D'oh! Better get started... I wanna be Mortgage Free!!

wynnvegas

Cua nque' msaa Froggy,

How are VO these days? I remember doing the surveys a few years back and getting about £150 of Amazon vouchers in a relatively short space of time (albeit I did have to pretend to be a G.P. for one bumper survey!) I'd probably not bother these days (if only to not do someone else out of the survey opportunity and resultant cash) but it's an interesting business model they must have and one I might consider having a wee look at down the line as market research and, particularly, customer satisfaction surveys, is a field I quite fancy tapping.

DIY legend! If you ever fancy a wee weekend job, there's plenty of stuff at the squalor that needs doing!

Wedding anniversary plans sound grand. Moyra insists on us having an anniversary regardless of the fact that we have no interest in marriage (I'll need to do something proper for it next year as it'll be 15 years come next May). I'll tap you nearer the time to see if some of your inate romanticism can be lent out for a few days...

Might see you at the pool. My new yankee trainers have managed to hurt (I'm sure there's a broken bone involved) my foot so it'll be the swimming for me for a wee while as the cardio efforts at the gym are a non-starter.

Have a grand olde day.

Cheers,

Billy

Froggy-G

wynnvegas wrote: »

Cua nque' msaa Froggy,

How are VO these days? I remember doing the surveys a few years back and getting about £150 of Amazon vouchers in a relatively short space of time (albeit I did have to pretend to be a G.P. for one bumper survey!) I'd probably not bother these days (if only to not do someone else out of the survey opportunity and resultant cash) but it's an interesting business model they must have and one I might consider having a wee look at down the line as market research and, particularly, customer satisfaction surveys, is a field I quite fancy tapping.

DIY legend! If you ever fancy a wee weekend job, there's plenty of stuff at the squalor that needs doing!

Wedding anniversary plans sound grand. Moyra insists on us having an anniversary regardless of the fact that we have no interest in marriage (I'll need to do something proper for it next year as it'll be 15 years come next May). I'll tap you nearer the time to see if some of your inate romanticism can be lent out for a few days...

Might see you at the pool. My new yankee trainers have managed to hurt (I'm sure there's a broken bone involved) my foot so it'll be the swimming for me for a wee while as the cardio efforts at the gym are a non-starter.

Have a grand olde day.

Cheers,

Billy

Hylo Billy!

VO is not bad at all, I get to payout quite quickly, and could even get there faster, but I probably look at it only once a week or so..

DIY legend, I don't think so..But more than happy to cross the border if you need a hand with anything..

Give us a shout when you start preparing for your "anniversary" and I will advise accordingly.. Same goes for your French adventure

Will see you at the pool tonight!

Cheers
Froggy

mcculloch29

Froggy, I dunno why some years are 'like that', but I've had four in my lifetime - 1977, 1991/2 and 1997. All involved the loss of family members, there is no greater blow.

All things do pass, good and bad. This is a good year, but I have to accept that not everything in it will be good. Though so far we seem to be largely skirting major downers.

Anyway, the 'phrase 'Gang-rape Pacman' for the dodgy group hug icon made me laugh out loud... Your thread brings smiles as well as frowns. xx

abouttimetoo

Froggy-G wrote: »

Hey ATT

Nice to have you back around here.. My mum is back home and resting.. I am due to call her tonight to see how she is doing.. Could not quite call at the weekend as my dad was around all the time..

ATT, please tell me more about corporate lets, that sounds really interesting.. Any link you could send me please? That solution would be ideal for us..

Thanks
Froggy :j

Hi Froggy, sorry for delay, I've been on holiday, lol, saying sorry for delay is getting to be a habit for me this last month.

I've asked my letting agent if they do properties in your area or whether a website existed which listed such agents in one place. Apparently such a website doesn't exist and they don't cover your area; they have asked a contact who does a corporate let in Manchester who they use but the contact hasn't replied yet but if they do I'll let you know. I've just done a quick google search for 'corporate lettings Manchester' and a few came up so I would say it's worth giving them call and getting them to come out and see you; that's what I did, I had two companies come out to see me so that I could hear their package costs and gain my impressions of them first hand as it were. They were both very good but in the end I went with the one that had been recommended to me by a friend and who did just seem to have the extra edge over the other company

Regards
ATT

abouttimetoo

Hi again Froggy, just caught up on the remainder of your thread and I'm so sorry to hear the news about your uncle. Hopefully in time the good memories will help.

It's not long now till your mum visits, October will soon come round and she'll really enjoy spending all those vouchers you've been collecting for her

Froggy-G

abouttimetoo wrote: »

Hi Froggy, sorry for delay, I've been on holiday, lol, saying sorry for delay is getting to be a habit for me this last month.

I've asked my letting agent if they do properties in your area or whether a website existed which listed such agents in one place. Apparently such a website doesn't exist and they don't cover your area; they have asked a contact who does a corporate let in Manchester who they use but the contact hasn't replied yet but if they do I'll let you know. I've just done a quick google search for 'corporate lettings Manchester' and a few came up so I would say it's worth giving them call and getting them to come out and see you; that's what I did, I had two companies come out to see me so that I could hear their package costs and gain my impressions of them first hand as it were. They were both very good but in the end I went with the one that had been recommended to me by a friend and who did just seem to have the extra edge over the other company

Regards
ATT

Thanks ATT for taking the time to help me out! Very much appreciated! we are hoping to have the house ready in the next few weeks...

Cheers
Froggy

Froggy-G

Afternoon all!

30 lenghts in the pool last night! I have acupuncture tonight at 5pm, and GP appointment tomorrow morning for my blood pressure.. Then its finally the weekend.. Not looking promising weather wise, its pouring down here..:o

Hope all is well with everybody!

Cheers
Froggy :cool:

wynnvegas

Pewea Froggy,

Hoping a lower blood pressure reading signals a 180 degree turn in your fortunes good sir.

Cheers,

Billy

Froggy-G

wynnvegas wrote: »

Pewea Froggy,

Hoping a lower blood pressure reading signals a 180 degree turn in your fortunes good sir.

Cheers,

Billy

Hoping too, and if so, I will definitely be buying a lottery ticket or two tomorrow...

Froggy-G

Quick phone call to N-Ram to get updated figures, and it shows that our normal monthly payments takes £170 off the capital at the moment.. We are now very close to owning 10% of the house.. Think we should get there this month or so..

Froggy