Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues

michaels

PasturesNew wrote: »

Might try a super cheeky punt. OK house in nice spot (not all boxes ticked though) was on at £265k a year ago; now on at over £240k.

They paid £200k, Zoopla guesstimate says worth £194k. Local prices would indicate it's should probably be marketed at £225-230k.

Might take a cheeky viewing and offer what I've got if it's doable.

Edit: Phoned up. No chance. It's just gone back on the market last night, had sold at full asking, which just fell through, loads of interest already. It was a landlord retiring/selling up and he's wanting close to the asking again as he's just lost it.

I would never advise this but why not offer 230 as a cash buyer and then threaten to walk away unless they accept your gazunder a few days before exchange is due....alternatively who are the trustees of your fund? Can't they decide to distribute the funds? WE could crowd source your 15k - each NP could put in a grand....

PasturesNew wrote: »

Yes.

You can nuke meat from raw to ready.
You can nuke suet puddings.
I make suet dumplings etc in 2-3 minutes in a nuker.

Just work out what's not actually cooked in it than guesstimate how long to nuke it for.

If the pastry is high in suet it is likely to nuke ok without instantly going hard.

Our washing machine runs at least once every day even though we only do the bedding every two weeks

I get extremely travel sick but can read on the train but only if I sit facing forwards and the journey isn't too long. I can get close to vomiting sick on the bus without even thinking about texting.

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

I would never advise this but why not offer 2305 as a cash buyer and then threaten to walk away unless they accept your gazunder a few days before exchange is due....alternatively who are the trustees of your fund? Can't they decide to distribute the funds? WE could crowd source your 15k - each NP could put in a grand....


If the pastry is high in suet it is likely to nuke ok without instantly going hard.

Our washing machine runs at least once every day even though we only do the bedding every two weeks

I get extremely travel sick but can read on the train but only if I sit facing forwards and the journey isn't too long. I can get close to vomiting sick on the bus without even thinking about texting.

This np cannot, thanks to the tax thingy, the bathroom and the new heating.

(The salary sacrifice thing went through and we are still treating water as we should have given more, IMO, but cannot cash flow it ATM, but annoyingly planned it on pay rise, which starts three months after the salary sacrifice does....I mean we'll cope fine, but .....why do that? Why? Typical planning of dh's employers :mad:)

Sorry PN, the cash flow is uncomfortable.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

What about your sheets?

That's why she bought a house with so many bedrooms.... no need to wash the sheets, she can just change bedrooms.

Spirit_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

Can you remove the pastry carefully in one piece - bang it onto abaking tray and cook it at a higher heat for 10 minutes near the top of the oven, then serve it?

The overfilling probably caused too much moisture under it - did you pr-1ck the pastry to let steam escape? Or use one of those bird funnels?

Just realised you said pudding and I read that as suet. But if it's just pastry .... then it would cook in a nuker, just not look great.

I'd go for carefully trying to remove the pastry lid in one go and fast bake it for a bit (10 mins).

The top of the pudding was good and the sides held up but were a bit soggy. It looked worse through the plastic bowl (I usually use a crockery bowl and you can't see the sides when cooking) although I will use the plastic bowl again as it was a lot less hassle than folding paper and tieing cloths on, and making string handles. The filling was delicious:T. The rescued potatoes were hardly touched. Apart from the abandoned sides it was all eaten.

Windows all steamed up.

Nikkster

lostinrates wrote: »

What about your sheets?

Sheets go in with clothes I'm afraid (both sets are shades of purple). They get changed every 2 weeks - one week the fitted sheet and cases go in with that weeks clothes, the next week the duvet cover goes in.

I tend to wear my clothes (other than gym clothes) for more than one day before they go in the wash too :eek:

And I wonder why I'm single...

Edit: should add, underwear is also changed daily Honest!

PasturesNew

Nikkster wrote: »

Sheets go in with clothes I'm afraid (both sets are shades of purple). They get changed every 2 weeks - one week the fitted sheet and cases go in with that weeks clothes, the next week the duvet cover goes in.

I tend to wear my clothes (other than gym clothes) for more than one day before they go in the wash too :eek:

And I wonder why I'm single...

Yeah, sheets and clothes - whatever makes a load. Also towels and clothes. It's all about the load, not what's in it - except I never mix knickers and teatowels EVER.

I wear my clothes as long as I can get away with it, based on whether they're mucky .....

I'm single too.

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

That's why she bought a house with so many bedrooms.... no need to wash the sheets, she can just change bedrooms.

I've only slept in one room so far. I really thought I'd sleep in a different room every night until I'd slept in them all. I think it's because my parents stayed over a couple of nights after I'd moved in, so I slept in 'my room'. It's also the only bedroom that looks like anyone lives there rather than camping/ squatting (in fact it's the most homely looking room in the house).

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

Yeah, sheets and clothes - whatever makes a load. Also towels and clothes. It's all about the load, not what's in it - except I never mix knickers and teatowels EVER.

I wear my clothes as long as I can get away with it, based on whether they're mucky .....

I'm single too.

No towels and clothes together for me, they go in at different temperatures but also don't want fluffy bits from towels all over my dark coloured clothes.

Doozergirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

How to find a house: Perform RM search, see one, click through, read details, look at pictures, see if there's a floorplan, nod or scowl, look at room sizes/layout, is there a conservatory, utility, garage. Hit maps tab, where is it, is that OK.... hit streetview and try to find it - sometimes you're lucky, sometimes not, but it takes ages.... now try to get the number..... can't find it, find another then work the numbers back. Into past sold prices, is it there, how much has it gone for in the past .... get postcode. Off to zoopla, key in postcode and find house (if you've got the door number at this point), look at the zoopla guesstimate (if it gives one).

Decide whether to request details from agent. Enter details on spreadsheet: type of house, door number, road, area, postcode, sq ft, price, calculate £/sq ft, enter link to RM details, type in EA name, colour row green if you've requested details. CT band.

..... could be here all night.

Not even looked at: crime maps, googled for criminals, checked out schools, evaluated if the house is on the ferals' route to/from school.

Then it'll be: what bus route is it on, where/how far is the nearest station, where/how far is nearest supermarket. Chippy, indian, shops, beach, stuff....

And that's just the outline search.....

Can I suggest that younstart with the first bit? Do your spreadsheet but stop then and request viewings.

Some things are very different on paper. If you like a place a lot, you can do the bus route and curry house search then.

You need to get out and see these roads and areas first hand, get a genuine feel for whether you like a place and then look at the fine detail.

Sometimes a house that is perfect on paper doesn't live up in reality, and sometimes one house can surprise you. I know I've looked at couple of places when I've been desperate and ruled out all the obvious ones, only to find a wonderful place. Also, once seeing the condition of somewhere, you can decide if certain compromises are worth making.

A huge part of the house buying process surrounds the building itself.

PasturesNew

Spirit wrote: »

....

Random google find/first find.

Cooked steak/kidney + raw pastry.
Into microwave for 12 minutes
http://www.frugalqueen.co.uk/2011/03/steak-and-kidney-ding-pudding.html