Buying A New House Tomorrow

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 2:55 pm

I never thought that at age 76 I would be buying another home but we decided that we need a bit more space. The house that we will make an offer on is just one block away from where we now live. Prices have come down dramatically over the past two years which means we will be taking less for our present home as well as paying a lower price for the new one. It's all relative isn't it? Real estate values have plummeted all through out the U.S.

What's happening in the UK?

Mustang · Post by **Mustang** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 4:14 pm

Congratulations Lon!

Lots of homes up for sale to lift the burden of a morgage hanging over their heads because of job losses and being unemployed. Now's the time to buy, if one can afford to do so. Hope your offer is accepted!

M.A.S · Post by **M.A.S** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 6:40 pm

Congratulations Lon for the new HOME

It's like having new life we you change the place that you live in even when It's close from the old house..

Good luck :guitarist

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 2:29 am

Morning Lon!:)

Good luck with the new home. Are you excited about or bored by the whole thing?

Prices here did dip when the bank crash happened, but have recovered somewhat. I'd say in South West London they are about 10% below their peak.

Property here in South West London is still very, very expensive. There are parts of Britain where prices aren't so high. Sheffield, a few years ago, you could buy houses cheaply. Don't now what it's like now but it is likely that prices are still quite low because the region is poor and there are few jobs. Betty Boop and gmc may have very different experiences in this regard.

If we hadn't had considerable immigration from the Sub-continent and Africa in the last 50 years, one dreads to think what deserts some of our northern cities would be, with the disappearance of the heavy industry that created and supported them.

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 6:19 am

Clodhopper;1329584 wrote: Morning Lon!:)

Good luck with the new home. Are you excited about or bored by the whole thing?

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Actually I am quite excited about it. There are many features of this new house that I will enjoy and get good use of.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 8:57 am

Lon;1329542 wrote: I never thought that at age 76 I would be buying another home but we decided that we need a bit more space. The house that we will make an offer on is just one block away from where we now live. Prices have come down dramatically over the past two years which means we will be taking less for our present home as well as paying a lower price for the new one. It's all relative isn't it? Real estate values have plummeted all through out the U.S.

What's happening in the UK?
Does It come with En suite snakes?

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:00 pm

Oh, how exciting. I hope you will be happy in your new home.

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:11 pm

oscar;1329655 wrote: Does It come with En suite snakes?

En suite WHAT??

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:10 pm

congrats Lon!

buying a home is so exciting!

tell us everything about it!

fuzzywuzzy · Post by **fuzzywuzzy** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 4:33 pm

Cool for you Lon. House prices over here rose so dramatically that people stopped buying and now we'll being seeing a slump in the market .

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 7:55 pm

fuzzywuzzy;1329737 wrote: Cool for you Lon. House prices over here rose so dramatically that people stopped buying and now we'll being seeing a slump in the market .

Same here fuzzy and interest rates went up as well.

fuzzywuzzy · Post by **fuzzywuzzy** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 10:49 pm

Interests rates here have remained stagnant but everything else has gone up ...in some cases almost by half . Petrol and LPG has sky rocketed. You see they say we got out of the recession that the rest of the world is having ...But that's crap because we still have to trade etc with the rest of the world so by default we're drawn into it.

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 12:21 pm

Lon, i hope to buy my first home. yes my late husband and i own the home i live now. but this will be mine. and mine alone. a great adventure but stress for me too. The what if's are running wild in my head. Hope Lon. This will be just what you want.

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 7:32 pm

Good luck to you SY on buying your house and try to relax.

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 9:23 am

Here's the house.

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Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 7:42 am

Lon;1330023 wrote: Here's the house.

-Lon it's stunning!:guitarist

I love the walkway and arch!

That's just incredible, you must be so happy!:-6

I love the roof, is it made from shingles?

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Lon · Post by **Lon** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 7:51 am

Odie;1330249 wrote: -Lon it's stunning!:guitarist

I love the walkway and arch!

That's just incredible, you must be so happy!:-6

I love the roof, is it made from shingles?

The roof is made of tiles --- very popular in California

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 7:55 am

Lon;1330251 wrote: The roof is made of tiles --- very popular in California

They are quite popular as I've seen them on my reno shows.

beautiful!:-6

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:47 am

This is the house that we now live in and it will be listed for sale today. We love the house but would like a bit more space for the over night family and guests, plus,

I am even closer to the golf course and pickle ball courts. Like 2 blocks.

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