You can't tell me that there's another interiors blog which would feature the glamour of Liberty's Christmas lights and a bucket of sludge in the same post because I wouldn't believe you! Sometimes even I marvel at the diversity of Team Moregeous's days 🙂 Santa's Elf & Safety wasn't compromised with Mini-M footing the ladder... Continue Reading →
My interiors week: West Elm, Camp & Furnace, Tearooms, Rip Outs & Polka Dots!
This week has been absolutely jam packed with interior inspiration, I hardly know where to begin! Always good to start with a smile so I'm kicking off with my fab Hive vase from new US kid on the UK interiors block - WestElm, whose store opened this week in London yesterday and as we were... Continue Reading →
Trying to be a Lovely Re-Loving Landlord
It gets me very irritated when I read articles on awful landlords, like the article I read this morning about HMO landlords shirking their responsibilities and generally being rubbish at what they've chosen to do. To my mind, if you decide to enter the rental market as a landlord, you shouldn't rent out anything you... Continue Reading →
Ever wanted to pressure wash the banking system…..
Back before the big crash, I transferred some property mortgages to the Heritable Bank Plc, a 132 year old Scottish incorporated Bank which had "a long tradition of providing specialist finance solutions to companies and individuals in the UK" and which had been bought by Icelandic bank Landsbanki in 2000. You used to go with... Continue Reading →
Soaring electric bills & inexperienced tenants in Rip Off Britain
Over this last couple of years, the soaring cost of electric has become a real problem in my rentals. Even though we insulate ceiling and walls, the ridiculous cost of electricity in the UK is becoming a massive problem for young tenants who don't earn that much money, particularly when they simply don't realise the... Continue Reading →
How to make a landlord’s day with the perfect thank you card
Sometimes being a landlord is a bit of a thankless task: endless hours of boring as hell paperwork, fighting with the bank, viewings in the rain, cleaning dirty toilets.... you get the picture. But of course, no-one ever feels sorry for landlords as we have single-handedly ruined the economy with buy-to-lets, terrorise people with our... Continue Reading →
How to paint floorboards a lasting, brilliant white
Blog post from April 2009: I know some people may say it's not sensible to specify white flooring in a rental flat but I really wanted that brilliant white look to add to the feeling of space and light. Solid wood such as limed oak was too expensive, pale carpets mark far too easily in your... Continue Reading →
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