It’s scary how our lives can change so drastically with one phone call, email or text. I feel for you both and hope it’s resolved with the least amount of stress possible. Bricksie used his move/adventure to his advantage and I hope you can do the same if you wish to. You have great content and I’m sure most people will stay with you through this. Thank you for sharing Kev, I have my fingers crossed for you. 🤞🏻
Good luck kev at least you have got plans, I would look at 2 bed bungalows with a garage or out building, maybe look a bit further north with cheaper housing
Same thing with hubby and myself. Our previous landlords are selling our rental. We now moved out into a bigger lovelier house and now will have the room to build our own lego city. 👍
Sorry to hear your news. The same thing happened to my sister, her partner and 2 year old little boy. Unfortunately they were told to be out in a month (this was a few months ago so they have now moved)
Everything will work out Kev. Talking things out on here gets it off your chest which helps and you can also help others in same situation. Hopefully your landlords are Lego fans and want to see the Lego City finished 😁
Must be so frustrating for you, being in limbo until you know what they want to do. But from the vid, you’ve obviously thought through SO many alternative options. I really hope that you get an outcome that is good for you. Keep posting vids no matter what, SO many people love your channel!
Hope you guys find a working solution. Just moved house myself and the property we're in now is up for sale too, but we've got a year contract and they can't sell for at least the next 10months and we're hoping that we could buy it next year
Got everything crossed for you both, but totally understand why you aren't expanding the Lego city. Appreciate you explaining your dilemma too, and hopefully you get some good news ASAP! Love to Anna, as this stress won't be helping either of you!
I really hope you get some positive news today, I'm currently moving house and know how much of a minefield everything is, fingers crossed for you guys
Hi there, just a thought. You should ask your landlord if they would "rent to own" privately, your payment would probably be near or less then your rent.
If I was the landlord I would grant you another year. The financial advantage of then not having a period of the property being empty between end of tenancy + the sale is so appealing. Good luck Kev.
So sorry to here the news, I really like your Lego City! Which Batman Brickheadz will you be building I’m definitely building the BTAS one The only thing with that set of Brickheadz You can only build Bronze Age Batman with physical instructions The other 7 you have to build on the Lego Builder App 😊
I hope everything works out for you and Anna and u can both stay in the same house and buy it next year good luck, love watching you and Anna’s vlogs 😀👍
I missed the start of the stream the other day, so was a little baffled by many of the comments. Sorry to hear your going through this limbo and hope its resolved quickly in some fashion. Culdn't yoou perhaps go into a sort of rent to buy/shared ownership deal with your landlords for a year. And then buy it outright. All the best
Seems a reasonable offer, which if they've asked for a week to mull it over could be promising (definitely not saying that it is). I mean, they want to work with you on this, so they sound reasonable.
Sorry to hear of the bad timing. A bungalow with a decent garage would be ideal long term. We’ve lived in a bungalow for 5 years and love not needing to use stairs. if you’re stuck and want an Irish adventure to rural Limerick 🤚🏻my son would loose himself with the amount of Lego you have 😂
Why not use the "mini modulars" to build a small city (at micro scale) - It will give you a chance to map out the BIGGER city, and it'll also give the channel some decent content.
I hope it works out for you as been in similar positions. Your videos are interesting and varied to the hobby so I hope you can get a swift conclusion and carry on with your city. Keep up good work both of you and best of luck!
Isn't it weird? You are able to pay the rent every month for many years. Which would be lower than the monthly mortgage. You will continue to pay a rent every month in the coming years. This is practically a guarantee, as you need to live somewhere, right? But still, you don't get a mortgage because you can't proof a long, steady income, even though you have been able and will be able to pay a monthly amount that is higher than a monthly mortgage. That system sucks for the self employed.
As an agent, say the house is worth 250,000 would the owner sell it to you for say £225,000 and the difference goes towards your deposit. Making what you need to earn for the mortgage less?
