From: Catman on 24 Dec 2009 10:11 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. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: Catman on 24 Dec 2009 10:12 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*? -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: ginge on 24 Dec 2009 10:14 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 24 Dec 2009 10:15 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. -- Simon
From: The Older Gentleman on 24 Dec 2009 10:24
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. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com |