the daydream fund challenge thread

Itismehonest

lostinrates wrote: »

The builders we have spoken to think this could add 30k onto our plans ultimately. But tough, I'm here, and I don't see how it can if it's a staged build not a all in one job tbh. I think it's easier for them, but not 30 k financially cheaper.

I guess it depends how much you would be in each others way but, as you say, £30k seems a large sum. Unless they're literally trying to work around you.
I'm now picturing LIR at her keyboard while surrounded by piles of building material, cement mixer, & builders' cleavages :rotfl:

lostinrates

Itismehonest wrote: »

I guess it depends how much you would be in each others way but, as you say, £30k seems a large sum. Unless they're literally trying to work around you.
I'm now picturing LIR at her keyboard while surrounded by piles of building material, cement mixer, & builders' cleavages :rotfl:

. No, we'll divide the house up, and seal doorways into our bits with plastic as dust shields. Surprisingly effective we found before Christmas.

Itismehonest

lostinrates wrote: »

. No, we'll divide the house up, and seal doorways into our bits with plastic as dust shields. Surprisingly effective we found before Christmas.

Yep, we've often done that. Even so it's amazing where the dust manages to get & how long it seems to take to get rid of. It's a bit like the needles on Christmas trees. You think you've found them all & then another appears from who knows where :rotfl:

The worst scenarios for building work when you live in are, IMO, always the kitchen & the loo. Luckily here we have alternatives (as I think you probably have) but building work in those 2 rooms always seems to cause more chaos than in any others.

alfie_1

hiya....
re panto ,there are lots of kids involved....some are prima donnas ! others are ok, rest are so shy with pushy parents !! we have one older lady who has a problem relating to kids/teenagers....i will leave it at that !!:eek:
the wardrobe people seem to take three steps forward,two back !! ive got to make 2 hats like the ones beatrice and eugene wore to THE wedding....oh joy !:D

ive been GIVEN a bl**dy good shed...:T its about 10x10. in very good nick [looked em up and costing approx £800 new:)] just got to remove it double doors at front ....SO if i use that as my tool shed, use my tool shed [8x10] for chooks, i GET MY GREENHOUSE BACK.....:j:j..........
I think im now officially the new forests QUEEN OF SCROUNGERS !!:D

i have spent this afternoon sweeping and clearing and tidying up all my front to the house. pruned my roses...:o, rearranged all my pot plants on the patio bit [cant see the floor of this area really as its just a mass of bulbs/flowers in pots everywhere ....]
ive mislayed my frizzle cockbird AND a hen appeared outside the fence this morning before id let them out ?? so i was NOT vigilant last night counting them in ...:o im hoping frizzle appears as i rather liked him....

son is coming round tonite for a big roast dinner...:D
hes entered in a charity [help for heroes] boxing match event...so is training hard but need a good dinner now and then from mum...:)

re barney [LIR] he has a conditioner mix,speedi beet and barley rings [soaked].??

lostinrates

alfie_1 wrote: »

hiya....
re panto ,there are lots of kids involved....some are prima donnas ! others are ok, rest are so shy with pushy parents !! we have one older lady who has a problem relating to kids/teenagers....i will leave it at that !!:eek:
the wardrobe people seem to take three steps forward,two back !! ive got to make 2 hats like the ones beatrice and eugene wore to THE wedding....oh joy !:D

ive been GIVEN a bl**dy good shed...:T its about 10x10. in very good nick [looked em up and costing approx £800 new:)] just got to remove it double doors at front ....SO if i use that as my tool shed, use my tool shed [8x10] for chooks, i GET MY GREENHOUSE BACK.....:j:j..........
I think im now officially the new forests QUEEN OF SCROUNGERS !!:D

i have spent this afternoon sweeping and clearing and tidying up all my front to the house. pruned my roses...:o, rearranged all my pot plants on the patio bit [cant see the floor of this area really as its just a mass of bulbs/flowers in pots everywhere ....]
ive mislayed my frizzle cockbird AND a hen appeared outside the fence this morning before id let them out ?? so i was NOT vigilant last night counting them in ...:o im hoping frizzle appears as i rather liked him....

son is coming round tonite for a big roast dinner...:D
hes entered in a charity [help for heroes] boxing match event...so is training hard but need a good dinner now and then from mum...:)

re barney [LIR] he has a conditioner mix,speedi beet and barley rings [soaked].??

