Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things

silvercar

michaels wrote: »

PN I'm not sure if I've broken the other place - whenever I try and post an 'edit' I get a handled 404.

Works for me.

silvercar

michaels wrote: »

As the work gets nearer the end it seems to go slower and slower although I am sure that is psychological rather than things actually slowing down. I did find myself thinking today that the extended house might be worth 100k more than the purchase price plus extension cost and that given my limited income and the fact that capital gains on ppr's are not taxed, whether we should look to move and do it all again next year...

Eventually the tax people will consider you to be trading and tax you accordingly.

Plus - can you really live through the hassle again?

GDB2222

michaels wrote: »

Would have been except...they slept through it. No problems and hopefully not too expensive, there is no lighting in the new section yet so we have just left everything and put up a wood barrier across the corridor instead although if it rains whilst the wind is blowing a fair bit will come in but nothing is finished enough yet for that to be a problem hopefully.

As the work gets nearer the end it seems to go slower and slower although I am sure that is psychological rather than things actually slowing down. I did find myself thinking today that the extended house might be worth 100k more than the purchase price plus extension cost and that given my limited income and the fact that capital gains on ppr's are not taxed, whether we should look to move and do it all again next year...

That's a pretty good profit. Our former neighbours are doing this serially. Sooner or later, though, HMRC will tax them as traders which will take the gilt off the gingerbread.

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

PN I'm not sure if I've broken the other place - whenever I try and post an 'edit' I get a handled 404.

Vandal ... dunno why that'd be. It loads for me
And I can see somebody else has posted since you posted this question ... so I figure it's just one of those things for now. Probably OK now.

misskool

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I hate dealing with people who are too thick skinned to do the right thing. I'd like to rip someone a new one but I have to keep writing diplomatic emails.

and stressed trying to rush something mega in 4 days.


back in a while everyone.

michaels

I have just made another post which I could then edit; but I still can not edit the first post I made this evening. Go figure...

silvercar wrote: »

Works for me.

PasturesNew

I'd have probably mithered about glass not being that safe ... and being a right old woman and insisted on perspex probably ... with a velcro edging to help keep it in place.

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

A valid choice but doesn't give you the same life experiences as having been widowed young. All I'm saying is that I can understand why two widowed young may hook up.

I also know of couples where both lost a parent at a young age - again the common history creates an empathy.

I was remarking on how one can get to middle age (and beyond) without ever having married (nor co-habited).

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

I have just made another post which I could then edit; but I still can not edit the first post I made this evening. Go figure...

Simples... you broke it ... vandal :P

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

I was remarking on how one can get to middle age (and beyond) without ever having married (nor co-habited).

So would your ideal man be:

a. widowed
b. never married/ co-habited
c. divorced

and would you like him

a. no kids
b. young kids
c. grown up kids

Not that I'm setting up a dating site, just curious.