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Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People
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I don't think I own anything with an animal print on it. I have a top with little birdies on it, but nothing zebra/ tiger/ leopard etc print.
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Can't stand animal prints myself. Apart from on animals....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »I had a friend once who carpeted her house and with the leftovers decided to have it whipped as car mats..... and, as I recall, the cost was staggeringly horrendous (even she said it was pricey and she never cared much for worrying about where money came from).
How much did your whipping cost?
You're right, it's not cheap - it was done as part of package of stair / landing carpet being supplied fitted, runner on the landing supplied & whipped and this carpet/rug supplied whipped. The whole lot came to £479 but I don't have a breakdown of how much it was per foot or metre for the whipping.neverdespairgirl wrote: »Coffee tables seem, to me, designed to catch people's shins as they negotiate around them.
We have two small, low square tables, about 1 ft square, which ambush fewer people but contain drinks happily.
Couldn't agree more about the shins (oops, wrote chins first
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I have several of these IKEA pine plant stands as little side tables, which are collapsible. Absolutely great - don't think they still sell them, but the second link is their current version.
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=ikea+plant+pot+stands&qpvt=ikea+plant+pot+stands&FORM=IGRE#view=detail&id=6C26ED2A1A9245B14F3D97E7DE402C67A2321953&selectedIndex=37
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/60237226/I'm sure my nail will grow back. Should have gone for that gel manicure! :rotfl:
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Ok, I 'm glad you raised this because I didn't know what was applicable to normal houses really. I do know I would go personally for basic mortgage survey and a structural engineers report. Structural engineers have some responsibility which it seems harder to affix to a surveyor. Would I bother with a perfectly sound looking house? Its hard to say if I would do that over full survey. It would be interesting to know what I would opt for in that situation.Doozergirl wrote: »I'm not a fan of the homebuyers survey, lemonjelly. It's all a bit 'well, we'll have a bit of a look and point out the blatantly obvious, but if you don't pay for the full whack you can't hold us responsible'.
If I personally wanted peace of mind, I'd have a gas test, an electrical test and a structural engineer look at it. All of those have professional responsibility and those are the most expensive things.
A surveyor will tell you that you need a gas test, an electrical test and a structural engineer to look at it. When you have a homebuyers survey, they will also tell you that the wallpaper is a bit dated.
If you opt for the full building survey, they will still tell you to get te as and electric tested.0 -
Researching it, they all seem to have millions of disclaimers!If it's what I think it is the mortgage company requires it but it doesn't tell you much that you can't work out yourself and has so many disclaimers that you can't sue anyone if it's wrong..
I keep jumping between the 2.I figured I was about to splash rather a lot of cash anyway so I might as well 'go large' on the survey too. They still don't lift up carpets or anything too adventurous like that, and there are plenty of disclaimers in the report.
All valid points doozer. If instructed, would the surveyor do the gas/electric tests as well? Or would I need to get these done?Doozergirl wrote: »I'm not a fan of the homebuyers survey, lemonjelly. It's all a bit 'well, we'll have a bit of a look and point out the blatantly obvious, but if you don't pay for the full whack you can't hold us responsible'. What your aim should be is to know everything you can know about the house and then have someone to indemnify you against existing problems that they might miss.
If I personally wanted peace of mind and the budget of a homebuyers, I'd have a gas test, an electrical test and a structural engineer look at it. All of those have professional responsibility and those are the most expensive things.
A surveyor will tell you that you need a gas test, an electrical test and a structural engineer to look at it. When you have a homebuyers survey, they will also tell you that the wallpaper is a bit dated.
If you opt for the full building survey, they will still tell you to get the gas and electric tested but they'll spend longer looking at everything else.
(seem to recall a chat with doozerboy re electrics. It's something he's very hot on taking care with, & the fact there is electricity in the summerhouse would also need checking).It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »:j:j:j:j:j
Can't stand animal prints myself. Apart from on animals.
The cats radiator beds are animal print faux fur. If possible worse than that sounds.
I just took a snap of them in one to show but photo bucket is having a fit again0 -
Our new home were buying cash, I really wanted to be sure what we were buying was OK... Our surveyor gave us a price reduction when we got the the third survey (within year I think) he did for us! :rotfl: He said we were the best customers he'd had for years! :rotfl: His first survey put us off the house. His second survey alerted us to stuff, that the vendor was a pain about (drains was the main one, it's somewhere on these forums) and then they got even worse so we backed out of the purchase. We ended up third time lucky!
After probs we had with our old home, that were looked after (around 10 years down the line) by insurance because of what our survey said, I would always go for as full a survey as I could afford. I would try and make the financial effort to have a Full Survey (not just HouseBuyers) if I possibly could. But I do understand that the extra cost can be hard to find for folks.0 -
I think the thing pushing me towards the full structural survey is the fact there has been a fair extension on the property.lostinrates wrote: »Ok, I 'm glad you raised this because I didn't know what was applicable to normal houses really. I do know I would go personally for basic mortgage survey and a structural engineers report. Structural engineers have some responsibility which it seems harder to affix to a surveyor. Would I bother with a perfectly sound looking house? Its hard to say if I would do that over full survey. It would be interesting to know what I would opt for in that situation.
What's appearing to be a PITA is the volume of reports regarding the amount of caveats they put in.
On a positive note, there's no furniture there, so no excuse with that one
It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
lemonjelly wrote: »Researching it, they all seem to have millions of disclaimers!
I keep jumping between the 2.
All valid points doozer. If instructed, would the surveyor do the gas/electric tests as well? Or would I need to get these done?
(seem to recall a chat with doozerboy re electrics. It's something he's very hot on taking care with, & the fact there is electricity in the summerhouse would also need checking).
I've had two doozer sparkies. Last one was like a mini doozer, was quite funny. You have the benefit of understanding the thickest accent from that area I have ever heard. Also the guy had more sugar in his tea than he must have weighed himself. I couldn't physically do it, I had to put sugar on a tray.0 -
Given the total of the rest of the investment, finding the £ for a full survey isn't/won't/can't be an issue if it is the right thing to do.ukmaggie45 wrote: »I would always go for as full a survey as I could afford. I would try and make the financial effort to have a Full Survey (not just HouseBuyers) if I possibly could. But I do understand that the extra cost can be hard to find for folks.
Seems bit silly to agree to spend £200k plus on something then be skimping over £400-£600 checking it out.It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
I agree - if you can't afford the full survey, you most definitely can't afford to fix something very expensive that goes wrong 6 months later....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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