop what they should...
Read More →14th April 2022, 4 years ago
Hello Helen, Thank you. I've found your details on-line and will get in touch after Easter. It looks like the sort of thing we are after.
Read More →13th April 2022, 4 years ago
Thanks anyway, Andrew.
Read More →13th April 2022, 4 years ago
Hello Andrew, Malvern, Worcestershire.
Read More →13th April 2022, 4 years ago
Similar problems with my block of flats. Do the prices above include ready-hung doors (in their own frame) and a self closing hinge - which, it seems, each flat has to have? Finding a reliable, insured fitter, who is able...
Read More →18th August 2021, 5 years ago
Madness. Nobody touches my allotment! I'll be joining my fellow allotmenteers lying in front of the bulldozers. Interesting that this arrives on the day that sees a possible 20,000 Afghans welcomed to join us - somewhere in the UK. How...
Read More →26th May 2021, 5 years ago
It is unlikely to have a tree preservation order on it. If you don't want it, tell your neighbour it will go as soon as you have purchased the property. (And you'll have a happy neighbour, which is always a...
Read More →26th May 2021, 5 years ago
I usually try to deal with my own conveyancing, if the seller's solicitor will co-operate. In this instance, I'd go straight to a solicitor. They have their uses. James
Read More →28th January 2021, 5 years ago
My first reaction is to groan. But then I remember that my daughter has just bought a dog, despite knowing my views on keeping any sort of pet. My son is seriously considering buying a dog. But they own their...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 12/01/2021 - 16:23
Reply to the comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 12/01/2021 - 16:23Agree with all you say - right down to starting with the book produced by Which. James
Read More →11th January 2021, 5 years ago
I always tell any solicitor I might be dealing with that I have done this before on numerous occasions. If there is a mortgage or charge on either side, then I instruct a solicitor. I send my signed and agreed...
Read More →9th January 2021, 5 years ago
I've never been required to give a legal undertaking - because I would be unable to do so. This is why a transaction with a mortgage requires a solicitor. A typical purchase /sale really is simple (when you know what...
Read More →9th January 2021, 5 years ago
The excuses they give range from 'Money Laundering' risks and that their insurance doesn't cover this situation. I do intend to write to the Law Society to ask what their position is when dealing which buyers who wish to do...
Read More →16th October 2020, 5 years ago
I guess 'Mr Speaker' owns his own house (or even houses?) He is not a tenant, and nor would be the vast majority of M.Ps. Lots of crooked thinking and emotional blackmail in that speech.
Read More →16th October 2020, 5 years ago
Oh no! I tried this in the past, and every time the property has suffered. With the best will in the world, there will be problems - try taking a dog out (as you must) on a rainy day. Try...
Read More →17th August 2020, 6 years ago
I agree, Kate. Severn Trent billed me as the owner of the house, not the tenant. Similarly, I was able to claim on the buildings insurance - my responsibility to insure, not the tenants. I did have a high excess,...
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