The Nice People No. 17

zagubov

PasturesNew said:

You lot could hire a minibus and turn up and I'll arrange a 2nd viewing and you can all do the prodding, enquiring, poking about, DECIDING, offering etc for me ... if you're not too busy

We could test our amateur dramatic skills by turning up for a viewing as 
-your suited and booted entourage, to emphasise you're somebody important to your would-be neighbours .
-some of us have access to hardhats and we can be a bunch of developers and surveyors planning to build a fireworks factory and a gasometer on either side of the house for other house-viewers.
-a family who look like a cross between the Bash Street Kids and the Addams Family with Hannibal Lecter masks who've noticeably taken some weird kind of vow of loudness and would aspire to be n the Jeremy Kyle show, (acting as buyers for the agents and new neighbour, or as neighbours for any prospective buyers).

Doozergirl

Nikkster said:

Doozergirl said:

Hi Nikkster, lovely lady

Hello! Just remembered I was going to share some pics of my bathroom... hopefully easier with the new forum? Let's see! Edit - think they might be a bit big... will delete if they mess up the thread

Beautiful!  The blue tiles are great, gives it real character and a cosiness.  I love that you've put your own stamp on it.   

(It's so much easier to post photos now, that's a huge upside for me). 

Pyxis

PasturesNew said:

Pyxis said:could you get things like fridge, freezer, washing machine thrown in?

I thought that... although they're possibly on their last legs as they'd have had a plan to just keep their old stuff limping along as they'll be off soon.  You only buy new stuff if you've not got your eye on an exit plan. 

Not necessarily.
My one and only superstition is kicking in now, and I am touching wood like crazy, but my appliances are all 20 years old now and,,,,,,, touch wood touch wood..........still going strong. Touch wood touch wood hug a whole tree, nay, a complete forest. Tree sprites, please look kindly on me!

Anyway, even if the ones in your new house only last a year, if they are thrown in as a deal-maker, that’s still a year before you need think about replacements.

Pyxis

Had figs for breakfast.

PasturesNew

zagubov said:

PasturesNew said:

You lot could hire a minibus and turn up and I'll arrange a 2nd viewing and you can all do the prodding, enquiring, poking about, DECIDING, offering etc for me ... if you're not too busy

We could test our amateur dramatic skills by turning up for a viewing as 
-your suited and booted entourage, to emphasise you're somebody important to your would-be neighbours .
-some of us have access to hardhats and we can be a bunch of developers and surveyors planning to build a fireworks factory and a gasometer on either side of the house for other house-viewers.
-a family who look like a cross between the Bash Street Kids and the Addams Family with Hannibal Lecter masks who've noticeably taken some weird kind of vow of loudness and would aspire to be n the Jeremy Kyle show, (acting as buyers for the agents and new neighbour, or as neighbours for any prospective buyers).

I kind of like this idea  

Pyxis

zagubov said:

PasturesNew said:

You lot could hire a minibus and turn up and I'll arrange a 2nd viewing and you can all do the prodding, enquiring, poking about, DECIDING, offering etc for me ... if you're not too busy

We could test our amateur dramatic skills by turning up for a viewing as 
-your suited and booted entourage, to emphasise you're somebody important to your would-be neighbours .
-some of us have access to hardhats and we can be a bunch of developers and surveyors planning to build a fireworks factory and a gasometer on either side of the house for other house-viewers.
-a family who look like a cross between the Bash Street Kids and the Addams Family with Hannibal Lecter masks who've noticeably taken some weird kind of vow of loudness and would aspire to be n the Jeremy Kyle show, (acting as buyers for the agents and new neighbour, or as neighbours for any prospective buyers).

PasturesNew said:

zagubov said:

PasturesNew said:

You lot could hire a minibus and turn up and I'll arrange a 2nd viewing and you can all do the prodding, enquiring, poking about, DECIDING, offering etc for me ... if you're not too busy

We could test our amateur dramatic skills by turning up for a viewing as 
-your suited and booted entourage, to emphasise you're somebody important to your would-be neighbours .
-some of us have access to hardhats and we can be a bunch of developers and surveyors planning to build a fireworks factory and a gasometer on either side of the house for other house-viewers.
-a family who look like a cross between the Bash Street Kids and the Addams Family with Hannibal Lecter masks who've noticeably taken some weird kind of vow of loudness and would aspire to be n the Jeremy Kyle show, (acting as buyers for the agents and new neighbour, or as neighbours for any prospective buyers).

