the daydream fund challenge thread

alfie_1

to the new forest,off they set
for a trio of geese to get.
they drove "pops" car
as it was so far
but traffic enroute,they met..

they arrived with a grin,
so i let them in
and they walked the garden with ease.
they mentioned "the tree"
so i offered for free
a cutting twich they said "yes please!

DH was last seen
behind a screen
of branches of willow to grow
the geese they had s**T
and not just a bit!
as the floor of my van did show.

a wild wind blew
and they almost flew
as we put them in the boot
the smell would be strong
as they drove along
i guess it was a "hoot" ....

lostinrates

LOL, Alfie!

do you know, the news paper you put in the boot contained the ONLY poop they did all the way home? I'm sorry they weren't as kind to your van!

CTC, its arrived in my in box but DH is a little worse for wear tonight.

re radon, I concurr with Alfie. We used to live in a medium radon area...and people who lived there all their lives survived. Areas might have specific extra risks, but you'd need specific advice on that.

choille

Radon = Aberdeen. They blame the granite.

Maybe I mentioned a couple splitting up & animals needing housed - racoons etc. Well he took his own life on Mon evening in a very shocking way. So all a strange & very extreme week, HOWEVER I have some progress & photos to show - ta ra - http://wildwritingfromtheedge.blogspot.com/2011_07_01_archive.html

John_Pierpoint

RAS wrote: »

You need to leave the tubers in the ground for 3 weeks so any blight on the ground surface has time to dry out and die first. So you have time to recover.

So that is why some farmers spray the fields with battery acid.

I lifted one potato plant today for immediate consumption and was pleased to find 4.25 Kg of spuds under it.

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

glad you have your geese....

Is anyone good at reading legal packs on property/land that goes to auction?

I have had the legal pack etc of the land that the neighbour was trying to put us off:rotfl:

will prob not go for it, but i was just wondering if someone could look over the legal pack etc and tell me what things mean

they have said there is Radon in the area is this standard or what ever animals, or things grown on the land glow in the dark:rotfl::D

This there is Radon in the area may be "anus protectus" like may contain nuts, however:

The modern mantra of architects is
"Build tight and ventilate right"
as we try to reduce the energy used in our homes.
The building might well be encapsulated in a plastic membrane to prevent any unintended air leakage.

The first step in old homes, which should have been done back in the 1970's, is to draft strip everything - the pay back can be months not years.

Post 1960's houses tend to be built on a big sheet of polythene, so that stops anything significant leaking into the now "airtight" house from underground.

The rest of them, except the Victorian - 1930's suspended ground floor ones with draughty floor boards and air-bricks, could be at risk of the internal build up of Radon. The radon being a product of the radioactive decay that drives the hot core of the earth and is particularly found in rocks that have been produced by the up welling of molten material from down there (ie granite etc) rather than substrata produced from the bed of former seas. (eg chalk).

Mining helps get the Radon nearer to the surface.

So if you have a property that fails a Radon test, you will need to invest in measures to stop the penetration and/or force ventilate it to the open air.

[I once had to buy a property in the Nottingham area - it was a nightmare area of houses falling down long lost coal mines. So every purchase had to be checked with the coal authority, and there was a scheme for "fixing" those houses that did unexpectedly start collapsing. However that is not much compensation for the individual home owner trying to live in a falling down house and like underpinned houses there is a blight on the future sale value]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radon

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/article2933461.ece
http://www.hpa.org.uk/Topics/Radiation/UnderstandingRadiation/UnderstandingRadiationTopics/Radon/radon_Map/

About a quarter of us will die with "cancer" on our death certificate, somewhat higher a chance for those who smoke indoors in a Radon contaminated house.:eek:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jan/14/mortality-statistics-causes-death-england-wales-2009

COOLTRIKERCHICK

hi john,

there isnt a property on the land, its just land on top of a mountain, which has had a coal tip tipped on it, there is old mine workings all on that mountain, and there is a private mine just below the land...

choille, you house is coming along lovely...... you have such fantastic views..

I am just waiting to see how much a 10 acre place we went to see a few weeks back fetched at auction...yesturday... I know....I know.... i shouldnt be even looking at places as we cant afford it, but its all research...lol...

COOLTRIKERCHICK

the property in question went for £170k the guide price was £130k..

so it def looks as though our feasible option is land... if we want no direct neighbours...

there is 20acres of land for sale for 70k but it is subject to an access road being built, for a wind turbine on the mountain.. so this would mean if it went ahead within 5 years who ever bought that land would in effect lose approc 2 acres

but reading on the link that convenanter gave us...anything over 12 acres is tech classed as a farm, which 'potentially' could be easier to optain a dwelling, shephards hut etc...

lostinrates

ctc does the purchase depend on sale of your house? If so you might be putting cart before the horse. My parents place has been on the market a year now, two agents, three viewers.


Nightmare morning, electric fences down. Took an hour to fix and another to convince animals back in. Special horse has scratched herself badly too.

The geese loook disorientated and scared. They are staying tight in their huddle and swaying. They ignored the bucket of bucked corn I put out and instead found the horses' breakfasts, which they polished off.

Interestingly the chickens aren't scared of them at all, where as the neighbours peacocks terrified the chooks.

I';m keeping them all in the yard today. (should have davesnave's peckadilly circus but our normal quarantine house is already occupied and too small for the geese). Not a huge amoiunt of grass for the geese, but some, and I want to know I can get them all in when I need them before free ranging.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Our house is now in neg equity due to the supermarket, and the fact we couldnt afford the repairs, when we could afford the repairs, we didnt do anything because becuase of the effect of the supermarket etc..

so we do not need to sell our house... we are hoping maybe a few years down the line the new developers would want to buy us out to expand the development.( fingers crossed)

Davesnave

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

. I know....I know.... i shouldnt be even looking at places as we cant afford it, but its all research...lol...

You should look, and you should be prepared to lose properties too, because that's really the only way to get the experience and the very hard-headed approach you need for that bargain when it comes along!

An alternative to getting PP for a dwelling is to find a smallish plot just outside a village, buy that, then relocate to the village when you can. That's roughly what you had in mind for the cottage and its land.

Even here, in overpriced Devon, such opportunities come up. I saw a plot about 1.25acres on the edge of a village recently with a guide of £15k. With a bit of competition that might rise, but still come in much cheaper than a property with the convenience of that land attached.

In this morning's inbox, Rightmove sent me a property on the edge of the nearby town. 60s bungalow, smaller than ours + 4.5 acre field + small barn = £385k. The bungalow is such that there were no internal photos! :eek: On its own, that field might go for £65k. I wonder how many folk would want that bungalow on its own at offers on £320K? It's madness, this land + property lark!!!

Choille, love the latest photies. It's only when you see guys up there on the roof that it's possible to gauge how large the place is.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

here is a link about landprices in the guardian..

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/apr/18/agricultural-land-prices-increase

that little old cottage would have been ideal for us... literly 1-2 miles up the road...

I know exactly where you are coming from re- prices Davesnave... that smallholding that went to auction yesturday, if you go on average of 4k per acre.. so 40k for the land, and 130k for the house:eek:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-18935025.html