http://snipurl.com/14mze

false economy, try harder to buy one that has no 'issues'

poor, stupid, buggers.

.. wrote:
http://snipurl.com/14mze

false economy, try harder to buy one that has no 'issues'

poor, stupid, buggers.

Sounds like it wasn't false economy at all; they simply didn't get round
to sorting out the buildings insurance.

It seems they bought the house with known subsidence issues, and
problems with the insurance then; but went on to spend a stack more on
doing the place up before getting round to applying for a new policy
(which apparently they had done, but it hadn't been processed...
methinks possibly posted on the day of the storm??!)

Stupid buggers indeed.

Oh OK, poor stupid buggers.

David

On Sat, 09 Dec 2006 12:30:07 GMT, a particular chimpanzee named "."
randomly hit the keyboard and produced:

http://snipurl.com/14mze

false economy, try harder to buy one that has no 'issues'

poor, stupid, buggers.

Avaricious, conniving insurance companies more like. They cherry-pick
applicants, weeding out those whose houses had 'a history of
subsidence', even if the houses have no continuing movement or have
been underpinned.
--
Hugo Nebula
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just how far from the pack have you strayed?"

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. wrote:
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false economy, try harder to buy one that has no 'issues'

poor, stupid, buggers.

Sounds like they paid cash for the property since they'd only just
recently moved in - or don't building societies insist on insurance these
days?

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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

I had a burglary within a week of moving to a new house. I had
buildings insurance from the moment of ownership - but had only
arranged contents insurance over the phone - I hadn't actually posted
the cheque.

The insurance company (Standard Life) honoured the verbal contract made
over the phone and paid out without quibbling (and I was perfectly
clear with them that the cheque hadn't been posted at the time of the
burglary).

Sounds like they paid cash for the property since they'd only just
recently moved in - or don't building societies insist on insurance these
days?

Yes, building soc's do. But the checks aren't very thorough.

Even if they had issues with subsidence, they could have insured with
an exclusion relating to subsidence.

wrote:
I had a burglary within a week of moving to a new house. I had
buildings insurance from the moment of ownership - but had only
arranged contents insurance over the phone - I hadn't actually posted
the cheque.

at the moment of acceptance you're 'on risk' (subject to t's n c's)

The insurance company (Standard Life) honoured the verbal contract made
over the phone and paid out without quibbling (and I was perfectly
clear with them that the cheque hadn't been posted at the time of the
burglary).

quite right although I'm shocked that the ins co. didn't try to worm
out of it's responsibilities by pointing out that moving a lot of boxes
into a property is advertising items for theft hence aiding and abetting
the thief. claim denied.

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from "." contains these words:

false economy, try harder to buy one that has no 'issues'

£500k gets you a nice country house with a couple of dozen acres in
Shropshire.

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Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

Guy King wrote:
The message
from "." contains these words:

false economy, try harder to buy one that has no 'issues'

£500k gets you a nice country house with a couple of dozen acres in
Shropshire.

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

Likewise on Anglesey, few years back and it would have got you a 10-11
bed mansion with 70 - 80 acres !! they have hit 1.5 - 2 Million now,