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Title: What a stunning place to live
Post by: JC on 18 February 2012, 15:14
95% of the time anyway, I know flooding could be a small concern,

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-21496239.html

if only i was looking to rent now  :cry:
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: mcgee9t2 on 18 February 2012, 15:20
very nice :)

makes my area look like a sh*thole :D
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: The Mighty Elvi on 18 February 2012, 15:23
"......unsuitable for families"

Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Guy on 18 February 2012, 15:34
i know that house... does look very nice but PITA to get to and from in the car  :grin:
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: bobbarley on 18 February 2012, 15:34
Tis very nice, £995 a month is steep though!
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Kerrse on 18 February 2012, 15:43
Tis very nice, £995 a month is steep though!

Not in goring its not, that's actually very cheap
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Mitching on 18 February 2012, 15:57
i know that house... does look very nice but PITA to get to and from in the car  :grin:
Not if you have a mk3!
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Thom89 on 18 February 2012, 16:05
Does it have mk3 mooring :grin:

Thom
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: boneybradley on 18 February 2012, 16:12
I can just imagine someone having a few too many vodka's and going for a swim!
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: JC on 18 February 2012, 16:31
compared to the £1200 i am currently paying thats cheap  :lipsrsealed:

and yes It does have a Mk3 parking spot

as for families, we are down to one child, and she can swim

as for the road, we just went to view it guy, FARM TRACK is the word, the veccie is BROWN  :cry:
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: clipperjay on 18 February 2012, 17:12
Chuff+drink+river = accident waiting to happen!  :evil:
Go for it if its suitable and cheaper rent who cares you will save over 200 a month, makes sense to me?
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Guy on 18 February 2012, 17:19
compared to the £1200 i am currently paying thats cheap  :lipsrsealed:

and yes It does have a Mk3 parking spot

as for families, we are down to one child, and she can swim

as for the road, we just went to view it guy, FARM TRACK is the word, the veccie is BROWN  :cry:

yep... PITA to get to and from innit!  :grin:
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: JC on 18 February 2012, 17:40
yes, could be time for a landie  :laugh: or a quad bike  :shocked:
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Diamond Hell on 18 February 2012, 19:57
Land Rover?

Hush your mouth.

Nip over to Germany and get sorted instead:

http://bit.ly/wA4Ywb

Looks like a great place to live, especially at that price.

Although I can think of somewhere better....
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: archie837 on 18 February 2012, 20:41
Goring hey? What what! Nice bridges
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: RandomJord on 18 February 2012, 23:04
I would love that! ...... But toddler says no  :sad:

Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Jay on 18 February 2012, 23:46
Go for it, looks nice and it's cheaper  :smiley: Just get yourself a rubber dingy for when it DOES flood :grin:
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: R32UK on 19 February 2012, 12:40
Reminds me of the Big Breakfast house
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Len on 19 February 2012, 12:43
Canals dont flood! :rolleyes:
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: R32UK on 19 February 2012, 12:45
Canals dont flood! :rolleyes:

Really??  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: JC on 19 February 2012, 13:03
Canals dont flood! :rolleyes:

its on the RIVER thames  :huh:
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Ant1981 on 19 February 2012, 13:04
It looks nice that.
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: R32UK on 19 February 2012, 13:09
Canals dont flood! :rolleyes:

its on the RIVER thames  :huh:

 :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Ant1981 on 19 February 2012, 13:18
Still, if it did flood, not to worry, we'd all be in the same boat....
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: T_J_G on 19 February 2012, 18:40
That's cheap at that price! Anything detached here is £1000+ and our terrace is 3/4 of that.
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 19 February 2012, 22:37
Bit pricey no? :lipsrsealed:
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: RandomJord on 19 February 2012, 22:49
Reminds me of the Big Breakfast house

Best hOuse ever
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Guy on 20 February 2012, 09:19
Canals dont flood! :rolleyes:

I used to live near the Wey Navigation which regularly flooded during prolonged periods of rain.
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Len on 20 February 2012, 10:32
Canals dont flood! :rolleyes:

its on the RIVER thames  :huh:

Just saw lock gates!
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Len on 20 February 2012, 10:34
British Waterways have a duty to manage water levels in all CANALS so that they do not flood.
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Guy on 20 February 2012, 10:34
Canals dont flood! :rolleyes:

its on the RIVER thames  :huh:

Just saw lock gates!

Len.. is this some kind of wind up?  :huh:
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Len on 20 February 2012, 10:38
Wind up? why?

I opened the link and saw a house with a set of lock gates next to it!
So I assumed (wrongly in this case) that it was a canal.
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: R32UK on 20 February 2012, 16:21
British Waterways have a duty to manage water levels in all CANALS so that they do not flood.

Thats like saying the police have a duty to stop crime so there isnt any
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Len on 20 February 2012, 23:31
Yes but you can sue British Waterways!
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: R32UK on 21 February 2012, 09:37
Yes but you can sue British Waterways!

