Ooh eck, what have i done?

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:31 pm

It looks like i might have just have bought a house...

Well, started the process anyway....
I've made an offer on somewhere, the owner's agreed to it and taken said property off of the market - my broker is now on the case with the mortgage.

Gah!! I'm scared!

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:33 pm

Ack!

Responsibility!

Runaway!

Pissin' Poonani · Post by **Pissin' Poonani** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:34 pm

Awesome-I'd love to own my own place.

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:45 pm

aye! i'm loving the prospect of having my own place - to be able to do what i want when i want, to not have to worry about flatmates, to just be able to say "this is my home"!

but then i think of the money and the prospect of a 25 year mortgage! ack!

i also have just realised that, whilst i own enough electronics to kit out a whole flat all by own - i don't have a sofa or a fridge or a cooker or washing machine! oops...

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:54 pm

TV, stereo, games console - what else does one need in a house?

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:00 pm

Awesome Legion!

I have 49 years left on my mortgage (48 in march!).
But I'm going to the bank tomorrow to borrow more money.

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:12 pm

Impactor returns 2.0 wrote:TV, stereo, games console - what else does one need in a house?

A fridge to keep beer and coke cold in!!

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:16 pm

How big is it (the house)?

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:41 pm

big enough for a Transformer room?

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:23 pm

it's not massive, it's a simple affair really... 2 bed, lounge, kitchen... on the 8th floor (of 11) and has a balcony with a great view across london... more than adequate for little old me!

and yeah, 2nd bedroom will be my 'office'/'stuff' room, so they'll be plenty of transformers in there!

The Last Autobot · Post by **The Last Autobot** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:26 pm

Very good Legion!!!!

Secure all the needed space for you and all your alt ids

Aaron Hong · Post by **Aaron Hong** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:54 am

The Last Autobot wrote:Very good Legion!!!!

Secure all the needed space for you and all your alt ids

Naah, leave 'em at the pub at the ground floor...

Congrats Leeg.

One of you better remember a coatrack for the housewarming party.

Eline · Post by **Eline** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:42 am

Sounds great! (and a bit scary)

When are you moving in?

And now the next step is getting married?

Post by **Best First** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:49 am

nice one.

whereabouts?

house prices are bloody stupid in London - at least they are in the bell end areas i want to live in...

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:44 am

Two bedrooms, one lounge and a kitchen?
Super awesome!

Having a "office/stuff" room sounds sweet

saysadie · Post by **saysadie** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:59 am

Nice.

I've recently been thinking in that direction myself... it's a long ways off but I'd like something with a yard at some point.

Good luck with that!

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:28 am

Best First wrote:nice one.

whereabouts?

house prices are bloody stupid in London - at least they are in the bell end areas i want to live in...

Aye, they are! I've ended up in the Hornchurch area... it's quite nice and it's on the District line , so transport into London 'proper' isn't a problem. (even if it is zone 6)

Not sure when i'll be moving, still need to find another 5k for my deposit on the mortgage, but fingers crossed can scavange it from somewhere...

Post by **Best First** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:19 am

that east or west?

Scraplet · Post by **Scraplet** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 12:09 pm

Legion wrote:i don't have a sofa

You have a floor. Floors are under-rated. You can't fall off 'em, unlike sofas.

Legion wrote:or a fridge ...

It'll be winter when you move in. Leave the milk and beer outside. It'll be fine.

Legion wrote:or a cooker ...

A man can live via microwave and takaways alone!

Legion wrote:or washing machine! oops...

Hmmm. Will you still be popping round to your folks now and again....just to visit, of course....

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:54 pm

Best First wrote:that east or west?

Out east. I like the East End, but really couldn't afford to buy anywhere there... or the places i could afford i'd be living in a demilitarized zone

Hornchurch is out past Barking, almost Romford (essex).

Scraplet wrote:
Legion wrote:i don't have a sofa
You have a floor. Floors are under-rated. You can't fall off 'em, unlike sofas.

Thankfully i have my own bed, that, at least is something!

Scraplet wrote:
Legion wrote:or a fridge ...
It'll be winter when you move in. Leave the milk and beer outside. It'll be fine.

In what will probably be the warmest winter on record? Just my luck!

Scraplet wrote:
Legion wrote:or a cooker ...
A man can live via microwave and takaways alone!

Takaways cost money... microwave meals it'll have to be!!

Scraplet wrote:
Legion wrote:or washing machine! oops...
Hmmm. Will you still be popping round to your folks now and again....just to visit, of course....

yeah, tell me about it!

Still, all this is moot if i don't raise the extra cash... hmmm... bank robbery maybe?

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:54 pm

Legion wrote:Still, all this is moot if i don't raise the extra cash... hmmm... bank robbery maybe?

Or the game...handsome fella like you...

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:08 pm

Metal Vendetta wrote:
Legion wrote:Still, all this is moot if i don't raise the extra cash... hmmm... bank robbery maybe?
Or the game...handsome fella like you...

knowing my luck i'd still somehow end up in debt!

Post by **Best First** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:19 pm

to a pimp named Gertrude.

Pissin' Poonani · Post by **Pissin' Poonani** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:10 pm

How **** would it be if you were a male prostitute, and everytime you 'relieved some stress' you ended up £50 in debt to your pimp?

Getaway · Post by **Getaway** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:43 pm

Good luck with this, I'm hoping to buy a house next summer, should have about 250,000 cash to spend, but house prices in York are still on the up, I'll either have to compromise on area or distance from the centre probably.

One of my ex's lives close to where your moving to Ilford I believe. Travel expences for her are murder, assuming your working close to the centre of London. I think MV has met her actually.

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:47 pm

Aye, Ilford won't be far!
Travel's gonna cost me about 150 a month i think... ouch!

I should hear in a week or so about definite confirmation, it's all still rather prilimary at the moment... (offer's been accepted, just waiting to hear about whether i can get the mortgage or not)

*cross fingers and just about everything else that i can cross*

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:00 pm

OK, so three months and a bunch full of stress later, here's an update!
I'll be signing the contract sometime this week and putting my deposit down, should be getting the move in date early next week! So hopefully i'll be moved in before the end of the month! yay! at last!!

Eline · Post by **Eline** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:03 pm

Yay!

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:51 pm

Guess what!!

I've only gone and become a bonefide property owner!

Yup, as of tuesday, i moved into my new flat... and it's mine all mine!!

Unfortunately have also been struck down with some kind of fluey bug thing, which isn't nice, and means i've hardly unpacked at all...

but the awesome view across london from my bedroom window in the morning has been helping to cheer me up!

and it's mine, all mine!

no stupid landlords, no mental flatmates... just a bit of a mortgage...

mwahahahahhahahahahahahhahahaha.... *cough*

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:03 pm

Ka!

and, indeed,

Ching!