Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

vivatifosi

Doozergirl wrote: »

I've had kabaddi explained to me many times. It's like british bulldog meets volleyball meets wrestling. Any wiser? Oh, and you're only allowed in the other half for one breath. So you have to shout kabaddilabaddikabaddi over and over again to prove you're not breathing in.

Ah, that makes far more sense than Wikipedia.

Went to see my brother today. His house is coming on well and I saw the plans for his redevelopment. Then came home and had a conversation with DH which I can imagine if Doozer has siblings, that they also have.

Him: "How come they live in a half million pound house?"
Me: "Because they are willing to put in the graft"
Him "What do you mean, I work hard"
Me: "And how willing would you be to move into a house with no heating?"
Him "I wouldn't"
Me: "And how about moving into a wreck in which pretty much everything from the floorboards to the walls to the bathroom to the kitchen needs replacing and its like squatting for six months?"
Him: "I wouldn't"
Me: "And then when you finish, starting over so you can have somewhere better rather than thinking that the nightmare of refurb is finally over"
Him: "No chance"
Me: "Well there you go then".

We like our creature comforts too much and although DH has got better at DIY, taking on a project has never been our dream. Fair play to everyone like Doozer, lir, michaels and my baby bro for thinking like that. When your places are finished, they are/will be stunning. Meanwhile it is fun to share in your big plans and knowing that its a path we'll never have the inclination to walk, living vicariously through your Grand Designs.

Davesnave

misskool wrote: »

ugh.

lesser celandine.


in a 4x4m area.


double ugh

Couch grass.

1/2 an acre.

Farmer's strength Roundup.

Job's a long -un.

michaels

Thanks Viva - I guess for me it s how I was brought up, in a house my parents couldn't really afford with out the heating extra my friends had.

So my first house I figured you could fit a staircase over the staircase and have a usable loft room (not quite enough head height for it to be a proper from) and that with a lot of steel the kitchen could be a proper kitchen breakfast room. It was a nightmare including the first set of builders cheating us, demolishing the kitchen and disappearing 2 weeks before christmas one year.

Next we wanted something bigger for the family but couldn't afford everything we wanted in terms of rooms, garden space and catchment area so we found a place in the right area with potential and lived through another set of building works.

And yet this weekend even before all the decorating is complete we were seriously considering moving another step up the ladder to a property which again is nothing now but which could be worth a lot with the correct extension/renovation but not having the appetite for risk of LIR or Doozer etc we chickened out of joining a bidding war with 10 others - oh well there will be other opportunities....:)

vivatifosi wrote: »

Ah, that makes far more sense than Wikipedia.

Went to see my brother today. His house is coming on well and I saw the plans for his redevelopment. Then came home and had a conversation with DH which I can imagine if Doozer has siblings, that they also have.

Him: "How come they live in a half million pound house?"
Me: "Because they are willing to put in the graft"
Him "What do you mean, I work hard"
Me: "And how willing would you be to move into a house with no heating?"
Him "I wouldn't"
Me: "And how about moving into a wreck in which pretty much everything from the floorboards to the walls to the bathroom to the kitchen needs replacing and its like squatting for six months?"
Him: "I wouldn't"
Me: "And then when you finish, starting over so you can have somewhere better rather than thinking that the nightmare of refurb is finally over"
Him: "No chance"
Me: "Well there you go then".

We like our creature comforts too much and although DH has got better at DIY, taking on a project has never been our dream. Fair play to everyone like Doozer, lir, michaels and my baby bro for thinking like that. When your places are finished, they are/will be stunning. Meanwhile it is fun to share in your big plans and knowing that its a path we'll never have the inclination to walk, living vicariously through your Grand Designs.

LydiaJ

Belated Happy Easter, everyone.
Tomorrow is Monday and I haven't got to get the kids up in time for school.

PasturesNew

vivatifosi wrote: »

Ah, that makes far more sense than Wikipedia.

Went to see my brother today. His house is coming on well and I saw the plans for his redevelopment. Then came home and had a conversation with DH which I can imagine if Doozer has siblings, that they also have.

Him: "How come they live in a half million pound house?"
Me: "Because they are willing to put in the graft"
Him "What do you mean, I work hard"
Me: "And how willing would you be to move into a house with no heating?"
Him "I wouldn't"
Me: "And how about moving into a wreck in which pretty much everything from the floorboards to the walls to the bathroom to the kitchen needs replacing and its like squatting for six months?"
Him: "I wouldn't"
Me: "And then when you finish, starting over so you can have somewhere better rather than thinking that the nightmare of refurb is finally over"
Him: "No chance"
Me: "Well there you go then".

