January 12th, 2012 | 
Author: Buying A House In Bradford Tips And Tricks
Article by Edward D Parry
Buying property in England is always challenging. Being such a huge country with numerous counties and towns within each city, you would first have to decide which part to live in before you even begin your house hunt. Settling down right in the middle of bigger cities like London may not be your cup of tea so choosing a city like Bradford may be more up your street.
Bradford is in West Yorkshire and is close enough to Leeds to warrant a city lifestyle while keeping its suburban feel. As Bradford is mainly an industrial city, it is best to target houses outside the city limits when intending to invest in one. Usually, houses for sale in Bradford are huge rambling country homes with lots of grounds and even a lake, if you are lucky. Prices for average houses range anywhere from a few hundred thousand pounds to a little less than five million.
One of the higher range houses you may want to consider buying are manor homes. These are beautiful, fully equipped structures complete with stables, garages, paddocks, a cottage, a groom’s flat and sometimes even a boathouse. These are usually the larger sprawling properties that accommodate a library, gym and numerous other rooms like cloakrooms, expansive bedrooms with en suite baths, galleries and event hall. Sometimes, you may even be able to find a country manor with equestrian facilities. In Bradford, magnificent country houses like these will cost between three and six million pounds.
If this sounds a little daunting and overpriced for you, source for slightly cheaper houses for sale in Bradford. Some possible avenues for you to source for cheaper houses are:
- Houses on a shared ownership scheme. This means they are put up for sale at easily only a third of their original price but ownership will be between two or three individual parties. Between all parties, there is often an agreement as to who resides at the property on a more permanent basis.
- Badly vandalized homes. These are houses that were virtually destroyed by their previous owners or tenants. These can be as low as less than half their original market price and are often a good deal as they are usually well-situated in prime locations. Buying a home this way means you would have to set aside a considerable amount to do necessary repairs.
- Houses put up for auctions are also another cheaper alternative to owning a home. Through an auction, you would be able to confirm the reserve price, which is the final price for the property. This will enable you to manage your bids according to your budget.
- Smaller houses closer to the city center are also more likely to be cheaper. 1-bedroom terraced homes are not just easier on the pocket, they are pretty good deals as they are usually in good locations that are safe and accessible to urban amenities.
No matter where and what you are looking at, going house-hunting is a time-consuming effort which will take up a lot of your travel time and costs. On top of all that, you would also need to make appropriate enquiries like checking on whether the property is still available, the lowest acceptable price offer, the current bid on the property and terms and conditions of sale.
Aside from just being knowledgeable about the property at stake, you will also need to know more about the city itself, lifestyle and other necessary details. One of the best ways you can discover more about the area you are purchasing property at is to hire the services of a local real estate agent. You will find that having an agent at your fingertips greatly eases the task of finding your ideal home, saves you on travel time and costs for research and deal-closing at the end.
Local Bradford estate agents can also prove invaluable as they may be able to shed some light on the particular houses for sale. It would be even better if they are locals, actually lived in the city for a long time or have been estate agents in the vicinity for a while. Not only will they have the background information on the houses for sale and their owners, they may also know the real reason the house is put up for sale and the local ways of closing a property sale there.
All this may save you lots of precious time and unnecessary regret later.
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Question by Lilly-Lou <3: Do you think this sounds fair? 2 questions?
So i have 2 questions, first one:
I already share a pony with a riding school which i see about 5 times a week, i’m am totally grateful for my mum paying to let me have him, after all he is £200 per month and she just paid £600 for me to have him for 3 months. (i don’t pay anything else for him, just that one fee.)
The loan started this saturday gone, ends on saturday then starts again the next because i’m being dragged away to see family for Easter. I have him until the 1st July and my mum said that if i sell my current riding boots and some games and things i don’t use then i can have him for July too which would be awesome. The only problem is that i don’t want to get too attached because it won’t last forever. I really want my own hence sharing a horse to prove that i could handle it. I have worked out prices and have said that i will pay for livery costs (£40-£50 per month for a pony) and also pay for any extras like rugs, grooming supplies and head-collars and get a saturday job to pay for that, i would be paying about £700 per year if i add on a limit of money spent on extras. The things i would need her to pay for though would be the insurance, vaccines, dental and shoeing. Insurance would be for vetting emergencies (to help if my horse coliced or something) which is £10 per month (checked) vaccines and dental check-ups are around 75 each one, shoeing would either be a trim or half shod on the front feet which is about £35 every 6 weeks (i calculated it as every other month to simplify it.) I would be having to make about £50 per month (about £12 per week) to cover livery. My mum wouldn’t be paying more that £85 and that would only be for 2 months of the year due to vaccines and dental treatments. For insurance there is an excess of £135 so i’m making a deal that i will pay half of the excess (work before i have the pony of course.)
I already know which pony i want as it is owned by one of my friends, he was broken about 2 years ago as a 3 year old and was sent away for 6 months to mature a little, now he’s being in light work, i want to see if her dad would let me have him on a full, off-farm lease/loan as he was the person who has broken him in, i have ridden him once before and he was an angel and before you say “are you sure you can handle a 5 year old?” my share pony is 5 now and i do fine on him.
Does this sound fair? I’m essentially paying to keep the pony somewhere and buying all the things like saddle, bridle, rugs, etc. She would need to pay for the health side of things though, unless she pays for livery and i pay for shoes put then she’d be paying more anyway.
