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The "have a look at this!" thread II

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  • System
    System Posts: 178,090 Community Admin
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    phoebe1989seb wrote: »
    No householder charges here and - for now at least - garden waste collection in wheelie bins is still FOC. Good job too as our council tax is ridiculously high :(

    One thing we have noticed since moving to the West Midlands is that the [STRIKE]tip[/STRIKE] recycling centre doesn't have a resale area. Not sure if that's the same in other parts of the country, but back in Wiltshire (and previously in both Essex and Hampshire) there were sections set aside for the sale of the *better class of rubbish* ;)


    My council's bulky waste is £20 for first item and £3.50 for each subsequent item. If the other items are electrical - its an extra £1 for subsequent items.

    When I had my washing machine delivered by a local firm, they charged me £5 extra for disposing of the old one. I have seen others in the area having other white goods delivered and don't pay the £5 for disposing as seen their broken appliance on top of their drive. Why didn't they pay the electrical showroom the £5, I don't know.

    My tips don't have a resale area. Though I had people taking my stuff away when I took them to the tip. One time, I got rid of some picture frames as the backs went. Someone said they are the sort he was after and took them off me. Another time it was a round veg rack on wheels as he was going to convert the baskets into flower baskets by welding some chains at the rims.
  • Cloudydaze
    Cloudydaze Posts: 684 Forumite
    Where to start...

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-60429208.html
  • bouicca21
    bouicca21 Posts: 6,512 Forumite
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    Frankly, best not to start at all ...
  • NaughtiusMaximus
    NaughtiusMaximus Posts: 2,832 Forumite
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    This one's a little bizarre, a 2 bed semi with 2 kitchens. Aside from that weirdness it looks quite a nice house.

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-60949270.html
  • Doody
    Doody Posts: 122 Forumite
    Cloudydaze wrote: »
    Where to start...

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-60429208.html

    They do have some books on shelves which is always a positive for me. Otherwise, love how creative and discrete the EA has been in the description.
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  • Doody
    Doody Posts: 122 Forumite
    NaughtiusMaximus wrote: »
    This one's a little bizarre, a 2 bed semi with 2 kitchens. Aside from that weirdness it looks quite a nice house.

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-60949270.html

    Very strict Kosher? Relatives living in who aren't wanted in the kitchen?
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  • Slithery
    Slithery Posts: 6,046 Forumite
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    edited 18 September 2017 at 8:59PM
    More likely they built a kitchen-extension and didn't get round to removing the old one.

    Or maybe for making charcuterie, my aunt does that in her 2nd kitchen in her place in France.
  • Owain_Moneysaver
    Owain_Moneysaver Posts: 11,357 Forumite
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    Cloudydaze wrote: »
    Where to start...

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-60429208.html

    The CCTV cameras in the kitchen and lounge and the public-toilet style handwash dispenser on the garden sink add a certain .. well anyway, we know they're normal people because they've got a cheap plastic air-freshener next to the bog.

    But 1.3 MILLION?
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  • cloo
    cloo Posts: 1,291 Forumite
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    Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »
    But 1.3 MILLION?
    A shed in Wimbledon will probably set you back 750k. Dunno why, we rented there for a year and it really wasn't that nice.
  • amanda_p
    amanda_p Posts: 124 Forumite
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    I cannot imagine how that will ever sell! I know you have to look beyond the decor but that would be really hard to do. Nightmare of a house, I only like cream walls and no ornaments!! Tacky and tasteless comes to mind with complete lack of taste.........
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