MyNamesKrisG wrote:

I didn't move 

Nah mate. You moved so many times you ended up right back where you started! 
That in itself is an achievement

Can't find the other home thread but we're looking to get a place through the share to buy scheme. Anyone on here had any experience with it good or bad??? Seems like a good way to bring the deposit down a bit....

We moved during one of the proper lockdown periods. Had a ’mare on the day. Loaded up my car with lots of the stuff we didn’t want to entrust to the moving truck, then the car’s security system threw a fit and wouldn’t open again. My wife had to go on ahead in her car and get the keys without me while I waited in the pissing rain for the AA man. Couldn’t go back into the old flat and wait indoors because the keys had already been handed over to its new owner.

Turn your back on it.

And we are now Beach side residents. Yay.

God bless the removalists who had to deal with a piano and a few other mega annoying bits of furniture.

Now to build even more Ikea furniture!

So buying a flat in Glasgow is crazy. Three flats that I've booked for a viewing have sold before the viewings have taken place, and that's in Ibrox/Govan.

There's some lovely old flats around there but it seems everyone else has the same idea.

Don't worry, at this rate I'll be living in Dundee.

Just burning through cash on bits and bibs at new place. Sound dampening stuff for my room. BBQ stuff, random replacement cooking stuff. New soundbar for ara's room. Damn.

Safety Beach. Surreal after Kensington.

Yep. That's part of the move. 4 bedrooms instead of 2. So 1 office each.

We just spent £12k on the garden makeover. Was meant to spend £6k and then rest on other stuff like fitted wardrobes. But glad we formed our extra to rip up the old drive and do nice new tiles and stuff. 

So still fitted wardrobes and shelved and stuff to do. Then maybe the gym at the back towards end of next year.

It’s a decent sized garden. Around 7m wide, maybe 8m. And around 22m long.

I spent all afternoon today pulling out weeds taller than I am. There’s no shame in doing things at your own pace, I reckon.

hylian_elf wrote:

We just spent £12k on the garden makeover. Was meant to spend £6k and then rest on other stuff like fitted wardrobes. But glad we formed our extra to rip up the old drive and do nice new tiles and stuff.  So still fitted wardrobes and shelved and stuff to do. Then maybe the gym at the back towards end of next year.

I'm not surprised. We spent a pile on our front and rear gardens about 4 years ago. It included landscaping, patio creation etc, new lawn and driveway laying etc but it was in excess of £20k. Our back garden is a decent size.

A garden needs a fair bit of maintenance. So while a big one looks great it soon looks shit without any effort being expended on it.

On top of the initial cost we have spent a fair bit of money on plants, new hedges and new trees. There was a tree surgeon for the mature ones too (removal and pruning of the keepers). Just be wary when buying a property.

We are in the house 21 years and up until 4 years ago it was just a green square I kept under control and we had swings, trampoline ,large rabbit run it etc. But it was pretty shocking looking once all that was taken away and we had some old trees that were out of hand. We had conifers that had got too big and couldn't be reduced - they were 7-8feet wide at the bottom, half fucked - one huge deciduous tree had been chainsawed way back before we owned the house, was an eyesore, was choked with ivy and needed removing while others were just too tall with leaves way at the top - one of which came down in Storm Ophelia. We also required a new fence to fill the gap the big conifers left when they went.