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Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2025 2:24 pm
by Gavster
Jimexpl wrote: Sat Nov 15, 2025 1:56 pm
Gavster wrote: Sat Nov 15, 2025 11:12 am
@Mito Man Totally that, I'm sure the cost of this work has gone up by at least 20% in the last ~5 years from what people in the neighbourhood have told me. Doing the work sooner, even though I don't need it, could have financial benefits.
Jimexpl wrote: Sat Nov 15, 2025 10:59 am
It's an opportunity to live/work somewhere else for a while, if you don't have to be in London for work. Could you do that?
Hehe, totally, I've been countryside-curious for a while and it could be an amazing opportunity to try living outside of London for a while. In fact, I could see if that barn in Suffolk is available for rent again soon
Our place in Cornwall can always be made available outside of school holidays for a sensible money.
Ohhh, what part of Cornwall, can you send me more info? Co-incidentally, my family probably originates from Cornwall
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2025 2:47 pm
by GG.
OK so flickr seems a good alternative to imgur.
Here's the brickwork/render before:
And after:
Quite a transformation but it was a messy and expensive job.
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2025 2:53 pm
by Beany
GG. wrote: Sat Nov 15, 2025 2:47 pm
OK so flickr seems a good alternative to imgur.
Here's the brickwork/render before:
<broken-images>
Quite a transformation but it was a messy and expensive job.
You want to use the share button on the lower right of the image and pull the 'img' part with the 'statiflickr' domain from the BBCode option, and remove the rest.
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[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54925427018_5742c3b991_b.jpg[/img]
Also
DANGER WILL ROBINSON you might want to look at stripping the location data from the EXIF info, it looks like (and I've not verified this) it's got the exact location on it, which probably isn't desirable; now sure how to do that on Flickr but I'm sure it'll be an option.
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2025 2:55 pm
by GG.
Beany wrote: Sat Nov 15, 2025 2:53 pm
You want to use the share button on the lower right of the image and pull the 'img' part with the 'statiflickr' domain from the BBCode option, and remove the rest.
Cheers mate - will try and fix.
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2025 3:05 pm
by Beany
Nice one
That's one hell of an improvement, although I expect your neighbour is now grumpy because they look like a scrungly mess by comparison
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2025 3:07 pm
by GG.
Beany wrote: Sat Nov 15, 2025 3:05 pm
Nice one
That's one hell of an improvement, although I expect your neighbour is now grumpy because they look like a scrungly mess by comparison
Yes she's a nice lady but made a comment to the effect of "you've made ours look shit now"
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2025 3:20 pm
by John
Gavster wrote: Sat Nov 15, 2025 2:24 pm
Ohhh, what part of Cornwall, can you send me more info? Co-incidentally, my family probably originates from Cornwall
I think it’s in Crantock, one of my favourite places. Handy for Newquay airport too for London flights.
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2025 4:09 pm
by V8Granite
GG. wrote: Sat Nov 15, 2025 3:07 pm
Beany wrote: Sat Nov 15, 2025 3:05 pm
Nice one
That's one hell of an improvement, although I expect your neighbour is now grumpy because they look like a scrungly mess by comparison
Yes she's a nice lady but made a comment to the effect of "you've made ours look shit now"
It meets all my criteria but the sun damaged Hoselock adaptor is a non negotiable. I'll need 30k off and a written agreement that Hoselock adaptors shall be supplied for the remainder of my ownership, I'll need it set up in a trust and all billable work to set this up is on you.
Dave!
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2025 4:42 pm
by Gavster
That looks fab, really transforms the external aesthetic of the property. What's the deal with the L-shaped garden, looks like your property acquired some of the neighbour's garden at some point?
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2025 5:12 pm
by GG.
V8Granite wrote: Sat Nov 15, 2025 4:09 pm
GG. wrote: Sat Nov 15, 2025 3:07 pm
Beany wrote: Sat Nov 15, 2025 3:05 pm
Nice one
That's one hell of an improvement, although I expect your neighbour is now grumpy because they look like a scrungly mess by comparison
Yes she's a nice lady but made a comment to the effect of "you've made ours look shit now"
It meets all my criteria but the sun damaged Hoselock adaptor is a non negotiable. I'll need 30k off and a written agreement that Hoselock adaptors shall be supplied for the remainder of my ownership, I'll need it set up in a trust and all billable work to set this up is on you.
Dave!
Careful mate - 30k off is still better than the best offer we’ve had. Happy to go with that and a lifetimes supply of hozelock bits and bobs!!
Re: The House Projects Thread
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2025 5:15 pm
by GG.
Gavster wrote: Sat Nov 15, 2025 4:42 pm
That looks fab, really transforms the external aesthetic of the property. What's the deal with the L-shaped garden, looks like your property acquired some of the neighbour's garden at some point?
Ah yes - not sure whether I posted on here in the end but the bit of garden next to ours had been used by our property for probably a decade and a half on an informal basis with the old lady whose house is perpendicular to ours on the road over.
After some legal wrangling (the sons who inherited their mother’s property wanted it back), I negotiated to buy it off them for 10k.