Watty's Awakening

Suffolk_lass

Never mind blurred background - I use BBC Archive sets - I especially like the 1960s Tardis and the Steptoe & Son sets - here's a link for hours of enjoyment!

Also, have you considered an electric sit/stand desk? our office had them (no fixed desks) - they were great as you could just bring them down for a little break

Watty1

@Suffolk_lass you have transformed my voluntary work zoom calls. That is the most fabulous link. Cant really use it for professional work calls - but - I'm so using that for the future regulatory calls plus the voluntary body work. What fun :)

themadvix

Ooh fabulous link SL! What fun! Will definitely create amusement for the voluntary meeting I have next month 😊

daisy_1571

I wish I still did zoom quizzes 😪 would love to be in the Good's kitchen or Reggie's office or Flatly Towels 😂 loadsa fun indeed, brilliant link ta suffolklass

Watty1

CD player sourced. I still have to set it up and make sure it works but this will save on subscriptions. Yay.

Watty1

Paid horsebox insurance from savings rather than just put it on the CC and thus kick that can down the road. Bought something for work, a flip chart, and put that on CC as was on amazon and immediately put that through the proper channels and rounded up so a little more paid off. This is the first month since I started this diary that I've actually kept the credit card down, and whilst I pay off a lot each month, I also add a lot.

Tiny hallway painted yesterday so another job ticked off. This one was an extra job because the paint got damaged when the front of the house was done as it got knocked a lot.

Next big job is the kitchen kickboards. If all goes to plan then these will be have replaced for under £30 and VNM is going to do the work. We decided to pay someone to chop up the wood that is on the back drive, old fence posts, a gate, half a tree and hopefully the chap will be free for a day next week. This will save us chopping and stacking and should give us wood for the winter, clear a lot of mess and whilst it will cost a days labour I am certain the chap will get through the work in a lot less time than we would have done.

Watty1

Had an email from prospective purchasers accountant earlier in the week wanting to set up a meeting to discuss prospective purchase. It is very vague but talks about assessing sustainable earnings based on the costs of replacing sellers role, commercial dependencies and ongoing operating cost basis. I have absolutely no idea what waffle this is but I interviewed AI which came up with some suggestions of what it could mean. Using those suggestions I have prepped for meeting by thinking about a list of answers that can encourage them to reveal their hand rather than more vague waffle.

I responded with my availability and am, as usual, waiting on them. 😡 However meeting notes done will in advance.

As usual I remain ambivalent about this. At the start of the year it seemed a good idea, but it has drifted too long. I have decided to see what they say and then call it.

greenbee

I think you should tell them that unless they come back with a solid proposal, including timelines by X date, then you're not interested in further discussions as you don't believe they are serious, and as you don't actually need to sell at this point, you aren't prepared to spend more time on it.

Could you send your wood-chopping-up person up here please? I'm struggling to find one. And if they could bring a trailer-load of horse poo with them, that would be great :)

Humdinger1

It seems to me @Watty1 that they are hoping to grind you down to a low price by everlasting faffing. You'd never be as rude as this, but I agree with @greenbee: in my own words, they need to p*ss or get off the pot. I understand that empathy and support for purchaser is good, and may be needed to make the sale, but at what point does it become free therapy? I also seem to remember you mentioning the possibility of not getting full price if you fall short on an unreasonable, even impossible-to-fulfil list of post-sale wishes. You have fab instincts, please listen to your still, small voice of calm. Love Humdinger xx

Watty1

If only you were closer @greenbee Date for wood chopping person has been moved a few times but I think it will happen and sending you a trailer load of poop would be a saving of £200 for me 😂

I agree with both you and Humdinger on this sale palaver. The first question on my pre prepped list of questions is around purchaser funding. When this sale was first planned I was desperate to get out. Then earlier this year VNM found a house locally - now we have mainly thought about moving out of area but we both loved house and it did tick all our boxes so we decided that if the sale came through we would go ahead (selling my house will take time and vendor wanted to move quickly). So we were super excited. But the dithering meant we could not proceed and predictably that opportunity is lost. It was really unusual a flat above stables and we thought we could put a lift in WattyDog would be fine. It was tiny (cheap to run and clean) but lots of land.

I do not plan to waste an hour or more in a meeting if funding to proceed is not available. I will go to the meeting and draw a line. I think they hope I will become more desperate as time rolls on whereas actually I become more inclined to tell them to shove it and move on with the plan B.

She should know these days I always have a plan B :)