Quote Originally Posted by Pat Vegas View Post
as in the money is sorted

but I will probably move to Essex. I don't care if it's Grays, Basildon etc.

What's cheap but not that bad? I really don't care if the area is bad or not but when people say areas are bad they don't go into much detail.

I have looked North but the transport costs are a killer. need to keep the train under £300 imo
scrutinised by a lawyer and don't let your lawyers exclude that scrutiny from their terms. If you discover onerous but well hidden charges you want some redress.

Be especially careful of anything built in the last 20 years and completely avoid anyone talking of informal lease extensions on nearly exhausted leases i.e. "don't worry that the lease on the property* is only 40 years because the freeholder has agreed to an informal extension to 125." - It's a scam.

*the ghastly dickensian grotesque from the estate agent will pronounce it "prippertay".