We still couldn’t get a mortgage anywhere what we’d need to. Our provable income last year was around a third of what it typically is and was the year before
Hope you’re alright Kev I remember when a landlord of mine did the same, the stress was definitely real. Everything will work out though mate keep the chin up. Big question though if you do move does that mean Ana won’t get the Jaws Lego set she desperately wants?
Fingers crossed it could all work out for the best long term but I’m sorry you have the upset. If we have to wait for content so be it, we’ve seen the city grow and change, you may even end up with a better space for it. Try and stay positive ❤
Good luck Kevin and Anna. I don’t know enough about England housing market, so don’t know what would be the best solution. I trust you will be able to work it out in the end.
Sorry to see this happening to you guys I understand it’s not always about evil landlords 😂 but it always effects the tenants more (especially if they have Lego cities) everything always has a way of working out it did for Myself when I had this situation - manifesting a positive outcome for you guys 🤞
Id take the oppertunity to look and see if you can get something larger for same money as your lego room is small and needs to expand. You dont need to be loyal to the landlord and feel oblidged to buy from them. Get the best deal for yourself.
Hopefully you find something suitable soon. Shame there's no more lego City content. That beach is looking very clean 👌 follow brickies idea and get a unit for the lego City. Maybe not as big as his
What’s your football channel? Would be interested to see that. It was the Lego city build that originally brought me here… Now I know that, at some point in the future you HAVE to have a football stadium! 😊
I hope there can be some way you can resolve this. I know you will figure out some sort of solution i have faith. With your channel growing more and more it will happen
This is going to sound bad whatever way. All the money spent on LEGO could of been saved up ready for a rainy day. I hope you do get somewhere sorted out, because for me i like watching the lego streams.
The two things aren’t related. It’s not that we don’t have any money, it’s that we can’t get a mortgage because we can’t prove our income. We’d be in exactly this position if we’d never touched a Lego brick!
Your proposed agreement of rent with a handshake agreement is pretty reasonable so fingers crossed! You really dont have to move quickly if that doesn't happen though. Even if the house sells and completes, you have rights and it would be sold with a sitting tenant. It takes months to evict people just because you bought a house, and with rental reforms coming that's gonna be even less possible in the near future.
It’s more a case of if we’re going to have to move eventually, we need to move before the end of September because once FM25 comes out I won’t have time until this time next year
Was thinking the same. With the business running out of that address and Anna‘s mobility you would think it takes at least 6 months post sale to get you out of there. Still a case of if you really want to fight that fight, I get that.
He actually said himself, they aren’t big corporate landlords, just a coupe who own a house, but now want to give him due notice and sell it. Not sure what you want to outlaw?
Yeah, I’ve got no issue with the landlord wanting to sell, it’s just bad timing for us. They’re not trying to hurry us, they’ve just said they’d like to sell before December, and hoped it would be to us. Can’t fault any of what they’re doing.
I’m not wanting to start an argument at all, but I’m genuinely interested to know what you think is unfair. I feel really bad for poor Kev, but what if the couple who own the house want to start a family and want to sell to buy a bigger house. Or need to release the equity to put a kid through university. Please explain, as I want to understand what you think is unfair.
Hi Kevin chapman don't buy Lego for now just do Lego talks for now, if you really want too buy Lego get the tram and work the rest later, talk too Anna and have a digussion about things and the way forward
You are welcome, I've listened to Kev since before the gaming podcast, I believe it was the PC podcast I first heard him, he's had all the kinds of good jobs, teacher, finance etc, in hindsight, it would of been the best option, money on rent = money down the drain, if I had a time machine, I'd happily let him borrow it, he's a good guy.
I disagree. It’s never been the right time for us to buy. We might do one day, but I’ve never seen it as romantically as lots of people do. A house is just somewhere to put your stuff. And that’s speaking as a former financial advisor who specialised in mortgages!
Hope this can be sorted out with your landlord ,wish you the best .
It’s scary how our lives can change so drastically with one phone call, email or text. I feel for you both and hope it’s resolved with the least amount of stress possible. Bricksie used his move/adventure to his advantage and I hope you can do the same if you wish to. You have great content and I’m sure most people will stay with you through this. Thank you for sharing Kev, I have my fingers crossed for you. 🤞🏻
I feel for you, we have had it happen to us twice. Fortunately we have just bought our forever home.
