Good Morning Good Night and General Chat.

[Simon Davey]

1 hour ago, Takanta said:

Afternoon, 

 

I have been eyeing up a decent FZ1S all day thats for sale locally to me

Do it, you know your life is incomplete without it.... 

[Mickly]

1 hour ago, Takanta said:

Afternoon, 

 

I have been eyeing up a decent FZ1S all day thats for sale locally to me

Do it Do it Do it It’s your destiny nothing can stop you, its yours

[Fozzie]

Good afternoon,

 

I'm off to go looking at houses tomorrow, at the request of my good lady. We've been debating where to move to, and in short, south Manchester is so expensive that I pitched the question "unless you want to grow old here, is there any point in going through that financial misery?".

She's so far said no to where I grew up (Lymm), as it's too out of the way. And in fairness, I despair with how the place is now a bit anyway. There's some nice areas closer to Warrington than Lymm is that have caught her interest. Her favourite bit is also my favourite bit, so fingers crossed.

[AstronautNinja]

28 minutes ago, Fozzie said:

Good afternoon,

 

I'm off to go looking at houses tomorrow, at the request of my good lady. We've been debating where to move to, and in short, south Manchester is so expensive that I pitched the question "unless you want to grow old here, is there any point in going through that financial misery?".

She's so far said no to where I grew up (Lymm), as it's too out of the way. And in fairness, I despair with how the place is now a bit anyway. There's some nice areas closer to Warrington than Lymm is that have caught her interest. Her favourite bit is also my favourite bit, so fingers crossed.

Why not have a poke round @husoi's place while your out?

[Simon Davey]

Good morning

[dynax]

Good morning

[rennie]

Good morning 

[skyrider]

On 09/08/2024 at 17:06, Mickly said:

Do it Do it Do it It’s your destiny nothing can stop you, its yours

yes you would regret it for ever if you left it were it was 

[Steve_M]

Good evening.

 

We managed to get up to where the Red Arrows were passing over Hadrians Wall around 6 o’clock this evening. We had a couple of the grandchildren with us. They were a bit reluctant to go but really excited when they flew over..

 

I managed to get one photo from a distance (cropped so poor quality)

[dynax]

Good morning

[Simon Davey]

Good morning

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

On 09/08/2024 at 18:46, Fozzie said:

Good afternoon,

 

I'm off to go looking at houses tomorrow, at the request of my good lady. We've been debating where to move to, and in short, south Manchester is so expensive that I pitched the question "unless you want to grow old here, is there any point in going through that financial misery?".

She's so far said no to where I grew up (Lymm), as it's too out of the way. And in fairness, I despair with how the place is now a bit anyway. There's some nice areas closer to Warrington than Lymm is that have caught her interest. Her favourite bit is also my favourite bit, so fingers crossed.

Good luck with the house hunting. We are looking where to move to before too long. It's a big decision.  

[Steve_M]

On 09/08/2024 at 18:46, Fozzie said:

Good afternoon,

 

I'm off to go looking at houses tomorrow, at the request of my good lady. We've been debating where to move to, and in short, south Manchester is so expensive that I pitched the question "unless you want to grow old here, is there any point in going through that financial misery?".

She's so far said no to where I grew up (Lymm), as it's too out of the way. And in fairness, I despair with how the place is now a bit anyway. There's some nice areas closer to Warrington than Lymm is that have caught her interest. Her favourite bit is also my favourite bit, so fingers crossed.

Ah, about to venture into one of life’s stress points.

 

I’ve bought seven houses over the last fifty years or so. Each straight forward with a very short chain - the longest chain has been four. it’s never been fun.
 

This last one was us moving from rented accommodation in to vacant possession. What a trial that was - we employed a conveying company rather than a solicitor. Big mistake. We’d already used them to buy and sell one house and to sell another each of which went smoothly. This plot consists of four property deeds and an unusual septic tank agreement - this latter was a big stumbling block which caused no end of to-ing and fro-ing. Moral of the tale - if buying property with history use an experienced solicitor. It doesn’t guarantee anything but at least they should know or be able to research any oddities and come up with the right answer.

 

PS. I have my fingers crossed for you.

[Bender]

I've been continuing my camper kitchen unit, got all the wiring done, battery fitted, fridge is on test run to see how much it uses in 24hr, going off the first 6 hrs the battery may be slighty overkill fridge is much more efficient than expected, it is in a double insulated cupboard, the walls are made with polystyrene and then I have polystyrene between it and the walls.

 

The relay in the battery pic lives on the back rail I had it off to double check pins it switches to the van battery when it's plugged into the back of the van, although with a current estimated run time of a week I don't think it's going to need that feature.

 

[Simon Davey]

Good morning

[dynax]

Good morning

[Grumpy Old Git]

Aye up!

 

Just back from a trip 'oop norf'.

 

Visited Lindisvarne, Berwick, Seahouses.

 

Hotel: The Blue Bell in Belford is shite! Supposed to be 3* - I would not rate it as even 1*. 45mins wait for breakfast (poached eggs) and then it arrived stone cold!. Room carpet dirty, windows dirty, no plug for the basin, only 1 tea bag in the room, the 'Real Ales' (two) were both rancid!

If you wish to stay inn the area, I recommend the Black Swan (again in Belford) although to book, you need to use Air B&B.

 

[Bender]

3 hours ago, Grumpy Old Git said:

Aye up!

 

Just back from a trip 'oop norf'.

 

Visited Lindisvarne, Berwick, Seahouses.

 

Hotel: The Blue Bell in Belford is shite! Supposed to be 3* - I would not rate it as even 1*. 45mins wait for breakfast (poached eggs) and then it arrived stone cold!. Room carpet dirty, windows dirty, no plug for the basin, only 1 tea bag in the room, the 'Real Ales' (two) were both rancid!

If you wish to stay inn the area, I recommend the Black Swan (again in Belford) although to book, you need to use Air B&B.

 

Too late but I could have pre warned you to sleep in a field, field is more comfortable with better service  

[rennie]

Good afternoon 

 

We stayed on a site in belford! Loved it! Went in a pub a bistro farm shop thing and the chippy! All good!

[Fozzie]

@Steve_M It was indeed one of those stressful moments in life  

We get on with almost everything, very few things get us bickering, and yelling. But house shopping seems to bring out some fireworks. 

 

I feel I find an exact house for her, and she finds a small reason to hate it entirely. I then find a great house right down the same road, and suddenly it's either too far from town or too close to a bit of town she doesn't like. Whereas I'm picky on the area, but not where I land in it. There will be a hard fought compromise.

 

 

It's promising to hear it's meant to be difficult. Only had to buy a house/flat twice, the first house, nearly 10 years ago scarily, in my mid-20's. But this was straight forward as I'd solely raised the deposit for it, and when I dated there was always the pretext of me leaving London "I'll be going back to the north west, come if you want". I took some bad advice though and ended up financially stretched, was glad 2 years later to be selling and moving into my current flat.

 

So it will be my 3rd move, but first where I've had to have equal agreement with my good lady. Feels very grown up, but sh*t is it difficult  

[AstronautNinja]

1 minute ago, Fozzie said:

@Steve_M It was indeed one of those stressful moments in life  

We get on with almost everything, very few things get us bickering, and yelling. But house shopping seems to bring out some fireworks. 

 

I feel I find an exact house for her, and she finds a small reason to hate it entirely. I then find a great house right down the same road, and suddenly it's either too far from town or too close to a bit of town she doesn't like. Whereas I'm picky on the area, but not where I land in it. There will be a hard fought compromise.

 

 

It's promising to hear it's meant to be difficult. Only had to buy a house/flat twice, the first house, nearly 10 years ago scarily, in my mid-20's. But this was straight forward as I'd solely raised the deposit for it, and when I dated there was always the pretext of me leaving London "I'll be going back to the north west, come if you want". I took some bad advice though and ended up financially stretched, was glad 2 years later to be selling and moving into my current flat.

 

So it will be my 3rd move, but first where I've had to have equal agreement with my good lady. Feels very grown up, but sh*t is it difficult  

Sounds like me finding a suitable car for my missus. Never heard such strong opinions on incredibly minor spec differences. Zero care for service history or cambelt changes but my god did she go on about having rear tints. 

[Bender]

59 minutes ago, Fozzie said:

@Steve_M It was indeed one of those stressful moments in life  

We get on with almost everything, very few things get us bickering, and yelling. But house shopping seems to bring out some fireworks. 

 

I feel I find an exact house for her, and she finds a small reason to hate it entirely. I then find a great house right down the same road, and suddenly it's either too far from town or too close to a bit of town she doesn't like. Whereas I'm picky on the area, but not where I land in it. There will be a hard fought compromise.

 

 

It's promising to hear it's meant to be difficult. Only had to buy a house/flat twice, the first house, nearly 10 years ago scarily, in my mid-20's. But this was straight forward as I'd solely raised the deposit for it, and when I dated there was always the pretext of me leaving London "I'll be going back to the north west, come if you want". I took some bad advice though and ended up financially stretched, was glad 2 years later to be selling and moving into my current flat.

 

So it will be my 3rd move, but first where I've had to have equal agreement with my good lady. Feels very grown up, but sh*t is it difficult  

We just don't bicker at all, I once went a bit quiet and she knew that was it  

 

House buying for us tends to be can I fit 5 cars on the drive it's a simple yes or no, does it have a garage or can I build one, that's me done on the house input I could care less after that  

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

We've been married 40 years and lived in 8 houses.  Never any trouble choosing a house, they come with the job. So choosing our own when I retire is going to be a whole new experience.  

[Fiddlesticks]

29 minutes ago, Bender said:

House buying for us tends to be can I fit 5 cars on the drive it's a simple yes or no, does it have a garage or can I build one, that's me done on the house input I could care less after that  

Same

[Fozzie]

In part, it’s because we are both career oriented. My mrs works in Manchester once a week, at home the rest of the time. So she wants the transport links. I by contrast work full time at home, but frequently travel up and down the UK so want the M6. Her friends are all local to south Manchester as well, whereas mine are dotted around. 
 

In theory, I just need a place with a garage, or space for me to build one. And I’m set. But my mrs likes parts of Manchester that I consider crime hotspots. And have schools with metal detectors on the gates. She had family there so she thinks it’s blown out of proportion, but after being in London, I’m more weary. 
 

She’s also more keen to spend right up to our budget, even places needing new bathrooms/kitchens that I will have to build. Whereas I want some budget to do more so we hit the ground running, rather than maxing ourselves and having to save slowly to make the place home.

 

I already know it will go more her way than mine. But I’ve got to go down fighting