Moving house...
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Moving house...
..without a car was a poor idea. I'm in pain, my shoulders can't take any more and i'v only got half of the stuff moved so far! *cries*
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Ben, you have my sympathies. I have moved 10 times in the last 16 years. But never without a car. You mad impetuous fool! I have vowed that I shall be carried out of our current abode feet first. No more. Ever, ever. Until next time.
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The North-East Arts scene will undoubtedly be eternally grateful for all that you have done, and allow free admission for all time.adlop wrote:I have a similar view but I have decicded than when the time comes I will in fact be buried in the house and it will be bricked up and left as a lasting legacy....
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and on this note, I saw a van driving past our house today, and on the side......Euterpe13 wrote:silly Ben - this is why they have men with vans to hire...or indeed just vans!
"Reliable Man & Van for Hire"
As if someone is going to look through yellow pages for an
"UN-Reliable Man & Van for Hire"
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Moving??
I am currently at home sprucing up everything and brushing away cat fur ready for the Valuation on Friday!
"Venetia" from the estate agent has just rung, to change the appointment time. "We are going to have a good sit down for discussion" she assured me earnestly. "I want to help you to achieve your dream".
Climb every mountain? Ford every stream? Follow every highway?
Exciting isn't it?
Munch
"Venetia" from the estate agent has just rung, to change the appointment time. "We are going to have a good sit down for discussion" she assured me earnestly. "I want to help you to achieve your dream".
Climb every mountain? Ford every stream? Follow every highway?
Exciting isn't it?
Munch
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Re: Moving??
Sounds like someone from the Adams Family !!Angela Woodford wrote:I am currently at home sprucing up everything and brushing away cat fur ready for the Valuation on Friday!
"Venetia" from the estate agent has just rung, to change the appointment time. "We are going to have a good sit down for discussion" she assured me earnestly. "I want to help you to achieve your dream".
Climb every mountain? Ford every stream? Follow every highway?
Exciting isn't it?
Munch
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Putting down my pack of Flash Multi Surface Wipes.
No, no, Venetia sounded really lovely and enthusiastic. As if nothing could possibly be too much trouble! I can tell I'm going to like her enormously. And I've asked her to be really frank about what I should do to achieve a sale!
I'm a very trusting soul.
Munch
No, no, Venetia sounded really lovely and enthusiastic. As if nothing could possibly be too much trouble! I can tell I'm going to like her enormously. And I've asked her to be really frank about what I should do to achieve a sale!
I'm a very trusting soul.
Munch
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Don't think renting would be an option, Catherine! Too expensive. This will be a move on a budget.
Hopefully moving Devonwards in your direction! And in the direction of Carolynn and Maggie. Maps and prospective employers being investigated. My ears are whirring with the relentless drone of the hoover - after all, Venetia Visit only four days away. And her pre-valuation information pack enforces the importance of the house with "Kerb Appeal".
A whole new language!
Munch
Hopefully moving Devonwards in your direction! And in the direction of Carolynn and Maggie. Maps and prospective employers being investigated. My ears are whirring with the relentless drone of the hoover - after all, Venetia Visit only four days away. And her pre-valuation information pack enforces the importance of the house with "Kerb Appeal".
A whole new language!
Munch
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Kent is all too rapidly becoming the patio of England rather than the garden of England.Angela Woodford wrote:Don't think renting would be an option, Catherine! Too expensive. This will be a move on a budget.
Hopefully moving Devonwards in your direction! And in the direction of Carolynn and Maggie. Maps and prospective employers being investigated. My ears are whirring with the relentless drone of the hoover - after all, Venetia Visit only four days away. And her pre-valuation information pack enforces the importance of the house with "Kerb Appeal".
A whole new language!
Munch
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I was near Paddock Wood on Sunday, lots of fields and greenhouses as far as I could see.
Bland, bland and bland sells. (magnolia, magnolia and magnolia) Offend no-one. Clean, clean, clean and paint the front door if it needs it. I won't insult you by saying that a nice front garden helps as well.
If you have a lot of 'stuff' (don't we all?) pack it away and beg borrow or rent some storage to get it out of the house. It will have to be packed when you move so get a head start. and don't forget http://www.freecycle.org/ for stuff you no longer use .
Bland, bland and bland sells. (magnolia, magnolia and magnolia) Offend no-one. Clean, clean, clean and paint the front door if it needs it. I won't insult you by saying that a nice front garden helps as well.
If you have a lot of 'stuff' (don't we all?) pack it away and beg borrow or rent some storage to get it out of the house. It will have to be packed when you move so get a head start. and don't forget http://www.freecycle.org/ for stuff you no longer use .
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On the housing subject - my lease runs out on 31st August, and as I have in the interim moved Ma into the flat below me , I am at last taking the leap and buying the property.... very very scary taking out a first mortgage!
Never been able to buy anything before, so being a First Time Buyer at my age gets a few wierd looks - but if all goes well, I will own my home ( well, not really, will belong to the BS for the next 15 years, but even so...) by my next birthday - how cool is that ?
Never been able to buy anything before, so being a First Time Buyer at my age gets a few wierd looks - but if all goes well, I will own my home ( well, not really, will belong to the BS for the next 15 years, but even so...) by my next birthday - how cool is that ?
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