Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

ivyleaf

Sometimes both buyers and sellers need to move quickly for various reasons

chris_m

PasturesNew wrote: »

It took me 3 months to buy this one, with me coming from rented and them going into rented.

It took nearly 4 months to sell my Southampton flat - even though I'd already moved, the flat was empty and the buyers, AFAIK, were buying it to let out, so no moving required by either party. There was a bit of extra time taken up with requests for information to the management company, plus the company having to enrol the buyers as shareholders and take me off the list (it's an owners owned management company) and the buyers certainly changed their lender, possibly solicitor at some point.

That compares with a couple of days over three months from offer to completion for me to buy this house, cash purchase and no moving required at my end but a little old lady and dog had to find and buy a flat at this end plus move all her stuff. Oh, and that three months included the Christmas period which would have slowed things down a tad.

chris_m

PasturesNew wrote: »

The weather's wild here... Trees are bending, it's wet, windy, cold and nasty.

Yeah, it's been tiddling down most of the day here too and was rather windy this morning but that's died down now.

My first four water butts are now full to the brim, whilst the second set I installed last week are about 3/4 full - but I didn't expect them to fill as quickly as the first four. They are fed from a slightly smaller roof, and they were almost empty to start with.

Based on my rough calculations of roof surface area to volume I estimate we've had about an inch and a half of precipitation.

No DOOFing

Just SQUELCHing? :rotfl:

zagubov

Yes and I've now got to walk the dog in this weather, more's the pity!

zagubov

PasturesNew wrote: »

Bl00dy windy/wet out there!

Same here and I've got to take the dog for his morning constitutional as well! It'll be my second soaking in less than twelve hours.

I wonder if anybody makes an indoor gym to exercise dogs?

michaels

Our sun umbrella has gone next door. Glad I have not yet set up the pool and gazebo for the 'summer'.....

SingleSue

We seem to have got away with a lot of the weather so far, it was dry all day yesterday until just before 7 last night (and then chucked it down and was blowing a gale pretty much all night) and I have woken up this morning to it being windy with a few spits in that wind.

PasturesNew

zagubov wrote: »

I wonder if anybody makes an indoor gym to exercise dogs?

I've seen doggy treadmills.

As this is MSE, you could probably make your own using an old Xmas satsuma box and some empty tins plus some bits of upvc tubing and gaffa tape

chris_m

PasturesNew wrote: »

Bl00dy windy/wet out there!

Sure is - just been out to check my garden, no damaged plants although one Lupin could do with some canes adding just to be on the safe side.

My water butts are now well and truly full - the float gauge I made for the second set is jammed solidly against the underside of the butt lid

chris_m

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've seen doggy treadmills.

As this is MSE, you could probably make your own using an old Xmas satsuma box and some empty tins plus some bits of upvc tubing and gaffa tape

UPVC tubing? What's wrong with a toilet roll holder? Much cheaper.
Always worked for saying "And here's one I made earlier"
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