Feel free to.... does it make any difference to your original statement that canals dont flood?
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Jay on 21 February 2012, 13:33
The river Thames often floods - ask The Boat House in ye olde Wallingford  :grin: They usually have to close off their lower deck area once a year when the river swells and the park/pools at the river side have been flooded before  :grin:

Hope you get a good price on insurance if you go for it, chuff :lipsrsealed:
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: clipperjay on 21 February 2012, 13:35
We have a current drought in the SE  :grin:
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Guy on 21 February 2012, 14:16
Yes but you can sue British Waterways!

Feel free to.... does it make any difference to your original statement that canals dont flood?

I think there is a difference between 'don't' and 'managed in a way that they shouldn't' flood.
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: R32UK on 21 February 2012, 15:13
Yes but you can sue British Waterways!

Feel free to.... does it make any difference to your original statement that canals dont flood?

I think there is a difference between 'don't' and 'managed in a way that they shouldn't' flood.

I agree. Just Len and his statement of fact I was aiming to highlight... no one is going to sue anyone just becasue their local canal is flooded
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Guy on 21 February 2012, 15:16
Yes but you can sue British Waterways!

Feel free to.... does it make any difference to your original statement that canals dont flood?

I think there is a difference between 'don't' and 'managed in a way that they shouldn't' flood.

I agree. Just Len and his statement of fact I was aiming to highlight... no one is going to sue anyone just becasue their local canal is flooded

I was agreeing with you and perhaps pointing out the fact that the latter terminology might have been a better choice of words for Len.
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: dTEA on 22 February 2012, 08:23
Forget all this flooding business £1000 to rent!!! You can pay a mortgage off at less than that with current interest rates!!
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Len on 22 February 2012, 12:36
The basic design of a canal means that they cannot flood.

If however they are not managed properly that is a different story.
In normal use a canal will not flood because the flow through the locks will prevent that.
There is however a dead  or slack season for canals when traffic is restricted mainly because major maintenance work is carried out.
During that period, usually the winter, British Waterways have a duty to keep the water levels to as near as possible to normal.
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: R32UK on 22 February 2012, 12:38
The basic design of a canal means that they cannot flood....

which we know is not true... so a flawed design?? or flawed statement?  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Len on 22 February 2012, 12:46
Flawed how?

If you want to nit pick keep going mate I'll let you dig yourself into a big hole! :grin:
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: lemski on 22 February 2012, 13:03
The canal near me has a run off into the riversevern if it raises to high. So as far as am consirned it wont flood ne time soon.
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Guy on 22 February 2012, 13:04
grand union canal - jan 2008

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Flooded_Grand_Union_Canal_-_geograph.org.uk_-_676615.jpg)
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Kerrse on 22 February 2012, 13:29
Forget all this flooding business £1000 to rent!!! You can pay a mortgage off at less than that with current interest rates!!

Not in Goring you can't  :lipsrsealed:
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Jay on 22 February 2012, 13:36
Forget all this flooding business £1000 to rent!!! You can pay a mortgage off at less than that with current interest rates!!

Not in Goring you can't  :lipsrsealed:


Or anywhere else down this way  :grin:
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Mew on 22 February 2012, 13:56
Forget all this flooding business £1000 to rent!!! You can pay a mortgage off at less than that with current interest rates!!

Irrelevant if you don't have a deposit though...
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Kerrse on 22 February 2012, 14:11
Forget all this flooding business £1000 to rent!!! You can pay a mortgage off at less than that with current interest rates!!

Irrelevant if you don't have a deposit though...

Indeed you need a about 25-35k deposit for a fairly decent house round here. :shocked:
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: R32UK on 22 February 2012, 17:57
Flawed how?

If you want to nit pick keep going mate I'll let you dig yourself into a big hole! :grin:

 :rolleyes:

the bit where you say canals dont flood.... yet they clearly do.
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: dTEA on 22 February 2012, 21:42
Forget all this flooding business £1000 to rent!!! You can pay a mortgage off at less than that with current interest rates!!

Irrelevant if you don't have a deposit though...

Indeed you need a about 25-35k deposit for a fairly decent house round here. :shocked:
Well more fools you lot then :grin:
And my point still is why would you pay that a month for a roof over ya head that will never belong to you? Dead wasted money unless short term ie under 12 months
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: Kerrse on 22 February 2012, 21:51
Renting has it plus side I never have to pay to fix anything & I live in a house in a very nice area that would cost me about £300k to buy. I never bothered buying as I have moved around a lot been here nearly 2 years now quite long for me lol

I just never got around to buying rented for over 15 years now
Title: Re: What a stunning place to live
Post by: dTEA on 22 February 2012, 23:02
Most mortgages are paid off in 20 :laugh: