the daydream fund challenge thread

alfie_1

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:

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...

is it that film where the "goods" are buried under a tree by a stone wall on a moor ? wasnt a catherine cookson film was it...?? i can picture it but cant remember more !:D

Davesnave

Just popping in to say I may be absent for a while. Not being anti-social!

My 'puter decided to launch checkdisk this morning, which has never worked properly, and I can't get it to stop.....Typing this on daughter's laptop which is heading for Birmingham soon.

lostinrates

be good davesnave...and hurry back. Computer problems are horrid.

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

be good davesnave...and hurry back. Computer problems are horrid.

I knew I needed a new one!:o

Techie forum might be able to help and secure a temporary fix.

This laptop is horrible, but I've been able to do a couple of important things on it....

....including losing 40 minutes' worth of carefully composed email! :mad:

rozeepozee

RAS wrote: »

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.

Thanks for that. I really need to find time to google "bungalow remodel" but tea needs cooking!

It's massive inside. And a whole floor upstairs too, although no stairs to get to it, apart from a loft ladder. Definately has potential.

The other place is in a better position closer to the village but is on for too much money! Well, there's some hope now we have something else to consider, although it puts us back into the smallholding frame, rather than holiday service providers....

I've just instructed a local surveyor to do a walk round with us to give us an idea about what we can do with it and how much it's worth...

lostinrates

I have FINALLY ordered my pears. I've gone for: Sensation, Humbug, Buerre Hardy, Glou Morceau, Invincible and Winter Nellis, which should give a good mix of eating and cooking and something we can make a bottle of perry with if we so wish. I've ordered them to arrive before Christmas, so that we can plant them (ground conditions permitting) the week dh is off. Before then, maybe next weekend, I hope we can start putting in suitable support/wires for the pleaching business, and then dig BIG holes ready to pop the pears into with lots of good weel rotted poop when they arrive.

Meantime, I've got to decide what order to plant them in so we get the best view of the best blossom and the lovely stripey humbugs.

Davesnave

Just popping in again to say I have fixed some issues with this 'puter, but won't be relying on it for long.

If the bungalow already has an upstairs, rozee, you won't have to worry about checking the foundations as I'm doing at the moment.
There are certainly architects who can convert to make decent 'bungahouses.' That's how we found ours here; seeing one we liked and asking who was responsible.

Edit: If you had some money over, you could maybe buy a holiday cottage nearby. Not always good to have your guests on-site if it impacts your privacy.

Pears.....we still have ours. Some are poor and the better ones need replanting, so it's a digger job.

Now off to eat a rather large steak in the delightfully named village of Black Dog!

alfie_1

evening all
iv had a pooh day.....

rozeepozee

Davesnave wrote: »

Just popping in again to say I have fixed some issues with this 'puter, but won't be relying on it for long.

If the bungalow already has an upstairs, rozee, you won't have to worry about checking the foundations as I'm doing at the moment.
There are certainly architects who can convert to make decent 'bungahouses.' That's how we found ours here; seeing one we liked and asking who was responsible.

Edit: If you had some money over, you could maybe buy a holiday cottage nearby. Not always good to have your guests on-site if it impacts your privacy.

We've been to see the place again.... We're getting more than a little excited now. It all comes down to the price. 19 sleeps til the auction!

alfie_1

rozeepozee wrote: »

We've been to see the place again.... We're getting more than a little excited now. It all comes down to the price. 19 sleeps til the auction!

mega good luck sent from ME.....