The all new Mini Moose goes to university and other calamities thread

[Miss Demeanour]

Are they going to view this house before putting down a deposit ?

How much are the bills currently costing ? If this is a big house this could be a major factor in terms of additional costs?

Also if this property is more than 3 storeys and there will be 5 of them in there then the property requires licenisng by the landlord. Part of this process ensures that the property is checked and that the landlord has provided up to date Gas Safety certificates, electrical safety certs and that Fire precautions are adequate.

[GROWLER]

Are they going to view this house before putting down a deposit ?

How much are the bills currently costing ? If this is a big house this could be a major factor in terms of additional costs?

Also if this property is more than 3 storeys and there will be 5 of them in there then the property requires licenisng by the landlord. Part of this process ensures that the property is checked and that the landlord has provided up to date Gas Safety certificates, electrical safety certs and that Fire precautions are adequate.

The Mini Mooslet HASN'T even seen this  luxury'mansion'!.......
 (I assume from the £2.25 k A MONTH the thieving bastard landlord is charging that it must at least be one...with a butler..and gardener...and chauffer back and forth to the campus every day.  )

It apparently DOES include gas and leccy,... whoop de whoop.. and is also alledgedly "very nice", so her mates have told her.

I assume he has all the usual certificates, yes.

She's now out of lecture and in FULL FULL text panic mode.

I'm getting close to jumping in the car and going up there tbqh.
Intolerable situation, and she's being put under great pressure and strain to cough up and sign, and she wants to keep the peace in fear of alienating everyone as i said earlier.

Wish TF she's stayed down here, I really do.
Always said this would turn out to be THE most massively expensive party of all time...and financial utter nightmare and horror show, but no, she wanted "the experience"

Yes yes my lickle petal, but as I repeatedly explained months ago....." at what cost"?

[Miss Demeanour]

Part of this life lesson is that you don't sign on the dotted line without seeing the flat first. Not an unreasonable request and if her new BFF's are not happy about this then this is bullying and not friendship. She has to stand up for herself a little here.

Next part of the equation is that if this is her choice then the reality is she will have to supplement her income and will need to start looking around for a part time / evening job . Whatever it takes. That too is also part of 'the experience' .

[GROWLER]

Part of this life lesson is that you don't sign on the dotted line without seeing the flat first. Not an unreasonable request and if her new BFF's are not happy about this then this is bullying and not friendship. She has to stand up for herself a little here.

Next part of the equation is that if this is her choice then the reality is she will have to supplement her income and will need to start looking around for a part time / evening job . Whatever it takes. That too is also part of 'the experience' .

I know Miss D, and I've told her this. DO NOT sign up 'cus you feel obliged to, just to keep the peace.

She sez if she doesn't though, she'll be isolated and left on her own.
I can see her point, but she has to be strong and think logically....and I'm stuck down here 75 miles away.

meanwhile, this is what you can rent for £2300 per month, in one of the most desirable palces in Cheshire, just as a comparison like.
http://www.primelocation.com/to-rent/details/22422837?search_identifier=f6bd7f437e5ae9ca8c031a89b25e1643


Bloody 'supply and demand' 

Don't make me PUKE!

Bad as bloody illegal loan sharks some of these scamming landlords.

Without having seen the place myself, I'd say it's worth probably no more than £7-800 a month.
It's probably some shitty old large terraced dump in a back street of Lancaster.

[Miss Demeanour]

Now that looks lovely  - when can we all move in ?

Rental prices in Londonium are beyond a joke

http://www.londonpropertywatch.co.uk/average_rental_prices.html

But then so are the price of houses 

[GROWLER]

Without showing the exact property, this...   http://www.yellowdoorlets.co.uk/  ...is the letting company concerned.
As i thought and suspected....shit'ouses for eye watering money.

Now IF those prices initially shown were for the total rent of the property, and then divided by the tenants, I'd say, yea, that's fair, no problem, but ffs, just look at the majority of them for 2 bastard grand a month!
Seedy looking owld terraced shite in the back streets.

I do actually think I'm going to go and have a little lie down and weep to meself.

