I ♥ The Credit Crunch

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Ivor Bigun replied

27 August 2008, 09:05
Originally posted by Troll View Post

Can only mean prices coming down... time for adding the extension m'thinks

Be careful, friends of ours are adding an extension and have lost their builder (gone bust). Plasterer came round and defaced the walls (hadn't been paid)
They've lost loads now. They had a PM at first but he ripped them off big style. IMO, we are now at a time when ANY house improvement will lose you money. Its cheaper to move to a better house all done up.
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rootsnall replied

27 August 2008, 08:46
Originally posted by Troll View Post

Can only mean prices coming down... time for adding the extension m'thinks

The plans are going in next week. It was always my Plan B for doomed times but it would of been nice to be in a stable(ish) long contract as the tulip hit the fan.
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Troll replied

27 August 2008, 08:39
Originally posted by rootsnall View Post

Builders corner in my local was also ultra doom and gloom last week, plenty of them now struggling for regular work.

Can only mean prices coming down... time for adding the extension m'thinks
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rootsnall replied

27 August 2008, 08:36
No more talk, the recession is here !

The two places that have kept me in steady work in recent times have both sacked a chunk of people in the past 2 weeks, my contract is up in 2 weeks so it looks like I've mistimed it this time

Builders corner in my local was also ultra doom and gloom last week, plenty of them now struggling for regular work.
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DimPrawn replied

27 August 2008, 08:31
Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post

I can’t make my mind up if you are more analogous to a war-time profiteer or a collaborator; probably the former.

You want to buy some nylons?
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HairyArsedBloke replied

27 August 2008, 08:23
I can’t make my mind up if you are more analogous to a war-time profiteer or a collaborator; probably the former.
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DimPrawn started a topic I ♥ The Credit Crunch

27 August 2008, 07:16
I ♥ The Credit Crunch

Cheap houses, cheap high performance cars and now just to put the icing on the cake....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ins-roads.html

Congestion on major roads has eased as the credit crunch combines with soaring fuel prices.

Figures released yesterday showed there was 12 per cent less traffic on motorways and trunk routes in the first six months of this year compared with January to June in 2007.

Data indicated there was a 26 per cent reduction in traffic jams between junctions 21 and 31 of London's orbital road during the period of June 2007-2008, compared with June 2006-2007.

Boomed.
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