I kind of like this idea  

Bags I be Plug.

PasturesNew

I've not slept well. I've changed my mind. I think I was swept up in the whole "need a house" thing, which morphed into "any house".  I think it's simply too much for me to be faced with.  I do not have anywhere near enough spoons to ever be happy there. 
Let's say all the replastering was done... and the walls smooth and white.  There's still all the doors that'd need replacing, the utility/loo area would need re-smartening and a new loo, the bathroom needs replacing, the shower cubicle in the bathroom needs removing (it is literally "suspended in thin air" as there was NOTHING supporting it from underneath... and then so I might as well pop an en-suite in Bed1.  Then the window sills need replacing.  There'd be some electrical refits... and, even then, it's still too big really and BLACK. 

I just think it'd be madness as it's not "the ideal house if only", it's just affordable and in an area I'd arbitrarily chosen that happened to be south facing. 

It's not for me.  

It will sell quickly, I bet it's gone this week or next week.  

It's too big, it'd feel "creepy" sleeping in it. 

Pyxis

PasturesNew said:

I've not slept well. I've changed my mind. I think I was swept up in the whole "need a house" thing, which morphed into "any house".  I think it's simply too much for me to be faced with.  I do not have anywhere near enough spoons to ever be happy there. 
Let's say all the replastering was done... and the walls smooth and white.  There's still all the doors that'd need replacing, the utility/loo area would need re-smartening and a new loo, the bathroom needs replacing, the shower cubicle in the bathroom needs removing (it is literally "suspended in thin air" as there was NOTHING supporting it from underneath... and then so I might as well pop an en-suite in Bed1.  Then the window sills need replacing.  There'd be some electrical refits... and, even then, it's still too big really and BLACK. 

I just think it'd be madness as it's not "the ideal house if only", it's just affordable and in an area I'd arbitrarily chosen that happened to be south facing. 

It's not for me.  

It will sell quickly, I bet it's gone this week or next week.  

It's too big, it'd feel "creepy" sleeping in it. 

🙁🙁🙁
Still, fair enough. You have to feel right about it.
At least it’s honing your perceptions so that when the right one does come along, you’ll ‘know’.

Not to worry......March is just around the corner, Spring is nearly here, and there'll be more coming onto the market.

It’s important that you don’t let Miss Nosey-Parker Typhoid Mary scare you into a rush decision. 🙁🙁🙁

Keep your pecker up! 👍👍👍

PasturesNew

Pyxis said:

PasturesNew said:

It’s important that you don’t let Miss Nosey-Parker Typhoid Mary scare you into a rush decision

LOL/Typhoid Mary.  That's sticking! I like that  
Today would be TM's 2 weeks curfew.... so at least any worry I had over that's subsided.  Actually, I wasn't worried about that at all.... it didn't bother me as I didn't for one minute think she'd got it. 

I have a thing where, once people get into my bad books, that's it, for life.  I hate everything they do, everything, all the time.  There is no forgiveness in my world.  I simply sit and hate and seethe and despise; I perpetually welcome and wish to engineer their entire demise

If there is one thing I am good at it is holding a grudge.  I believe it's part of my speshulness, it's a feature. 

Pyxis

PasturesNew said:

Pyxis said:

PasturesNew said:

It’s important that you don’t let Miss Nosey-Parker Typhoid Mary scare you into a rush decision

LOL/Typhoid Mary.  That's sticking! I like that  
Today would be TM's 2 weeks curfew.... so at least any worry I had over that's subsided.  Actually, I wasn't worried about that at all.... it didn't bother me as I didn't for one minute think she'd got it. 

I have a thing where, once people get into my bad books, that's it, for life.  I hate everything they do, everything, all the time.  There is no forgiveness in my world.  I simply sit and hate and seethe and despise; I perpetually welcome and wish to engineer their entire demise

If there is one thing I am good at it is holding a grudge.  I believe it's part of my speshulness, it's a feature. 

Nice Pastures. Ever so nice Pastures. Ever, ever so nice Pastures.