New "Have a Look at This" thread

moneysavinghero

GDB2222 said:

We buried MIL's dog in our back garden. It was really hard work, and it was only a little dog. How did Fred West do it?

He had lot's of practice.

ivavoucher

Spot the legs and what did they have for dinner?

3 bedroom semi-detached house for sale in Broadoak Road, Benchill, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M22 (rightmove.co.uk)

moneysavinghero

Pancakes, Fanta and Yoghurt?

I did like the smiley face on the toilet though. And the slip n slide.

Tenanted property probably explains things.

Hannimal

robatwork said:

Would you genuinely be happy with having a recent corpse in your back garden? 
Not only was it in a mound so not flat - who knows how deep the coffin is - but what about when you get a knock at the door asking if you mind if they left some flowers on dad's grave?

It's not like he'll be bothering me at night and that is a very cheap property. I would just pop a flowerbed over the grave and if they wanted to come bring me flowers or visit their dad, I would be okay with that. I really don't see this being a massive issue.

Skiddaw1

Hannimal said:

robatwork said:

Would you genuinely be happy with having a recent corpse in your back garden? 
Not only was it in a mound so not flat - who knows how deep the coffin is - but what about when you get a knock at the door asking if you mind if they left some flowers on dad's grave?

It's not like he'll be bothering me at night and that is a very cheap property. I would just pop a flowerbed over the grave and if they wanted to come bring me flowers or visit their dad, I would be okay with that. I really don't see this being a massive issue.

It might become an issue if & when you wanted to sell on. In all honesty, I think many people (me included) would baulk at buying a house with complementary corpse.

Slithery

I'm another one that couldn't care less about it.

robatwork

Here's the grave in question - right across the garden 

Patr100

Skiddaw1 said:

Hannimal said:

robatwork said:

Would you genuinely be happy with having a recent corpse in your back garden? 
Not only was it in a mound so not flat - who knows how deep the coffin is - but what about when you get a knock at the door asking if you mind if they left some flowers on dad's grave?

It's not like he'll be bothering me at night and that is a very cheap property. I would just pop a flowerbed over the grave and if they wanted to come bring me flowers or visit their dad, I would be okay with that. I really don't see this being a massive issue.

It might become an issue if & when you wanted to sell on. In all honesty, I think many people (me included) would baulk at buying a house with complementary corpse.

There was a very very long thread here a while about a selling  who during the process, wanted to bury their beloved dog (yes it was dead) in the garden - possibly dubious , though written from the point of view of the prospective buyer but this is on a whole new level.
In years to come, can you get an exhumation licence if the relatives are still alive and object?

The devil, they say, is in the detail, and never more so than with property ads. But the final line of Curchods estate agency's description of a four-bedroomed home in Teddington takes some beating: "It is important to note that the previous owners' last wishes were to be buried in this garden, which is where they both currently rest."
What?! A quick call to Curchods confirms that, yes, indeed, the husband and wife – she died a few years ago, he just recently – are both interred under a floral display in the garden. But, says one of the firm's agents, Richard Porter, the husband indicated before he died that he was happy for them to be moved if necessary in the future. With no direct relatives still living, an exhumation licence should be easy for buyers to secure.
Still, y'know … brrr. Still, most of us try to avoid intimations of mortality wherever possible, not move in with them, even for a short time, for however short a time. On the other hand, you could repurpose an essentially irrational impulse to more positive ends and argue that the couple's dying wishes attest to a house imbued with happiness and marital harmony, instead.
Either way, the dead bring no discount in today's market. The property has been put out to formal tender with a guide price of £650,000. "But we are expecting it to go for closer to £750,000" says Porter. O death, there is thy sting.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2014/jan/12/house-for-sale-bodies-garden-no-discount

Bad_Accountant

robatwork said:

Here's the grave in question - right across the garden 

Assuming that’s the grave (and not just a new flowerbed)...
the location is terrible, you can barely avoid walking right over the grave every time you go up the garden. Wouldn’t it be more respectful and aesthetic to tuck him in behind the trellis?!
Reminds me of this: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2636903/updated-its-done-our-buyer-wants-to-bury-their-dead-dog-in-our-garden/p1

MaryNB

Bad_Accountant said:

robatwork said:

Here's the grave in question - right across the garden 

Assuming that’s the grave (and not just a new flowerbed)...
the location is terrible, you can barely avoid walking right over the grave every time you go up the garden. Wouldn’t it be more respectful and aesthetic to tuck him in behind the trellis?!
Reminds me of this: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2636903/updated-its-done-our-buyer-wants-to-bury-their-dead-dog-in-our-garden/p1

The ad says some of the garden is rented from the council so maybe they weren't able to bury him any further back.