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

chris_m

PasturesNew wrote: »

Mull ... mull ... mull

Is that the Mull of Galloway, Mull of Kintyre, Mull of Oa, Mull of Cara, Mull of Logan or the island of Mull?

PasturesNew

chris_m wrote: »

Dunno about other NPs but whiprounds only work with this one when he can see to what it is he's being asked to donate :p:p

Not falling for it.

GDB2222

Masomnia was not asking for money. I took it more as a sort of 'save the date' for the house-warming party (but without the date).

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

Masomnia was not asking for money. I took it more as a sort of 'save the date' for the house-warming party (but without the date).

I didn't read it like that either, but thought I'd mention that a whip round wouldn't be forthcoming

Do people actually ever have house warming parties? Or are they a myth/what home-leavers do in their first flat?

I've never been to one, never had one.

Masomnia

PasturesNew wrote: »

Don't post here asking for people to have a whip round.
That doesn't work

All the best with your mortgage/flat. It's exciting, yet scarey, isn't it - but you do have to make a choice at some point and just do it.

Thanks, and yes that's exactly how I feel. Kept mulling it over in my mind and I'm still not 100% sure it's the right thing to do but like you say you've just got to make a decision sometimes and make the best of it

Thing is, I like where I live, I've been in the area 3 years and don't really want to move. But I think I'll like living in Inner Herts just as much if not more and my mortgage will be a lot less than my rent, I'll still be able to get into London easily etc. Still feels like a massive step.

Masomnia

GDB2222 wrote: »

Masomnia was not asking for money. I took it more as a sort of 'save the date' for the house-warming party (but without the date).

What a good idea!

silvercar

Many, many blocks of small flats round my way. A lot bought under HTB; they may come unstuck in a few years as the 5 yr deal runs out and people look to remortgage.

chris_m

PasturesNew wrote: »

When you live alone - and all decisions are entirely down to you (whether you are capable/not) ... it's a big worry. NOBODY has any vested interest in you actually making the right choice, all they can do is put forward their own opinions, which are based on other criteria.
Your choice .... your decision ... your mis-choice .... your mis-decision.
For everything... from whether you can eat a whole cake .... or whether the grass needs cutting and if it should be done today or left .... to selling/buying houses.

However, on the flip side, you don;t have to worry about pleasing anybody else either

Jackmydad

PasturesNew wrote: »

I never hear my neighbours..... but it's a good job there's not a viewing right now as the neighbour's chosen this (first time ever) moment to do some lightweight hammer banging.... he's probably fixing up some picture hooks/similar .... but if there were a viewing right now they'd think there were a noise issue and there's never been a noise issue!

Well, I say never... next door's elderly mother seems to be confused with how to close the patio doors. The answer is: close the door, lift the handle up, then just make sure you've felt that one last tiny "bump" and then you can lock it..... she's of the "if in doubt slam it" club.

She'll get used to it. It was a 2nd home, but they appear to have moved his elderly mother in over the last 2 weeks... so must have now said she wants picture hooks

Some people seem to have been born with hammer in hand.
Apart from fixing cladding or roof slates and similar, why the endless hammering outside?
We have two or three around here you can regularly hear.

vivatifosi

Have you tried suncalc.net? It works with Google maps and you can find the actual house and check the orientation.