Daydream thread continues.....

Itismehonest

There's not been that much actual rain on this side of the Chains, Dave. It's just generally grey with a constant cold wind which keeps gusting up to batten-down-the-hatches levels.

We are above the tree preservation order line here but they still like people to replace most of the trees taken down with (forgotten the ruddy word..... so) "local British" trees like oak. Apparently sycamores (of which there are plenty) are not a local tree so can come down. The fact that there were practically no trees around here before the Napoleonic Wars - when they were planted by PoWs seems to mean we're alright planting anything they planted then :rotfl:

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Rozee... if there was any TPO'S on yuor land, it is normally highlighted in the legal pack, and the solicitor normally tells you, BUT... As LIR has said i would def contact your local authority to double check. You might also find that if you have a disgruntled neighbour or local, they can apply for a TPO on your trees to stop you cutting them down etc.

I think this is why the council guy told us yesturday to submit a plan of action so to speak with the trees on our land ( even though they are not overed by the tpo) so when the phone calls start going into the council they know what we intend doing, this also saves them coming out to inspect every time a phone call is made...

I have learned in a very short time to basically cover your butt, so when/if someone wants to start being a pain in the butt, the complaints are not going to go anywhere, as you are one step ahead of them;)

Now dont take this the wrong way, but some people dont like english people buying property down here, so will go out of their way to make things awkward for you....but fingers crossed you have nice neighbours and people in the local area

We are boardering on being outsiders, and we are from 2 villages away:rotfl:

Itismehonest

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

I have learned in a very short time to basically cover your butt, so when/if someone wants to start being a pain in the butt, the complaints are not going to go anywhere, as you are one step ahead of them;)

Usually the wisest way but we've also had it come back to bite us a couple of times when, asking for advice on something, has led to bureaucracy making things twice as long & cost 6 times as much. I'm no longer surprised that the majority of people act first & then wait to see if anything is said afterwards. Sometimes trying to do the right thing just gets you hit over the head when others who don't bother get away with it. :mad:

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Now dont take this the wrong way, but some people dont like english people buying property down here, so will go out of their way to make things awkward for you....but fingers crossed you have nice neighbours and people in the local area

We are boardering on being outsiders, and we are from 2 villages away:rotfl:

3 generations or at least 30 years was the normal point at which incomers turned into locals here. Sadly, or not depending on how you look at it, most of the old locals have now died off & been replaced with more incomers who don't know who's a local or not now :rotfl:

lostinrates

Dh is home but the rain makes outside not worth bothering with atm. We are going to go and browse at fabric for bedroom curtains. I sort of know what i want..Problem is the thing i like is a small eighteenth century piece, not a commercially procuded fabric!

http://www.vollok.com/category/examples-of-lace/page/43. Its the eighteenth century apron piece on that link,


Of course, when io find the fabric i will not be able to afford it, and we should probably think a bout a bed too, purs is knackered and a bed might help my back. So its nuts i am looking at fabric really!

Itismehonest

lostinrates wrote: »

Dh is home but the rain makes outside not worth bothering with atm. We are going to go and browse at fabric for bedroom curtains. I sort of know what i want..Problem is the thing i like is a small eighteenth century piece, not a commercially procuded fabric!

http://www.vollok.com/category/examples-of-lace/page/43. Its the eighteenth century apron piece on that link,


Of course, when io find the fabric i will not be able to afford it, and we should probably think a bout a bed too, purs is knackered and a bed might help my back. So its nuts i am looking at fabric really!

It looks like crewel work to me, LIR.

Back in my yoof (as alfie would say) I embroidered my own curtains & lampshades to achieve the same result. Having finished a pair of curtains & 2 lampshades I decided I would not be doing the 4-poster drapes as they may not be finished before they laid me out :rotfl:
Crewel work is still sold but, as you say, tends to come at a price.
One company involved is (are you ready for it? ) The Crewel Work Company

lostinrates

Itismehonest wrote: »

It looks like crewel work to me, LIR.

Back in my yoof (as alfie would say) I embroidered my own curtains & lampshades to achieve the same result. Having finished a pair of curtains & 2 lampshades I decided I would not be doing the 4-poster drapes as they may not be finished before they laid me out :rotfl:
Crewel work is still sold but, as you say, tends to come at a price.
One company involved is (are you ready for it? ) The Crewel Work Company

I love crewel too, but i think its a silk embroidery rather than a wool crewel. My mother embroiders really well, and she laughed and got out quick when i asked if she would help me embroider plain silk for curtains.

I like the mix of colours, each shade just right on that, and haven't yet found something as nice that is modern, let alone with any budget in mind. I particularly like the pinks on that piece. Period perfect for my house too:o

But, plain silk would be affordable, and then i could do whatever i wanted. It would take a while, but maybe its a brilliant idea itsme, it would mean i could have want i wanted at a decent price and unique. By the end of it my embroidery would be better too!

Davesnave

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Now dont take this the wrong way, but some people dont like english people buying property down here, so will go out of their way to make things awkward for you....but fingers crossed you have nice neighbours and people in the local area

We are boardering on being outsiders, and we are from 2 villages away:rotfl:

I feel like a local here, although some people assume I'm an outsider, until I put them right.

I also feel quite at home in most areas of West Wales, but then I have a Welsh name and part-Welsh ancestry, albeit unexplored.

My Mum was 100% Scottish, so of course I feel very at ease up there as well.

There are places where I don't feel that I fit in, though. I won't go into those, in case I upset someone!

Just had our last digger bill. Not as cheap as before. Glad it's mostly done now.....

Itismehonest

lostinrates wrote: »

I love crewel too, but i think its a silk embroidery rather than a wool crewel. My mother embroiders really well, and she laughed and got out quick when i asked if she would help me embroider plain silk for curtains.

Live & learn - I never knew crewel had to be wool. In which case, no, I didn't do crewel .......... because I used silks.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

getting heavy down pours today:mad:

we were going to try and attempt to put the newly aquired greenhouse up in the new place, ( only because we are fed up with the rattling noise, as it is still in the back of the van...lol)

Will what the weather is like later, and see if we want to brave the rain....( supose we got to get used to it...:D)

ITSME... agree with you, flipping dammed if you do, and dammed if you dont do things the right way...but it will be my luck, if we dont do it propery it will bit us in the butt...

lostinrates

Re official or not.

We have used officialdom to our advantage...the thing we have to rebuild within a time limit we asked for a one metre width increase permission. This sent the historic dept in to melt down and an agreement we could 'see how we go' with the other building work. Similarly, we have gone official channels for every thing i would rather have smudged a bit, which hopefully will mean we can have some leeway in details.

I hope so, we are hoping to ask our neighbours ...the owners and the tenants, if we can do something at our cost on their side of the boundary in autumn......lets see what happens!