From: Catman on
ginge wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:42:56 +0000, italiancar(a)gmail.com (SteveH)
> wrote:
>
>> But that means spending �100k on a house twice as big as I need (which
>> would involve morgages and stuff, which I don't want to do again).
>
> The real solution these days seems to get a house built from scratch.
> My wish list includes detached, cellar, double garage with space for a
> workshop, large kitchen, and a ground floor study/office, but I only
> really want 2 or 3 bedrooms. nobody builds houses like that.

You are so right. We are in the same boat with similar wish list.
Either a farm or self build are on our future plans.

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From: Catman on
vulgarandmischevious wrote:
> ginge <the.gingeREMOVE(a)THISgmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:42:56 +0000, italiancar(a)gmail.com (SteveH)
>> wrote:
>>
>>> But that means spending �100k on a house twice as big as I need (which
>>> would involve morgages and stuff, which I don't want to do again).
>> The real solution these days seems to get a house built from scratch.
>> My wish list includes detached, cellar, double garage with space for a
>> workshop, large kitchen, and a ground floor study/office, but I only
>> really want 2 or 3 bedrooms. nobody builds houses like that.
>
> That's exactly what I have. Only with four bedrooms. And two sitting
> rooms. And two dining rooms. And a three-car garage. For about 200k
> sterling.

Yeah, but *where*?

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From: ginge on
On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:07:34 -0700, vulgarandmischevious
<vulgarandmischevious(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>ginge <the.gingeREMOVE(a)THISgmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:42:56 +0000, italiancar(a)gmail.com (SteveH)
>>wrote:
>>
>>>But that means spending �100k on a house twice as big as I need (which
>>>would involve morgages and stuff, which I don't want to do again).
>>
>>The real solution these days seems to get a house built from scratch.
>>My wish list includes detached, cellar, double garage with space for a
>>workshop, large kitchen, and a ground floor study/office, but I only
>>really want 2 or 3 bedrooms. nobody builds houses like that.
>
>That's exactly what I have. Only with four bedrooms. And two sitting
>rooms. And two dining rooms. And a three-car garage. For about 200k
>sterling.

If I could get that kind of deal over here I'd rip someones arm off.
From: sweller on
Catman wrote:

> You are so right. We are in the same boat with similar wish list.
> Either a farm or self build are on our future plans.

I'm quite keen on a small holding in Northumberland or Caithness and keep
alpacas and bees.

Unfortunately, alpacas don't like the wet and it may be too windy for
bees. Sounds like a great plan.

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From: The Older Gentleman on
sweller <sweller(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> I'm quite keen on a small holding in Northumberland or Caithness and keep
> alpacas and bees.
>
> Unfortunately, alpacas don't like the wet and it may be too windy for
> bees. Sounds like a great plan.

The Doctor wants to keep alpacas in Chile. And bees.


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