Brexit - real world implications
Discussion
I know another Brexit thread (like we need another one)
All the other threads seem to be discussing things at a very high level; what trade deals we can set up, who's going to end up in charge of this and that. I thought it might be interesting to hear some first hand experiences (good and bad) that have been as a direct result of our voting to leave the EU.
Here's mine to get things started
My brother is sadly going through a marriage break up at the moment. He and his estranged wife have sold the family home and are each moving to smaller properties. Their house was sold and they had each agreed to buy new houses. In my brothers case he has gone for a new build and spent quite a bit on upgrades etc.. All in all they've spent £8-10k on various things to get to this stage.
They get a call from the buyer today saying that due to the uncertainty in the housing market as a result of the referendum result they would be dropping their offer by £22k.
Chancers definitley, but there you go. They have a choice of losing the money spent and someone else buying the new homes, or taking a £22k hit, not easy when you are going through a divorce.
I would be interested to hear others hopefully more positive anecdotes. The only thing I would respectfully ask is that we keep it to first or second hand experiences. Not really interested that a bloke on the radio says hovercraft sales have gone through the roof.
All the other threads seem to be discussing things at a very high level; what trade deals we can set up, who's going to end up in charge of this and that. I thought it might be interesting to hear some first hand experiences (good and bad) that have been as a direct result of our voting to leave the EU.
Here's mine to get things started
My brother is sadly going through a marriage break up at the moment. He and his estranged wife have sold the family home and are each moving to smaller properties. Their house was sold and they had each agreed to buy new houses. In my brothers case he has gone for a new build and spent quite a bit on upgrades etc.. All in all they've spent £8-10k on various things to get to this stage.
They get a call from the buyer today saying that due to the uncertainty in the housing market as a result of the referendum result they would be dropping their offer by £22k.
Chancers definitley, but there you go. They have a choice of losing the money spent and someone else buying the new homes, or taking a £22k hit, not easy when you are going through a divorce.
I would be interested to hear others hopefully more positive anecdotes. The only thing I would respectfully ask is that we keep it to first or second hand experiences. Not really interested that a bloke on the radio says hovercraft sales have gone through the roof.
With respect to all. There are enough threads with people arguing the toss over the rights and wrongs of the situation. I really wanted to hear first or second hand accounts of the PH massive.
I don't think it's necessary to call BS or argue with people's anecdotes. My expectation was there would be enough good and bad to provide balance without the usual rhetoric from both sides.
It would be nice if we could all be respectful of what others have to say.
I don't think it's necessary to call BS or argue with people's anecdotes. My expectation was there would be enough good and bad to provide balance without the usual rhetoric from both sides.
It would be nice if we could all be respectful of what others have to say.
don4l said:
With respect, sod all has changed since the referendum.
We haven't left the EU.
We haven't even handed in our notice yet.
House prices have not collapsed.
What exactly are you so upset about? From what you have posted I guess you voted out. You should be happy.We haven't left the EU.
We haven't even handed in our notice yet.
House prices have not collapsed.
Brexit won. We are going to leave the EU. Celebrate. Please don't try to derail every thread on PH you disagree with.
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