Booked Tenerife today . Only 283 days till take off.

Edited May 22, 20206 yr by Casino

6 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Aye.

I heard something on the radio a couple of days ago. Sure it said property prices had increased in tha latest figures. 

I’m sure the stamp duty being stopped has helped.

3 hours ago, L/H White said:

Cases up in turkey. Popular holiday destination for brits currently. 

 

 

Lower numbers than the UK with a higher population but it’s inevitable to be next on the quarantine list

3 hours ago, royal white said:

Do you recommend Any up and coming places in Spain that would be good for an investment? House prices in wogden have gone a bit mad of late so thinking about selling and buying one abroad. 

I’d be looking 10-15 miles inland on the Costa Blanca, start looking south of Alicante down to Almeria, unless your wadded and try north of Benidorm or south Costa del sol. If possible I’d keep your UK property take out a 35-40 year Spanish mortgage, you’ll need a lump of deposit but it’ll be low repayments. 

Edited August 15, 20205 yr by Mounts Kipper

3 hours ago, royal white said:

It’s bonkers mate. Houses are literally on the market for a few weeks And selling for well over asking price in many cases 

48 hours one sold for according to that article today 

1 minute ago, L/H White said:

48 hours one sold for according to that article today 

A mate of mine is an estate agent and he's like a machine.
He regularly sells houses the day they go on the market.

If you're looking to sell or buy, speak to Chris Baron at Bolton Properties

He sold my mum's house recently for 120% of asking price within 2 days.

4 minutes ago, L/H White said:

48 hours one sold for according to that article today 

There’s been a few like that. Where I used to live near the college they’re very rarely on the market for more than 2 weeks

Housing market is set for a good second half of the year...

1) Pent up spend from HY1 

2) folk sat at home in lockdown deciding they need bigger digs 

3) folk getting out of town as they don’t need to be in the city 5 days a week in future 

4) Rishi and his stamp give away 

5) less houses on the market than usual as more folk sit tight 

Next year should be a bloodbath though, once the furlough ends and the redundancies kick in fully, be plenty of stock flooding the market to outstrip supply 

11 hours ago, freds dad said:

I’m sure the stamp duty being stopped has helped.

Of course it will, but I think figures probably pre date that change (or at least in part).

Flight home from Porto cancelled on the 8th September, rebooked in and out of Faro, same dates, no price change

16 hours ago, Mounts Kipper said:

I’d be looking 10-15 miles inland on the Costa Blanca, start looking south of Alicante down to Almeria, unless your wadded and try north of Benidorm or south Costa del sol. If possible I’d keep your UK property take out a 35-40 year Spanish mortgage, you’ll need a lump of deposit but it’ll be low repayments. 

Cheers mate 👍

19 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Lower numbers than the UK with a higher population but it’s inevitable to be next on the quarantine list

I've got an engineer in my team over there. Told everyone else hes gone Torquay so I can have him wFH if quarantined as company gone draconian saying have to take leave.

 

I'm supposed to be Corfu on Friday but Greece just passed the 20 threshold. Less than 7000 cases in total makes it a joke but Boris knows best (allegedly)

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-greece-has-shut-down-bar-owners-at-tourist-hotspot-hit-with-curfew-after-covid-19-spike-12050526

Im off to Crete end of September hope it's been lifted by then. Was in Corfu once and it was voting day so all the bars had to shut, anyhow we just went in bars via the back doors, I'm sure the Greeks will still be open just not officially

1 hour ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-greece-has-shut-down-bar-owners-at-tourist-hotspot-hit-with-curfew-after-covid-19-spike-12050526

It’s only after midnight though. Where we were in Corfu last week, the two restaurants in the resort were shut by then anyway. 

Any safe bets left now Greece and Turkey are on the watch list? 

2 minutes ago, birch-chorley said:

Any safe bets left now Greece and Turkey are on the watch list? 

Poland 

1 minute ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Poland 

Fuck that 

needs to be hot, pool and lounger job 

1 minute ago, birch-chorley said:

Fuck that 

needs to be hot, pool and lounger job 

Think Croatia is ok

never been but many say how nice it is and it’s hot 

14 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Think Croatia is ok

never been but many say how nice it is and it’s hot 

In laws went a while back. Said it was very good. 

Split and Zadar are both lovely places and usually reasonably priced flights

Croatia is a beautiful country, it's our favourite destination along with Italy, as Dave said Zadar is great especially for a few days, Cavtat, Baska Voda, Porec and Rovinj are all delightful destinations too.

1 hour ago, Blondi said:

Croatia is a beautiful country, it's our favourite destination along with Italy, as Dave said Zadar is great especially for a few days, Cavtat, Baska Voda, Porec and Rovinj are all delightful destinations too.

Agreed. Croatia is a fantastic place. But maybe  now isn’t the right time to be booking a holiday there -https://www.devonlive.com/news/uk-world-news/greece-croatia-six-countries-could-4430373.amp

Edited August 16, 20205 yr by Burndens Bogs

Been to Split, Rovinj, Porec and Dubrovnik. Superb destinations. Really top notch 

Got a couple of nights booked in Edinburgh next month. Was going to add Arran and Mallaig to make a week of it but Mrs M wanted to save the holidays in case we could get to Croatia in Oct/Nov. Not confident 

6 hours ago, green genie said:

I've got an engineer in my team over there. Told everyone else hes gone Torquay so I can have him wFH if quarantined as company gone draconian saying have to take leave.

 

I'm supposed to be Corfu on Friday but Greece just passed the 20 threshold. Less than 7000 cases in total makes it a joke but Boris knows best (allegedly)

Boris who? Where the fuck is he (again)

8 hours ago, mickbrown said:

Boris who? Where the fuck is he (again)

Painting his shed.