Buying a house (and renting)

PostRe: Buying a house by **Dual** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 1:46 pm

I knew thats why you were getting so care mad in that thread lmao

PostBuying a house by **mrspax** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:12 pm

Floex-mas wrote:About 10 minutes down the road

That's a pretty wide radius.

I bet you're a Dalston set [PENSIVE FACE]

Unless you are actually a Whitechapel dweller.. In which case, my sympathies.

PostRe: Buying a house by **Floex** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:19 pm

Guess again, bub.

PostRe: Buying a house by **Buffalo** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:31 pm

Poser when's the party mate?

PostRe: Buying a house by **Grumpy David** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:55 pm

Tower Hamlets, Whitechapel. :dread:

I'd rather live in Croydon.

PostRe: Buying a house by **JiggerJay** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:04 pm

Got my survey tomorrow, provided everything is good I may be signing papers Xmas Eve or beginning of January, no biggie either way. Everything else is done, the bank have said yes, the searches and inventory are all good.

PostRe: Buying a house by **Slayerx** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:17 pm

Any tips of sussing out if an area is dodgy?

I've seen a nice 2 bedroom cottage for about 54K I've asked a few people but no one knows the area.

Viewing hopefully this weekend to take a look.

Here

PostRe: Buying a house by **Albert** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:27 pm

Slayerx wrote:Any tips of sussing out if an area is dodgy?

I've seen a nice 2 bedroom cottage for about 54K I've asked a few people but no one knows the area.

Viewing hopefully this weekend to take a look.

Here

Can be difficult. Google the area to see if it's appeared in any local new sites.

I would also strongly recommend making multiple visits at different times. Especially on a Friday evening/weekend.

Are there any commons/ parks near by? Basically places where yoofs can congregate and make your life miserable.

PostRe: Buying a house by **Slayerx** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:41 pm

It has a school near, ill look up local news and as suggested visit at different times of day.

PostRe: Buying a house by **BID0** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 10:10 pm

You should be able to look up local crime figures online too

PostBuying a house by **mrspax** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 10:17 pm

Floex-mas wrote:Guess again, bub.

Hackney.

PostRe: Buying a house by **mrspax** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 10:19 pm

Grumpy David wrote:Tower Hamlets, Whitechapel.

I'd rather live in Croydon.

Oi.

Leave Tower Hamlets alone. Best flat I ever lived in was on the Isle of Dogs.

I am not and have never been a banker. They all live in Surrey.

PostRe: Buying a house by **Grumpy David** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 10:25 pm

Croydon is in Surrey.

Croydon is London IMO.

PostBuying a house by **mrspax** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 10:36 pm

Your opinion is fact. Who on earth thinks Croydon is in Surrey?!?

I was referring to the fact that a lot of people think that only those that work at Canary Wharf live on the Isle Of Dogs.

Tower Hamlets is a massive tranche of good and bad areas. It stretches from Hoxton to the Isle of Dogs and has some of the most run down and most wonderful parts of London.

No one lives in Croydon by choice.

PostRe: Buying a house by **Bunni** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 10:38 pm

[iup=3636827]Slayerx[/iup] wrote:Any tips of sussing out if an area is dodgy?

I've seen a nice 2 bedroom cottage for about 54K I've asked a few people but no one knows the area.

Viewing hopefully this weekend to take a look.

Here

Zoopla has area stats which is helpful. Tells you if you're dealing with single parent families on benefits reading the sun with a high crime rate or somewhere better off.

PostRe: Buying a house by **Grumpy David** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 11:32 pm

[iup=3636955]mrspax[/iup] wrote:Your opinion is fact. Who on earth thinks Croydon is in Surrey?!?

I was referring to the fact that a lot of people think that only those that work at Canary Wharf live on the Isle Of Dogs.

Tower Hamlets is a massive tranche of good and bad areas. It stretches from Hoxton to the Isle of Dogs and has some of the most run down and most wonderful parts of London.

No one lives in Croydon by choice.

Royal Mail does. Croydon postcodes are Surrey. There's also the argument that "it's not a London postcode".

I prefer the argument that it's the "London Borough of Croydon" and "if you can vote for Boris you're a Londoner".

Similar to people saying Kingston is Surrey not London.

PostRe: Buying a house by **Green Gecko** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 1:59 pm

It's mashed together isn't it?

A lot of people think anything West of London is Surrey.

PostBuying a house by **mrspax** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 7:35 pm

Green Gecko wrote:It's mashed together isn't it?

A lot of people think anything West of London is Surrey.

I live West of London. I don't live in London.

By that logic, Slough is in Surrey. I'm pretty sure that would not go down with people from Surrey.

Note Well. I do not live in Slough.

PostRe: Buying a house by **Floex** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:25 pm

[iup=3636926]mrspax[/iup] wrote:
Floex-mas wrote:Guess again, bub.

Hackney.

Bethnal Green/Hoxton. I say both because I'm literally in the middle.

PostBuying a house by **mrspax** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:12 pm

Now I know why you were holding out in telling us.. You cheeky hipster you!

Was I technically right in that you pay Hackney your council tax?

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