the daydream fund challenge thread

rozeepozee

Congratulations, Dave, but I can see that weddings are a financial bind. OH & I recently celebrated 9 years together but we bought a VW California campervan 2 years ago instead of getting married. We're not religious and I find the whole wedding industry slightly detestable, but my views do not concur with the vast majority of the UK on this. Still, that's a familiar feeling...

The kids are our commitment. Once you have kids together, then it's for life in my book.

rozeepozee

Having said that, I do quite fancy the idea of having a camping wedding where everyone brings a tent to our field. So never say never....

choille

Congrats to your DD Dave - we have similar happening in September too - what a nuisance:rotfl:

Yes - weed suppressant matting is a good idea.

I too like the chalky/egg tempra look in paint especially if used over wood lining which is another look I love. I did rescue wood lining out of an old building on an estate near here that was going on a bonfire unless I went & carefully removed it. It's really good tight grained pine which I'll wax rather than paint as it's so gorgeous.

Well another ghastly day weather-wise - owff to feed my sheep & shout at the traffic! Cabin fever setting in................:eek:

Rummer

Lovely news Dave! My Oh and I already had our DD and lived together when we decided to tie the knot. We had a registry service with just the two of us, our DD and our two closest friends. After a brief and personal service we went to meet our families for a lovely lunch. a few days later we had a party for all our friends at a local bistro. All for under £1k (including all outfits, food, drinks etc) and it was perfect. I felt a big wedding would be too impersonal and for us a small affair was heaven.

I could do with some advice, the fence between ourselves and our neighbours is looking the worse for wear and I wondered how much it would cost? No idea even how to go about it?

choille

Maybe the neighbour will go half - should possibly ask them & decide together on type & price range before going ahead?

Itismehonest

What type of fence & how long, Rummer?

:rotfl: Most of our 2 families (DH's & mine) still don't know we are married. We were together for so many years we just did it quietly.

Rummer

They are lovely and we have chatted vaguely about it before and they have said they would go half. It is approx 10 - 15m long and I think types wise we would go with the style around the other two parts of the garden which I think you call a pallisade fence. It has purpose built gaps to allow the wind through.

lostinrates

rozeepozee wrote: »

The kids are our commitment. Once you have kids together, then it's for life in my book.

well....we married v. quickly for the next of kin reason. Its not romantic, but tax implications exist. most can be paperworked for of course. DH and I had a non religious civil ceremony and have a paperwork agreement.

Itismehonest

Rummer wrote: »

They are lovely and we have chatted vaguely about it before and they have said they would go half. It is approx 10 - 15m long and I think types wise we would go with the style around the other two parts of the garden which I think you call a pallisade fence. It has purpose built gaps to allow the wind through.

If you already have a fence to match it should make life much easier.

It's just a case of finding a good supplier & working out the cost from there. If the posts are cemented in (they should usually be) then you either have to dig the old stuff up or try to work the run of fencing so that you can leave the old ones be & put in new ones between the old.
The non-MSE way would, of course, be to get a good fencing contractor in to do the job which is something we tend to do :rotfl:

Davesnave

Depends if you both want a fence, of course. The alternative is a hedge, which will need maintenance.

Palisade fencing is easy if it's a level site. Provided someone can put up vertical posts, it's possible to buy pre-mortised ones and nailing onto the rails doesn't take long. Everything like cost and time to do depends on what length the run is really.

What are your home labourers like?