From: Pete Fisher on 24 Dec 2009 11:46 In communiqu� <4mv6j51uj9hj5k3b9hucoq2gf0tcnu9ost(a)4ax.com>, ginge <the.gingeREMOVE(a)THISgmail.com> cast forth these pearls of wisdom >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. We found a 3 bedroom dormer (conversion) bungalow ticking all those boxes except the cellar, just up the road. It was, unsurprisingly, sold within days of going on sale, before we could even get our place on the market. -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: Peter(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk | | Voxan Roadster Yamaha WR250Z/Supermoto "Old Gimmer's Hillclimber" | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
From: des popping in on 24 Dec 2009 12:10 On 2009-12-24, Catman <catman(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote: > 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*? Gaza.
From: ogden on 24 Dec 2009 12:27 Ben wrote: > On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:50:06 +0000, 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. > > There's some like that near me (3 bed), and they're exactly what I > want. > > Unfortunately I don't have a spare 600k. That's a lot of money for a house in Wolverhampton. -- ogden
From: ginge on 24 Dec 2009 12:34 On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:27:12 -0000, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote: >Ben wrote: >> On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:50:06 +0000, 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. >> >> There's some like that near me (3 bed), and they're exactly what I >> want. >> >> Unfortunately I don't have a spare 600k. > >That's a lot of money for a house in Wolverhampton. The prices have only gone up because they've heard darsy is moving there.
From: ginge on 24 Dec 2009 12:35
On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:22:59 +0000, Ben <ben(a)bensalesDOTME.uk> wrote: >On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:50:06 +0000, 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. > >There's some like that near me (3 bed), and they're exactly what I >want. > >Unfortunately I don't have a spare 600k. Yeah, I'd prefer to spend about what blaney did on his place... or le...fewer. |