Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

Davesnave

Rummer wrote: »

Well the tone of my day has just been set. My very affectionate cat jumped on the bed and snuggled in for a few mins and then jumped down and vomited right into my shoe :eek: I am less than impressed.

:rotfl:I'll take Daisy weeing in mine without complaining now!

She is no better and no worse, but definitely losing her marbles. The kitchen, which was never a favourite place for her, has become the centre of her universe. There she must sit high and survey everything. When she comes down for food or the loo, she finishes quickly and runs in a crazy, skittish way back to her perch.

We can still get her to purr sometimes, but mostly it's just a yowl when she wants something. Sad, but easier for us, as the real cat left a few weeks ago.

Edit: Just after I typed that, Daisy paid me a visit, but I didn't hear her come in or see her until it was too late......It was my slippers again, but this time I'm wearing them! :mad:

COOLTRIKERCHICK

alfie_1 wrote: »

i dont know.....what is about 8.01pm ???:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

you had posted at exactly 8.01pm on 2 nights:D

Rummer

Davesnave wrote: »

Edit: Just after I typed that, Daisy paid me a visit, but I didn't hear her come in or see her until it was too late......It was my slippers again, but this time I'm wearing them! :mad:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: I feel slightly better now :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Alexelisey

lostinrates wrote: »

That sounds like a great plan Alex...something smallholders just couldn't do!

Very true... however some of you might remember that a few years ago we were considering selling up and moving to the Canaries. To buy a finca, what the Spanish call a farm or smallholding. Well... that's too drastic a step to take at the moment given that we don't even know if we would enjoy living out there full-time. So this is a baby step, but still in the right direction. I still want a smallholding in my heart, but only a little one! An acre or less will do me nicely.

Davesnave

Alexelisey wrote: »

So this is a baby step, but still in the right direction. I still want a smallholding in my heart, but only a little one! An acre or less will do me nicely.

Sounds like a very sensible way forward. :beer:

Itismehonest

Sounds wonderful, Alex. Something like we wanted to do except we wanted to spend time in several different countries.

I'm probably teaching gran to suck eggs but look carefully at the laws surrounding length of stay. In Spain it used to be that for more than 90 days in any one year you had to register with the local authorities & prove that you had income from outside Spain. You also needed to prove you had private health insurance because the EHIC becomes invalid after a certain period.

You'll get away from our ruddy awful winter :j I really envy you that.

Better_Days

Guys, got the Homebuyers report for the house we are buying and now wobbling a bit, about the work that needs doing and ongoing maintenance of the brickwork (calcium silicate bricks which shrink, so the pointing needs to be repaired and has already been done in a few places). Needs new carpets, decorating throughout, new windows and doors, new boiler, new oil tank, new consumer unit, tiling in bathroom and en-suite needs to be re-done, and new kitchen.

The plan is to stay 18 months to 2 years and then move on. Neither of us love the house, this is just a business decision really. We have had two purchases fall through and there is not much new coming onto the market. Asking prices are going up, and my health is deteriorating and we need to get settled. Property is only 6 miles from DH work.

I had budgeted on about £25k for the work (got a mortgage), but I think now it is probably going to be more like £30k. I think that if we can sell for about £275k we can break even in a year or two. But you all have a lot more experience than me in this sort of thing. What do you think?

I don't want to post a link but if you search RM for Wyverstone, it is the STC at £249,995. Lots of different properties in the area so not easy to value. Any thoughts that you have welcome. Surveyor not available until Monday, when I will have a chat with him about the brickwork and likely value when the work is done.

Gotta go now, brother and family descending shortly :eek:

I_have_spoken

The plan is to stay 18 months to 2 years and then move on...my health is deteriorating and we need to get settled

Not sure I understand the logic of buying a project house to 'flip' unless you are 100% well, as it'll be a building site for those 18 months.

I think now it is probably going to be more like £30k

Is it 'The Pines'? TBH, kitchen look fine to me, yes the bathrooms could do with a re-tile but overall the it all looks in decent order.

Davesnave

Oh gosh, I don't know what to say Better Days, but I do remember what it was like being in rented with 'only' money to our name. It was fine in one sense, because in those heady days we were earning more in interest every month than we could possibly spend, but in other ways it was scary.

For that reason, it was a relief to buy this, if only because we owned something tangible again. Silly I know, but we humans aren't always very rational.

At least you sound like you're making a rational, calculated decision, so all I'll say is it looks like a house most people could cope with living in fine, for a few years anyway. Whether I'd want all that work going on, quite apart from thoughts of adding value, is another matter.

And I'd be wary of that SDLT threshold too!

I_have_spoken

And I'd be wary of that SDLT threshold too!

Oh, yes! You'd need to add value to lift the house past £250k-£269k 'dead zone' or peeps will always try and knock you back under £250k.