Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:53 pm
Yes thank you
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Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:10 am
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.
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.
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:15 am
Oooh congratulations! Sounds amazing - love it when things fall into place like thatAscender wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:10 am 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.
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:16 am
Congratulations! Best of luck with the move
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:39 am
Whoosh - all change! 
Good luck with it
Good luck with it
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:07 am
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?Ascender wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:10 am 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.
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:46 am
Well that is how a house purchase is supposed to be.
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Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:58 am
Oooh, fast. So whereabouts is that then (broadly, obviously)?
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:51 pm
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.Jobbo wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:07 amOoh, 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?Ascender wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:10 am 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.
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.
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:53 pm
The bustling village of Helmsdale. Which ironically now has three coffee shops thanks to the NC500 I guess.Beany wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:58 am Oooh, fast. So whereabouts is that then (broadly, obviously)?
Its up high on a hill looking out to the sea which was a major selling point...
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:21 pm
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 
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 4:03 pm
I was waiting for your reactionBeany wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:21 pm 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
Yeah, we can still easily get on a train or plane from up there to Inverness or more likely Edinburgh and further afield.
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:28 pm
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.
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I wish I was joking
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:33 pm
Helmsdale: Jesus that’s far north! You have to travel south to Inverness! 
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:36 pm
Helmsdale is southern shandy drinking land to me, compared to where I grew up (Wick/Thurso)IanF wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:33 pm Helmsdale: Jesus that’s far north! You have to travel south to Inverness!
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:28 pm
Right down the road from Dounreay .. explains a hell of a lot..,
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:31 pm
It's where my superpower of being correct comes from.
Might also explain my rapidly receded hairline from a young age, too
Might also explain my rapidly receded hairline from a young age, too
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:37 pm
Imagined you'd be much harder if you're from that for North
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:45 pm
Who says I'm not hard?Mito Man wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:37 pm Imagined you'd be much harder if you're from that for North
Now excuse me while I go collect that darling spider off my wall and gently put him into next doors garden.
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:52 pm
Beany wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:31 pm 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