His feed sounds ok. I would try a feed balancer though. Make sure meals are small, although it feels counter intuitive, to give less over feeding doesn't build weight. Alternative ly, if he is out a lone in the field give the concentrates mixed in a huge rubber bowl with more beet, so that he is eating less hay but the same amount of fibre, and trickle feeding the concentrates.


A testament to the weather is even with my two oldies, and special girl is a poor doer, I have only needed four bags of feed so far this winter, plus the balancer. I'm stil on first bag of grass nuts!

alfie_1

help !!

how do i get the stuff left like cement on my hands off??,having just used the bandages they use for broken limbs to make one of these bl**dy hats ???? i thought it was plaster of paris !! IT IS NOT !! :eek:
im having a job to move my fingers and am typing this with one of my free fingers ! scrolling is a nightmare....

i soaked them but ....no luck

any nurses out there

rozeepozee

Itismehonest wrote: »

I understand.
I was asking because I wondered if it wouldn't be possible to live in at least part of the property while tackling another part.

It might be a bit possible :cool:

We could leave the annexe totally and concentrate on the main house. Or we could do up the annexe, live there and then do up the main house (but I'm worried if we ended up spending too much money on the annexe, it'd be ages before we could finish the main house), it wouldn't really be feasible to live in any of the other areas as the downstairs is going to be fairly open plan and the upstairs is not that big as it's a dormer. Add into the mix twins who are under two, a boisterous five year old boy and a 6'3" other half....

My main concern is safety for the children. If it were just us, we would be able to stay away from the builders, but the twins are liek living with the most inquisitive chimpanzees in the zoo and they are into everything and have no sense at all. So I think that a static is the safest, most sensible containment option - perhaps with a nicely contained garden area for them to run around in.

Are you clean again, alfie?

alfie_1

nope...cant get it off !! Fingers are solid !! Durrrrr...wear gloves next time ! ....never a next time ....

Itismehonest

Oh bloomin heck, alfie.
I think they sometimes use those bandages for life-modelling so, presumably, there's a way of getting the stuff off. It may be easier to get off when it's dried - but what do I know?!
I'd let it dry & then see if I can crack it, soak it & keep whittling away at it.

rozeepozee wrote: »

It might be a bit possible :cool:

We could leave the annexe totally and concentrate on the main house. Or we could do up the annexe, live there and then do up the main house (but I'm worried if we ended up spending too much money on the annexe, it'd be ages before we could finish the main house), it wouldn't really be feasible to live in any of the other areas as the downstairs is going to be fairly open plan and the upstairs is not that big as it's a dormer. Add into the mix twins who are under two, a boisterous five year old boy and a 6'3" other half....

My main concern is safety for the children. If it were just us, we would be able to stay away from the builders, but the twins are liek living with the most inquisitive chimpanzees in the zoo and they are into everything and have no sense at all. So I think that a static is the safest, most sensible containment option - perhaps with a nicely contained garden area for them to run around in.

Yes, the twins & eldest's (not the 6'3" one )safety has to be paramount, obviously. I bet you'll still need eyes in the back of your head (& everywhere else, too) to keep them out of trouble. It will be a bit of a minefield.

alfie_1

IVE READ UP AND ITS A FIBREGLASS TYPE OF BANDAGE !!! iv had hands in iced water and it is starting to crack but will take forever to get off all my fingers....feels like its removing my fingerprints !!