[Miss Demeanour]

Strikes me as quite a foolish thing to do in terms of painting all the doors yellow of their properties to denote student housing. I'm sure come the holidays these would be prime targets for the local scallywags in case anything of value was left behind. 

Also not a good sign

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yellow-Door-Lets-Worst-Landlords-Ever/207908435921351

[GROWLER]

"Too long has lancaster been run by these Fascists"! 

[Nick]

Part of this life lesson is that you don't sign on the dotted line without seeing the flat first. Not an unreasonable request and if her new BFF's are not happy about this then this is bullying and not friendship. She has to stand up for herself a little here.

Next part of the equation is that if this is her choice then the reality is she will have to supplement her income and will need to start looking around for a part time / evening job . Whatever it takes. That too is also part of 'the experience' .

[apc2010]

Anyone over 16 left them fend for themselves ..................life school ...........

[GROWLER]

Part of this life lesson is that you don't sign on the dotted line without seeing the flat first. Not an unreasonable request and if her new BFF's are not happy about this then this is bullying and not friendship. She has to stand up for herself a little here.

Next part of the equation is that if this is her choice then the reality is she will have to supplement her income and will need to start looking around for a part time / evening job . Whatever it takes. That too is also part of 'the experience' .

 Don't recall ever disagreeing with those comments of Miss D's, but I'm certainly not going to just sit back and see her thrown to the bastard wolves though....or p'raps, reading between the lines, some of you think that would be the right thing to do then ey?

Most most helpful.

[Miss Demeanour]

No one is suggesting that you soft ol fur ball.

It is understandable you want to protect your little cub . The difficulty is she wants to be an adult and live her own life but then keeps involving you in all her decision making, when in her head the decision has already been made. Not suggesting she shouldn't discuss some of her issues with you but she needs to take responsibility.

You are therefore left worrying, foreseeing all the problems she can't , and just wanting to grab her by the scruff of her neck and bring her back to the cave.

 

[GROWLER]

No one is suggesting that you soft ol fur ball.

It is understandable you want to protect your little cub . The difficulty is she wants to be an adult and live her own life but then keeps involving you in all her decision making, when in her head the decision has already been made. Not suggesting she shouldn't discuss some of her issues with you but she needs to take responsibility.

You are therefore left worrying, foreseeing all the problems she can't , and just wanting to grab her by the scruff of her neck and bring her back to the cave.

 

Not havin' a go at you MD, I'm mearly showing the concern of any responsible parent when their child rings/texts for advice and help, regardless of age.
I'm trying to guide her into not making a decision that would be detrimental for her, but as has been said, I can't stop her and she has to learn and make her own mistakes. I just don't want this one to be an absolute monster whopper of one, hence the hopefully helpful guidance.

Be REALLY handy if her f'in mother was here to give some views too like  , but that's a completely different bastard subject.

I've sat here the whole friggin' day winding meself up, texting back and forth, watching MM nearing the edge of a slide gracefully into a potentially very damaging money slurry pit, and I'm just supposed to sit back, chortle, grin and wipe my hands of ANY help or responsibilty?
I'm ONLY trying to advise, NOT dictate and DO appreciate that she has to stand on her own feet...and that has been happening throughout and up to now.

[GROWLER]

Been that wrapped up in all this shite all day, I'd completely forgotten that I was supposed to be at the gym for 7pm appointment with a PT bloke.
He's just rung me asking where I am.

Not even cooked me flamin' tea yet!

[Baldy]

No one is suggesting that you soft ol fur ball.

It is understandable you want to protect your little cub . The difficulty is she wants to be an adult and live her own life but then keeps involving you in all her decision making, when in her head the decision has already been made. Not suggesting she shouldn't discuss some of her issues with you but she needs to take responsibility.

You are therefore left worrying, foreseeing all the problems she can't , and just wanting to grab her by the scruff of her neck and bring her back to the cave.

 

The Bank of Dad will always help her out of her 'screw ups' once again, unfortunately they seem to get bigger and more expensive with age. Let her make her own decisions as long as she can afford them herself......bollocks to being left out of smugness with her new found friends (they can't be very good friends if they put her in this situation) she is prolly best finding a new bunch. Tell her to tough it out, she will be a better person for it.