Posts about House
Published on 2 March 2004 in House, banks, Halifax, house, house buying, mortgage
After giving a heart-stopping moment on the phone the other day where they applied the wrong credit score and told us we could only borrow £20,000 less than they originally told us, the Halifax screwed up again.
Published on 26 February 2004 in House, banks, Halifax, house, house buying, mortgage
I am looking forward to this weekend. For the first time in several weeks, I can rest and relax without feeling like I should be trapsing around estate agents, and wandering around street after street. On the other hand, I've now got a swamp full of paperwork and phonecalls to deal with.
Published on 24 February 2004 in House, house, house buying, London
The thing about being highly pesamistic is, when something actually goes your way, IT FEELS BLOOMIN' BRILLIANT!
Published on 23 February 2004 in House, house, house buying, London
At least if you're pessimistic, you won't be disappointed if you don't get what you seek.
Published on 22 February 2004 in House, house, house buying, London
It's been a slog but, well.... we think we've found the right place to buy.
Published on 18 February 2004 in House, estage agents, house, house buying
The games estate agents play on the phone.
Published on 17 February 2004 in House, house, house buying, London
Looking for somewhere to buy is hard work in London. You need a lot of cash for starters. And then you need to find somewhere you like. But at the minute, you're lucky if you can find anything at all.
Published on 25 January 2004 in House, Ealing, house, house buying, London, Merton, Tooting
Next to the computer is the 'no pile' - a pile of paper giving details of a pile of properties. Each has the estate agents description of the place, photograph and dimensions. Stapled to that are some scrawled notes listing my views and opinions of the place. But have we been looking in the wrong place for a place to buy? Or have we been looking in the right place and we're about to get distracted looking in the wrong one? And does this make any sense?
Published on 17 January 2004 in House, house, house buying, London
I've kind of resisted writing about buying a house, partially because it's depressing, and partially because the cost of housing is all anyone talks about in London. If talking about the weather is the national obsession, talking about property prices is the London one.