The House Projects Thread

[mik]

Good luck @Gavster !

[Ascender]

Hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to court we go... I have a costs hearing at 2pm today, in relation to the hearing in November 2022 where my neighbours were first determined to be in breach of their lease. The judge offered a measly 15% of our total costs from that first hearing, bceause the leases don't set out who pays for costs so it's up to the court to decide, but 15% is outrageously low based on other cases. Fingers crossed we get this bit of the puzzle wrapped up today because it feels like each hearing is simply a segue into another, and another, and another.

Can't believe this is still going on. Good luck!!

[jamcg]

At least you’ll get a laugh at the attempted legalese he tries to spout. Wonder how many pages he brings today………

Also good luck!

[Gavster]

Thanks guys they've doubled down on their sympathy votes to the court and how I'm an evil landlord, most of which appears to be fantasy, as usual.

[Gavster]

Adjourned because it was listed under a different judge to the one it was reserved for and this one was adamant he didn’t want to touch it with a barge pole. Sigh. Basically a cock up by the courts listings department that’s wasted all our time.

[GG.]

What a farce. None of this is a great advertisement for the English legal / courts system is it...

[Gavster]

Absolutely, considering it’s 2 years and 3 months since the judge ordered this costs hearing and that they mess it up when it does happen.

[Mito Man]

It's an absolute joke and it seems par for the course when dealing with matters relating to property. So another 6 months delay for it to get rescheduled?

[Gavster]

It is a total joke and also ends up with me feeling totally trapped by the system, because the vast majority of the time this has taken is down to the ~9 month wait for a hearing each time, so it feels like it’s never moving forwards

[jamcg]

Sometimes it seems the only thing this country does well at is being shit at everything- not court related but my mam had a copd test at the weekend. Only they couldn’t do it all as no one told her to stop taking the inhalers they gave her to take

[unzippy]

Adjourned because it was listed under a different judge to the one it was reserved for and this one was adamant he didn’t want to touch it with a barge pole. Sigh. Basically a cock up by the courts listings department that’s wasted all our time.

Isn't this this now second one that didn't want to get involved?

[Jobbo]

We are having solar panels fitted in a week or so. I was a bit concerned the workmen might try to drive under the low arch so got a couple of full size cones from Amazon to block their route. But now they’ve arrived I’m thinking I should have got some more and used them to create an auto test course on the drive

[DeskJockey]

You'll need a clipboard, pristine white hardhat and a high viz vest to complete the look.

[Jobbo]

On it - I’ve certainly got the high viz and clipboard already.

[V8Granite]

Where will the burger van park ?

Dave!

[Jobbo]

Where will the burger van park ?

Dave!

Out the front - unless it’s less than 1m 90cm tall

[IanF]

You could set up a pretty cool rc course there!

[ZedLeg]

Had to change the grill element in our oven after we left it on for too long and warped the old one.

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If I’d known I had to pull the oven out and open the back before I started I would’ve paid someone to do it

[Alex88]

9 months since we moved in to the little thatched cottage and we love it.

A friend who specialises in older home brickwork popped round for a look and informed us that the render is not lime, but actually cement (probably). Not good as this is not the correct material which could trap moisture and damage the timber frame underneath (the rest of the house was spot on, though).

The render has blown on the gable and front. Therefore, we're getting the worst affected area, the gable end, repaired ASAP. Then we're moving on to the front of the house.

He said that the studs and uprights all looked good and uniform in verticality, and there are no signs of damp. So we may get lucky and 'only' need to replace the render...

Bloody hope so! I am a bit worried but nothing I can do until it comes off and we see what lies beneath.

It seems however, that this isn't a unique case and there are loads of old homes with the incorrect render/lathered in unbreathable paints.

[Swervin_Mervin]

9 months since we moved in to the little thatched cottage and we love it.

A friend who specialises in older home brickwork popped round for a look and informed us that the render is not lime, but actually cement (probably). Not good as this is not the correct material which could trap moisture and damage the timber frame underneath (the rest of the house was spot on, though).

The render has blown on the gable and front. Therefore, we're getting the worst affected area, the gable end, repaired ASAP. Then we're moving on to the front of the house.

He said that the studs and uprights all looked good and uniform in verticality, and there are no signs of damp. So we may get lucky and 'only' need to replace the render...

Bloody hope so! I am a bit worried but nothing I can do until it comes off and we see what lies beneath.

It seems however, that this isn't a unique case and there are loads of old homes with the incorrect render/lathered in unbreathable paints.

Yeah it's definitely not unique. There's a really interesting thread on PH with a chap that bought a stone place in the Pennines and had to not only strip render (I think) but also dig out all the cement mortar and redo with lime. It gets fairly technical as to the lime mortar types!