Weekend plans
- Kwacky
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Weekend plans
So what is everyone up to?
Out tonight at the football then meeting a mate for a few beers and a catch up. It sounds like he's having a rough time. As if MS isn't bad enough he's got depression. Not sure spending time with me is good therapy
Tomorrow my lad is at black belt training. I'm hoping to get an hour to clean the bike.
Sunday my daughter is at a dance comp so I've got mini me for the day. Much depends on the weather, if it's crap I'll take him to see the Batman movie.
Out tonight at the football then meeting a mate for a few beers and a catch up. It sounds like he's having a rough time. As if MS isn't bad enough he's got depression. Not sure spending time with me is good therapy
Tomorrow my lad is at black belt training. I'm hoping to get an hour to clean the bike.
Sunday my daughter is at a dance comp so I've got mini me for the day. Much depends on the weather, if it's crap I'll take him to see the Batman movie.
- Cav
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Re: Weekend plans
My girlfriend and I are viewing a house tomorrow - very nerve-wracking times ahead!!
We had a decision in principle come through which annoyingly leaves us £6k short of the house we are viewing so it is highly unlikely we will get it.
Other than that it's just football and building a trailer stand
We had a decision in principle come through which annoyingly leaves us £6k short of the house we are viewing so it is highly unlikely we will get it.
Other than that it's just football and building a trailer stand
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Re: Weekend plans
1st meeting of the season at Brands for the weekend , in the cold and wet in a tent .
- kiwikrasher
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Re: Weekend plans
Unless there is a high demand in the area asking price will be a hope and not necessarily a reality. If you like it put an offer in £5-10K lower than you can afford. If they come back your in the ball park.Cav wrote:My girlfriend and I are viewing a house tomorrow - very nerve-wracking times ahead!!
We had a decision in principle come through which annoyingly leaves us £6k short of the house we are viewing so it is highly unlikely we will get it.
Other than that it's just football and building a trailer stand
Some say don't buy the first house you see but if it ticks all your requirements I say why not. My first house in Aussie I bought I saw first. Then looked at probably 15-20 more. The first one was the one I bought.
Good luck mate
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Re: Weekend plans
It'll be the first we've viewed but it's the first we're viewing because it's the first that ticks the boxes.kiwikrasher wrote:Unless there is a high demand in the area asking price will be a hope and not necessarily a reality. If you like it put an offer in £5-10K lower than you can afford. If they come back your in the ball park.Cav wrote:My girlfriend and I are viewing a house tomorrow - very nerve-wracking times ahead!!
We had a decision in principle come through which annoyingly leaves us £6k short of the house we are viewing so it is highly unlikely we will get it.
Other than that it's just football and building a trailer stand
Some say don't buy the first house you see but if it ticks all your requirements I say why not. My first house in Aussie I bought I saw first. Then looked at probably 15-20 more. The first one was the one I bought.
Good luck mate
This house will get snapped up in no time:
£180k
3-bed semi (2x doubles, 1x single)
garage
large garden
off-road parking for 3 cars plus car port for 1 more
No onward chain either and it's an open house viewing. It'll be sold by Monday. We will likely put in an offer of £170k. Need a bit of work done to it so need to keep some money back for redoing it - kitchen needs doing the most
- Kwacky
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Re: Weekend plans
I need to move. There's a house around the corner from me, with 4 bedrooms but a small garden, that's going for £400k.
A house like that one you've detailed would be worth about £350k around my way. That'll go up to £450k within a mile down the road towards the city centre.
A house like that one you've detailed would be worth about £350k around my way. That'll go up to £450k within a mile down the road towards the city centre.
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Re: Weekend plans
In certain areas near me this house would be worth north of £600k and as low as £140k.. It's a really poor area in general but with pockets of very wealthy areas (welcome to the cotswolds)
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Re: Weekend plans
That's true for a lot of places. There were two brand new estates being built near Redditch, at the same time. They were identical in every way apart from their location. One was close to an old council estate, the other was further out and closer to an expensive area.
A 4 bed semi was £200k more in the second estate.
A 4 bed semi was £200k more in the second estate.
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Re: Weekend plans
The whole way we build and finance house building in the UK is broken, I see it every day as I work with the designers and the house builders.
Met this guy a few weeks ago through work and he makes a lot of sense. Very refreshing!
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Met this guy a few weeks ago through work and he makes a lot of sense. Very refreshing!
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Re: Weekend plans
Once homes became seen as an investment rather than a place to live, then the slope got very slippery.
There really needs to be strict rules in place regarding second homes and buy to let.
Hope it all works out for you, cav.
I'm off to Milbrook Proving ground tomorrow to taz around in some Alfa Romeos.
There really needs to be strict rules in place regarding second homes and buy to let.
Hope it all works out for you, cav.
I'm off to Milbrook Proving ground tomorrow to taz around in some Alfa Romeos.
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Re: Weekend plans
Tonight,
looking on all the forums, for spares for my track bikes, and mods for my road bike. Attempting to advertise excess parts, for sale, that i no longer require.
Tomorrow, going to the surgeon, to have my arm X-rayed again, after a bone graft from my pelvis. My arm was broken in 4 places, and 1 break has defied being joined. The joys of trackdays.
Bought a new car today. Wife in hospital for 9 hours with suspected stroke.
Caught speeding, and received my first points in over 25 years. It was overdue.
Bloody hell i need a beer. Taken that.
looking on all the forums, for spares for my track bikes, and mods for my road bike. Attempting to advertise excess parts, for sale, that i no longer require.
Tomorrow, going to the surgeon, to have my arm X-rayed again, after a bone graft from my pelvis. My arm was broken in 4 places, and 1 break has defied being joined. The joys of trackdays.
Bought a new car today. Wife in hospital for 9 hours with suspected stroke.
Caught speeding, and received my first points in over 25 years. It was overdue.
Bloody hell i need a beer. Taken that.
- kiwikrasher
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Re: Weekend plans
Ok you win!! I was going to whinge about my leaking roof but in retrospect it's nothing.Hondaboy63 wrote:Tonight,
looking on all the forums, for spares for my track bikes, and mods for my road bike. Attempting to advertise excess parts, for sale, that i no longer require.
Tomorrow, going to the surgeon, to have my arm X-rayed again, after a bone graft from my pelvis. My arm was broken in 4 places, and 1 break has defied being joined. The joys of trackdays.
Bought a new car today. Wife in hospital for 9 hours with suspected stroke.
Caught speeding, and received my first points in over 25 years. It was overdue.
Bloody hell i need a beer. Taken that.
Hope your wife is ok and no lasting problems. Enjoy the beer mate!!!
Happiness is not a destination. It is a way of life.
- Kwacky
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Re: Weekend plans
Bloody hell, that's one hell of an opening post.
I hope all gets sorted out for the best and soon.
I hope all gets sorted out for the best and soon.
- Deegee
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Re: Weekend plans
My thoughts exactly. Fingers crossed for you and the Missus HB63.Kwacky wrote:Bloody hell, that's one hell of an opening post.
I hope all gets sorted out for the best and soon.
Our Weekend is pretty laid back tbh, lunch out then shopping (ugh) for essentials, with a mandatory visit to the deli, homemade pizza tonight and a film. Tomorrow is clearing out my garage that has accumulated yet another pile of crap that I'm having to climb over to get to the bikes or my filing cabinets (work stuff), fed up so its all going. In all a very boring weekend tbh.