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Project 1- Buy Property, Become A Landlord

This archive of blog posts is where it all started. It’s the root of what you see before you. This was my very first category, where I started documenting my amateur steps into propertyhood.

I discuss every step I took from buying a property all the way to becoming a landlord. Along the way I had to deal with idiot mortgage brokers, incompetent estate agents, lying letting agents and a stupid bitch of a tenant whom I had to eventually evict. Ahh they were the good times.

Mission Complete: Property Purchased, Landlording In Progress

17 Mar 2007 / Project 1- Buy Property, Become A Landlord / 0 Comments

Wooooah! Crack open the high-street branded sparkling wine (I can’t afford anything else right now!). It took 122 days (4 months and 2 days), but I eventually came through the [...]

Finding Tenants Using A Letting Agent

15 Mar 2007 / Project 1- Buy Property, Become A Landlord / 0 Comments

I previously wrote a blog post about Finding The Best Local Letting Agent, where I discussed how I planned on filtering down a list of local letting agents, and then [...]

Pictures Of My House

15 Mar 2007 / Project 1- Buy Property, Become A Landlord / 0 Comments

I know these pictures are long overdue, but I’ve been ridiculously busy. I’m going to spare you from my tears, but what I will say is that there seriously needs [...]

Completed- I Now Officially Own A House

02 Mar 2007 / Project 1- Buy Property, Become A Landlord / 1 Comment

The technical term is “Completion”, and it’s defined as follows: Once all matters between exchange and completion have been dealt with, the money for the property is transferred from buyer [...]

How Long Does It Take To Buy A House?

21 Feb 2007 / Project 1- Buy Property, Become A Landlord / 0 Comments

I’ve been told that the average time it takes to buy a house in the UK is 6-10 weeks. That’s 42 – 70 days. However, there is no guaranteed time [...]

Extra Unforeseen Costs Of Buying A House

18 Feb 2007 / Project 1- Buy Property, Become A Landlord / 0 Comments

During the planning stage of buying a property, I set aside a small contingency budget to cover any unforeseen and miscalculated circumstances. Something was ALWAYS bound to pop up. So [...]

Finding The Best Local Letting Agent

15 Feb 2007 / Project 1- Buy Property, Become A Landlord / 0 Comments

I’m anticipating the completion of my first ever buy-to-let property in the next few days, so I need to be thinking about Finding Tenants at this point. After completion, I’ve [...]

I’m Ready To Exchange Contracts

13 Feb 2007 / Project 1- Buy Property, Become A Landlord / 0 Comments

So, after the whole drama of frightfully watching my Property Chain Break because The Drainage And Water Search Taking Ages to complete, I finally received the news I was waiting [...]

Property Chain Is About To Break

06 Feb 2007 / Project 1- Buy Property, Become A Landlord / 0 Comments

As I’m slowly progressing through my first ever property purchase, I’m starting to understand why moving home is ranked highly as one of the most stressful moments in someone’s life. [...]

The Drainage And Water Search Is Taking Ages

03 Feb 2007 / Project 1- Buy Property, Become A Landlord / 0 Comments

Oh, dear Lord, more drama! Just when you put one fire out, another chump sparks up a ciggy in a no-naked flame zone. I’ve officially been waiting three weeks for [...]

My Mortgage Application Finally Got Approved

09 Jan 2007 / Project 1- Buy Property, Become A Landlord / 0 Comments

The last time I checked in I was in the process of ripping my hair out because my mortgage broker and mortgage lender had decided to act like a pair [...]

My Mortgage Broker And Mortgage Lender Are Idiots

08 Jan 2007 / Project 1- Buy Property, Become A Landlord / 4 Comments

I’m not sure who’s to blame, but there is a definite breakdown in what I had hoped to be a smooth property purchase. I haven’t heard anything from my Mortgage [...]

My Mortgage Application Got Refused

19 Dec 2006 / Project 1- Buy Property, Become A Landlord / 0 Comments

Well, fuck me sideways. We have a problem. A rather large one. I got a phone call from my Mortgage Broker earlier today and it appears that things aren’t going [...]

Applying For A Mortgage Policy

12 Dec 2006 / Project 1- Buy Property, Become A Landlord / 0 Comments

Earlier today I went through my mortgage options with my mortgage broker, Lee. That was certainly fun. There’s nothing more satisfying than arranging a life time’s worth of debt. It’s [...]

Organising Landlord Building Insurance

12 Dec 2006 / Project 1- Buy Property, Become A Landlord / 0 Comments

I haven’t blogged in a few days, but that’s purely because there hasn’t been much to report. I’m at the point where I found the house I wanted to buy, [...]

Organising The Dreaded Mortgage

06 Dec 2006 / Project 1- Buy Property, Become A Landlord / 1 Comment

I got a call earlier today from my Estate Agent’s in-house mortgage broker. He invited me to go into the office to see if I would be interested in taking [...]

Finding A Conveyance Solicitor

05 Dec 2006 / Project 1- Buy Property, Become A Landlord / 0 Comments

Today I wasn’t as productive as I planned to be. It’s weird (or perhaps it is normal. I’m confused), sometimes I just completely lose interest in this entire project. On [...]

Vendor Compromised With A Sale Price

30 Nov 2006 / Project 1- Buy Property, Become A Landlord / 1 Comment

Ok, folks, it seems as though my bluffing tactics have paid off. There’s been some positive activity occurring during the past few days and it’s starting to feel like my [...]

Buying Property- Making A Cheeky Offer

28 Nov 2006 / Project 1- Buy Property, Become A Landlord / 0 Comments

It’s been a few days since I viewed the property I had taken a liking to, and there’s been very little activity in between. Somehow I’ve managed to stick to [...]

Property Buying Strategy- Playing Hard To Get

25 Nov 2006 / Project 1- Buy Property, Become A Landlord / 0 Comments

Ok, so in my previous blog entry I mentioned that I have found a property I wanted to buy. It ticked all the boxes; a two bedroom, end-of-terrace house that [...]

Bingo! I Found The Property I Want To Buy

22 Nov 2006 / Project 1- Buy Property, Become A Landlord / 0 Comments

Right, so last week I went on My Very First House Viewing with my Estate Agent Stuart. We looked at four different properties, all of which were quite similar to [...]

Viewing A House For The First Time

14 Nov 2006 / Project 1- Buy Property, Become A Landlord / 1 Comment

It was only yesterday when I popped into my local Estate Agents to schedule some viewings, and already, I’ve viewed four different properties. I know Estate Agents are notoriously quick [...]

My Property Investment Adventure Begins

13 Nov 2006 / Project 1- Buy Property, Become A Landlord / 0 Comments

Today is where all my property adventures begin. How scary?!?! Hopefully today is going to be a memorable moment in my life; a moment which I’ll look back on for [...]