Ah the days before the property crash, when everyone was still smiling... the good old days eh?! Though, prior to re-looking at these old pics when I had a tidy up today, I hadn't noticed that great glaring physical chasm between Sarah and I which did reflect our slightly different views on property development 🙂 This... Continue Reading →
Sarah Beeny’s Property Snakes and Ladders
No longer do we have plain old Property Ladder, but as per market conditions, we now have the new and brutal Property Snakes and Ladders http://www.channel4.com/4homes/on-tv/property-ladder/ As Sarah herself says, this series has issues which are "bigger and meaner and nastier than the first series. There's more money involved and you can’t tweak the figures... Continue Reading →
Sunday working – shouldn’t be allowed!
Lots to do today - a mountain of paperwork with so many new tenancies, and the govt doesn't help piling on the bureaucracy with deposit protection etc, as if there isn't enough to do. And I'll head over to Project Deano to make a list for the builders to get on with, all the rip... Continue Reading →
Dreaming of a weekend off….
Signed in and up the boys for Project BB last night, contracts, inventory, bills (utility companies, the bane of my life). They were delighted to find out that the gas meter does not turn, and therefore their bill will be ridiculously low. I have given NPower this information on a number of occasions, but they... Continue Reading →
A bird in the hand….
The lovely 1 bed Project Lime has been empty for a couple of weeks, its gorgeous, I love it, but it isn't massive. Compact, in estate agent's parlance.But last night I had a viewing and the call this morning said they wanted to take it. But not until the end of June. What do you... Continue Reading →
Project Deano – 1930’s semi landlord make-over
The guys have started on Project Deano today and the rip out commenced on time, well, after we'd tracked down an errant labourer. M was half way thru the Ok we'll see you tomorrow then sentence when I grabbed the phone and barked in a Debra from the Apprentice type fashion that M would be... Continue Reading →
Karchering – hold it like a machine gun!
It's how you hold it, don't you know.....