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Hi, @Rosa_Damascena. We knew about the heating, the floors, the door, the lack of a bath, the kitchen. Didn't know about the hot water, but it didn't come as a surprise, given all the other problems, and she was meant to leave the curtains, but that's what charity shops are for. We got it for a very reasonable price, due to all the problems. But knew they were all fixable. It was exactly what we needed. Thirteen acres, seven bedroom house with potential to extend, lots of outbuildings, on a main road. Ticked all the boxes. We bought with our eldest and her OH, they are now building a four bedroomed extension.
Hugs, mumtoomamy.xx
Frugal Living Challenge 2025.
Grocery challenge, £1300 food plus £200 cleaning materials etc, for the year.
MiL boiler broke many years ago but she lives in a tropical country and water comes from a store on the roof so typically low-mid 20Cs so well below the average shower temps but not the temps of uk tap water in winter. Never had quicker showers in my life...
I can live on very basic food, not have 400 channels of TV to watch, get to work on a bus but I want a good warm shower even when in a hot country.
The Mrs is funny... wants the house as hot as possible but happy to walk straight into the shower after turning it on (combo-boiler, no tank or pre-heating)
