Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

silvercar

oldandhappy wrote: »

this is why these places do not sell...so many lovely looking buildings I have noticed just about where ever you go....empty....we have one just by the church here and its huge has carved horses in all the upstairs windows for some reason! its around 500,000 Euros as gossip goes... have not seen it advertised here but know it is own by a Dutch family....Ours is 1801 stone built house with no upstairs access but apart from that its a perfectly renovated property as we only like playing in the garden now at our age...regards Dianne:D

I'm now imagining you in the sand pit.

PasturesNew

Generali wrote: »

Out of interest PN, why buy a pan you are terrified to use?

I'm crap with heights so never bothered buying a v. tall, wobbly ladder.

There are two schools of thinking on this one, that make sense ...:

1] I do hope that, one day, I will overcome my fears and use them - and when/if I get to that point I want to have them ready in the cupboard. I bought a set of 3 for £10, so it wasn't a major investment.

2] There's always the very slim chance somebody else will be wishing to cook something and will expect me to own some Re your big wobbly ladder, if you were in a long-term house it'd make sense for you to own one in case you had something that needed doing and somebody were standing there saying "if you had a ladder long enough I could look at that right now for you".

michaels

zagubov wrote: »

Welcome to the thread!


I'd always understood that in France, old quaint houses aren't seen as desirable (except to foreigners). I somehow imagined there wasn't such a tradition of DIY, fixing up and extending things and it was more a case of you bought something big nought for your needs and in a fit state to be moved into.

I shudder to think what state the French demolition industry must be in now that outsiders are buying up and renovating anything with four walls and a roof!

Aren't most countries like that, they don't ban you from using land to build on so people can have new rather putting up with second hand. A bit like the market for cars, you go for second hand if you can't afford new but accept maintenance will be higher and fuel efficiency lower. And of course houses are not designed to last forever.

Unlike here where if we do make land available it is so limited that the price is bid up leaving the developer forced to cram in as many properties as possible and build as cheaply as possible and thus buying second hand and renovating is more attractive. I know we all love our views and green spaces but I think we pay a much too high price in terms of too expensive and substandard housing. Sure I value a view and green space but in no way is it worth my house costing 900k rather than 300k

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

I know we all love our views and green spaces but I think we pay a much too high price in terms of too expensive and substandard housing. Sure I value a view and green space but in no way is it worth my house costing 900k rather than 300k

I'm always bemused by people on housey programmes who talk of how wonderful the view is .... when the only time you can see it is if you specifically stand by the one bedroom window where you can see it from.

To me a view's only a view if you can see it when you're on the sofa.

When you're going about doing what you do .... there would be few people who would actively stop and take themselves away from everything, just to stand in the ONE spot in the house where they can see these mythical "views"

A panoramic beach view from the whole of the conservatory, back garden and living room is a view ..... a glimpse from the upstairs bathroom doesn't count.

ukmaggie45

Just had a male pheasant fly onto the decking balustrade, then down onto deck and he started pecking the window. So I went out and he ran around the far side of the deck and then when came to the anti-rabbit gate flew over the balustrade. Now he's pecking the hub caps on my car - can't see him, but can hear him. But my walking's so bad today I can't get down to the ground to scare him off. And OH has just gone off walking to get the shopping in Abersoch. Pheasants very pretty but this one's bl***y annoying! :eek:

GDB2222

oldandhappy wrote: »

this is why these places do not sell...so many lovely looking buildings I have noticed just about where ever you go....empty....we have one just by the church here and its huge has carved horses in all the upstairs windows for some reason! its around 500,000 Euros as gossip goes... have not seen it advertised here but know it is own by a Dutch family....Ours is 1801 stone built house with no upstairs access but apart from that its a perfectly renovated property as we only like playing in the garden now at our age...regards Dianne:D

What is a house with no upstairs access?

Spirit_2

GDB2222 wrote: »

It's beautiful. However, buying it might be the cheapest part of the deal. You could rename it, Chateau Moneypit.

That looked lovely. I think it could make a good NP shared holiday home project.

ukmaggie45

Here's Harold!

Pheasant by Maggie, on Flickr

Pheasant by Maggie, on Flickr

So called after our previous landlord on field, because he's so persistant! Named by our next door but one neighbours. :rotfl:

PasturesNew

ukmaggie45 wrote: »

Here's Harold!



So called after our previous landlord on field, because he's so persistant! Named by our next door but one neighbours. :rotfl:

With all that annoying pecking, I assume he's not a pheasant plucker....

oldandhappy

zagubov wrote: »

Welcome to the thread!


I'd always understood that in France, old quaint houses aren't seen as desirable (except to foreigners). I somehow imagined there wasn't such a tradition of DIY, fixing up and extending things and it was more a case of you bought something big nought for your needs and in a fit state to be moved into.

I shudder to think what state the French demolition industry must be in now that outsiders are buying up and renovating anything with four walls and a roof!

that was funny...roof you say if only that was true...I never believed people buy a property so bad they live on site in a caravan for years and thinking they will make a profit then sell it for less than they spent.:mad:

DIY shops love these people of course...