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[Nutcase]

Something to do with the warranty I think.

I also had a double payment for my first mortgage installment. Was told by my financial advisor and also warned it would probably happen by my solicitor.

[Wossi]

Originally Posted by Knipples

Can I ask a stupid question because i've never bought a house, if you own it, why the chuff arent you allowed to paint it/have it painted in the colours you want?

Originally Posted by Dymetrie

So you own the freehold of the property then?

Regardless of whether it's leasehold/freehold I have to echo Knips and enquire why you aren't allowed to paint it...?

Heck, me and Mrs Dym are only renting our place but I'm pretty sure that if Mrs Dym wanted to change the colour of the walls then our landlord would be ok with her getting a paintbrush out (I don't do decorating )...

Originally Posted by Lomster

with new houses they tell you not to paint it for a few months so everything can settle, stupid really as they paint some of it.
Can't put shelves up for like 6months, unless its different there but here you get told that here.
My friend got given a brand new house and the ceiling fell down in the kitchen :/ she said there was no reason for it to fall either it just fell and scared the crap out of her lol thank god her and her daughter wasn't in there though.

As Lom says, because it's a brand new house they reccomend that you do not paint, wallpaper or any major work until it has settled in. As soon as we can, the walls will be re-painted a decent colour. Heck, there is even a guide in the info pack about heating the house so we don't wreck the walls. It's not too much of a problem anyway, with one thing or another painting is the last thing we are worrying about.

[Dymetrie]

Gotcha, that makes sense

[Wossi]

Just asked my old man, it's to do with damp, we'll have to be putting the heating on and opening the windows to dry it out, after 6 months we can do what we want.

Also, just found out, we are allowed to look in the house ext weekend to see how it is going only around 6-8 weeks left till we can move in

[Mark]

Makes good sense, and if it's not damp, it'll probably be dusty. If you don't have an air purifier yourself, it may be worth asking around if anyone you know has one.

[jmc41]

They have something similar in NA - or so I've been told. You can't do anything - not even carpet, the basement for 2 years in case it leaks or anything.

Hope you don't have to have the heating on too much, we're heading for a beautiful summer! Optimism