Liz Jones is Credit Crunched in the end.....

soolin

FTBFun wrote: »

Woah woah woah....an animal therapist? What the hell?

She goes in for all these whacky animal therapies which in her articles she mentions cost thousands at a go. Holistic medicine, animal 'whispereers' to find out what they are thinking, I also seem to recall, hypnosis and massage as well.

She mentions some of it here: (an old article I Know)


http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/aug/02/liz-jones-interview

. In her time she has employed an animal chiropractor, an animal masseur and an animal psychic healer. Oh, and they don't wear shoes, either, shoes being both unnatural and brutal. Instead she massages their hooves with oil. When she rides them, they wear little boots - probably by Hermès, knowing Jones.

soolin

Hmm, that guardian article is quite revealing, I just noticed this bit as well:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/aug/02/liz-jones-interview

Even if this were the case, it is a line that is somewhat weakened by the fact that she is not always truthful herself. Later I find out that recently she has not been bravely running her farm all alone; her sister has been living there, too. Only to have admitted so would not have made such a dramatic column, would it? (In an email, after I try to check this, she tells me her sister will soon be moving out, and that she would prefer that I didn't mention her.)

fc123

soolin wrote: »

Hmm, that guardian article is quite revealing, I just noticed this bit as well:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/aug/02/liz-jones-interview

Even if this were the case, it is a line that is somewhat weakened by the fact that she is not always truthful herself. Later I find out that recently she has not been bravely running her farm all alone; her sister has been living there, too. Only to have admitted so would not have made such a dramatic column, would it? (In an email, after I try to check this, she tells me her sister will soon be moving out, and that she would prefer that I didn't mention her.)

LIR wrote about shoe-less horses some time back and I think she lets her horses go barefoot (or bare hooved) also.


LJ has lot's of inconsistencies in her writing and mentioned scrambled eggs meal last week......yet she is a vegan.

But simply everything is fake. The melon tastes of cardboard. Everything is over the top. When I asked for a fruit salad, why did it come with two hunks of cake? Why, when I ordered scrambled eggs, were they surrounded by fried potatoes?

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1301177/LIZ-JONES-Welcome-Fake-World-We-hope-enjoy-cardboard-melon.html#ixzz0wW7vB7bW

Maybe this thread will weed out the fake and the real for the record as her house sale is on topic for this board.

Will a boom price house bought by a droppie (with an additional 500k plonked on the top for the barn conversion) sell in todays market?
We will wait and see.


I have an alternative ending looking though...the rockstar is totally smitten, she drops her guard and falls head over heels and, as he is worth several mill in cash plus has plenty of spare houses including Norfolk and South of France, they give Cold Comfort Farm to the RSPCA for free to house feral cats, rescue chickens/ponies/sheep/dogs/horses and they all live happily ever after.

fc123

soolin wrote: »

She goes in for all these whacky animal therapies which in her articles she mentions cost thousands at a go. Holistic medicine, animal 'whispereers' to find out what they are thinking, I also seem to recall, hypnosis and massage as well.

She mentions some of it here: (an old article I Know)


http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/aug/02/liz-jones-interview

. In her time she has employed an animal chiropractor, an animal masseur and an animal psychic healer. Oh, and they don't wear shoes, either, shoes being both unnatural and brutal. Instead she massages their hooves with oil. When she rides them, they wear little boots - probably by Hermès, knowing Jones.

There is some good stuff in that article.

....... If she fell in love, would she consider giving it (the column) up? "If they were earning their own living, yeah." Now she sounds more unconvincing than ever. Isn't the truth that the column funds a spectacular lifestyle; that it is her brand, and thus that she has made a kind of Faustian pact with it? "Well, we all have to earn a living, don't we?" she says, poking a silverskin onion.

Another property article in the Telegraph says she bought the farm for less than she sold the London house.

Upcott Farm near Dulverton, which she boasts about buying unmodernised for "far less than the price of my London house with its hankie-size garden", is on the market for £1.9 million.

"I doubt she'll get it," says one estate agent. He begs to remain nameless. They all do, which is understandable seeing as Jones recently directed her vitriol at the breed, or as she puts it "the mire that is the property market, where men are called Jasper and the women are blonde and stupid and inevitably work part-time". Ouch.

...oh and can I just note, for the record, that I am using this thread for therapy at the mo. I am not OCD on the woman.....just enjoying the distraction it gives my head now and again.:o

fc123

...but another EA reckons she'll sell it for more than 1.9 (?)

