Daydream fund challenge part 4

Davesnave

alfie_1 wrote: »

and Alfie is prone to do stupid things 99% of the time.... so don't ask her

I thought I'd leave it to you to comment on your unique situation, if you wanted to, although if what you chose was 'stupid'......well, I'd love to see 'sensible!' :rotfl:

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Morning all.

Alfie... Hope you are ok re chipped tooth... When are you going to Canada ??

We put CCTV cameras up at the ranch.. As there has been a few cars wondering down the lane, and the odd dodgy looking charector around ( I know you should judge, but we are taking no chances) .. The main gate is now padlocked so the poor postman had to reverse all the way back up the lane, so going to the sorting office to until further notice we will pick up our mail once or twice a week.. The main postman is a great guy, so don't want to upset him lol..

Finding a part time job around here is like trying to find the golden ticket in a wonka chocolate bar,

DaftyDuck

Davesnave wrote: »

I'm not sure about Dafty yet, but I know he walked away from something his heart really wanted, when his head said "Oi, Dafty! No!"

You're not sure about Dafty? Try being Dafty, I'm not sure about anything these days

But, no, it's always head for me. Always. Head rules in all the stuff that's allowed, then heart chooses. The one Dave is referring to is another farmhouse I considered, but with stunning, massive, mid-Georgian barns, untouched for a bit over a hundred years, and about 20,000 square feet of them. Massive.

It's one of those properties that are all-too-rare in this day and age of the internet and technology, where the owner and estate agent really appear to have missed something pretty important. (I have twice got hold of one of these before, one a Butterfield cottage, many features intact, like the flooring beneath cheap carpet, albeit gripper nails through original tilework, fireplaces painted and plastered over the tiles). Certainly, the agent didn't totter around in this farm ruins to ascertain their actual scale - and didn't use Google Earth either. Might just have raised an eyebrow, and asked a Partner to check it out... The owner likes the location of the property, and lets a friend horde car wrecks in the barns... The house has had cheap plastic double-glazing (half panes now blown) installed, and a melamine fitted kitchen... it's not loved... it's just a five-bedroom house, nothing more.

What they really missed is who (probably, possibly...) designed house and barns. They were part of an estate, where the hall was built by Sir John Soane in the 1780's. The hall is Grade 1 listed, and was heavily altered in the last century. In the 1900's, the farm was pretty much abandoned for its pair, built on the other side of the hall, and that other farm was heavily altered, mechanised, massive steel barns, originals knocked down. There's no sign of farm use whatsoever from the 1920's onward. Nothing. It's not listed, and the only mention of it on the history websites states an uncertain origin for the house, but no mention of its association with the neighbouring hall. It's just been missed out for over a hundred years. Lost.

It is/was heart-stoppingly beautiful. I can't think of another small farm where you have carved corbels in the milking parlour, oak panelled doors with matched grain, and geometric tiled floors. Where window lintels and cills are of matched, carved stone... and a woodland grows up in the farmyard, bees in the timbered roof.

But, to do anything with it would cost far more than I can afford, unless you get the builders in and convert, convert, convert. Which would literally kill me if I saw it done. To do nothing, but preserve as it is... well, that'd probably cost as much as conversion, with no financial return. To do nothing at all... would be a tragedy. It will be converted, there's really no other option at all, but it would be

So I walked. Yes, it does haunt me (hence the length of post), and of course I regret it. But, seriously, it would have been beyond what I could possibly cope with. Even knowing about it is probably a bit destructive.

So, long post, but be careful of your heart ruling your head, or vice versa. Even if you leave your head in charge, your heart will beat slightly faster at night when the wind blows and dreams come calling, and your head will feel the drumbeat of "Why not? Why didn't you do it? Why didn't you at least try ... Why?"

And you are left with no answer.... none.

DaftyDuck

Anyway, what I'm actually meant to be researching this lunchtime is mini tractors. Any of you experts in Kubota 1501/2201, Yanmar 1610, or cheapie new Siromers?

The donkeys are refusing to cooperate! Unsurprisingly....

Fay

Thanks for the photo too Dave. Your wife certainly is a talented designer.

alfie_1

Davesnave wrote: »

I thought I'd leave it to you to comment on your unique situation, if you wanted to, although if what you chose was 'stupid'......well, I'd love to see 'sensible!' :rotfl:

I was thinking my pre luxury living choices....:rotfl:

alfie_1

DaftyDuck wrote: »

Anyway, what I'm actually meant to be researching this lunchtime is mini tractors. Any of you experts in Kubota 1501/2201, Yanmar 1610, or cheapie new Siromers?

The donkeys are refusing to cooperate! Unsurprisingly....

lucielle and co seem to be the mechanical "knowers" :rotfl:

alfie_1

why is it nanny Mc Fee has had more visitors in 24hrs than all week.... this morning 2 youngish chaps asking for directions stood on my drive in shock at me... toofless, scruffy old dressing gown and fluffy slippers, hair askew.... they must have thought I was the local bag lady....:rotfl:

DaftyDuck

alfie_1 wrote: »

lucielle and co seem to be the mechanical "knowers" :rotfl:

Thing is, I can't find the "on" switch on the donkeys.

It was easier when I was a youngster in the 1970's... I let my sister do the work!

alfie_1

DaftyDuck wrote: »

Thing is, I can't find the "on" switch on the donkeys.

It was easier when I was a youngster in the 1970's... I let my sister do the work!

we got sheep as our mowers.. the big shaggy duvet ones were basically lazy but these Jacobs are brilliant grazers... nutters but... must ask is mad horse woman actually giving you rent for your pasture use ? yep...im nosey