Liquidshokk

Not sure about bargains but I can honestly say I've been very impressed with the samsung syncmaster monitors. I had to wait 7 months for my first one because it was such a good monitor and great price...

Was in aura in Southampton last night for first time, quickly realised it is full of 17 year olds (if that) and it was no surprise that before long one of them was squaring up to me and my mate. At 27 years old all I could do was laugh, shake my head and walk away but had I been their age then it would have been one of the many such fights in southampton last night...

Ah ok, knew I'd seen it somewhere.

Um, hasn't de prado got guly on his shirt??

I have associated an almost trademark "he shoved me in the back" move with him :-D

I didnt mean today as didnt see it. I just mean generally....

I think Barney is guilty of going down easily in the box but until refferees open their eyes more that sort of thing will continue...

Adkins is a very educated guy.. I reckon it was all planned play sh!t in first half then smash em in the second half :-P

It feels much nice in the top half of the table

Thats the last time I doubt the saints when losing at half time! What a second half.... Welcome back 3-1....

will he come on too late...

I always fail to get excited when I hear puncheon has the ball in front of goal....

Here goes Merrington.... "what they dont want to do is concede another...." shortly followed by conceiding a corner....

Chamberlain will come on and rip it up :-)

can we come back to win in two games in a row? Doing it last week was a rarity.

I know but theres plenty of people questioning whether he's any good. not in the side and our defence is shakey.... figures.

sh!t.... butterfield anyone?

hmmm shakey start...

Forgot to make a prediction last week so dropped for 14th to 40th!! Not happy.

I always make an effort to hold doors open for anyone.. Further to this is it still necessary/expected to let a woman go through a door before you if you meet at the same time? A woman said "after you" the other day when going through a door in a corridor and I went through but felt I should have insisted she goes first afterwards....

It always bugs me when people say "where was that to?" Maybe you clever, well educated, proper talking people could clear up for me whether the use of "to" at the end is good use of English? Not necessary and sounds wrong to me... "where was that?" is suffice.

yep LOL http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/9139736.stm What benefit would we get out of being respectful to other teams, morals aside???? What will we ever need from them?!?!

Not a problem, if I can help any more let me know. Its worth mentioning that extending the lease "should" massively increase the value of the property so you should be alright depending on what the ceiling price is for such a property as yours. Believe me I have muttered the words "I am NEVER buying a flat again" many many a time. The freeholder is only getting 25 quid a year because that formed part of the deal the last time some poor sod had to pay him 10k to extend the lease... which wouldnt have been all that many years ago really... although leases are for 90+ years the freeholder gets a big payout as soon as it drops below 80 normally, as most people dont let it drop lower because of the marriage value cr@p. So they certainly do well out of it. Especially in cases like mine where there are around 20 flats in the building! Nice little earner.

No worries, The most informative site was http://www.lease-advice.org/ but I'm guessing you've seen that. Most of the examples I read were on the MoneySavingExpert website. These are the links to the online calculators we used and the varying prices we were given; http://www.lease-advice.org/calc/Default.aspx Total premium = £14,000 ----------------------------------------- http://www.tenancy-agreements.co.uk/lease.php Total premium = £11,473 ----------------------------------------- http://www.canonburymanagement.co.uk/Web/Lease-Extension-Calculator-LeaseResults.aspx?ID=1016180 Total premium = £13,968 Just be careful of all the extra costs. If you want the place surveyed (required if you want to make a counter offer) that will cost approx 300 + VAT just for the survey + extra (unknown) cost to actually negotiate the counter off for you. Theres also the solicitor fees of at least 750 x2 (Yours and their fees)

I'm going through the process of extending our lease by 90 years. We were given two offers; 8000 + 750 costs and 250 pa ground rent (currently 25) or 9500 + 750 costs and no ground rent. After looking at the various calculators available online the average cost came out at 12k so we consider the 9500 offer acceptable. The property does only have 59 years left on it afterall. I think it is criminal what your freeholder is proposing!! Get online and check the calculators. If you go to the tribunal it could actually come out as a lot more than 25k as you will have heavy court costs and if the freeholder wins he may well increase it even more (spite?) Plenty of stories online where people have gone through the shoddy process with varying outcomes. Good luck! Hope you got the place dirt cheap and the ridiculous costs of doing this don't make it turn out a bad deal as in many cases.... (just seen your last post and seems you got a good price, Phew!)