We like our creature comforts too much and although DH has got better at DIY, taking on a project has never been our dream. Fair play to everyone like Doozer, lir, michaels and my baby bro for thinking like that. When your places are finished, they are/will be stunning. Meanwhile it is fun to share in your big plans and knowing that its a path we'll never have the inclination to walk, living vicariously through your Grand Designs.

There's more than one way to skin a cat. Buy a local holiday caravan, on a site that's open April-October. Buy the house Jan-March, develop it while you can live in the holiday home

Simples.

LydiaJ

vivatifosi wrote: »

We like our creature comforts too much and although DH has got better at DIY, taking on a project has never been our dream. Fair play to everyone like Doozer, lir, michaels and my baby bro for thinking like that. When your places are finished, they are/will be stunning. Meanwhile it is fun to share in your big plans and knowing that its a path we'll never have the inclination to walk, living vicariously through your Grand Designs.

What viva said. I can deal with small things - and one day I really am going to change the crazy "front door opens into the conservatory and then you double back on yourself" feature of my house - but the scale of what the others are doing is way out of my league, and living in a house without heating is beyond what I'm willing to put up with. Like viva, I admire you, and I enjoy following your progress, so do keep telling us how it's going.

michaels

And lent is over so Lydia no longer turns in to a pumpkin at midnight....

LydiaJ wrote: »

Belated Happy Easter, everyone.
Tomorrow is Monday and I haven't got to get the kids up in time for school.

chewmylegoff

vivatifosi wrote: »

Ah, that makes far more sense than Wikipedia.

Went to see my brother today. His house is coming on well and I saw the plans for his redevelopment. Then came home and had a conversation with DH which I can imagine if Doozer has siblings, that they also have.

Him: "How come they live in a half million pound house?"
Me: "Because they are willing to put in the graft"
Him "What do you mean, I work hard"
Me: "And how willing would you be to move into a house with no heating?"
Him "I wouldn't"
Me: "And how about moving into a wreck in which pretty much everything from the floorboards to the walls to the bathroom to the kitchen needs replacing and its like squatting for six months?"
Him: "I wouldn't"
Me: "And then when you finish, starting over so you can have somewhere better rather than thinking that the nightmare of refurb is finally over"
Him: "No chance"
Me: "Well there you go then".

We like our creature comforts too much and although DH has got better at DIY, taking on a project has never been our dream. Fair play to everyone like Doozer, lir, michaels and my baby bro for thinking like that. When your places are finished, they are/will be stunning. Meanwhile it is fun to share in your big plans and knowing that its a path we'll never have the inclination to walk, living vicariously through your Grand Designs.

I inherited (half of) a house when I was 24. 4 bed semi in SE London which needed to be completely gutted. I realised at a pretty early stage of the project that I didn't want to be a property developer! I enjoyed it for the first month when I was between jobs but as soon as I started working again there was no ways I was going to spend all my free time working on it (although it may have been different if my sister, who owned the other half and was travelling abroad at the time) had been actively involved. I didn't really enjoy working on it knowing that I was only accumulating half of the benefit.

I did learn a lot but have forgotten everything I learnt (apart from the realisation that it's all too much effort!)

chewmylegoff

purch wrote: »

I've had a particular dislike for Tennis ever since I was "removed" from Queens Club for shouting at Stefan Edberg.

I was a ballboy at Wimbledon in 1975, court 8, got hit on the knee by a serve from "Emperor" Roscoe Tanner, swelled up to the size of a medicine ball :eek:

I got politely asked to leave wimbledon for opening a bottle of champagne on number 1 court last year. Well they made me leave the court anyway. I distinctly remember getting thoroughly sloshed off asti on centre court when I was a student. Tennis is rubbish these days.

Davesnave

PasturesNew wrote: »

There's more than one way to skin a cat. Buy a local holiday caravan, on a site that's open April-October. Buy the house Jan-March, develop it while you can live in the holiday home

Simples.

We can't do that because we need to be on site, but we're intending to live in a portacabin, or similar, as we've a spare septic tank and leccy supply.

Like viva, I'm not particularly into development, and I'd never have bought the place if I'd known what I was letting myself in for, but it makes sense to make the most of it now.