I can get it’s inconvenient if you have a family and such. But yeah… Hilton… not sure the papers will publish that 
I guess it’s all coming from insurance anyway. Hope you enjoy your Hilton and your ludicrous food budget!
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We’re in the Marriott 
We chose to book our own and claim the money back so we could choose the hotel we wanted.
The sweet spot for Marriott is Platinum Elite which I have now.
I mean sure it’s inconvenient but in all honesty the landlord only has to technically stop charging rent and say “off you go” and I’ll bet many would do that. Not all landlords/property management companies are evil 
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Possibly, there’s some complexity to that. But anyway, buildings insurance will be covering costs. Gotta love living off insurance, they treat people well 
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Keep it up for the whole winter (if your mental health will allow it) and you might be the only person in the UK to make a profit on the cost of living crisis, and get some Avios (or whatever) into the deal too!
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We don’t personally have insurance but we know that the insurance company aren’t covering it all. They don’t cover taxis or laundry and have a £180 limit per night for hotels and only £15 a day for food. So our building is paying for more per night (within reason I am sure) and far more food. So they will lose out 
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I got blasted for this on a different thread.
I’ve been looking to buy a house in my area for around a year. In the last 3/4 months, nearly all the houses I’ve saved on rightmove have come down in price or are removed and replaced a week later with a lower price.
I also know an owner attempting to sell after probate and she’s had to drop the price by 50k and still isn’t able to generate interest from prospective buyers. Even the estate agents are bemused by it.
I think in general, with all the cost of living issues and interest rate rises. Prices will dip or at least stay still for a while.
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I think a bit part of it is greed, people were still buying houses when they were correct price + 10% and now that isn’t happening.
I spotted a house for sale yesterday near me that I would say is £30k too much, in a right state and not that big. But then a house recently I thought was probably £50k too much sold quite quickly.
There will always be people with money to move though, regardless of the financial mess we’re in.
Small update: Flat rental acquired 
Two weeks to pack up my life and move it up to a top floor flat 
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How top is top? Associated question: is there a lift?
(Also: congratulations 
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So third floor of a Glasgow tenement close so 6 sets of stairs that are pretty steep.
I’m not looking forward to carrying the ridiculous amounts of books/graphic novels 
Now the fun job of switching over utilities…
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Saw this today - hope this hasn’t impacted anyone currently in the process of selling 
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1.4% seems more realistic than the 20% claimed by some.
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Seems like a massive drop in sales overall, which makes sense. Fewer people buying, but also fewer people looking to sell and move up etc.
9% over two years is their prediction, sounds sensible albeit quite a hit. It could get a lot worse of course, if say the banks stop lending or have to start repossessing, but I think the current government is sensible enough to prevent that.
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The same party which voted for someone to be PM who, when she did exactly what she promised she’d do during her election hustings, f*cked the economy so hard she basically ended her political career in two months.
I don’t have faith.
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I think is there’s one thing Sunak can be trusted to do, it’s rescue the banks if they need it
I’m a FTB and the market is still crazy, housing stock is low as usual but it’s far worse now.
Sellers are clearly not selling at the moment due to the high interest rates. I can only see properties that have been on the market for months because no one wants to buy them due to the state of them.