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If someone came round to view your house with a spade
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To check the soil in the garden how would you react?
For everthing else there's mastercard.
For clampers there's Barclaycard.
For clampers there's Barclaycard.
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I'd laugh and tell them to go for it. At least it means they're serious I guess!"One day I realised that when you are lying in your grave, it's no good saying, "I was too shy, too frightened."
Because by then you've blown your chances. That's it."0 -
For some people who really enjoy gardening, I suppose soil quality is an important part of the viewing process!What matters most is how well you walk through the fire0
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People have different priorities - for some it's the school catchment, for others it might be the quality of the soil. I don't see why it is a problem.0
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I'd be fine with it but I'd steer them away from the bodies under the patio
I have to confess that when we viewed our current house, I did dig into the soil with my hands and have a rummage around. "Save £12k in 2019" #120 - £100,699.57/£100,0000 -
I'd think twice if he said
" This is my current wife"
Stop! Think. Read the small print. Trust nothing and assume that it is your responsibility. That way it rarely goes wrong.
Actively hunting down the person who invented the imaginary tenure, "share freehold"; if you can show me one I will produce my daughter's unicorn0 -
I'd laugh - but point them to a border. Problem is any accessible soil is likely to be improved topsoil anyway0
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propertyman wrote: »I'd think twice if he said
" This is my current wife"
Ha I like itFor everthing else there's mastercard.
For clampers there's Barclaycard.0 -
It depends whether they have a sheet of plastic, rubber gloves, wellies and a bag of lime - or have I been watching too much CSI?0
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As long as they didn't also bring a dead great dane with them - not a problem.0
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