Good luck kev at least you have got plans, I would look at 2 bed bungalows with a garage or out building, maybe look a bit further north with cheaper housing
Same thing with hubby and myself. Our previous landlords are selling our rental. We now moved out into a bigger lovelier house and now will have the room to build our own lego city. 👍
Sorry to hear your news. The same thing happened to my sister, her partner and 2 year old little boy.
Unfortunately they were told to be out in a month (this was a few months ago so they have now moved)
Everything will work out Kev. Talking things out on here gets it off your chest which helps and you can also help others in same situation. Hopefully your landlords are Lego fans and want to see the Lego City finished 😁
They were certainly fascinated by it when they saw it a month or two back!
Must be so frustrating for you, being in limbo until you know what they want to do.
But from the vid, you’ve obviously thought through SO many alternative options. I really hope that you get an outcome that is good for you.
Keep posting vids no matter what, SO many people love your channel!
That's the power they have owning the house. Life is difficult when you rent
Hope you guys find a working solution. Just moved house myself and the property we're in now is up for sale too, but we've got a year contract and they can't sell for at least the next 10months and we're hoping that we could buy it next year
Glad you both have some options and are keeping positive. I look forward to seeing where your next adventure goes.
All the best.
Got everything crossed for you both, but totally understand why you aren't expanding the Lego city.
Appreciate you explaining your dilemma too, and hopefully you get some good news ASAP! Love to Anna, as this stress won't be helping either of you!
I really hope you get some positive news today, I'm currently moving house and know how much of a minefield everything is, fingers crossed for you guys
Hi there, just a thought. You should ask your landlord if they would "rent to own" privately, your payment would probably be near or less then your rent.
If I was the landlord I would grant you another year. The financial advantage of then not having a period of the property being empty between end of tenancy + the sale is so appealing.
Good luck Kev.
Sorry to hear this! Hope everything gets sorted 👍
So sorry to here the news, I really like your Lego City!
Which Batman Brickheadz will you be building
I’m definitely building the BTAS one
The only thing with that set of Brickheadz
You can only build Bronze Age Batman with physical instructions
The other 7 you have to build on the Lego Builder App 😊
I hope everything works out for you and Anna and u can both stay in the same house and buy it next year good luck, love watching you and Anna’s vlogs 😀👍
I missed the start of the stream the other day, so was a little baffled by many of the comments. Sorry to hear your going through this limbo and hope its resolved quickly in some fashion. Culdn't yoou perhaps go into a sort of rent to buy/shared ownership deal with your landlords for a year. And then buy it outright. All the best
There’s not really a simple way to do that, especially with us having no way of proving we’ll be able to get a mortgage next year.
@blockpartyuk was just an idea, hopefully they'll let you stay another year, fingers crossed for you
Seems a reasonable offer, which if they've asked for a week to mull it over could be promising (definitely not saying that it is).
I mean, they want to work with you on this, so they sound reasonable.
Sorry to hear of the bad timing. A bungalow with a decent garage would be ideal long term. We’ve lived in a bungalow for 5 years and love not needing to use stairs.
if you’re stuck and want an Irish adventure to rural Limerick 🤚🏻my son would loose himself with the amount of Lego you have 😂
Why not use the "mini modulars" to build a small city (at micro scale) - It will give you a chance to map out the BIGGER city, and it'll also give the channel some decent content.
I hope it works out for you as been in similar positions. Your videos are interesting and varied to the hobby so I hope you can get a swift conclusion and carry on with your city. Keep up good work both of you and best of luck!
2 bed bungalows in Mansfield £170,000 it's enough but cheaper than some areas, Best of luck.
Really hope you can sort it out Kev after all the time it’s taken you to buy your city, I remember Kev moving into the property
Sending you best wishes and hope you managed to get this resolved (ideally without moving!)
