Be Excellent To Each Other

Probably not. It's our own fault for not having a big in depth survey basically.

Hmmm, not convinced there can never be any recourse.

I’d suggest you look at the surveyors report(s) and see if they’ve done their job properly, whether the sols have done their job properly and so on.

I will concede to your superior knowledge on the matter, however, in my experience once you've exchanged contracts the seller was off the hook.

The person conducting the survey etc. would be responsible for any issues (as they deemed it was fit etc).

We (stupidly) didn't have a survey done, but tbh the full extent of this has only arisen because our gas man ripped up floorboards to look at pipework etc. so I'm not convinced even the most in depth of surveys would have picked that up.

Structural survey would've picked it up, but you wouldn't have had one of those done unless the homebuyer report flagged up a load of issues. And if it did you probably would've decided to walk away.

Oh well, irrelevant now really as we were stupid and didn't and here we are.

You left your toothpaste here btw. I've been meaning to message you for a week.

I wondered where that went! My teeth are a bit minging now tbf.

(It's ok we had a spare)

Our structural survey was bloody useless. Could really do with the £1200 to spend on any one of the multitude of things it didn't find.

Can't you get some sort of financial recourse from the surveyor, Bik? I thought that was (part of) the point of them?

I expect the report will be filled with all sorts of caveats.

The homebuyer usually is (couldn't find any damp in the floors, but didn't have the floorboards up so can't confirm), but the structural should be much more in-depth.

I've never even seen a structural report I don't think, to the google-a-tron!

A friend of ours moved into their house and the previous owner, before she moved out, had cut a load of the cables that ran through the house making it a potential death trap. Luckily my friends cousin (who is an electrician) found out and made everything safe but the previous owner had done a right number on it.

She'd also left bags of rubbish all around the house including, what we suspect, were animal remains.

My friend looked into it but ultimately there was nothing she could do and just had to clear it all up herself. I'm not sure how much she looked into it but there you go.

According to the neighbours, the lady who lived there was a right nasty piece of work. Amongst other things, she'd made her young child stand in the garden in his underwear in the freezing cold as some sort of punishment.

HIPs were such a bloody good idea

Yes.

In California (a housing market I now have a lot of second-hand information about, courtesy of friends and colleagues) all surveys are done by the seller before the house is listed. When you show up to the open house, there's an information pack that will include a detailed survey (with the name of the surveying company attached -- you can, of course, verify it's genuine.)

You also don't have purchasing chains. You typically list your house for sale after already buying your new place. Finance for owning two places at once is covered by a short-term bridging loan. Also: all offers are binding -- and accompanied by a hefty deposit -- so gazumping/undering and sales falling through due to general shitness are far rarer. Finally: buyers have realtors, who do all the work of searching the local market for you, so you don't have to register your details with a dozen local estate agents. Buyer's realtor's fees are paid by the sellers. Finally: no stamp duty (but you might have to pay capital gains tax on your primary residence instead.)

On the other hand, prices are insane even by London standards.

Yeah, you don't get a whole heap of definite.

I was in London today for the RAF 100 flypast which was a great spectacle.
The atmosphere was superb, and there were rounds of applause for the BBMF, the Typhoons and the Red Arrows.
Sadly it was a bit dark for great photos.

Not that sadly. This is the first day London hasn't been a wasteland hellscape in weeks.

A fair point. It's been toasty enough in the Midlands without having to deal with millions of other people and the tube.

Charles 2nd seems to have been an absolute hoot of a man. After the goings in a Worcester he was on the run trying to get back abroad, and had to dress up in disguises, play roles, and spend the night in a tree. He loved it. Later, on being presented with Colonel Blood, an Irishman who was caught in the act of stealing the crown jewels (quite the caper, by accounts), he liked it all so much he gave him land worth £500 a year and pardon.

He gets the best 'Horrible Histories' song too.

I'd try to find a giphy from that song, but there is zero chance it would give me an appropriate one.

Nailed it.

mangled apricot hellbeast... what a great insult

"Overwhelmingly".

62% to 38% is pretty overwhelming no?

52% is overwhelming.

Overwhelming means "very great or very large".
I'm not sure 62% cuts it.

I think in the context of the referendum, that’s a very large majority.

It's weird being at home when MrsA is doing her job, as I really don't understand what it is she does other than a very general 'make books happen' level. It seems to be 'being on the phone a lot' and something to do with 'drop box'. I might go and have some bacon waffles and take some clothes to the charity shop.

Hey DavPaz! I'm less than a 20 minute drive from you from Sunday!

So you're moving on Sunday? Got enough manpower?

He's got horsepower. #ForeverRover

Into an AirBnB. For a week.

Potential to move 2 days before Kendall Calling!

Can't you ask Kendal to turn up a few days later?

I assume the family isn't in the AirBnB with you?

Nope!

Potential fast moving away. It was a false hope.

We're looking at how easy it will be to relocate to the lake district when we get back....

It's raining in south Manchester.

Message me about this tomorrow

**** me, I just saw a Titler post on another site.

It was soooooo looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong.

LOIDH

It's spelled Lloyd, actually.

https://twitter.com/SuperKMx/status/1017867943688982528

Cleared my tweets down after reading through my utterly mundane ramblings.

Let's just talk about games, eh? :D

— SuperKMx (@SuperKMx) July 13, 2018

Potential Stag member? :/

Day went well. Nothing I cannot do that 8 have not before. Area nice. I found a boat

Boat is fun with children. Beach nice in hot weather. Apart from the semi undressed scousers, natch.