2nd question:
I’m 15, responsible, sensible and i’ve been riding for the past 8 1/2 years. Loan a riding school lesson horse which still needs training and is still young and a bit green. I live on a council estate, my mum is a single mum, however, has a partner who has just moved in a few months ago. I also live 20 minutes walk from a *really* cheap livery yard at £10 per week for a pony with stable (bedding,) hay, stable, arena and paddocks. Now imagine your child was like that and you had that kind of life and area, would you say that it would be out of the question to help pay fora pony for your child when they are paying half of the costs of keeping it?
My mum works by the way.
I said that i was grateful, point is that it would be cheaper to own my own at £50 per week with an extra £20 for fuel, that’s more than if i had my own. I could have a horse for a year with the pony i spent sharing my loan pony.
I meant money not pony at the 2nd from last “pony”
It’s not all going because she can’t afford it, it’s because there is no point in having boots too small for me lying round. I no what the board includes because a lot of my friends keep their ponies there. I wouldn’t be buying I would be full loaning from a friend so I can back out. Somehow I don’t think I’m going to get bored of horses especially since my schooling is an nvq in equine studies, which includes horse management, little riding and theory in anatomy and psycology. I only just turned 15 actually, horse loses a shoe, have the other pulled and not do any riding on the roads until I can get the farrier. If the rug rips, have it temporarily repaired or borrow from my best friend or ask my mum if I can borrow some money to buy a new one and I’ll pay her back asap.
Best answer:
Answer by La Primera Luna <3
I had 12 years of riding experience, was raised with horses and just now bought my first horse. I think the more experience you have the better.
You’re lucky your mom is paying for your loan pony. I had to pay for all my horse’s stuff by myself. Just be grateful with what you have, that’s more than other girls!
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Your best bet is to try to work for your loan pony. As for your second question, wait until you have a job and enough saved up to pay for AT LEAST two years before you ask. Then you’ll be more likely to be able to get one.
im 20, responsible sensible and been riding my entire life. when i was fifteen i desperately wanted a horse more than anything else in the world. im from a similar situation to you too, my mum was a single mum working as a nurse and i had a job where i worked once in the week and once at the weekend. My mum tried her hardest to get me a pony but could never afford it and i loaned numerous amounts of horses and ponies. i spoke to my mum saying id put alll my wages into the horse and what she paid now for my lessons and my loan and that we could do it!!
But the truth is that there are so many other expenses that you dont think of, what if your horse loses a shoe in a muddy field and you cant afford the farrier? what if your horse ruins its rugs in the field and you need to buy it new ones straight away as its the middle of winter? What if your horse kicks another horse and your asked to pay the vets fees? and on the other side of the coin, what im sure you will dismiss straight away as i did when i was your age, is that your soon to be 16. And everything changes. i stayed horse mad dont get me wrong, but you have exams to study for and then you have a levels. and then you (maybe) have a degree. If you want to comfortably own a horse when your older youll need to get these qualifications and the truth is, if you have a horse on DIY your work is going to suffer! Im at Uni now, im sharing a horse that i see 3 or 4 times a week and i find it hard. im lucky as i have a good job and a car and i would comfortably be able to own my own horse now… but i dont have the time. remember that a horse isnt just the cost which is likened to owning and running a car thats falling apart, its the time and the hours that youll need to put into having him too. At the minute im sure you have all the time in the world and you are sure that you would spend every waking second with your pony. But as you go through one of the most testing times of your life, it will be near impossible to do this by yourself. and could you bear to part with your baby that youve had for years just because you need to go away to uni? i couldnt.
i think your very lucky to have a mum that is willing to put so much money towards you having a pony and i completely understand what your feeling. but why not wait unitll your a bit older, have a wonderful job and house and can afford to have the horse of your dreams and not have to worry about scraping every last penny together to afford him.
if you do go ahead i wish you all the luck in the world, but remember that horses live for a very long time and right now your in a place in your life where stuff is going to change. it might be a wise idea just to wait a little bit longer untill you know exactly where you want to end up and then buy yourself the horse youve dreamed of
good luck
It does not matter what I’d do with my child. It boils down to what your mum is willing to do for you. If she offers to pay part or all of the deal you have the option of accepting or declining the deal. Stop asking what others opinions are of a mother who has managed to keep you riding since you were 6 1/2 years old so you can use it against her to get your pony. Go thank her for the offer and either accept or decline it.
The costs you are paying to lease the horse in the long run are more than likely less than the cost that you will be paying for your own pony, even if you don’t look at it that way. I feel that your mom was trying to tell you that she doesn’t have the money to pay for the horse as long as you want since you will need to sell your boots and stuff you don’t use in order to extend the lease. Also, because of your age you can’t legally enter any agreements for the horse you want, you will be extremely limited in the ways you can earn money, etc.
Horses always cost more than you think they are going to. You will also need to factor in the amount that you will need to pay for the horse. That is all money that you will more than likely need upfront, and most people won’t let you take a horse where you want until he is paid in full if you make payments (so you wouldn’t be able to enjoy your cheap board down the road for the time being). Also keep in mind that cheap board is rarely what you think it is. Remember you get what you pay for.
You have obviously given this quite a bit of consideration, but I would definitely try to put as little amount of stress of your mom over this subject as possible. I am sure that she would want you to be as happy as is possible, but she may also have long term considerations, especially if she will be footing money and will be legally responsible for all fees that the horse will create. Your mom can always back out of a lease, however, you can’t just back out of horse ownership, and a quick sale if necessary isn’t always possible.