The “ I’ve got something to say, but it doesn’t warrant its own thread “ thread.

[Izzy]

27 minutes ago, Grebfromgrebland said:

Price it's usually price. Every property has a price.

 

15 minutes ago, kenny said:

Yep, and high interest rates. It looks like they will be going up as well so I can't see the property market improving any time soon.

 

Im starting to see lots of people being made redundant in the housing sector. It could be a difficult year economically.

What's interesting is that we had more interest/viewings this time last year when our house was priced nearly 20% higher than it is now.

 

We were advised to be aggressive on price and reduce significantly (which we have) but still no joy.

 

There's dozens of properties in our village which have been on the market for over a year and all have been reduced.

 

Hardly anything is selling down here and the local market seems to have ground to a halt.

 

[Grebfromgrebland]

16 minutes ago, Izzy said:

 

What's interesting is that we had more interest/viewings this time last year when our house was priced nearly 20% higher than it is now.

 

We were advised to be aggressive on price and reduce significantly (which we have) but still no joy.

 

There's dozens of properties in our village which have been on the market for over a year and all have been reduced.

 

Hardly anything is selling down here and the local market seems to have ground to a halt.

 

Sorry to hear that what area are you in?

[Izzy]

1 minute ago, Grebfromgrebland said:

Sorry to hear that what area are you in?

Rural Bucks in a village between Buckingham and Aylesbury. 

Our current agent contract expires in three weeks so we’ll probably take it off the market then and wait until next spring/summer to try again.

 

[leicsmac]

7 minutes ago, Izzy said:

Rural Bucks in a village between Buckingham and Aylesbury. 

Our current agent contract expires in three weeks so we’ll probably take it off the market then and wait until next spring/summer to try again.

 

... wouldn't happen to be Winslow/Swanbourne area, would it?

[Izzy]

6 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

... wouldn't happen to be Winslow/Swanbourne area, would it?

Very close! Whitchurch.

[HighPeakFox]

4 minutes ago, Izzy said:

Very close! Whitchurch.

Street name?  

[leicsmac]

4 minutes ago, Izzy said:

Very close! Whitchurch.

Ah yes, I know of it.

 

Clearly there's not enough London types looking for second or third rural homes in the area, given they're likely the only ones who could realistically afford most of them...

[Daggers]

3 hours ago, Izzy said:

Ours has been on and off the market for the last 12 months with 3 different agents, we're desperate to move to a newer/bigger house.

 

Despite lowering the price and having numerous viewings, we've had no solid offers.

 

There's 56 properties for sale in our small village but nothings shifting for whatever reasons...

It'll be the shit taps.

 

I'd not buy a house with shit taps.

 

Might be the best £40 you've ever spent.

[ajthefox]

1 hour ago, HighPeakFox said:

Street name?  

Get on maps aerial view, Izzy's Jag must be that big shiny bright spot in the village..

[Bellend Sebastian]

Bit of a good news story with a cautionary element. 

 

A mate of mine discovered that he'd been charged over £900 for a taxi ride from Leicester station. He'd paid for this via Applepay, and as a result of not having a receipt his bank was unable/unwilling to help. All he's got to go on is a name against the payment, but no clue if it's a first name, surname, company name or whatever.

 

Unsure of what else he can do, he goes to the station (bearing in mind this is now a week since the fateful journey), and literally the first taxi driver he speaks to says that the driver in question is his best mate, he's been worried sick about it and has been trying to work out how to pay him back all week, but not being tech savvy hasn't managed to. He puts him and my mate in touch and basically within about 3 hours of realising there's a problem, he's had his money back.

 

Obviously that's a GREAT outcome but crikey I had no idea that you could have that kind of money taken from you in a contactless transaction, but apparently, you can

[Koke]

Been gone from England since 2016 (visited back sporadically but not more than a weekend or 4 days max). The poverty and absolute dire straits the country is in is shocking. Stagnating wages, out of control rent increases, litter everywhere, houses people live that aren't fit for purpose, the long waits for GP appointments and emergency hospital visits. A lot of these issues existed when I lived in England but it has been multiplied by 10 it seems. 

 

There isn't a short term solution for this. Multiple city councils (Birmingham, Nottingham etc) have gone bankrupt this year. New Labour government that I doubt can fix this large scale problems. Things are looking very bleak sadly.

[jgtuk]

14 minutes ago, Koke said:

Been gone from England since 2016 (visited back sporadically but not more than a weekend or 4 days max). The poverty and absolute dire straits the country is in is shocking. Stagnating wages, out of control rent increases, litter everywhere, houses people live that aren't fit for purpose, the long waits for GP appointments and emergency hospital visits. A lot of these issues existed when I lived in England but it has been multiplied by 10 it seems. 

 

There isn't a short term solution for this. Multiple city councils (Birmingham, Nottingham etc) have gone bankrupt this year. New Labour government that I doubt can fix this large scale problems. Things are looking very bleak sadly.

Sad but true. My family and friends that live abroad all say the same thing. It’s bad everywhere currently but the UK seems far worse in comparison. 

[Torquay Gunner]

1 hour ago, Koke said:

Been gone from England since 2016 (visited back sporadically but not more than a weekend or 4 days max). The poverty and absolute dire straits the country is in is shocking. Stagnating wages, out of control rent increases, litter everywhere, houses people live that aren't fit for purpose, the long waits for GP appointments and emergency hospital visits. A lot of these issues existed when I lived in England but it has been multiplied by 10 it seems. 

