Snagging inspection completed

June 4, 2005

If you’ve been following along you’ll know that today was the day of the snagging inspection, carried out by New Build Inspections. They also sponsor this blog, and the inspection was free as a result of this. If I’d paid for it the cost would have been £480. So, would I feel happy if I’d [...]

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“Trust your feelings”1

June 3, 2005

I sent some paperwork off to A&L the other day. As I was putting it all in the envelope I asked myself “Do you think you should include your P60 forms too? No, they’ve not asked for them, and if they get lost in the post it’s just extra hassle to have them replaced.” Murphy [...]

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Survived the shopping unscathed…

May 31, 2005

… which was a relief. Saturday and Sunday (and a fair chunk of Monday) was spent sitting on more sofas than you can shake a stick at, as well as nosing around all manner of dining furniture. The whole process would have been considerably less stressful had Crest Nicholson been honest about access to the [...]

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3 days of shopping

May 28, 2005

It’s the bank holiday weekend, and that means all the major retailers are having special promotional sales. Which means shopping. 3 days of it to be precise, as we run around the south of England trying to sort out as many major furniture purchases as possible. At least it’s not going to 30C outside today… [...]

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Survey booked, and missing paperwork

May 27, 2005

Well, CN’s surveyor’s have finally got in touch (if you’re keeping track that’s taken them four days since they were last chased), and that’s now booked for next Thursday. That’s almost certainly going to delay exchange, which, until now, was provisionally pushed back to the fourth of June. That’s not the only thing contributing to [...]

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Survey

May 23, 2005

I’m still waiting for Crest Nicholson to carry out the survey on my place. Since the whole part-exchange on that is a pre-requisite of the purchase on the new place this needs to happen soonish.

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Questionnaires

May 23, 2005

CN’s solicitors have sent me a 162 (162!) question questionnaire about my place. Amusingly, at the top is the disclaimer that the buyer can’t rely on anything the seller (i.e., me) says, and that the buyer should have a survey done. And all the questions would be answered by the survey anyway. But still, it’s [...]

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eBay

May 23, 2005

I’ve had the time to be a bit busier with the digital camera, and there are a few more items up for sale.

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Mortgage + ISA

May 23, 2005

The mortgage is now arranged. I wobbled at the last minute. After spending ages being happy with the idea of a variable rate, I’ve decided that, in these slightly uncertain times, a fixed rate makes a bit more sense. Alliance and Leicester are doing a rather nice 2 year fixed rate offer at the moment [...]

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Snagging

May 23, 2005

I’ve been on the phone to the nice people at New Build Inspections, and have got my snagging survey booked. I’d like to think this is overkill — the house looks OK, and Crest Nicholson don’t appear to have a nasty reputation vis a vis typing their name in to Google and seeing what horror [...]

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