I am at the long boring bit of buying a flat

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Originally Posted by Sir C

He owns it for 99 years, doesn't he? I'm not really sure how it works.

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what a great country we live in.

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

what a great country we live in.

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Apparently you need some grandchildren p. Perhaps why the solicitor is taking his time.

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

yeah my mortgage payment will be less than half what I pay in rent now. :cloud9:

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Yes, but wait until your boiler/central heating/washing machine/pipes/electricity, etc, etc, etc packs up and you end up having to shell out for the fùcker rather than calling the landlord. Then you won’t be so smug.

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Originally Posted by Burney

Yes, but wait until your boiler/central heating/washing machine/pipes/electricity, etc, etc, etc packs up and you end up having to shell out for the fùcker rather than calling the landlord. Then you won’t be so smug.

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Wait til that happens and you are the landlord and you 800 miles away :(

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Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda

Almost lost out on my flat as my solicitor was dragging her heels. Best advice was exactly as you say - annoy the **** out of them and they'll prioritise you

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Solicitors are usually the sand in the KY Jelly during the house-buying process. This is in no small part because conveyancing is very much the remedial class of solicitoring, so they’re only doing it because they’re shÃ*t.

That said, we had a splendid gay Greek last time who was constantly in the ball and got shÃ*t done. Even then, the buyers’ solicitor almost fùcked it up by lying about having transferred the funds, buggering off to lunch and then informing us they knocked off at four on a Friday. Cùnts.

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Originally Posted by Burney

Yes, but wait until your boiler/central heating/washing machine/pipes/electricity, etc, etc, etc packs up and you end up having to shell out for the fùcker rather than calling the landlord. Then you won’t be so smug.

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Or you could service them and keep them well maintained and you don't have to pay out :shrug:

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Originally Posted by Burney

Yes, but wait until your boiler/central heating/washing machine/pipes/electricity, etc, etc, etc packs up and you end up having to shell out for the fùcker rather than calling the landlord. Then you won’t be so smug.

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That's alright I'm ready for that stuff.

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Originally Posted by Burney

Yes, but wait until your boiler/central heating/washing machine/pipes/electricity, etc, etc, etc packs up and you end up having to shell out for the fùcker rather than calling the landlord. Then you won’t be so smug.

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You’d prefer someone else to be responsible for your boiler? Is that you, Jeremy?

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Originally Posted by Pokster

Or you could service them and keep them well maintained and you don't have to pay out :shrug:

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Yes because service contracts are free and are in no way designed to generate more revenue overall than call-outs.

British Gas slapped about £70 on top of the ~£200 a year for the second year of a new boiler. Phuck that.

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Originally Posted by Sir C

You’d prefer someone else to be responsible for your boiler? Is that you, Jeremy?

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How is the boiler now, btw?