Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues

Doozergirl

chewmylegoff wrote: »

So our offer was not accepted, they accepted the other party's offer so it looks like I was wrong when I guessed that they wouldn't tell me about that offer because it was lower! Bit odd as the agent didnt even try to get us to up our bid - presumably the other bid was much higher. I said we might go to £550k but that was still well below the other offer, apparently. I think they must be bonkers if they have gone anywhere near the asking price, frankly.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-41097880.html


OH is scared of fireworks so tonight is interesting...

How f***ing much!?!

I love the blue tiled fireplace upstairs. that is the house that I'm trying to get out of, except mine is extended on the side. You could buy this one and commute by helicopter with the change.

What were you going to spend £100k on? A complete gut, loft conversion and single storey extension or a really expensive kitchen?

SingleSue

My parent's house which is a similar size and age but a hell of alot easier on the eye to look at, is worth over 400k less than that!

chewmylegoff

Spirit wrote: »

That is an awful lot of money for that house. Move somewhere a bit further out.

There have been some huge bangs here but nothing pretty in the sky. I was suspicious that it was deer poachers out under cover of Guy Fawkes.

Wherever you live you could always move a bit further out and get more for the money. If it was only about whether the house represented good value then I would be looking in an entirely different area, probably SE somewhere.

Spirit_2

Yesterday I was presenting at a core brief to our organisation, in a state of teh art lecture theatre, with powerpoint, motion sensitive lights, our brand new CEO was there along with a couple of hundred others.

All went well, looked smart, poppy pinned on. Very professional. I was feeling flushed with success.

Then rushed across site to present again on same topic to seminar room with about 30 other staff . As I started speaking the lights dimmed, it was very gloomy, I could hardly see the audience, I moved so that the motion sensor would put them back on. Nothing happened so I moved my arms. Still nothing happened, so I flapped my arms up and down, then more vigourous flapping, (and a bit of a wiggle I heard afterwards).

Then someone switched the lights on. No motion sensors in the old building I was in. The audience were all smiles and giggles. It was the OHP light that had dimmed.

The audience could see me as I had performed as a flightless bird.

Think Turkey.:o:o:o

michaels

chewmylegoff wrote: »

So our offer was not accepted, they accepted the other party's offer so it looks like I was wrong when I guessed that they wouldn't tell me about that offer because it was lower! Bit odd as the agent didnt even try to get us to up our bid - presumably the other bid was much higher. I said we might go to £550k but that was still well below the other offer, apparently. I think they must be bonkers if they have gone anywhere near the asking price, frankly.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-41097880.html


OH is scared of fireworks so tonight is interesting...

You'll get one eventually and it will be better.

What is strange is the semis round here all look like that but all have 3 beds not 4.

If you were looking for a detached house on a bigger plot in ideal school catchment on a train 20 mins from Kings Cross I might be able to do you a deal....

chewmylegoff

Doozergirl wrote: »

How f***ing much!?!

I love the blue tiled fireplace upstairs. that is the house that I'm trying to get out of, except mine is extended on the side. You could buy this one and commute by helicopter with the change.

What were you going to spend £100k on? A complete gut, loft conversion and single storey extension or a really expensive kitchen?

Complete gut, partial rewire, couple of walls out downstairs to make a big kitchen/diner and downstairs toilet and utility room in, make the bathroom bigger upstairs, chimney off, new CH, remove garage, remove rendering, remove crippled extension and make good extra rent to pay whilst it's being done etc etc. We weren't planning to extend or convert the loft initially. There were some structural issues to resolve as well and loads of other minor things that I won't bore you with.

GDB2222

silvercar wrote: »

Usually walk up, the ones you need to book online are called "advance...."

Not responsible if I've got it wrong. Do check that a first class advance won't be cheaper than a second class off peak. and include the tube if you are travelling from home to a London terminus, it will be cheaper than buying a tube ticket separately.

Thanks very much. I'll just walk up and buy a ticket, then. Tube is free for me, as I'm aged.

Yorkie1

Amazed by all the clothes-washing strategies described here!

I've got a single, cheap, Argos cotton / pine laundry basket which everything goes into. A shabby plastic Ikea-like big bag which is probably over 20 years old (but does the job - and, more importantly, squashes down small - so can't quite justify replacing it) moves the laundry to the machine and to the washing line.

Washing is either whites, dark / coloured clothes, and wool. All the dark /coloured clothes are sufficiently old not to need to be separated out ...

As for duvet covers, my newest one is about 4 years old (lovely posh cotton), my spare bed one is over 20 years old (but so little used that it's still quite stiff), and the second one for my own bed is about 15 years old.

I like the designs so they keep getting used!

PasturesNew

chewmylegoff wrote: »

I planned to avoid ironing altogether by just buying a load of non iron shirts. The problem with this is that I was massively conned by t.m. Lewin whose non iron shirts need to be ironed. At least they are much quicker to iron than normal ones.

Just iron the front, collar and cuffs.

chewmylegoff

PasturesNew wrote: »

I presume this one's in a less desirable end of the road then http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-41415922.html

Yes, and only 3 bedrooms and apparently it is uninhabitable at the moment although I haven't seen the inside myself. I think it also backs directly onto the train line.