New house :)
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SKINY
Lifer
The one with the corsa A in the drive 
no it's not mine that's an old picture.
Been wanting to get outa the town centre a while now, looked at places last summer and this was for sale then, never done anything about it.
2 years ago we put 20K into the house, new windows, gas conversion, bathroom, all new floors, stove and more. Thought that was us for another 10 years or so lol
I was wanting to move even before we put the 20K into the house but Danielle wasn't keen at all, didn't think we would be able to aswell. Then summer past there I said fuck it we are moving, I NEED a garage lol.
This place was still on(more about that later)so we went and viewed it, decided a few hours later to go for it. Put our house on market and made 35K profit, payed the remainder of the mortgage off then took another mortgage on lol,
When the figures are worked out we are 160£ a month less on the mortgage payments and will be 200 when the GT comes home from storage
We have a bigger house all round, nice gardens and most importantly a big garage, 3.5M X 7.5M. The GT will be at 1 end in the workshop area lol and the other end will be my gym and kickboxing Dojo
House does need some work but we got it for about 40K under the average street price, we will need to put maybe 10-15K into it to bring it up to spec but sure that will add to the value and we will be up money on it then
no it's not mine that's an old picture. Been wanting to get outa the town centre a while now, looked at places last summer and this was for sale then, never done anything about it.
2 years ago we put 20K into the house, new windows, gas conversion, bathroom, all new floors, stove and more. Thought that was us for another 10 years or so lol
I was wanting to move even before we put the 20K into the house but Danielle wasn't keen at all, didn't think we would be able to aswell. Then summer past there I said fuck it we are moving, I NEED a garage lol.
This place was still on(more about that later)so we went and viewed it, decided a few hours later to go for it. Put our house on market and made 35K profit, payed the remainder of the mortgage off then took another mortgage on lol,
When the figures are worked out we are 160£ a month less on the mortgage payments and will be 200 when the GT comes home from storage
We have a bigger house all round, nice gardens and most importantly a big garage, 3.5M X 7.5M. The GT will be at 1 end in the workshop area lol and the other end will be my gym and kickboxing Dojo
House does need some work but we got it for about 40K under the average street price, we will need to put maybe 10-15K into it to bring it up to spec but sure that will add to the value and we will be up money on it then
WhiteOverGoldMK1GT
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Lucky fucker. getting a house here is as good as winning the lottery for me. its very expensive, and our household doesnt earn a great deal
glanzadude
Lifer
Congratulations
gorganl2000
Lifer
congrats,,,I hope you and the family enjoy it......make it a home
SKINY
Lifer
Cheers folks
Chatting to the neighbour earlier and he asked me had I been through the trap door yet ? Yea I said I was in the roofspace yesterday why. No not there lol he said, trapdoor in the cupboard under the stairs. Leads to a cellar, goes under the whole house and is about a metre high. Can access all the ground floor socket wiring and the central heating pipes, that will be very handy as the gas conversion is happening at the start of December really cant complain about the oil system currently running but its wild dear, and smelly and messy when you need to work at it. Our old place when we switched cut the yearly bill from 1800ish to just under 600 and we weren't using more than a 10er a week 95% of that year lol
More fannying about today clearing shite, Yaris with the wee trailer done 3 runs to the dump lol, took a battery, gearbox and a cooker to the scrappy made 16 quid lol
Need to take the old roofspace insulation out for Thursday for the woodworm boy coming to spray all the timber, garage aswell then new installation and when the price of sheet wood comes back to sensible prices its getting floored and converted into another room, decent enough space and not rafters everywhere like the old place, wood a cracker Scalextric track room lol
Chatting to the neighbour earlier and he asked me had I been through the trap door yet ? Yea I said I was in the roofspace yesterday why. No not there lol he said, trapdoor in the cupboard under the stairs. Leads to a cellar, goes under the whole house and is about a metre high. Can access all the ground floor socket wiring and the central heating pipes, that will be very handy as the gas conversion is happening at the start of December
really cant complain about the oil system currently running but its wild dear, and smelly and messy when you need to work at it. Our old place when we switched cut the yearly bill from 1800ish to just under 600 and we weren't using more than a 10er a week 95% of that year lolMore fannying about today clearing shite, Yaris with the wee trailer done 3 runs to the dump lol, took a battery, gearbox and a cooker to the scrappy made 16 quid lol
Need to take the old roofspace insulation out for Thursday for the woodworm boy coming to spray all the timber, garage aswell then new installation and when the price of sheet wood comes back to sensible prices its getting floored and converted into another room, decent enough space and not rafters everywhere like the old place, wood a cracker Scalextric track room lol
SKINY
Lifer
Have not stopped since this time last Friday
the mate called in earlier and done the gardens. Thought he was just coming for a look about and a catch up, half an hour later they had the gardens looking great after years of being neglected I've been struggling the last while with my head but the new place and knowing I have mates that will do random acts like this really means a lot
Garage is how I want it sitting for the millionth time this week lol, have enough room for the GT to sleep at the back and the front I've the bench and bag setup an all
Fizturbo
Member +
Congratulations Skiny home sweet home.
