Nice people thread part 6 - thrice by twice as nice :)

GDB2222 wrote: »

The practicality is that any enforcement action would take longer than 3 months. As long as the council understand that the usage is only temporary whilst the house is being renovated, would they even bother to do anything?

The truth is, i doubt anybody here would notice anyway. My farmer neighbour might, but he wouldn't mind if he understood that it was a short term arrangement and was not going to become full time.


I looked up summer houses on ebay, i cannot see that happening:eek::eek: whoch is a great shame, would have been useful afterwards, but also, the showering and cooking thing might get them down. Depends. If it were sunnier they might be content with a bbq and the garden hose, but....well, its hardly the summer for that is it?:D

vivatifosi wrote: »

Lir, there's lots of used statics on Autotrader. Looks like you can pick up a reasonable used one for about £1.5k, like this one:

http://caravans.autotrader.co.uk/category/static-caravan/stock-item-id/8a65fbdf379dc11a0137a2b1d95f69e3/advert

I should think thats more the ticket! Thanks!

Shame we cannot afford a couple of bowtops, or those shepareds huts. But i bet the static would be more comfy too.

chewmylegoff wrote: »

I am never drinking again.

I may have said that this morning after accidentally consuming a rather large quantity of single malt last night.

Strangely, the resolve seems to be wearing off as we approach dinnertime....:o

PasturesNew wrote: »

If you could get down here, dismantle/remove one .... I know of a 30'x11' or so lovely summerhouse going for about £750. It's not mine, I've just seen a photo of one for sale in the past couple of days.

For cooking you'd only need a combination of mini oven/grill, microwave, toaster, halogen oven....

I cannot i don't know if they can or would want too, but......i will ask. Will it still be abailable next week? We are mulling the situation til monday.:o

So, the tiles are presumably not suitable and i am close to flouncing about in a spolit princess way stamping. But that will not help, so have been looking for alternatives. Nothing will ever be as lovely ever, not even the cigarette shaped gold leaf backed ones....or the gold mosaic, which are more taseful than they sound, http://www.designerwalls.com.au/news/article/Maya%20Romanoff,%20Mother%20of%20Pearl%20Tiles.aspx

but......as i cannot have marble split face perfection i have been considering this sort

http://www.shellshockdesigns.com/all-collections-1/mother-of-pearl-tiles/reference-mop001-mother-of-pearl-brick-style-white

The effect on mass is not so different from the split face marble, if not as gloriously austere
http://www.notcot.com/archives/2006/02/mother-of-pearl.php

These are a nice colour, but square or roubd, i would prefer rectangular, but could live with square, and its more classic

http://www.siminetti.com/siminetti.php#
and somewhere i have seen a couple of other nice ones, one ha slightly mre colour in.
http://www.siminetti.com/siminetti.php#

(edit just noticed it will not link to the white ones, whoch are called blanco and innocense i think)

But...they are more expensive i think.

(i have considered a splash back of traditionally coloured paua shell for the down stairs loo. Dh loves paua shell, and a splash back would not be too oppressive.


I might look at glass too, whoch might be cheaper....