Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

Itismehonest

alfie_1 wrote: »

evening all.... please note its pre 8.01pm...:D;)

i have one chook who escapes every day but sits by the fence at T time to be popped back in....:rotfl:

re the house buying...as im a non owner this is not MY experience but my friend who buys regularly. she buys at 25% below market value of a "done up" house if it needs minor work. and 30% plus below DU if major works. ie. value of buying at £300,000 DU. she would pay £200,000 if major works and £225,000 if minor. spending £50,000 and £25,000 respectively enabling a profit on sale. her buys are much larger amounts but an example was. payed £650,000 at auction. spent £300,00 total for BIG refurb and sold for £1.8m. :eek:

i honestly think that if cosmetic work doesnt add to value, id live as is and sell on hopefully with profit.
the way to go seems to be at auction if a refurb for profit is what your after. people do not make allowances for refurbs when selling on the open market....:o usually because they get caught in the pricing bracket too..

otherwise you get caught in a sellers trap [sorry itsme ]

Ni prob. Mine's a Planning/Lender trap which is way different. Of course, if your friend wants to buy this place & reinstate everything I wouldn't object but she'd still have our problem shifting it :wall:

Rummer

We got loads done in the garden now hubby has a huge pile of cuttings and branches to sort through and clear. We are planning on filling in the pond and making the area where it is located a den/play area which will be lovely. I am also scheming ways to sneak in a sandpit as our daughter loved hers.

Still so much to do....

alfie_1

davesnave

All you need is.....less!

or in your case ....a likkle bit more :rotfl::rotfl:

Davesnave

alfie_1 wrote: »

davesnave

All you need is.....less!

or in your case ....a likkle bit more :rotfl::rotfl:

A little bit more of what? Height? It's too late for me to impress women now!:p

It was Ecological Debt Day this week:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_Debt_Day

I'm just reminding myself that we need to consume less, that we might be happier with less, and whether we like it or not, we'll probably have to accept less anyway (unless we're already rich, when this obviously doesn't apply. )

I recently found a small laminated piece of card on a way marker in a forest which said "All you need is less." It was an intriguingly simple idea and I liked it. Putting it into practice is the difficult bit......:o

alfie_1

Davesnave wrote: »

A little bit more of what? Height? It's too late for me to impress women now!:p

It was Ecological Debt Day this week:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_Debt_Day

I'm just reminding myself that we need to consume less, that we might be happier with less, and whether we like it or not, we'll probably have to accept less anyway (unless we're already rich, when this obviously doesn't apply. )

I recently found a small laminated piece of card on a way marker in a forest which said "All you need is less." It was an intriguingly simple idea and I liked it. Putting it into practice is the difficult bit......:o

:rotfl::rotfl: i was joking re your payment from the pole people ;) :rotfl::rotfl:

pink_poppy

Davesnave wrote: »

It was feeling distinctly autumnal here a few mornings ago....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35108297@N03/9579263223/

I love this pic Dave :T Absolutely beautiful.

Davesnave

pink_poppy wrote: »

I love this pic Dave :T Absolutely beautiful.

Thanks. I have loads of opportunities to take nice photos near here, but the truth is I'm too disorganised/lazy to go out and get them. This morning's visibility is great, for example, but I'm here drinking tea (no biscwit! ) instead of out there walking in the woods, or on the tops.

Some of you may remember a couple of arson attacks near here in the spring, which happened on land where the council had ordered clearance of numerous vehicles, mobile homes, general rubbish etc....and it hadn't been happening.

The problem was that the storage of said stuff, before it could be legally disposed of, was estimated at £50k of taxpayer's money. Besides, the owner of the stuff owed considerable amounts to local people for goods/services never paid for.:mad:

The solution, while certainly an offence, may have saved a considerable amount for storage, but it probably cost much of what it saved in police & fire brigade time. Further, the burned-out scrap and several untouched mobile homes are still there. Of course, the police/fire brigade have drawn a blank. No one saw or has heard anything about the matter......:cool:;):p:o

Watch this space....

Davesnave

alfie_1 wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl: i was joking re your payment from the pole people ;) :rotfl::rotfl:

Ah.....Well, so long as it's moved out of the way of a boundary hedge between us and you-know-who, that's a win/win now.

I intend to spend my 'win' on a new mower, because Pete's Dad's old one can't live forever, and despite being the only one I have which 'processes' molehills, it isn't really meant for paddocks & orchards.

I seem to remember rhiwfield recommending a Hayterette, which although it's small and a push jobby, seems to get a good press for rough cutting. Perhaps he could advise again? There aren't many around s/h in this neck of the woods.

I'm going to sell the monster mower I bought, once I've repaired it...again.

rhiwfield

Dave, good little machine that will handle mole hills (usually!)

Cutting action is 4 cutting blades spinning via centrifugal force attached to a large circular steel disk , itself spun with central metal shaft

When I had 3/4 acre it would take me about 3 hours to cut, and that was when I was younger and fitter. I had one machine's central shaft shear off, probably through tackling too much rough stuff.

Useful for uneven roughish ground but a large area might be asking too much of it.

Picked my latest one up s/h for £130 from Pyle

Rummer

What a gorgeous sunny day today :j I really feel as if my spirits have been lifted the last few days, simply by working in the garden and getting back to nature. I forget what a buzz I get from being outside working and I really should make myself get out there more, in all weathers.

I have visions next year of Rumlet in the sling with me planting seeds in the greenhouse and then relaxing on the bench and admiring the flowers blooming in the tubs I am about to plant I appreciate the reality may not be as rosy but one can dream.......

Today I am going to whizz round the supermarket stocking up on deliciously healthy things to eat(rumlet kindly gave me gestational diabetes ) and then I am going to pop into the garden centre to get tub joy!

The afternoon I will spend working in the garden and sitting on my bench sipping tea and watching the hubby working