the daydream fund challenge thread

lostinrates

alfie_1 wrote: »

:Tbasically a relative nicked a valueable item in the 20s and hid the item...till 2 weeks ago the family thought it was just a death bed story,but the missing item is mentioned in a book by a well known author. the "theft" was covered over at the time because it was "sensitive" at the time.... IF the item was recovered it would/could never be on the open market... would have to be returned to the "owners"

and yes the anisthetic has long gone :rotfl:

why not go to the owners, tell them and let them recover it....or the police could. It would make their decade to have a missing heirloom returned I'd guess. And be a nice tale to tell.

alfie_1

lostinrates wrote: »

why not go to the owners, tell them and let them recover it....or the police could. It would make their decade to have a missing heirloom returned I'd guess. And be a nice tale to tell.

that was thought of BUT there is the problem of permission by new owners to dig up thier garden [bearing in mind if an orchard has been removed,earth from one side of garden could be now on the other side !!] and then who foots the bill if not found ??? the present house owners could not claim the item ....

i will PM you

choille

If it's metal use a metal detector - if not get a dowser in; a twigger.

Must try & actually get some work done here tomorrow as we seem to have been gadding about all over the place this past few weeks.

Davesnave

Such excitement on this thread tonight!:j

Rozee, I wish you the very best of luck with your two viewings tomorrow , though I thought bungalows were not for you?

I have nothing against bungalows in principle, but this one drives me nuts, because the full view into the bottom of the valley is about 8' above the current floor level. If we can put another floor on this, it will make a huge difference.

So, with the above in mind, I dug the first of three trial pits today to expose the foundations. Today's was fine, but then it was on the youngest bit of the property, less than 20 years old. It will be on the oldest part that shoddy foundations, if there are any, will be most likely.

I loved your story alfie. My advice would be to sweep the target area at dead of night with a good metal detector (+ earphones!) to see if there's any 'interesting' response. I suppose it depends how large the object is, but a good machine will get you down at least 25cm on something the size of a cup.

Sorry to hear about the demise of your SG, choille. Not being familiar with the breed, I had to Google, and I must say they are handsome birds.

Edit: I lost my post Googling, so went off to do something else, retyped, and lo, choille had beaten me to it!!! :rotfl:

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Alfie, your posts remind me of an old film... the story line is very similar, something to do with money being stolen and hidden in a tree, and when they get out of prison, they try and go and find it, cant remember the name of the film, and i cant remember how it ended:rotfl:

It was one of those sunday afternoon films that was on 'normal' tv many moons ago..

as you can see i couldnt sleep.....also think i might be coming down with something my throat feels as though tis in the early stages of going to give me grief...

rozeepozee

Davesnave wrote: »

Such excitement on this thread tonight!:j

Rozee, I wish you the very best of luck with your two viewings tomorrow , though I thought bungalows were not for you?

I have nothing against bungalows in principle, but this one drives me nuts, because the full view into the bottom of the valley is about 8' above the current floor level. If we can put another floor on this, it will make a huge difference.

So, with the above in mind, I dug the first of three trial pits today to expose the foundations. Today's was fine, but then it was on the youngest bit of the property, less than 20 years old. It will be on the oldest part that shoddy foundations, if there are any, will be most likely.

Hahaha, it is also one of the ugliest bungalows I've seen in a long time! We may need some bungalow advice if we buy it. It has pretty amazing views, but, like you would be super if you were a storey up. I've convinced myself that there must be an amazing way to remodel a bungalow so it no longer appers to be a bungalow. It's the land I like. And the price....I am a business woman at heart! I'm thinking we could buy and do a total refurb for under £300K, the other place is likely to cost £100k more - and that's for starters!

Right, I'm off to market to buy some veggies, cakes and double yokers before our Big Day. We've got three smallholding viewings today. Amazing considering we thought we had seen eveything of interest on the market since we moved here 3 months ago.

Were you out at midnight with your metal detector and dowsing sticks, alfie?

rhiwfield

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Alfie, your posts remind me of an old film... the story line is very similar, something to do with money being stolen and hidden in a tree, and when they get out of prison, they try and go and find it, cant remember the name of the film, and i cant remember how it ended:rotfl:

CTC, Might have been O brother, Where art tho? Starred George Cloooney, and had that surreal scene of the baptism with the worshippers drifting through the trees.

There are times when this thread seems to have a caffeine overdose! Nothing valuable dug up here, but the bungalow next door has just had a first floor added. It now has wonderful views down the valley and over my garden! Nice couple and kids though.

lostinrates

rozeepozee wrote: »

I've convinced myself that there must be an amazing way to remodel a bungalow so it no longer appers to be a bungalow.

I've often thought it would be a nice thing to do, to buy ugly bunglows and ''make them pretty''. A friend of the family had one which they clad in timber...sort of shiplap stuff, so it looked like a huge shed or cabin, then my mother and I gave them some stuff to climb over it...roses and clematis, and it looks lovely now....it would be better with some more garden, but they aren't gardeners.

Some would really lend themselves to being made to look like ''gingerbread houses'' with fairy tale proportions. I personally hate the common treatment of making them very modern with a yucca in front of them.....it just makes them look like like very old people in very young people's nightclubs to me. wrong and worrying. I also think more bunglaows should have living roofs....sedum and the like, so they look better bedded in to the garden, and then you could make them deliciously hobbity but light.

RAS

Rozee

One way to do this and maintain a "bungalow look" is simply to extend the rafters from the front and build up the back wall - so the roof looks like an upside down tick mark? No disturbance to the front elevation at all and gives you "half" a first floor.

Alternatively raise the front elevation instead but still minimise the disturbance at ground floor level.

alfie_1

Some would really lend themselves to being made to look like ''gingerbread houses'' with fairy tale proportions. I personally hate the common treatment of making them very modern with a yucca in front of them.....it just makes them look like like very old people in very young people's nightclubs to me. wrong and worrying. I also think more bunglaows should have living roofs....sedum and the like, so they look better bedded in to the garden, and then you could make them deliciously hobbity but light.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: LIR... how many "doses" of caffene have you had today !!:rotfl:

p.s. people tell me my house looks like a gingerbread house !

pps. do i fit into the "wrong and worrying" category when im "bopping" amongst what could be my grandchildren at a festival !!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:.....YES