Good Morning Good Night and General Chat.

[skyrider]

4 hours ago, Tiggie said:

Can't believe it's November and I've managed to mow the lawns. Don't think that's ever been possible before 

yes i did one today and more to do later in the week 

[Fozzie]

Went to see a house near me today. 

It's in a great location, it's bigger than everything else we've looked at, and it has had a new roof and boiler in the past 5 years. The catch? It's expensive for what it is, and that's a house that has had one couple grow old in it together and move to care or pass away. It would be an enormous undertaking for me, and I'm already busy as hell. 

I could shell each room back to brick, and rebuild one room at a time, and get it liveable very quickly. But there's also risk involved. There was a wet patch in the bathroom suggesting the new roof has a little ingress. Maybe easy to sort. At the front of the house, the gable end has a wooden support cantilevered from the house. None of the others have this, making me suspect a leak has damaged a lot of the underlying structure and it's a cover up job. 

 

Big project. Got a fiancee I need to marry, she also wants kids... Bugger...

 

Guess I'm keeping my SV650 another year at least  

[bonio]

42 minutes ago, Fozzie said:

... a house that has had one couple grow old in it together and move to care or pass away.

People don't choose to leave good houses. They only move out for care or for the coffin. 

 

[Fozzie]

14 minutes ago, bonio said:

People don't choose to leave good houses. They only move out for care or for the coffin. 

 

 

Well said and very reassuring. I guess I'm just suspect of the recent work. Was it done by those who lived there? Or those selling on their behalf? As the latter can result in corners being cut. 

 

[bonio]

Yeah, I'd be suspicious too tbh. And old people can be vulnerable to cold calls from cowboy traders or workmen. At least, we've seen plenty of examples of that in our house... the guy was over 90 when he moved out.

[Bender]

 

@Fozzie

 

I would get a roofer/builder you trust to look at it, surveys are pretty useless.

 

If it's already a high price do you want the hassle of doing up a full house.

[Takanta]

Good evening.

[Fiddlesticks]

@Fozzie

Why not find out exactly what you're likely to be up against? Decide what you want to pay for the place in good condition, get them hooked with an offer, then find out what the repairs will stand you. Use that to negotiate a reduced price.

[Mawsley]

Morning Buntyfunsters.

 

Another disrupted night because I was dreaming about the bike arriving. 1 day to go. What a long fortnight.

[rennie]

Good morning 

Sue is out of critical care and on a ward 

[Simon Davey]

That's good news @rennie

[Simon Davey]

Good morning bikers

[dynax]

Good morning

[Fozzie]

12 hours ago, Bender said:

 

@Fozzie

 

I would get a roofer/builder you trust to look at it, surveys are pretty useless.

 

If it's already a high price do you want the hassle of doing up a full house.

 

Yeah, it's on the edge of not going ahead. I put in an offer, 5% under asking price and it was immediately rejected. 

If I had a spare £100k, I could make it worth £150k more I think based on other properties on the same road that sold, but I'll only have the funds to do general renovations, not extensions. 

I find some of the sellers around me very cheeky, they leave their houses up for the best part of a year, stubbornly not reducing. They've all taken a punt at the prices people were getting at the top of the 2022 bubble. A time of 1.8% mortgage rates...

[Tiggie]

@rennie that's great 

[Bender]

@renniehope it's all going to plan and she's safely tucked up back home soon, best wishes to you both.

[Mawsley]

Evening.

 

Just been sent a picture of my bike in a van. 

 

Tomorrow is on! It's been a very slow fortnight.

[Simon Davey]

@Mawsley

Aaaaaaand, the weather's good 

[Mawsley]

1 minute ago, Simon Davey said:

@Mawsley

Aaaaaaand, the weather's good 

 

But I'm going to have to stay in to get my new phone. Worth it, I absolutely hate the Z Fold 6.

[Mawsley]

[Mawsley]

Twas the night before Bikemas,

when all through the gaff.

Not a creature was stirring,

not even a fat biker wanting to go for breakfast at a cafe. 

[S-Westerly]

37 minutes ago, Mawsley said:

Twas the night before Bikemas,

when all through the gaff.

Not a creature was stirring,

not even a fat biker wanting to go for breakfast at a cafe. 

Don't reckon you've much chance of being the next Poet Laureate. 

[Mawsley]

1 hour ago, S-Westerly said:

Don't reckon you've much chance of being the next Poet Laureate. 

 

I'll live. 

[Simon Davey]

Hope you have a great day today @Mawsley

 

Enjoy your HD, and your iPhone 

[Simon Davey]

Good morning bikers