Cropston near Leicester

[InitialDave]

stuartmmcfc said:

First Monday of the month!
I went to the last one and there was a huge turnout of some very interesting cars from all eras.

Ah, ok then, it's too long since I went, I couldn't remember.

[PhilLL]

Welcome to the area! If you see/hear a blue M2 on the Ridings it's probably me

[ziggy328]

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.

[Jay_87]

PhilLL said:

Welcome to the area! If you see/hear a blue M2 on the Ridings it's probably me

Think I've seen you/your car, I'm on the new charles church west cross lane development in Mountsorrel

ziggy328 said:

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.

Hopefully I'll see it as well!

[spikeyhead]

Anyone going to Classics at the Manor tomorrow?

I might take the Atom along if the sun is shining.

[stuartmmcfc]

We have plans to go but it depends on the mood of the Wife, so far, so good

[Chris Hinds]

Welcome to the area! We’re in Barrow upon Soar just the other side of the A6. It’s a lovely part of the world with some good driving roads... hope the move is straightforward!

[ziggy328]

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

[stuartmmcfc]

Do you want some of us to pop round with the obligatory PH frozen sausages?

[mids]

ziggy328 said:

So. Ummm. The seller got to 2 weeks before completion then asked for 30k more

Frustrating. I had the same thing happen when I was trying to buy a house in Cropston in 2013. It actually did me a favour though as I ended up in a smaller village that I prefer (and I always had my doubts about having to go through that roundabout in Anstey in rush hour).

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.

[SidJames]

Chris Hinds said:

Welcome to the area! We’re in Barrow upon Soar just the other side of the A6. It’s a lovely part of the world with some good driving roads... hope the move is straightforward!

Lived there for the first 20 years of my life.

[ziggy328]

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

[mids]

Brave man !

Whereabouts ?

[ziggy328]

Station Road, Cropston. Hoping for a call today.

[ziggy328]

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.

[Jay_87]

ziggy328 said:

Station Road, Cropston. Hoping for a call today.

See you in the Badgers Sett for a beer then soon

[ziggy328]

Jay_87 said:

ziggy328 said:

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 😂

[ziggy328]

The Crack Fox said:

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

[ziggy328]

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

[Jay_87]

Sounds like you've been dragged through it all trying to move. Hope this one comes together for you.