the daydream fund challenge thread

lostinrates

kazschow wrote: »

Summer, what summer, we're forecast hail for tomorrow!!! LOl

Have you built fromm scratch to LIR?

no! we've bought a wreck of a house. We really wanted to build, and looked for a long time. In fact, my preferred thing was a plot a bit north east of here, but jast as we were going to make an offer on that we saw this and dh fell in love. Its...habitable. Say I as a shower just happened and water is pouring down the utility wall and the breeze from the crack my hand can fit it whistles around my ears.

This first year has been stuff we can do...getting rid of trees, getting rid of junk (years and years left of THAT rather awful job.) building one large veg bed, starting temporary repairs on bits and bobs. While that's bee going on we have been having surveys done into why the house is falling down and what we need to do to stop that happening. Thankfully, this has been identified. we'll have six main phases of building work in the house and yard over the next what,,,fifteen twenty years I guess. First job is to fix the first end, and that will give me the bare bones of a kitchen, a utility room and a study. Then we'll take a breather and dh will earn some more.


what we could do with is a live in jack of all trades. we're hoping we can get started on one of the barns ourselves. But we don't really know where to start! It has some concrete floor, but the rest needs to be done, so we guess that is the first job! There is so much day to day stuff that the big stuff eeps getting pushed back though.

kazschow

Davesnave wrote: »

that's great! :beer: Are you hoping to have part of the place habitable by Christmas or is it a choille style endurance job?

We're hoping to be in the house by christmas It should be wind and water tight, heating in etc, no kitchen or bathrooms though, other than a wet room for the dogs lol We're jsut about to put up an agricultural shed in the next week or two, so that will be the first completed bilding hopefully

I'll try and haul out pics of what we bought land wise later

lostinrates

what type of thing are you building to live in? It sounds so exciting!

The great thing with getting ag buildings up first is they also make for decent storage.

kazschow

lostinrates wrote: »

what type of thing are you building to live in? It sounds so exciting!

The great thing with getting ag buildings up first is they also make for decent storage.

The house we designed to meet our particular needs, those being maily big mucky, muddy dogs lol, it's a one and a half story, 4 bed. The living room sitting room and kitchen are open plan, and have a cathedral ceiling, so in that room at least we have a lot of head height. The front facade has to look like the original building, so has lots of little windows that are all different sizes, but the back was free reign, it's got a lot of glass. From the front it looks like a traditional ayrshire long house.

lostinrates

kazschow wrote: »

The house we designed to meet our particular needs, those being maily big mucky, muddy dogs lol, it's a one and a half story, 4 bed. The living room sitting room and kitchen are open plan, and have a cathedral ceiling, so in that room at least we have a lot of head height. The front facade has to look like the original building, so has lots of little windows that are all different sizes, but the back was free reign, it's got a lot of glass. From the front it looks like a traditional ayrshire long house.

It sounds gorgeous!

alfie_1

rhiwfield wrote: »

Sold an old one for over £130!!

if i get a pic to send you can you tell me if it is the same sort of thing please????

alfie_1

'Good job it wasn't a marrow!' is all I'm going to say......:eek:


more like the LAST thing i'd get to say if a marrow......:shocked:

alfie_1

Davesnave wrote: »

We don't have scaly leg, but our hen looks kinda yellow and has no energy, which hints at liver/kidney problem, maybe?

i know this may sound daft but it wouldnt be to do with the water ? sometimes if resevoirs run low the water can change....
but then choille hasnt a "lack" of water !!! i always give my chooks etc a pile of greens [cabbage etc] each week, they love em and seems to perk them up...NO EGGS YET THO ?? cant believe not one of them is laying, gone in shed all different times so not a rat etc taking them...lazy bu****s !

alfie_1

kazschow wrote: »

Well my big daydream is abot to become a reality, I'm moving down to our smallholding within a week hoefully and building on the new place starts asap Not dure if I'm excited or terrified, and the prospect of life in a caravan with no power doesn;t fill me with joy lol But hey, fortune favours the brave

OH WOW... how exciting...look on it as an adventure... ENJOY.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Hi KC cant wait, please take loads of pics for us to see:D

dont know where the weeks are going.... do you know its nearly 6 months to :xmassign::whistle::dance:

Hubby and hte boys are going to see black stone cherry tonight, i didnt fancy going, so i have a night in all by myself, well except the cat and the dog.....

better get my skates on to get to work..... not enough hours in the dat at the moment....pitty i wasnt getting paid by the hour:rotfl: