The sheer naivety and utter selfishness on this thread is astounding.
"What about me?" "What do I get?" Discrimination...? Are you taking the p***?
One of the pluses for the selfish brigade on here is that more tax will end up going to the government as many parents will make the decision of baby care to who earns the most, as already indicated on here. Hope that eases your pain you morons.
Two seperate arguments, personal choice as to which is more important.
Maybe take the argument up with them again in May 2015 following our Champions League Final stuffing of Barcelona.
Understand your concern re vacant property. Rental market does seem strong at the moment and by the sounds of it your property is desirable, assuming you market it at a reasonable price you should be ok.
I've rented a property out for 4 years now. I went with the managed option for the first year as I thought with property rentals being new to me I could do with the agencys assistance, frankly it was a waste of money. When the tenant had an issue they would contact the agency, who would then contact me if the issue or work required would result in the repair exceeding an agreed amount. With any costly work to be undertaken you should organise the quotes yourself as I would expect most agencies (not all) would have a list of preferred suppliers... if you know what I mean. During the first year the agency gave me a quote of £1350 for some work, I found a professional who did it for £650. I probably only save £40 a month by not having the property managed but that all goes into the kitty.
I've not gone with landlords insurance, I weighed it up and as with most insurance it wasn't worth it. I wouldn't put anyone off taking out insurance though. Probably the most secure payment you will find is when the rent is paid by housing benefit.
Have you looked at the mortgage deals for buy to let? Not a good market at present.
Should be a decent game, both sides with nothing to lose in this as priorities lie elsewhere.
Give Bart a game. Rest AOC, Adam and Barney. Stick with Ricky as he's finally found his scoring boots.
Hypo reminds me of the *****y judge on Strictly Come Dancing, the bloke on the left, you know the one.
Dune is irrelevant, slightly attention seeking, wiki quoting, tool.
Deppo gives me the horn. Fact.
Even if by some fluke I win, I wish to pass on the prize to keithd as he appears very keen to win and I think his tenacity for some relief deserves it.