 

There isn't a short term solution for this. Multiple city councils (Birmingham, Nottingham etc) have gone bankrupt this year. New Labour government that I doubt can fix this large scale problems. Things are looking very bleak sadly.

Have not yet got round to visiting Denmark, what is it like to live there? 

[Koke]

12 minutes ago, Torquay Gunner said:

Have not yet got round to visiting Denmark, what is it like to live there? 

 

The cons are things are pretty expensive here and the income tax is high (38% + 8% labour market contribution). Sales tax is 25% and don't get me started on the taxes on our vehicles.  For all that, we have a very solid social safety net, higher education is free, very good efficient health service and housing is affordable. Less political turmoil than the UK.

 

The population is 5.5m people compared to the 70m in UK so that has to be remembered. 

[bovril]

3 hours ago, Koke said:

Been gone from England since 2016 (visited back sporadically but not more than a weekend or 4 days max). The poverty and absolute dire straits the country is in is shocking. Stagnating wages, out of control rent increases, litter everywhere, houses people live that aren't fit for purpose, the long waits for GP appointments and emergency hospital visits. A lot of these issues existed when I lived in England but it has been multiplied by 10 it seems. 

 

There isn't a short term solution for this. Multiple city councils (Birmingham, Nottingham etc) have gone bankrupt this year. New Labour government that I doubt can fix this large scale problems. Things are looking very bleak sadly.

The litter in big towns and cities is awful. Obviously the shit state of public services is more pressing but the rubbish on the streets is something we have to see and experience every day and it's demoralising. Got so bad the last few years. 

[HighPeakFox]

3 hours ago, Koke said:

 

The cons are things are pretty expensive here and the income tax is high (38% + 8% labour market contribution). Sales tax is 25% and don't get me started on the taxes on our vehicles.  For all that, we have a very solid social safety net, higher education is free, very good efficient health service and housing is affordable. Less political turmoil than the UK.

 

The population is 5.5m people compared to the 70m in UK so that has to be remembered. 

Sounds good to me. 

[Foxdiamond]

3 hours ago, bovril said:

The litter in big towns and cities is awful. Obviously the shit state of public services is more pressing but the rubbish on the streets is something we have to see and experience every day and it's demoralising. Got so bad the last few years. 

And the littering is so unnecessary. Some people would trash paradise in no time

[bovril]

14 minutes ago, Foxdiamond said:

And the littering is so unnecessary. Some people would trash paradise in no time

Yeah exactly. It's symbolic of a country in economic decline but it's not directly caused by it. It costs nothing to throw your rubbish in the bin not on the street. It's a cultural thing. 

[HighPeakFox]

18 minutes ago, Foxdiamond said:

And the littering is so unnecessary. Some people would trash paradise in no time

 

1 minute ago, bovril said:

Yeah exactly. It's symbolic of a country in economic decline but it's not directly caused by it. It costs nothing to throw your rubbish in the bin not on the street. It's a cultural thing. 

It's nothing new - for me, it's as mind boggling as the people who used to smash up glass bus shelters, I could never see the gain. I guess people externalise their own unhappiness in different ways.

[Koke]

Edit. Wrong thread 

Edited 3 November 2024 by Koke

[ozleicester]

14 hours ago, Koke said:

 

The cons are things are pretty expensive here and the income tax is high (38% + 8% labour market contribution). Sales tax is 25% and don't get me started on the taxes on our vehicles.  For all that, we have a very solid social safety net, higher education is free, very good efficient health service and housing is affordable. Less political turmoil than the UK.

 

The population is 5.5m people compared to the 70m in UK so that has to be remembered. 

Its almost like high taxes and a government plan to assist people rather than corporations makes for a better society.... go figure

[Vacamion]

 

I thought there was a recession on?

 

People been setting off fireworks all around my house without much downtime for a few hours.

 

My next door neighbour's dog, poor thing, has been barking its head off after every bang and crash for hours without pause, too.

 

The last 3 hours of my life can be summarised by:

 

BANG

WOOF

x a million

 

 

 

 

[Parafox]

2 minutes ago, Vacamion said:

 

I thought there was a recession on?

 

People been setting off fireworks all around my house without much downtime for a few hours.

 

My next door neighbour's dog, poor thing, has been barking its head off after every bang and crash for hours without pause, too.

 

The last 3 hours of my life can be summarised by:

 

BANG

WOOF

x a million

 

 

 

 

 

Just your house?

 

You must've offended someone.

[Daggers]

Apps are awful.

 

I went to pay in the shop recently and couldn't, there was no phone signal. I mumbled a lot.

 

Android has been shit, the iPhone comes today so I wiped the Samsung. Went to pay for fuel with a card - it wanted inserting and the PIN entered. How the flip do I do that? I've been paying with a phone since forever, I don't know my PIN. I don't know any of my PINs now - and if I needed them I looked them up on the respective app. But the phone has been wiped. All my cards wanted inserting.

 

Fortunately a real life person took pity on me paid for my petrol.

 

I'm tempted to go back to using cards and not bothering with Applepay.

[The Bear]

Amy time you use a new card you have to use the PIN the first time to enable contactless payments. 

 

Might be what happened when you added them all as new cards in ApplePay.