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Property Ladder - C4

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  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,075 Forumite
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    sooz wrote: »
    Different kind. The decking/bridge sort eat girls & goats!!!

    Nooooo :eek:

    vansboy, NO DECKING! ;)
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  • Badger_Lady
    Badger_Lady Posts: 6,264 Forumite
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    My rented house had decking with hedgehogs living under it :-) We looked after a friend's labrador for a while and he was forever sniffing around after them...

    Sorry to go against the grain, but I really don't like decking! I worry about maintaining it long-term and I can also imagine it becoming unfashionable... I like good old slabs of stone myself :-)
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  • Dithering_Dad
    Dithering_Dad Posts: 4,554 Forumite
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    Badger_Lady wrote: »
    My rented house had decking with hedgehogs living under it :-) We looked after a friend's labrador for a while and he was forever sniffing around after them...

    Sorry to go against the grain, but I really don't like decking! I worry about maintaining it long-term and I can also imagine it becoming unfashionable... I like good old slabs of stone myself :-)

    I'm with you, I hate decking. If you lay it next to your house, you're just making a nice, dry and snug home for mice, rats and cockroaches - not the sort of neighbours you want to have 'popping in' for a cup of coffee.

    Yoiu don't get many creatures living under slabs of stone - especially if they are laid on concrete!
    Mortgage Free in 3 Years (Apr 2007 / Currently / Δ Difference)
    [strike]● Interest Only Pt: £36,924.12 / £ - - - - 1.00 / Δ £36,923.12[/strike] - Paid off! Yay!! :)
    ● Home Extension: £48,468.07 / £44,435.42 / Δ £4032.65
    ● Repayment Part: £64,331.11 / £59,877.15 / Δ £4453.96
    Total Mortgage Debt: £149,723.30 / £104,313.57 / Δ £45,409.73
  • Curv
    Curv Posts: 2,572 Forumite
    Dithering_Dad wrote: »
    Yoiu don't get many creatures living under slabs of stone

    Oh, I don't know... I think I've dated a few in my time. :rolleyes:

    Seriously though - the house we are buying has decking and it had never occurred to me that it would encourage mice and nasties. The people we are buying from use the under-decking space as storage - kids bikes etc. Is there anything I can do to discourage unwelcome guests, short of taking it all down?
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  • thesaint
    thesaint Posts: 4,324 Forumite
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    This thread is about Property ladder and the superfabulous gorgeousness that is Sarah Beeny, take your talk about mice etc elsewhere!
    Well life is harsh, hug me don't reject me.
  • Zebedee69
    Zebedee69 Posts: 1,034 Forumite
    vansboy wrote: »
    If we end up £8000 under budget, we can have a tub!!

    What happened to "If were 8000 under budget then thats more profit.... Yummie profit?...." or have I missed the art of business completely:confused: hey perhaps I should shut up the ebay shop then ha ha!
  • Zebedee69
    Zebedee69 Posts: 1,034 Forumite
    Dithering_Dad wrote: »
    I'm with you, I hate decking. If you lay it next to your house, you're just making a nice, dry and snug home for mice, rats and cockroaches - not the sort of neighbours you want to have 'popping in' for a cup of coffee.

    Yoiu don't get many creatures living under slabs of stone - especially if they are laid on concrete!

    If decking is done PROPERLY! Then there are no gaps in it to allow little beasts in and there is a membrane over the undelying ground to stop little beasts burrowing up through.

    If they cant do a proper job then thats their problem!
  • Curv
    Curv Posts: 2,572 Forumite
    thesaint wrote: »
    This thread is about Property ladder and the superfabulous gorgeousness that is Sarah Beeny, take your talk about mice etc elsewhere!

    Like you care! YOU didn't even remember to watch it this week - that's how much YOU care! :p

    BTW, this weeks viewing of PL was completely marred by the mental image you painted last week. I spent all of the programme pushing away unwelcome thoughts of you, with a glass of JD in one hand and a box of tissues by your side. It was traumatic. ;)
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  • Badger_Lady
    Badger_Lady Posts: 6,264 Forumite
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    Zebedee69 wrote: »
    If they cant do a proper job then thats their problem!

    Unless they're selling it to you :D
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  • Dithering_Dad
    Dithering_Dad Posts: 4,554 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Zebedee69 wrote: »
    If decking is done PROPERLY! Then there are no gaps in it to allow little beasts in and there is a membrane over the undelying ground to stop little beasts burrowing up through.

    If they cant do a proper job then thats their problem!

    Unfortunately, in the pursuit of larger profits, how many property developers or landscape gardeners would do a proper job, after all they're not the ones putting up with the creepy crawlies.

    Also, rats can gnaw through bricks and hardwood, so a little bit of membrane or the actual softwood of the decking will pose no problem for them to get through.

    Here is an article that covers this issue:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=409670&in_page_id=1770

    Getting back to the Beenmeister... isn't it odd to see her non-pregnant?
    Mortgage Free in 3 Years (Apr 2007 / Currently / Δ Difference)
    [strike]● Interest Only Pt: £36,924.12 / £ - - - - 1.00 / Δ £36,923.12[/strike] - Paid off! Yay!! :)
    ● Home Extension: £48,468.07 / £44,435.42 / Δ £4032.65
    ● Repayment Part: £64,331.11 / £59,877.15 / Δ £4453.96
    Total Mortgage Debt: £149,723.30 / £104,313.57 / Δ £45,409.73
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