Is she sad to be selling? "A bit. But it's sort of ridiculous having seven bedrooms and six bathrooms and being completely on your own." As yet, she's unsure where she'll move to: "I'd love to stay on Exmoor, but Dartmoor is quite tempting, or maybe the Brecon Beacons or Snowdonia."

An estate agent tells me she's been viewing a £650,000 property nearby.

Baker expects her farm to fetch at least its asking price. "We've priced it sensibly. I wouldn't be surprised if it sold for even more," he says.

dopester

fc123 wrote: »

Another property article in the Telegraph says she bought the farm for less than she sold the London house.

I had the thought of trying to ID her old Islington House, to find out what she bought it for and what it sold for in 2007, but there are too many leads to follow up and narrow down. Quickly gave up.

She once wrote a story saying she took a huge subprime mortgage to buy it originally. Probably sold it for considerably more than she bought it for, but then £1.6 (ish) is quite a lot of money for a farm in Exmoor, and £500K spent doing it up if NDG's source is accurate.

When I was looking for info about her old Islington house, found this by Liz Jones, which suggests her farm/farmhouse is not cheap to keep running.

In which I miss the good life

By Liz Jones Diary

Last updated at 8:01 PM on 10th April 2010

Now, the only churning in my stomach is when John the postman delivers my letters: bills, bills and yet more bills. Vet bills. Oil bills. I’ve spent £2,500 in three months on oil, and despite these three months being the worst winter in 30 years I haven’t even had the heating on once. My water bill averages £270 a quarter, this despite the fact I have a well, a spring, several streams and only drink Pellegrino. My electricity bill was £1,500 for the last quarter, this despite the fact the house is in darkness due to the fact all the light fittings were ripped out by the previous owner.

All in all, living in London was so much cheaper, even eating out at the organic pub three times a week with pudding. Even buying armfuls of flowers every Friday, and having my bed linen washed and ironed by the Pakistani man who thought my husband was my son. Those were the days when I had a cleaner, H.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-1264612/In-I-miss-good-life.html

Jonbvn

fc123 wrote: »

I have an alternative ending looking though...the rockstar is totally smitten

I don't think Stevie Wonder counts as a rock star.;)

neverdespairgirl

How can she have spent that amount on oil without using the heating, though?

sss555s

Now, the only churning in my stomach is when John the postman delivers my letters: bills, bills and yet more bills. Vet bills. Oil bills. I’ve spent £2,500 in three months on oil, and despite these three months being the worst winter in 30 years I haven’t even had the heating on once. My water bill averages £270 a quarter, this despite the fact I have a well, a spring, several streams and only drink Pellegrino. My electricity bill was £1,500 for the last quarter, this despite the fact the house is in darkness due to the fact all the light fittings were ripped out by the previous owner.

All in all, living in London was so much cheaper, even eating out at the organic pub three times a week with pudding. Even buying armfuls of flowers every Friday, and having my bed linen washed and ironed by the Pakistani man who thought my husband was my son. Those were the days when I had a cleaner, H.

This all sounds like a stupid attempt to make a boring story sound interesting.

I still don't get why anyone is interested in her affairs or who she is...

It must be a London thing :A

mrs_robinson_3

Am exceptionally interested in who the rockstar might be, actually....

My first thought was Alex James too, but I wouldn't call him one, exactly (not in my head, he's not). He does live in Somerset though. But I think he's more interested in cheese these days.

And she was once in love with Prince (me too, still am). She wrote a book about him - it wasn't very good, though. But I was envious that she got to go to Minneapolis. But I think this RS is home grown, anyway, so not my man.

In the Exmoor Diaries (which I've just read, from the library though, in my defence, and where I came across it, rather than sought it out , also in my defence), she mentions having interviewed whoever it is, years ago, so I guess is easy enough to find, for those with time on their hands. And she mentions having been at Wembley, to see this person. So it must be someone big. Or was big. And also their sweat flew through the air and landed on LJ. Which made me think drummer.

So could it be Charlie Watts?

Or maybe Brian Ferry.

Just a thought.

They use the same hair colorant, I'd say. Meeow.

Though the more I've read of her lately, the more I've come to hhave a bit of a soft spot for her.

She must be loving all those pics and articles about the house too - more reason to live.

Mrs R