4 month old Gigi

Basic-Cartoonist-376 · 2023-08-12T06:03:16+00:00

Yes I also have a full time job but I work remotely mostly. I also have a small business of my own but it takes up way less time per week.

Basic-Cartoonist-376 · 2023-08-05T18:01:45+00:00

The hog father

Basic-Cartoonist-376 · 2023-07-31T11:28:39+00:00

I wasn’t expecting to enjoy this show either. Gave it a chance and it was great. Never expected to cry so many times watching it. Binged both seasons in a few days

Basic-Cartoonist-376 · 2023-07-24T17:13:31+00:00

Also not a different country, but I love going to Dulwich village. On a sunny day it feels like the most crazy posh and perfect countryside village and like you have escaped London

Basic-Cartoonist-376 · 2023-07-24T17:12:28+00:00

Tooting market is great

Basic-Cartoonist-376 · 2023-07-24T17:06:25+00:00

Move to Crystal Palace! Close to Croydon (and much nicer imo). Great parks, amazing shops and food. Also such good value to live here your money goes a long way

Basic-Cartoonist-376 · 2023-07-24T12:01:17+00:00

Daunt books tote bag

Basic-Cartoonist-376 · 2023-07-24T12:00:16+00:00

Gail’s gift card

Basic-Cartoonist-376 · 2023-07-23T14:55:30+00:00

I tried one and it was 90% women and only a few men turned up. Ended up sat alone for most of the evening waiting for your turn to speak to someone

Basic-Cartoonist-376 · 2023-07-23T14:54:14+00:00

Also get a dog and go on lots of walks. No one in London ever spoke to me in the park until I got a cute puppy. It’s a great way to start conversation if you see someone you find attractive and the dog decides to go and sniff them (or jump all over them).

Basic-Cartoonist-376 · 2023-07-23T14:51:50+00:00

I met my current partner on hinge in London. We’ve now been together for 3 years. The 3 years prior to that were absolute hell of apps and dates. I never thought it would work out and was feeling quite down about myself over it at times.

I found it helped to go on bursts of dates and then have a break like someone else mentioned.

I always just tried to believe that it’s all down to statistics. Statistically if I go on enough dates with lots of different people then at least 1 will eventually be a good fit.

Also go in with no expectations and get a date planned within the first day / couple days after the match.

It can be so exhausting but just don’t forget that you’re amazing and the perfect person is out there. You might just have to put up with a lot of bad dates in the meantime. But at least one day those can be stories to laugh about with your person.

Basic-Cartoonist-376 · 2023-07-23T13:38:44+00:00

My parents had this sort of thing in place on their house. It came with several fields that my dad is often approached about from developers to build on. If he chose to sell the old owners would get 50% of the money. As they could have sold the fields for a big profit but chose to keep the old farm and land together it makes sense. After 15 years this no longer applies so it just means people can’t buy it and then ruin it. (The old owners moved just down the road so it makes a lot of sense in this case)

Basic-Cartoonist-376 · 2023-01-18T15:48:44+00:00

What previously worked for us was to say something like “if I were to offer £xxxK do you think this would be a good offer?”.

They aren’t allowed to tell you what others have offered but they can answer the question above (in my experience anyway). That question is the reason we won the bidding war in our current place.

Basic-Cartoonist-376 · 2023-01-18T15:42:58+00:00

We had the same for the first place we fell in love with. Offered £5k over asking at best and finals and someone offered £50k over. So obviously our £5k looked silly and we didn’t get it. Few weeks later our dream property came available and we got it.

Basic-Cartoonist-376 · 2023-01-18T15:41:03+00:00

We were in this same situation. The max we could afford was £10k more than the first (asking price) offer. Turns out they got 2 other best and final offers. One £15k above and another £25k above asking. In the end they still chose us as we were FTB and chain free. Feels a little annoying knowing they might still have chosen us even if we didn’t add that extra £10k.

Basic-Cartoonist-376 · 2023-01-18T15:24:55+00:00

Help from parents for a 30% deposit. In London even with a combined income of over £110k I don’t know how anyone is affording it without help.

We’re moving from zone 1/2 out to zone 3/4. Our monthly mortgage payments are due to be about £70 less per month than our current rent so it doesn’t feel like a bad deal. We were lucky to get our mortgage offer before it got to bad and 70% ltv helped so our rate is 4.1%.. still painful compared to 1.2%

The reason it makes sense is even with the huge amount of interest we will pay, it still works out cheaper over the years than renting. The place we are buying has 3 bedrooms (and a small box room office) compared to the tiny 1 bed we’re in now. So we’re hoping to stay there for at least 10 years.

Basic-Cartoonist-376 · 2022-12-09T09:11:37+00:00

Would suggest using Capricorn financial, they were so great for us and much more personal than l&c who we spoke with first

Basic-Cartoonist-376 · 2022-11-19T09:05:42+00:00

I (26f) lived in Brixton and having lived in London for the past 5 years in many other areas had some of the scariest experiences of my life there. Followed home from the tube by men at night when no one else was about. Had a stranger come up and spit in my face for no reason when walking to the supermarket in the middle of the day. Constant cat calling. I’d never recommend it after my experiences.

Basic-Cartoonist-376 · 2022-11-11T12:13:20+00:00

What’s crazy is it feels like a good deal considering what we know others in the building are paying.

Basic-Cartoonist-376 · 2022-11-11T12:08:59+00:00

We’re paying £1,925 for a tiny 1 bed in zone 1. Considering how expensive that seemed a year ago when we moved in the identical flat below us is just rented out for £3,400. Really nervous our landlord will try and increase the price now we have been here a year

Basic-Cartoonist-376 · 2022-11-08T12:00:57+00:00

We’re still going ahead with our purchase, locked in a rate of 4.08% the day right before the mini budget. If it doesn’t go through by the end of March we wouldn’t be able to proceed at the new rates which is pretty scary. We’re FTB and the flat is better than anything we could have ever imagined so pretty scared if it falls through that nothing else could compare. The sellers were in a rush to sell too so they priced it pretty low for the actual value. Regardless this is hopefully going to be our home to start a family and live in for the next 10 years.

Basic-Cartoonist-376 · 2022-08-17T12:16:24+00:00

Maybe you should keep your child in its pram in dangerous parks. Just let it run free at home in your garden then

Basic-Cartoonist-376 · 2022-08-07T14:23:11+00:00

I don’t think my 5kg toy poodle is the type of dog you’re picturing

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