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Travel / Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Santa2: 9:48am On Apr 26 |
toms55: Like someone highlighted before me, you can pay the 4k as a lump sum or do it in installments; weekly/monthly which ever suits you. There are a range of accounts out there and I would say do your due diligence. I use moneybox and its been phenomenal for the last three years. Recently drew down our deposit/bonus and took just 3 days to get to the solicitors. It was easy to setup, assigned a free mortgage advisor when we needed advise and respond to enquiries promptly. 4 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Santa2: 8:40am On Apr 20 |
teeebest: What? No be to relocate go North East like this? 2 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Santa2: 12:41am On Apr 04 |
acosfd: If all goes according to plan, by the time we complete on the property between my spouse and I, we would have gotten 7k free bonus in total from both our LISA's. We just waiting for 6th April to put in our contribution for 2024 and get the bonus by next month. Luckily I found out about LISA on NL just before I turned 40. To who ever is listening time to open your LISA is yesterday if you within the age bracket. 3 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Santa2: 9:12pm On Apr 01 |
profemebee: Congratulations oooh.. So happy for you. How does it feel to be in your own place? I am also trying to drag out my completion date, Trying to see if I can drag so the kids can complete the third term in our current place, as the new house is in another town, would like them to complete the school year in our current place. Unfortunately I might have pay rent and mortgage.. Fingers crossed. |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Santa2: 10:56pm On Mar 31 |
Lexusgs430: This is not a bad car at all the price...The Honda jazz are renowned for reliability and very economical. If I were poster, I would narrow in. Thanks for doing the Lords work Lexus430 |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Santa2: 7:04am On Mar 28 |
Lexusgs430: @Lexusgs430 Bros..no vex say I wan ask question like 5 year old pikin, my people say person wey dey ask question no dey loss. . Assuming I have a £10,000 limit AMex credit card, And I spend 4k on the card, I just simply get a balance transfer card with 0% and move the 4k spent to it right? I dont spend on the amex again and close the amex card?? assuming the above is correct, on the balance transfer card, can I spend more than the 4k transferred. (would the balance transfer card come with its own limit?) |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Santa2: 8:57am On Mar 26 |
Chreze: The way I rationalize paying hefty immigration sums upon renewal is that, its my way of getting another passport while paying in instalments. lol. Back in 2015 -2017 a few friend were shelling out between $60,000 to $100,000 to get a second passport, I just dey look they ask "where una dey see this money"? So in order not to scatter my mental health I tell myself that na same thing I dey do but Home office just dey allow me do instalment payments. . What you wrote up there resonates with me. I have been looking at getting zero percent interest cards that one can pay over 2 years in readiness for the next renewal. One thing I have learnt from this thread is the importance of building a great credit profile and using using credit responsibly. 13 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Santa2: 11:48pm On Mar 16 |
wallg123: Already enrolled my kid for boxing for the past one year..upgraded to kick boxing recently.. No Time. 4 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Santa2: 8:33am On Mar 13 |
ukay2: Many thanks..Will do |
Travel / Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Santa2: 5:11pm On Mar 12 |
I have come again with my plenty questions...After one gets an mortgage offer from a lending institution, Several people have said you can always re apply in the event the interest rate goes down before completion, If you got the offer through a mortgagee advisor, do you reapply through the advisor or you just go direct to the lender? |
Travel / Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Santa2: 3:28pm On Mar 12 |
seyejohn94: Congratulations on your purchase. |
Travel / Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Santa2: 11:37am On Mar 11 |
Domistic: If the funds is yours, why dont you just transfer straight to your account, Explain it as your savings in Nigeria. Instead of sending to your brother first and then he sends to you as gift. You are allowed to have savings in Nigeria or any other country. So long as you defend it. 2 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Santa2: 9:06am On Mar 10 |
cbn4main: done only 6? you never reach 20 naa The ultimate goal is to get that one Yes..Do not be weary. you are in a better position as against someone who has been applying and not getting interviews. You had be surprised if people here opened up on how many interviews they did before they got an offer. I stopped counting at 40 plus. Keep pushing , you are almost there. 2 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Santa2: 3:27pm On Mar 08 |
Gerrard59: Having to sell of your porperty if immigration waka goes south isnt a bad thing in itself. Infact I could argue that its a great financial investment if the property has gained in value over time of ownership. Buy the time the sale goes through and you get back your equity gained, one would be better off as against money paid to landlord that just goes down the drain. 15 Likes 2 Shares |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Santa2: 12:47am On Mar 07 |
NewT123: May God rest her soul and continue to keep us all. This is actually a reminder to me to be more intentional with regards to looking after myself Healthwise |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Santa2: 12:31am On Mar 07 |
profemebee: Yes he left, he actually became an overstayer before he left while trying to secure another sponsorship. Luckily he had canadian PR from 2 years prior but he felt he was already established here so he wasnt going to move to canada, He always joked about how london was just 6 hours flight from Lagos as against Toronto. |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Santa2: 7:30pm On Mar 06 |
profemebee: @ the bolded..I know cases where people planned well and still got the burnt end of the stick. Its not really a one size fit all. Someone I know after being sponsored for 3 and half years, His organisation filed for bankruptcy and when under. That's how dude found himself without sponsorship and with just 90days to find another. Despite being a software developer he was unable to get a job to sponsor him within the time period. He got several offers but just not one that would sponsor. Bobo was well established here, bought his house, and all. Luckily he already had plan B else na back to Tibunu and sundry. He still feels burnt on how he had to leave the country. May life not happen to us despite all our plans. 10 Likes 1 Share |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Santa2: 2:51pm On Mar 06 |
Zahra29: This quite different from the US..In the US overstayers get married and obtain residency.. There is a reason why UK and the word conservatives go hand in hand. |
Travel / Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Santa2: 4:44am On Mar 06 |
Jamesclooney: I do not have first hand experience buying a show home but I know people who have and in each case they were happy with their purchase. I had to opportunity to buy a show home last year unfortunately my finances weren't in order, now I am the process of getting same type of house like the showhome but I can see that the showhome had a lot of extra in the build that I wish It was still available to me, I wouldn't mind paying more for all the extra's. In the case of the people I know that got show homes, some were able to negotiate very good discounts as the show home was the last to sell off in the development while others paid slightly more for the extra. I guess it depends on the developers and varying circumstances 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Santa2: 11:53am On Mar 01 |
LagosismyHome: Its a line from a classic song by the great Fela Kuti. Welcome back, we miss you great insights. |
Travel / Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Santa2: 1:31pm On Feb 29 |
Pearlyfaze: COngratulations! Alas all the wahala comes to fruition. Hope to be in your shoes soon. Does the bolded mean you got 5% deposit contribution from your developer? |
Travel / Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Santa2: 1:44am On Feb 29 |
Solumtoya: Thanks a lot. Appreciate |
Travel / Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Santa2: 11:56am On Feb 28 |
Pearlyfaze: @Pearlyfaze, how long did it take between when the mortgage advisor applied for your mortgage and when you got the offer? Using Barclays too so I just want to get an idea of the timeframe. Make the thing come quick so that I fit sleep well abeg.lol @Solumtoya I believe you used Barclays too, could you shed some light on this timeline? Daalu |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Santa2: 10:46am On Feb 26 |
ReesheesuKnack: Bought A Note 10+ almost three years ago from FB market place, Still enjoying it till date. Seller even brought it over very close to mine. If you shine you eyes well on FB, you will dig up good deals 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Santa2: 6:04pm On Feb 14 |
missjekyll: abeg which of the shops? put me on biko? what part of kent? |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Santa2: 5:57pm On Feb 10 |
hustla: Bros you be connoisseur for this naija street food level oo,. Heard cases of people developing running stomach after Lolak amala, was that your experience? Made me refrain from going there when I was in the area. |
Travel / Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Santa2: 8:06pm On Feb 08 |
profemebee: I understand you get like a month or two before repayments start to kick in, |
Travel / Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Santa2: 1:17pm On Feb 07 |
Solumtoya: Did you converse with you neighbours before firming up on your place? I have been thinking of chatting up with the neighbours in the development just to get a general sense of their experience, so one can draw experience from. but in this land of mind you business, I dont know if its a good Idea. 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Santa2: 4:48pm On Feb 06 |
Solumtoya: @Solumtoya Did you go with the solicitors recommended by the developers or you sourced yours yourself? If you got your solicitor yourself? What did you look out for in getting it. Need to get a conveyance but I dont want to go with the developer recommended. Currently going through comparison sites but I would have preferred one from someone with positive experience. |
Travel / Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Santa2: 3:57pm On Feb 06 |
ukay2: Sent you a DM |
Travel / Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Santa2: 3:54pm On Feb 06 |
Solumtoya: Great Insight. You actually highlight some advantage I had not considered. 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Santa2: 9:58pm On Feb 05 |
I am considering getting a Town house (3 floors) , as it has more space/rooms as against a 2 floors home (one storey), at same price point . But I understand that when it come to reselling it might be more difficult to sell off. This is going to be our first purchase, I know somewhere in the future we would move to our forever home, am hoping before the 10 year NHBC expires. So I definitely would need to sell at some point but I just wanted to find out if anyone has experience with selling off town houses or pro/cons of living in them. |
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