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Why all the anguish about renting?
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PasturesNew wrote: »So when did you actually build the house then? If you were working 23 hours and having two 30 minute naps?
My "proper job" would be sitting on my 'arris in an office probably from 8-6, plus a commute of 2 hours/day. And that'd be on a normal/light day. Then you get all that free overtime stuff you have to put in to complete stuff.
Whenever I had free time such as weekends and holidays I took my pickaxe wheelbarrow and shovel and dug out the footings for the dwarf walls, after the site had been squared off by a joiner.
Hard work in the extreme but masively rewarding.
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Whenever I had free time such as weekends and holidays I took my pickaxe wheelbarrow and shovel and dug out the footings for the dwarf walls, after the site had been squared off by a joiner.
LOL, brilliant.
I suggest your put your pickaxe down now, and stop digging
"Oh, I have a spare hour, I'll go build some more house". Hiring equipment over that time period to do a bit of building when you have a spare hour must have cost you an absolute fortune!
What did you do? Build the roof over the summer, few tiles at a time praying it didn't rain?!0 -
c) If we all did it, there wouldn't be enough land to go around[/QUOTE]
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Graham_Devon wrote: »LOL, brilliant.
I suggest your put your pickaxe down now, and stop digging
"Oh, I have a spare hour, I'll go build some more house". Hiring equipment over that time period to do a bit of building when you have a spare hour must have cost you an absolute fortune!
What did you do? Build the roof over the summer, few tiles at a time praying it didn't rain?!
About right there and once I`d finished I bought a house in Babbacombe to rent to the locals.
Still got it by the way.
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funny you say that - someone on here (can't remember who it was) reckons that it costs only £12k to build a house
Cost me £26K in 1986.Hi, we’ve had to remove your signature. If you’re not sure why please read the forum rules or email the forum team if you’re still unsure - MSE ForumTeam0 -
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Not rubbishing, getting some meat on the bones.Whenever I had free time such as weekends and holidays I took my pickaxe wheelbarrow and shovel and dug out the footings for the dwarf walls, after the site had been squared off by a joiner.
Hard work in the extreme but masively rewarding.
You keep rubbishing me and we will do this in stages if that suits you?
So how long did it take you then?0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Ah, so you did it years ago, when there was more land and things like houses were much cheaper.
Excuses,Excuses, whats new,to be honest that`s a typical reply from one of the "you had it easier brigade"
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exactly £12k to build a house is a bit of jackanory...Cost me £26K in 1986.
as Devon would sayGraham_Devon wrote: »Get's better and better this bulls*it doesn't it0 -
About right there and once I`d finished I bought a house in Babbacombe to rent to the locals.
Still got it by the way.
So if you are looking.;)
Indeed.
So you built your own home, put yourself through all that (apparently, we all know you are talking absolute rubbish), to save costs, one would assume on buying a house.
You worked 2 jobs to earn money, making it sound really hard. Indeed, you have said it was really hard.
But then you simply bought another house when you had finished?
Get's better and better this bulls*it doesn't it 0
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