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  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    For old/original houses, gotta love this: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-31816166.html


    BUY IT! delicious!
  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 49,643 Ambassador
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    GDB2222 wrote: »
    Can I ask how mattress toppers work in practice as far as sheets are concerned? I am looking at buying a 7cms topper, but our fitted sheets strain to go over the mattress as it is. With an extra 7cms there's no way to do it. We also have a mattress protector which won't go over the combined lump of the mattress and topper. Any ideas?

    Looking at this one http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/1273283/Trail/searchtext%3EMEMORY+FOAM+MATTRESS+TOPPER.htm#pdpFullProductInformation3/

    Thanks!

    Very expensive for what it is. You'd get it for a quarter of that on Ebay!

    You need deep sheets or you will rip a lot of corner stitching and/or your OHs nails.
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  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    I have trouble getting sheets to fit one of my memory foam mattresses as it is so fat even the extra sized ones just ping off and don't fit, however I can put 5ft sheets on a 4ft 6in bed and they tuck in ok.
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    GDB2222 wrote: »
    Forgive me, by the way, as I should have said 20's. Definitely not yet 29. :)

    Nope, I'm 33.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    GDB2222 wrote: »
    Can I ask how mattress toppers work in practice as far as sheets are concerned? I am looking at buying a 7cms topper, but our fitted sheets strain to go over the mattress as it is. With an extra 7cms there's no way to do it. We also have a mattress protector which won't go over the combined lump of the mattress and topper. Any ideas?

    Looking at this one http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/1273283/Trail/searchtext%3EMEMORY+FOAM+MATTRESS+TOPPER.htm#pdpFullProductInformation3/

    Thanks!

    One of my best buys ever was unfitted flat sheets - from the White Company. they are spectacularly gorgeous.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    lostinrates wrote: »
    BUY IT! delicious!

    "Needs some cosmetic attention", an EA might say.....
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 49,643 Ambassador
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    For old/original houses, gotta love this: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-31816166.html

    Unmortgageable in its present state I would guess.
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  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    What's amazing is that it's owned by the County Council .... you'd think they'd have done it up for resale; I'm sure it's been for sale for ages and just reappeared.
  • sjaypink
    sjaypink Posts: 6,740 Forumite
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    For old/original houses, gotta love this: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-31816166.html
    i LOVE the rustic-effect kitchen units :D
    We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. Carl Jung

  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 49,643 Ambassador
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    What's amazing is that it's owned by the County Council .... you'd think they'd have done it up for resale; I'm sure it's been for sale for ages and just reappeared.

    I doubt councils employ the likes of Beeney to improve properties and dress them for sale. They probably haven't got a budget in the correct department to do it up, or if they have the sale price would be siphoned off to a different department and they won't see any of it.

    Maybe an elderly tenant moved on and it needs too much maintenance to be let out in its current state?

    Could be a bargain for you PN, we'd all advise from afar on your rennovations.
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