The "Dirk Rambo Talking to Herself" thread

Malcolm.

How many people need click spam for a thread to dissapear? Anyone know? Anyone?

tomterm8

We could do an experiment.

But I don't think it works like that, I think after a certain number of spam reports it flags itself up at MSE central, and the moderators-that-officially-don't-moderate-decide-whether-to-not-moderate-the-thread.

careinthecommunity

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

"Crumbling Piles of Bricks"

An expression often used by housing bears to describe houses. Obviously intended to be derogatory and dismissive.

So why are they all so very desperate for prices to crash so they can buy their own "crumbling pile of bricks"? :think:

personally after listening to people like yourself and watching tv [after all everything is true on tv] i know i only need to paint the exterior (and obviously interior i am not that stupid), tidy the garden, kitchen and take some "smashing" pictures and bingo !! i am in profit, wait for hpi to price out the general population and when i retire sit and moan at the state of the youth today for not trying hard enough to get a job that earns 200k a year so they can buy my house...

you see all "bears" are really property speculators waiting in the wings, and not people who want somewhere to live and who generally want to live to work and not work to live...

DervProf

"Crumbling Piles of Bricks"

An expression made up by Hamish McLavish, used in a rubbish post on MSE.com. Obviously not intended to enhance Hamish`s reputation, or promote a decent debate.

DaddyBear

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

"Crumbling Piles of Bricks"

An expression often used by housing bears to describe houses. Obviously intended to be derogatory and dismissive.

So why are they all so very desperate for prices to crash so they can buy their own "crumbling pile of bricks"? :think:

Hamish, it really is fun watching you unravel.

Generali

92203 wrote: »

In several months of being a lurker on the HPC forum, I can't recollect ever having seen someone using such a term to describe a house.

I assumed that was where he'd gotten the term. I've never seen the term used TBH.

the_flying_pig

gr8 thread m8 :beer:

doire_2

Poor Hamish. Your thread didn't quite work out as you hoped it would.

dopester

I've read the odd post which uses the crumbling pile of bricks imagery.

I have sometimes wondered why houses never depreciate year on year the same as cars. Buildings also become run down and dated. I can understand land appreciation but not a crumbling pile of bricks built on top of it..

And a few posts which sort of project the same impression..

Oxford in the mid-90s was damp, drizzly and shabby. Lost in abstruser musings the academics who held sway in the northern quadrant didn't pay much heed to home improvement - as many buyers will testify to if they've stumbled around their crumbling victorian houses when they come to the market.

So why are they all so very desperate for prices to crash so they can buy their own "crumbling pile of bricks"?

The answer is, in many instances sellers are putting asking prices so expensive (to many people).

If prices were realistic then maybe an FTB could buy it and also have some money leftover, or not be wholly locked into debt, to improve and maintain it. Especially some house which has seen little maintanance but seller asking a price as if it's a buyers golden ticket to paradise.

Our family home needs "repointing" work done btw - but not urgently - and there are bricks that are a bit crumby and cracked and, once of twice, found a sliver of brick chip on the driveway... which must have broken away from the brickwork higher up. Houses need work doing on them over time.

DervProf

Dirk_Rambo wrote: »

is any-one else waiting for mctaveesh to reply to his own post

I`m sure he will, but I bet he`s a bit busy at the moment trying to explain today`s news from Nationwide. Either that or he`s researching house prices in a small area of Scotland.