Carrying on from yesterday.... So. Existing tenant gives notice a month ago. Advertise flat. Ms X decides to take it. I get a funny feeling. Ms X goes away without paying holding fee, though I say that I have more viewings. Ms X rings, I tell her if she wants it she must pay the... Continue Reading →
Dealing with tenants – remembering they’re people not just rent-givers
This last week has been a wee bit draining on the rental side of things, every 'up' week has its downs and though client jobs have run smoothly, deliveries have arrived and snagging has been sorted, the rental side has been a challenge. All our rentals have been fully let for a while and tenants... Continue Reading →
Revitalising two tired old Victorian doors, stripped bare and glamorised
It's no good tarting up the gardens, planting all sorts of edible luciousness then ignoring the front doors, doing half a job, as it were. We've transformed the space that my tenants share over the last few years and it's now really well established, but was putting the doors to shame. They don't look too... Continue Reading →
Make Valentine’s Day count this year……
Have you ever been in love? Of course you have, that rush of adrenalin, that fluttery feeling, that warm glow, a floating on air sensation, the butterflies, the anticipation, need I go on? What if you'd never felt that feeling and were too busy fighting a fight to even consider it? I've known my beautiful... Continue Reading →
Project Pizza – A huge bedroom and we found a fireplace!
Fuelled Bribed by chips and cupcakes, the Moregeous boys have been working hard on Pjt Pizza for the last 24 hrs, not through the night *obviously*, I'm not that hard a task mistress! The bedroom above with its badly designed en-suite has been, how shall I say, adjusted..... ....leaving just the pastel pink loo standing... Continue Reading →
Housebuilder Watkin Jones decimate mature trees at ‘Clifton Court’ Fallowfield
I attended a local meeting the other night about a controversial development talking place in Fallowfield, home to a zillion students and a few local residents (including me!) still clinging on to their homes and sanity with the tips of their fingers. The old St John's Ambulance site is was a plot filled with mature... Continue Reading →
Raindrops keep falling….
Although I resolved to take part in the WordPress PostADay2011 challenge, the last few days / weeks / months! have been something of a challenge and I've found myself too tired to blog this week. I smiled when this lovely (to me) umbrella came through on an email from Ella Doran just now though. On... Continue Reading →
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