The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

Pyxis

PasturesNew wrote: »

What've you got now?

I haven't got a room big enough for a baby grand that's for sure!
My upright joanna takes up enough room as it is!

No utility, and quite a narrow hall.

PasturesNew

chris_m wrote: »

Even so, it should be cheaper than mine was - £2700 for a team of two/three men (three to load, two to unload) and a big wagon to move all my stuff from Southampton to South Cumbria, excluding the stuff I brought myself in several car trips.

My back of fag packet says: pretty minimal stuff really ... 20 miles ... good access both ends... should be about £1k. Not actually had any quotes yet, mind

chris_m

It's a bit draughty up here !!!

Pyxis

PasturesNew wrote: »

My back of fag packet says: pretty minimal stuff really ... 20 miles ... good access both ends... should be about £1k. Not actually had any quotes yet, mind

That still sounds a lot to me, but then I haven't had any removals done professionally for 25 years, and can't remember what it cost even then.
I do remember that the piano bumped the cost up a bit, but that's fair enough, as it's a specialist move.

ivyleaf

Pastures Perhaps you'll have a sink-and-a-half wherever you end up moving to

Sue I hope you're gradually recovering. How unfortunate that things didn't go to plan x

chris_m Keep safe! Someone on another forum is in Scotland and it had got up to 102 mph there!

chris_m

ivyleaf wrote: »

chris_m Keep safe! Someone on another forum is in Scotland and it had got up to 102 mph there!

The Ventusky site was indicating 95ish on the high fells but only gusts of 65 or so where I am. It's quietened down considerably now - speeds of around 30mph gusting to 45 mph.

What's seemed really odd is that for quite a bit of the day it was blowing a hoolie but at the same time quite sunny

Jackmydad

chris_m wrote: »

The Ventusky site was indicating 95ish on the high fells but only gusts of 65 or so where I am. It's quietened down considerably now - speeds of around 30mph gusting to 45 mph.

What's seemed really odd is that for quite a bit of the day it was blowing a hoolie but at the same time quite sunny

It's funny how even a bit of shelter makes a difference. There are two hills here on the West side, something over a mile away. I guess we're in the lee of them, and in a bit of a valley as well. It gets windy, but not that windy unless it's coming through the gap between the hills.

PasturesNew

Loo in the living room .... just looking through at houses for sale, none I'm interested in, but looking at layouts/etc.

One new build that's for sale has put the loo in the living room.

You step through the front door and are faced with the loo door; open plan stairs are just to the left of that - and if you take 2-3 steps from the front door you're in the living room. There is no wall whatsoever between the living room and the loo door.

Bit bizarre!

https://media.rightmove.co.uk/dir/111k/110540/66166153/110540_8935699_IMG_10_0000_max_656x437.jpg

It's the brown door beside the stairs.

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's the brown door beside the stairs.

I don't know if it matters, but Google image search can find that house on RM.

I like that layout, actually. It's not an enormous house, so it seems sensible to incorporate the hall area into the living room. It's then inevitable that the loo is off the living room, as there's nowhere else it could be off.

PasturesNew

Take a little "OAP sheltered bungalow style" semi ... add lots of red carpets and furniture and bright pink voile curtains on the windows and draped around the ceiling of the lean to, have a large Jacuzzi style bath and a separate wet room .... and outside your little 1 bed bungalow ... FILL the whole garden with a swimming pool. A proper, dug in, pool. Not an above the ground job .... with solar panels fitted to heat the pool.

I think these people liked water a LOT. And just in case you still can't cool down... there's air conditioning too.

There are some odd balls about

It does have a conservatory and ORP though.