Where do the OFSOs go ?

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Re: Where do the OFSOs go ?

#41 Post by Boac » Fri Jul 03, 2020 3:25 pm

UP wrote:That property has got its own borehole
I say, Sir - that's a bit naughty..... :))

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#42 Post by Undried Plum » Fri Jul 03, 2020 3:26 pm

I see that it took 22 months to sell before she bought it. That's almost two years of relatively boom times in real-estate. I don't understand why it was so (relatively) cheap. It's a lot of house and of beautiful land.

Wrt what attracted her to it, in her circumstances, I'd guess the name was an eye-magnet for her. ;)))

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#43 Post by ian16th » Fri Jul 03, 2020 3:29 pm

Seeing as it was bought from a lawyer, and the deal was probably done by a lawyer, it was all a case of, 'I know of a place!'
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#44 Post by llondel » Fri Jul 03, 2020 9:17 pm

Bet there's no decent internet access. Property tax seems to be an eye-watering $22k/year.

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#45 Post by OFSO » Mon Dec 14, 2020 7:13 am

Nowhere, as it happened.

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#46 Post by OFSO » Tue Aug 10, 2021 7:24 am

Eight months later, still seeking temporary accommodation in London for December/January.

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#47 Post by OFSO » Fri Apr 15, 2022 5:52 am

Problem hopefully solved: a new UK residence is in the offing.

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#48 Post by jimtherev » Fri Apr 15, 2022 8:39 am

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Fri Apr 15, 2022 5:52 am
Problem hopefully solved: a new UK residence is in the offing.
Good. Permanent?

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#49 Post by OFSO » Fri Apr 15, 2022 1:19 pm

Keeping the Catalan Villa, will split the year with UK.

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#50 Post by OFSO » Fri Apr 15, 2022 5:38 pm

Not sure about definition of permanent at my age, but my wife is buying a small flat for us in Teddington. There is absolutely nothing secure about owning property in Spain and even less when one member of a couple dies - we don't know a single widow here who has not endured months or years of paperwork after her spouse died - this then gives Mrs O a foothold in her name in her country.

Not for nothing do many deaths go unreported in Spain - there are several houses in our street owned by dead folks.

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#51 Post by PHXPhlyer » Fri Apr 15, 2022 5:41 pm

Wil you be close to the river?

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#52 Post by OFSO » Fri Apr 15, 2022 7:53 pm

If I walk for about 15 minutes, yes.

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#53 Post by OFSO » Sun Aug 07, 2022 7:27 pm

Might as well delete this thread. Surrounded by IKEA packaging and likewise Amazon. Hands red and sore from screwdrivers, arse flat from sitting on the deck. Miserable from shouting at wife who is trying to tidy up while I work, half blind from searching for tiny fixings wot rolled away.... But truth to tell we now have a HOME of our own in the UK, very very small, in fact smaller than the living room in Spain, but surrounded by a small forest in which birds sing, rabbits frolic, and South West trains roar every fifteen minutes. So when fascism returns to Spain and we do a 'retirada', we have somewhere to go...

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#54 Post by Ex-Ascot » Tue Aug 09, 2022 1:30 pm

Kαλορίζικο. Hope it works out there. I once lived right next to six train lines at RAF Northolt. Got used to it. Does the building have security? Have you got a walk planned out yet?

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#55 Post by OFSO » Tue Aug 09, 2022 8:38 pm

Apartment is in a modern block, not many flats. Usual security devices. There's a friendly WhatApp net where matters of interest are posted, also greetings. First impressions are no riff-raff and at Teddington prices it's not surprising. Car park is almost exclusively BMW and Mercedes. And our roller skates.

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#56 Post by Ex-Ascot » Mon Aug 29, 2022 12:57 pm

Are you missing your trains and choppers?
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#57 Post by OFSO » Tue Aug 30, 2022 5:40 am

I tried to get google to play train recordings but it only has US steam trains with plaintive whistles. As for choppers, the sound here fills us with dread, as we rush outside sniffing for smoke..... Saw one at the weekend with a water container slung under it, but no fire locally.

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#58 Post by Ex-Ascot » Tue Aug 30, 2022 9:45 am

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Tue Aug 30, 2022 5:40 am
I tried to get google to play train recordings but it only has US steam trains with plaintive whistles. As for choppers, the sound here fills us with dread, as we rush outside sniffing for smoke..... Saw one at the weekend with a water container slung under it, but no fire locally.
Here (hear) you go compliments of the Botswana division.

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#59 Post by OFSO » Tue Aug 30, 2022 12:33 pm

Thanks. None quite like the older or newer versions of South West Services. Will have to make my own recording.
As for the chopper, does anyone else find very pleasant the sight of a Chinook weaving it's way home at dusk?

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Re: Where do the OFSOs go ?

#60 Post by k3k3 » Tue Aug 30, 2022 3:25 pm

I find the sight of the Coastguard and RN helicopters flying along the south Devon coastline reassuring, especially when I'm swimming in the bay.

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