My house is your house and your house is mine
(House music all night long...)
SKINY
Lifer
Starting to look like a garage lmfao, lintils need done badly tho, considering just bricking the rear window up as it's an auld rattan wooden frame job
plus big massive hedge behind it blocks the light, still gets a good shine through tho.Hopefully this week coming I can get the final layout sorted, there has been many lol.
Currently running 2x double sockets with a few extension leads threw in for good measure sure
I've another 6 double sockets from the old fish tank and various things there for tomorrows fun, 4 along each side should do. Bedroom lights are getting swapped for LED down lights, have them sitting there, had to go get some earth sleeve, need 20 foot max but screwfix only sold 100M spools ffs so if anyone local needs some I'm yer Man
grabbed 25M cable for the sockets and when i was leaving I spied the 4ft LED batons on clearance so I grabbed 4 for the Garage. Currently it has 2x 6ft double fluorescent lights, 3 bulbs out of 4 work, roofspace has the same but only 1 light and 1 bulb away, so the old lights will go into the roofspace to make 2x working double tube lights.Have 2 trees in pots to plant aswell, I shall keep that exciting chapter for tomorrow, 1st time I've had gardens looool
gorganl2000
Lifer
i see you have quite the job ahead, but it will all come together in the end.
and i also spotted some gym equipment...so here's some workout inspiration for you..i'm sure Jay can give you a lending hand if needed with the weights
and i also spotted some gym equipment...so here's some workout inspiration for you..i'm sure Jay can give you a lending hand if needed with the weights
SKINY
Lifer
Well the Garage is a mess again lol, driveway dug up in 3 places for the gas installation we had thought the pipes ran up the side of the garage but found them and they where 15mm not 22m hmmmm
Into the cellar I went onto to find they fed in at the other side. Line of flagstone lifted and a 5M trench across the garden to get a suitable location to cut them and connect the new feed pipes too fslool
Fucking boys yesterday putting the gas line in Never used the dust suppressor on the saw even tho they where working right beside the hose pipe and tap have the whole place covered in dust
we had thought the pipes ran up the side of the garage but found them and they where 15mm not 22m hmmmmInto the cellar I went onto to find they fed in at the other side. Line of flagstone lifted and a 5M trench across the garden to get a suitable location to cut them and connect the new feed pipes too fslool
Fucking boys yesterday putting the gas line in Never used the dust suppressor on the saw even tho they where working right beside the hose pipe and tap have the whole place covered in dust
SKINY
Lifer
That's the gas installation finished on Friday
had to kango hammer a good 2M of trench through 8 inch concrete and lift a row off flag stone up to tap into the original pipework. 3 new rads and a towel rail upstairs so that gives me 4 rads for the garage and mate has a big double there too. Mate left me easy access to tap into the gas heat for the garage if I wanted too with dual zone controls, good enough size space behind the garage now I've it cleared so that's getting concreted and a lean too shed along the back wall once the window is blocked up for the bikes, boiler and anything else that doesn't belong in my garage lol.Certain fella sent me pictures and has given me bad influence yet again........
LOL
SKINY
Lifer
That's the old rotten window and lintils done now
boiler will be going beside the bench and 3 radiators up the right side maybe 1 on left depending on how the 3 perform. New pvc side door and main door then. Another few days then I can move the 4 door kitchen wall unit onto the rear wall at the right side then that's my workshop/tool area sorted leaving plenty of room for the GT Well, have a load to do in the house too lol