Matt_Zoot Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 Right, I'm just about to move out with the Mrs. and we'd settled on this house... its a nice 1930's style 2bed mid-terrace cottage, easy to get to work from, affordable and nicely renovated.The dilemma is this...Our friends mum is a property developer and she has a house which she is in the process of cleaning up which is slightly closer to work, has 1 extra bedroom, has a bigger front room, but is a state at the moment. She has said she'll put in a new bathroom but only a cheap one and charge us £100 less than the other place each month. Only thing is we'll have to do all the painting of the walls n ceilings as they're filthy.I dunno what to do! matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OD404 Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 £100 less a month is a lot. Do you think that you could do the house up to a similar standard as your current one?If it's just a bit of paint and a couple of fixtures the money you save could cover that, but it boils down to whether you want to work on the place or just live in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam F Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 to be honest.. i'd go with the £100 less 1. Its a nice deal 3-4 tins of paint what? 30 quid most? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 Blatently the £100 less a month one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 I would, but it depends on whether it will be be much worse than the current one when it's done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 go for what suits you best, don't live in a hovel if you can afford not to, but if you can feasibly achieve a decent home in the second one, then my vote says go for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish-Finger-er Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 if the second ones gunna look nicer done, go for it, you realise how cheap a lot of painters work for cash in hand, my boss had a bloke do his daughters house, and he was aparently sh*t hot, only worked saturdays and sundays(presumably he has a contract job painting for the council/big property developer in the week), and he was like £45 a day + materials(which you could supply yourself if you wanted) so within 2 months, somebody could of done the decorating for you. and it would of cost you the same as the first house to live in for 2 months, and after that be significantly cheaper.only issue is, she may be a mates mum etc, but bear in mind shes a property developer, so does everything for money, and is possibly quite ruthless,she MAY (she may also be nice and be happy with the rent as income)stick you on a 3 monthly/6 monthly tennancy contract, keep you in till youve got the place real tidy, youve decorated it nicely, then 9 months to a year down the line, shell sell the property, of made a bunch of profit, had the house decorated for free, and got a 12 months rent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 Go for the cheaper one - you can do it up as you want it then too!I'd love to move into somewhere that needed doing up, you can make it more homely then... Your own colour scheme and that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 It's a no-brainer. £100/month is all your bills paid for (water/gas/electricity/internet/food probably). Just spend a day with some tins of paint, I'm sure there will be some people who can help. Unless you're minted and can afford to throw away £100 a month, which I doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Sheehan! Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 Are there any other things you have to take into account, like what the area the houses are in are like? and how liable they are to flooding etc? if its all gravy i would go with the cheaper one, the decorating will pay for itself after the first month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike W Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 Yeah, id say go with the cheaper one, and give it a bit of a tidy up, like someone else said, you doing it would give it a more homely feel and 100 pounds a month cheaper is fair bit, and another bedroom is allways good, even if you just used it for storage !Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Zoot Posted October 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 Nice one guys, cheers for your help!We have gone for the cheaper one and are gonna do the work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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