Isn't it weird? You are able to pay the rent every month for many years. Which would be lower than the monthly mortgage. You will continue to pay a rent every month in the coming years. This is practically a guarantee, as you need to live somewhere, right? But still, you don't get a mortgage because you can't proof a long, steady income, even though you have been able and will be able to pay a monthly amount that is higher than a monthly mortgage. That system sucks for the self employed.
It always has. It’s one of the reasons we’ve never bought
@@blockpartyuk Hope your landlord will take your proposition. I feel confident. Seems reasonable and a good idea.
I’m so sorry Kev. I’m genuinely gutted for you and Anna. You’ve created a beautiful city and collection.
Keep going. Keep creating. Keep being you 👍
As an agent, say the house is worth 250,000 would the owner sell it to you for say £225,000 and the difference goes towards your deposit. Making what you need to earn for the mortgage less?
We still couldn’t get a mortgage anywhere what we’d need to. Our provable income last year was around a third of what it typically is and was the year before
Hope you’re alright Kev I remember when a landlord of mine did the same, the stress was definitely real. Everything will work out though mate keep the chin up. Big question though if you do move does that mean Ana won’t get the Jaws Lego set she desperately wants?
If they need equity can't you do a shared ownership with them for a year then buy the other half off them at a later date
That’s not really something you can do with a private landlord
Fingers crossed it could all work out for the best long term but I’m sorry you have the upset. If we have to wait for content so be it, we’ve seen the city grow and change, you may even end up with a better space for it. Try and stay positive ❤
sorry to hear all this Kevin. i hope this all works out sooner rather than later
Sad to hear all this Kev , any update? 🤞🤞
Good luck Kevin and Anna. I don’t know enough about England housing market, so don’t know what would be the best solution. I trust you will be able to work it out in the end.
Fingers crossed that everything will work out for the best 🤞🏻
Move area?
Can’t move too far from where we are now because of family
Option B - get your current landlord to sell to another investor meaning you can still continue to rent and live there.
Hope things work out for you all Kev, motgage rules are terrible and need revising massively.
Only half listening i thought you said you were moving to Dubai. I now realise you said you were going ”to buy” 😅
Sorry to see this happening to you guys I understand it’s not always about evil landlords 😂 but it always effects the tenants more (especially if they have Lego cities) everything always has a way of working out it did for
Myself when I had this situation - manifesting a positive outcome for you guys 🤞
Id take the oppertunity to look and see if you can get something larger for same money as your lego room is small and needs to expand. You dont need to be loyal to the landlord and feel oblidged to buy from them. Get the best deal for yourself.
One thing is for sure, we won’t get anything near as big as this without pretty much doubling what we pay - we have an incredible deal currently
Unfortunately a lot of landlords are selling due to new legislation expected to come in. Hope you get sorted!
The self employed struggle is real. Proving income for a house is a challenge!
Sounds like you've done all ypu can. Even offering to take a rent increase. Hope it all works out
Hopefully the landlord will wait a bit.
Living in limbo is horrible.
If you maybe want to meet a lego loving family when you travel to the Arctic next year let me know 😊 We live up here.
Hopefully you find something suitable soon. Shame there's no more lego City content. That beach is looking very clean 👌 follow brickies idea and get a unit for the lego City. Maybe not as big as his
That’s the long term plan. This all might just fast forward that a bit!
Add up how much rent you've paid there and ask if can buy reduced the amount you've already spent in rent as rent to buy
That’s not really how it works unfortunately…
What’s your football channel? Would be interested to see that.
It was the Lego city build that originally brought me here…
Now I know that, at some point in the future you HAVE to have a football stadium! 😊
I have Camp Nou in my office! My main channel is lollujo
I hope there can be some way you can resolve this. I know you will figure out some sort of solution i have faith. With your channel growing more and more it will happen
It’ll be fine one way or the other. Just might be a bumpy road to get there!
Maybe build a lego house and live there
That’s definitely an option we’ve considered
With online work income, I would move into a country that is cheaper. You can buy/rent a much bigger place for less money.
Not an option for us, we need to be nearby family
This is going to sound bad whatever way. All the money spent on LEGO could of been saved up ready for a rainy day. I hope you do get somewhere sorted out, because for me i like watching the lego streams.
