The House Projects Thread

[IanF]

Did you make it back from Slough ok, Ian?

Yes thank you

[Ascender]

Managed to get in to see that house which popped up for sale. 500 mile round trip with some fun twisty bits at the end of it, came back, put an offer in and its been accepted.

They have some summer bookings in July, so will aim to settle at the end of that month and will start moving stuff up to the folk's croft to empty this place and get it ready for sale. Need to get an architect lined up and work out what to do with the outbuilding, but the people who own it now have spent some money on it so roof and interior are good. It's a croft house from about 1800, so the sort of place I spent a lot of my childhood in. I guess we've gone full circle.

[Gavster]

Managed to get in to see that house which popped up for sale. 500 mile round trip with some fun twisty bits at the end of it, came back, put an offer in and its been accepted.

They have some summer bookings in July, so will aim to settle at the end of that month and will start moving stuff up to the folk's croft to empty this place and get it ready for sale. Need to get an architect lined up and work out what to do with the outbuilding, but the people who own it now have spent some money on it so roof and interior are good. It's a croft house from about 1800, so the sort of place I spent a lot of my childhood in. I guess we've gone full circle.

Oooh congratulations! Sounds amazing - love it when things fall into place like that

[IanF]

Congratulations! Best of luck with the move

[mik]

Whoosh - all change!

Good luck with it

[Jobbo]

Managed to get in to see that house which popped up for sale. 500 mile round trip with some fun twisty bits at the end of it, came back, put an offer in and its been accepted.

They have some summer bookings in July, so will aim to settle at the end of that month and will start moving stuff up to the folk's croft to empty this place and get it ready for sale. Need to get an architect lined up and work out what to do with the outbuilding, but the people who own it now have spent some money on it so roof and interior are good. It's a croft house from about 1800, so the sort of place I spent a lot of my childhood in. I guess we've gone full circle.

Ooh, well done - does that mean that you've also decided not to embark on a project and instead buy something which is already mostly done and livable?

[V8Granite]

Well that is how a house purchase is supposed to be.

Dave!

[Beany]

Oooh, fast. So whereabouts is that then (broadly, obviously)?

[Ascender]

Managed to get in to see that house which popped up for sale. 500 mile round trip with some fun twisty bits at the end of it, came back, put an offer in and its been accepted.

They have some summer bookings in July, so will aim to settle at the end of that month and will start moving stuff up to the folk's croft to empty this place and get it ready for sale. Need to get an architect lined up and work out what to do with the outbuilding, but the people who own it now have spent some money on it so roof and interior are good. It's a croft house from about 1800, so the sort of place I spent a lot of my childhood in. I guess we've gone full circle.

Ooh, well done - does that mean that you've also decided not to embark on a project and instead buy something which is already mostly done and livable?

Yes, for the time being. Building estimates and electricity supply costs were spiralling, so this will be a chance to move, consolidate and see if we carry on with self build or not.

If I can get the barn converted the way I think it will work, we may just stay there and frees up money for things like traveling rather than paying for a house.

[Ascender]

Oooh, fast. So whereabouts is that then (broadly, obviously)?

The bustling village of Helmsdale. Which ironically now has three coffee shops thanks to the NC500 I guess.

Its up high on a hill looking out to the sea which was a major selling point...

[Beany]

Fuckin' Helmsdale! Nicely out of the way, that, but close enough to inversneckie to allow visits to actual civilisation, at least as much as Inverness can offer

[Ascender]

Fuckin' Helmsdale! Nicely out of the way, that, but close enough to inversneckie to allow visits to actual civilisation, at least as much as Inverness can offer

I was waiting for your reaction

Yeah, we can still easily get on a train or plane from up there to Inverness or more likely Edinburgh and further afield.

[Beany]

Yeah, it's certainly not as much as a stretch as Thurso...where it takes nearly as long to get from there to Inverness Airport than it does to go from Inverness to Luton on the plane, including check in and check out.

I wish I was joking

[IanF]

Helmsdale: Jesus that’s far north! You have to travel south to Inverness!

[Beany]

Helmsdale: Jesus that’s far north! You have to travel south to Inverness!

Helmsdale is southern shandy drinking land to me, compared to where I grew up (Wick/Thurso)

[dinny_g]

Right down the road from Dounreay .. explains a hell of a lot..,

[Beany]

It's where my superpower of being correct comes from.

Might also explain my rapidly receded hairline from a young age, too

[Mito Man]

Imagined you'd be much harder if you're from that for North

[Beany]

Imagined you'd be much harder if you're from that for North

Who says I'm not hard?

Now excuse me while I go collect that darling spider off my wall and gently put him into next doors garden.

[dinny_g]

It's where my superpower of being correct comes from.

Might also explain my rapidly receded hairline from a young age, too

It’s quite an eye opener when you stop at a lovely beach but there’s a warning not to go any further as there are Radioactive particles on the sand