Reply to: Getting the builders in ...

[shaunbhoy]

Well your parents obviously weren't bothered if they raised a complete cretin.

I suspect that, had they done so, they in fact WOULD be bothered. But as that misfortune never befell them, it is hardly worth considering.
How did YOUR parents cope with it is a more pertinent question?

[sasguru]

Not surprised you don't recall. YOU never made them.

Well your parents obviously weren't bothered if they raised a complete cretin.

[shaunbhoy]

And what decisons would those be?

Not surprised you don't recall. YOU never made them.

[sasguru]

sas,
don't you ever wonder just where you might have ended up if "Mama and Papa" had not made all the big decisions for you in your early years?

And what decisons would those be?

[SupremeSpod]

sas,
don't you ever wonder just where you might have ended up if "Barbapapa" had not made all the big decisions for you in your early years?

ftfy.

[minestrone]

Eventually they'll go bust.

It's happening now.

The moral of the story is if you don't pay any tax don't let your wife do a big spread in the sunday suppliments talking about how much the redecoration of your 14 bedroom country mansion cost.

I'll miss his boat myself.

[shaunbhoy]

Eventually they'll go bust.

sas,
don't you ever wonder just where you might have ended up if "Mama and Papa" had not made all the big decisions for you in your early years?

[sasguru]

My friend owns quite a large building firm and they are shocking, absolutely no professionalism whatsoever.

The workers are rude, thick and useless, the managers incompetent and my mate smokes 2 joints before he gets out of bed in the morning.

Eventually they'll go bust.

[minestrone]

My friend owns quite a large building firm and they are shocking, absolutely no professionalism whatsoever.

The workers are rude, thick and useless, the managers incompetent and my mate smokes 2 joints before he gets out of bed in the morning.

[sasguru]

That's impressive, so should be worth quite a bit in spite of the 15% drop in house prices since 2008.

Good Luck.

I don't really expect inteliigent statements from you as you're a bit thick, but even you must know there is not a single housing market in the UK.
There is a limited supply of family housing in the best areas of London (which explains why a quite modest 4-bed can sell for a million) and prices where I am are showing large increases over last year.

In any case as I am mortgage free I really couldn't give a monkey's about house prices.

HTH

[BlasterBates]

You of all people should know it was valued at just above £900K in 2008. Guess where the renovations will take it ....

That's impressive, so should be worth quite a bit in spite of the 15% drop in house prices since 2008.

Good Luck.

[gingerjedi]

On a different note. One of my neighbours from Denmark brought doors, frames, fittings and builders from Denmark because they could not get that same quality in the UK.

I expect they already knew exactly what they wanted but couldn't get that particular style and finish at a price they wanted to pay within the UK because they aren't mass produced here. I refuse to believe that lack of expertise was the problem.

[Paddy]

Why obviously? I had Polish guys work on mine and the work was ok and cheap enough but I paid what I got for. If you are going for such an advanced build do you think your average Polish builder is up to delivering the idea and the quality you are after? I guess this guy is recommended or something? Why are you getting Polish in if there is no expense spared.

I know these high end UK guys that specialise in one off high quality modernisations are expensive but isn't the quality/finish of the work part of it. The recommendations that they can make from experience is invaluable.

I mention it as a friend of a friend spent 70K doing their house up with specialist and it is nothing less than spectacular but they advised on things like TV's you can watch from the bath, the builder recommended some mirror looking flatscreens rather than the ones specified and they are the dogs danglies over what was suggested etc.

On a different note. One of my neighbours from Denmark brought doors, frames, fittings and builders from Denmark because they could not get that same quality in the UK.

[Paddy]

You can't polish a turd DP.

Oh yes you can...

[Scrag Meister]

I hear there was an immense level 9 earthquake around at sasguru's place and it did £150k worth of improvements.