Cropston near Leicester

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Jay_87 said:

I'd avoid the woodmans stroke aka "the woodies" in Rothley... clicky to say the least, never felt particularly welcome the times I went in and now I just wouldn't go back.

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Who are they then?

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Cheers it's slow going

If you hear an xkr-s it's hopefully me. That's slow going too

Edited as I clearly can't spell.

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So. Ummm. The seller got to 2 weeks before completion then asked for 30k more. We are in for a few hundred on searches etc but I've walked away. So we are looking again. Seeing a couple more on weds.

Annoyed yes. Angry ranting no. There's always another house. Takes deep breath.

System in England needs an overhaul IMHO

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Offer in on Friday. Full asking price. Vendor wanted to think about it over the weekend

Agent phoned today and have chain checked the two we have sold. So looked promising this morning. Not heard anything since. So fingers crossed.

As a rather amusing aside. I haven't even see the house, only the better half has. Oh the issues that could cause inthe future

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Station Road, Cropston. Hoping for a call today.

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Finally, done deal. Hopefully no issues with this one. I must arrange to see it at some point - it's a discreet listing, so not even seen a photo

Agents on this one seem a lot better than the last.

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Jay_87 said:

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Station Road, Cropston. Hoping for a call today.

See you in the Badgers Sett for a beer then soon

Yep. Apparently easily walkable. House now marked SSTC and memorandum of sales has just arrived. So I'm hoping I can now safely say it's ours. Exchange date set for 5th Sept and completion 10th October (aiming at least).

Still hope to see the bloody place sometime soon 😂

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mids said:

I wouldn't rule out looking a little bit East of there (Wreake Valley as mentioned earlier). Some nice property, quiet and about the same travel time to get to the A46 as Cropston/Swithland/Newtown Linford, etc.

This is a friend's house, not far from me, he's moving to a bigger place in the same village, it's an idyllic spot and such a nice house. He's a petrolhead, too. https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...

Prob 30 mins from there to leicester station, but also 30 mins drive with zero traffic on lovely roads to Mkt Harboro station which is on the same mainline to London (and also cross crountry line from Brum to Stansted). A really good spot for transport despite the rural location.

Carrington Arms nearby has vintage bike nights, cricket, good beer.

Personally I quite like it. No way I could sell that to the wife though. It's got two of her big no no's. Beams and a thatched roof. She has a thing about BOTH being a fire hazard. No talking to her sometimes. So I pick my battles wisely

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And here we are nearly a year on ☹️️ Station road house vendor pulled out day before exchange. But we have another on the same road which is a done deal. Expecting to complete end of Feb ish. Never again

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Much like my search for a car which I've just updated the house move has been a LONG time coming - we sold our house over 12 months ago but for one reason and another here we still are. However, fingers and toes crossed the move to Cropston looks like it finally on first week of July! Never, ever again!!

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We exchanged today - we actually exchanged - completion date 8th July - Jesus H Christ - TFFT....