Re: Anyone here live in a flat ?
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chris lee
Hi Sludge I recently bought a flat in Bridgend, near the hospital.
Been a good experience in all honestly. Everyone warned me about services charges and leases, but having a management company has been great. They make sure the building and grounds are kept tidy and presentable. enforce rules such as no pets in building, and essentially make it a pleasant place to live.
They actually dropped my service charge from £120 a month to £55 a month this year as our 'reserve fund' had grown to 350k!! and our building is in good condition as is.
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Have you looked at Glanogwr House ? it is flats for over 55's (assuming your age sorry) right next to Newbridge. fields. fantastic building and location. you just join a waiting list and pay very affordable rent to live there. I am certain it is not means tested, meaning you could sell and invest your current equity
Fallen on your feet there mate
Re: Anyone here live in a flat ?
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Fallen on your feet there mate
I am in a position to buy
I believe that the scheme you refer to is to help people who are less fortunate than myself
But I love Newbridge Fields
Re: Anyone here live in a flat ?
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Robin Friday's Ghost
Most modern blocks have a management company. Decisions are made are made and residents have to comply. Much, much easier in the case of repairs, anti-social behaviour, etc. My son lives in a converted house and basically paid for some repairs to the roof himself as it was so hard to get the others to agree.
I deal with a fair few management companies doing my window cleaning / property maintenance, you usually find that the residents board have a big say in what the MC does, I have taken a few contracts from MC's by just getting to know the main people on the residents board, they save themselves a fair bit of money by just cutting out the MC's, I find someone to cut the grass and do the landscaping and I tend to do the rest, its win win for both parties
Re: Anyone here live in a flat ?
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blue matt
I deal with a fair few management companies doing my window cleaning / property maintenance, you usually find that the residents board have a big say in what the MC does, I have taken a few contracts from MC's by just getting to know the main people on the residents board, they save themselves a fair bit of money by just cutting out the MC's, I find someone to cut the grass and do the landscaping and I tend to do the rest, its win win for both parties
It definitely can work and, as you say, it can save you a lot of money. But if you have any awkward residents or if the properties are being rented out by the owners it can become a real headache. If you're in a big development there's a greater chance of that happening. Yes, residents effectively tell the management company what to do. They just offload the difficult stuff.
Re: Anyone here live in a flat ?
Going off the housing maintenance a mate of mine owns a landscaping company
He’s got contracts all over with local authorities and private companies
The Cardiff Bay retail park where Asda and Argos is pay him eighty thousand a year to trim all the hedges etc
Good work if you can get it especially as they don’t need trimming in the winter ❄️
Re: Anyone here live in a flat ?
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Robin Friday's Ghost
It definitely can work and, as you say, it can save you a lot of money. But if you have any awkward residents or if the properties are being rented out by the owners it can become a real headache. If you're in a big development there's a greater chance of that happening. Yes, residents effectively tell the management company what to do. They just offload the difficult stuff.
I spoke to one of the ex flat owners the other day and he said that the noise comes up from the ground floor
I can't be doing with that
Re: Anyone here live in a flat ?
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Sunnysideup
Going off the housing maintenance a mate of mine owns a landscaping company
He’s got contracts all over with local authorities and private companies
The Cardiff Bay retail park where Asda and Argos is pay him eighty thousand a year to trim all the hedges etc
Good work if you can get it especially as they don’t need trimming in the winter ❄️
That's very true
You don't need to trim your Bush all year round
Re: Anyone here live in a flat ?
Re: Anyone here live in a flat ?
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SLUDGE FACTORY
I am in a position to buy
I believe that the scheme you refer to is to help people who are less fortunate than myself
But I love Newbridge Fields
You could opt to use your fortunate position and be a little less capitalistic by renting and maybe then paying a proportion (or all) of the rent for those less fortunate 😜
Re: Anyone here live in a flat ?
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SLUDGE FACTORY
I am downsizing
I really don't have any interest in gardens or feeding the birds
I will have to turn down the volume on the sabbath for old Bert downstairs in number 4 but apart from that I can't see any big drawbacks ?
How will you cope without a basement or cellar where you can chain up your victims, sorry, I mean your girlfriends?
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Lets hope theres no schools near this new flat
Re: Anyone here live in a flat ?
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StraightOuttaCanton
You could opt to use your fortunate position and be a little less capitalistic by renting and maybe then paying a proportion (or all) of the rent for those less fortunate 😜
I am fortunate not rich
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William Treseder
How will you cope without a basement or cellar where you can chain up your victims, sorry, I mean your girlfriends?
Chop them into bits , stick em in the fridge freezer
Re: Anyone here live in a flat ?
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SLUDGE FACTORY
I am fortunate not rich
Just messing. Good Luck