On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:23:34 +0100, djc wrote:

On 15/10/11 14:05, MM wrote:


One last thing: If ANYone is contemplating moving to an estate which
depends on a private sewage treatment plant, my advice is to STAY
AWAY! Just drive on, even if the house is fine in all other respects.
It's not worth the continual hassle which has plagued this estate
since 2004.

+1 I've managed a small block of leasehold flats for over 25 years. If I
succeed in moving before I'm carried out in a box, it won't be into
anything that depend on such co-operative management structure.

Yes, well, originally I bought the property as a stop gap because I'd
sold my house and this one seemed fine. I had only intended to be here
for a few years after which I'd downsize to a 2-bed bungalow. That was
the plan. I made extensive enquiries about the private sewage
treatment plant, including in this newsgroup, and didn't get any
serious warnings off, so I went ahead, thinking ah well, the plant is
subject to legal agreements between residents so what can go wrong?
That's before I (re-)discovered human nature!

And then the recession and world market crash happened and now the
house is worth less than I paid for it and hardly any houses are
selling anyway, not just on this estate, but in rural Lincolnshire
generally. Plus, bungalows, because they are sought after, are holding
their price whereas houses are not, so the differential is nothing
like as significant as it would have been if the housing market had
carried on like it had been doing for two decades.

So I'm pretty much resigned to staying put for at least another couple
of years. This is partly why I'm so ****ed off with the few residents
who keep ****ing INTO the tent, because if they'd only pay up when
asked, as per the legal agreements they signed, then life would be
sweet. The estate itself is excellent. Good quality builds and very
tranquil place to retire to. After seven years much greenery has been
established so that in spring and summer the estate looks really nice.

MM