HAHAHAHAHAHA! WOOHOOO!!! (got the keys to a new place)
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The more expensive ones might save you cash on doing them up though
2 months = ~£1600. If he spends more than that (in both money and time) then he should be shot
Not ecstatic, but anything else of a similar size was street parking and/or no front garden and small rear courtyard. Looked around for something similar of a similar spec and some places were up around 900-1150
Being up for whatever means nothing currently, I would get looking for something else and see how much people are willing to drop the price.
Do you need to stay in the area that you are in for any specific reason?
2 months = ~£1600. If he spends more than that (in both money and time) then he should be shot
The budget is somewhat less than that
Need to stay around Plymouth for "joint custody" reasons.
The budget is somewhat less than that
sorry to hear that, looks like it needs lots of work!
just how close do you need to be?
Also, why the need for a 4 bed? You are paying a lot of money for a rather pants house. Do you need all 4 rooms?
Surely you are paying extra for nothing (rent and running the house!)
£800/mth I wouldn't call 'a lot of money' ... it's all dependant on area. Crieky, I pay that for a 2 bed flat :/ However, as the guys have said, surely all the work should be being done by the landlord? How can they re let a property before cleaning it out?
he's not paying rent while he's doing it up. Happy renter gets place how he likes it. Bonus for owner
it is a lot imo, for what it is. I could find loads of places i would rather live for cheaper which is my point. Hell compared to some places it is cheap, i rent a room in a shared house for 500 a month, so comparatively its cheap..
End of week 1, the story so far.
Mucho hammering, fillering, sanding, burning, ripping, bashing and filling my car about 9 times for the tip means the rooms are starting to show what can be done with them.
The cabinets either side of the fire were a lot deeper than they looked, and the landlord is happy to brick up the fireplace if i remove the gas fire, meaning the room get's some width back.
First job is to get the youngests bedroom "usable", then she's got somewhere to play/distract herself while we carry on with the rest of the house.
I have a hunch that the electrical work was done pre part P ...
Getting there slowly.
Mucho hammering, fillering, sanding, burning, ripping, bashing and filling my car about 9 times for the tip means the rooms are starting to show what can be done with them.
The cabinets either side of the fire were a lot deeper than they looked, and the landlord is happy to brick up the fireplace if i remove the gas fire, meaning the room get's some width back.
First job is to get the youngests bedroom "usable", then she's got somewhere to play/distract herself while we carry on with the rest of the house.
I have a hunch that the electrical work was done pre part P ...
Getting there slowly.
He doesn't, but why not take the gamble? He always mentions he has rented from this person for 9 years...
Except for personal labour he will not lose anything of monetary value, and if everything goes ok gains the benefit of having a rented house furnished exactly how he fancies.
...And the world wouldn't tick if an element of trust did not exist
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I've heard of this concept before, think it may have featured somewhere on terrestrial telly. Landlords (and councils) rent for free certain properties that they can't rent ("tennant" looks after them) or need somebody present (going to be knocked down).
I think the downside is that then the "tennants" need to be able to leave at the drop of a hat.
I think the downside is that then the "tennants" need to be able to leave at the drop of a hat.