The two things aren’t related. It’s not that we don’t have any money, it’s that we can’t get a mortgage because we can’t prove our income. We’d be in exactly this position if we’d never touched a Lego brick!
What are your other channels?
lollujo is the main one
@@blockpartyukthis the one I need to follow for the tips on fantasy football?
Oh no could you do a shared ownership
Potentially. But not on a big enough house
can't you be classed as sitting tennants ? Let him sell the house, but the buyer will be told that there are tennants in the property
We’re on a one month rolling contract, so they can give us 1 months notice at any point just like we can to them
@@blockpartyukMonthly contract! That's ruddy scary.
I saw the title and almost fainted.
Reason to get out of you football manager cupboard tho Kev
Go for it's use your Lego video.
Your proposed agreement of rent with a handshake agreement is pretty reasonable so fingers crossed! You really dont have to move quickly if that doesn't happen though. Even if the house sells and completes, you have rights and it would be sold with a sitting tenant. It takes months to evict people just because you bought a house, and with rental reforms coming that's gonna be even less possible in the near future.
It’s more a case of if we’re going to have to move eventually, we need to move before the end of September because once FM25 comes out I won’t have time until this time next year
Was thinking the same. With the business running out of that address and Anna‘s mobility you would think it takes at least 6 months post sale to get you out of there. Still a case of if you really want to fight that fight, I get that.
What are the odds of you, Jack, and Zealand all moving within a few months of each other? 😂
Hopefully you don’t have to move though! 🙏
Sell to you with owner's financing. You still pay monthly rent which is now house payments. Next year you refinance and pay them off
That seems like a legal minefield!
@@blockpartyuk Not as bad as it sounds but it's an option to run by the proper channels to see if it's something they're even willing to do
awww the self sooting ear touch at 11:13 diddums 🤣
The fact Landlords can just do that is insane... should be outlawed
He actually said himself, they aren’t big corporate landlords, just a coupe who own a house, but now want to give him due notice and sell it. Not sure what you want to outlaw?
Yeah, I’ve got no issue with the landlord wanting to sell, it’s just bad timing for us. They’re not trying to hurry us, they’ve just said they’d like to sell before December, and hoped it would be to us. Can’t fault any of what they’re doing.
@@MinifigJez i just dont think its fair at all in my opinion.
I’m not wanting to start an argument at all, but I’m genuinely interested to know what you think is unfair.
I feel really bad for poor Kev, but what if the couple who own the house want to start a family and want to sell to buy a bigger house. Or need to release the equity to put a kid through university. Please explain, as I want to understand what you think is unfair.
not being mean but its definitely best to not spend tens of thousands of pounds on lego whilst still renting
Sounds like you’re working on the assumption that buying a house is our main goal? Which it isn’t.
@@blockpartyuk ok but if we dont blackrock happily will...
That's not how running a limited company works
I don’t even know what that’s supposed to mean?
That would be business expenses, inventory, whatever. Come on mate, look up how a ltd co works before commenting
Hi Kevin chapman don't buy Lego for now just do Lego talks for now, if you really want too buy Lego get the tram and work the rest later, talk too Anna and have a digussion about things and the way forward
You should have bought a house years and years ago, it would of been nearly paid off by now.
Cheers Paul, very insightful
You are welcome, I've listened to Kev since before the gaming podcast, I believe it was the PC podcast I first heard him, he's had all the kinds of good jobs, teacher, finance etc, in hindsight, it would of been the best option, money on rent = money down the drain, if I had a time machine, I'd happily let him borrow it, he's a good guy.
I disagree. It’s never been the right time for us to buy. We might do one day, but I’ve never seen it as romantically as lots of people do. A house is just somewhere to put your stuff. And that’s speaking as a former financial advisor who specialised in mortgages!
@@blockpartyuk That's true but you wouldn't run into a problem like this if you had a house, plus house values go up
@@blockpartyuk fair enough, I've always seen a property as either my bank account or a landlords bank account.