The Shoutbox
Originally Posted by The Rodent
If someone simply died of natural causes, they don't have to say anything.

But by law in the UK, if there was a murder or suicide in a property, the estate agent must tell you about it.
The law was changed in 2013 that all estate agents must disclose "Negative Property Qualities" which includes anything from murder and suicide, to something as small as a slightly squint paving slab or a creaky floorboard.
Everything and anything negative, must be documented and shown to any potential buyer/renter.
Just waiting for the fancy hotel that'll be built over the old courthouse in Belfast to be like...Poltergeist v2.0.
Originally Posted by Steve Freeling
Apparently, they're required to inform you of "material defects" and not much else.
HAVEN'T THEY SEEN THE AMITYVILLE HORROR?
If someone simply died of natural causes, they don't have to say anything.

But by law in the UK, if there was a murder or suicide in a property, the estate agent must tell you about it.
The law was changed in 2013 that all estate agents must disclose "Negative Property Qualities" which includes anything from murder and suicide, to something as small as a slightly squint paving slab or a creaky floorboard.
Everything and anything negative, must be documented and shown to any potential buyer/renter.
Apparently, they're required to inform you of "material defects" and not much else.
Wow. Did they at least Bury the body before putting the house on the market?

Is it true that real estate agents don't have to tell you if a house has a bit of a dark history unless you ask?
So, me and the fam are moving soon. Mom and I looked at a house... Mom told me to take a look at the backyard, so I did. Turns out it's the scene of a murder. A woman's shoe is on the ground, the plants are ripped to shreds and cut crime scene tape is shrouded across the back porch. So, I come back to the car and I says to Mom, "Hey, somethin' bad happened here. Real bad." She asks what happened, so I describe the state of the backyard and she's like, "Somebody got killed here and I don't want a house where that happened, so you might as well strike a big ol' X through that." So, yeah, that place is definitely out of the running.
Originally Posted by Sir Toose
It’s the M.I.B. They’re after your cookies.
Or maybe things during the superbowl got frozen. I saw on the news here it was minus 15C
How is there no 40 page thread of Cricket and Yoda fighting about it?
Dang, the Eagles won? I couldn't watch it as i had to get some sleep, was the first one i've missed since whatever was before the last time the Patriots lost to the Giants.

I don't dislike the Patriots like everyone else but glad they didn't win simply because it gets dull when the one team wins all the time.
It’s the M.I.B. They’re after your cookies.
I was on here much earlier and all was fine (using my laptop) and when I returned several hours later I was logged out. I didnt log out. I just assumed that happens sometimes when you are tinkering on your side, Yods? It's never happened before. Not an issue; just curious.