I'm moving house. Friday. Or that's the latest plan as it changes every week. So, house we're moving to is empty, so I go round with a plumber, give it the once over like, and find out the gas pressure is like a wet fart, the pump on the central heating is seized up, motor not working, immersion shagged - no gas, no hot water, no heating. So, get back onto solicitor to get some compensation like - nothing. Apparently you buy the property "as seen". So, all that paperwork asking if the central heating works, has it been regularly serviced, counts for nothing. So, anyway, we'll argue that later just give me the key so I can get some heating engineer types in, but no, not allowed in until Friday. So, forecast for Friday is snow, minus 3 degrees, gales, I have 3 kids, it'll be dark by 4pm, there'll be no heating no hot water, no nowt. We'll be sat on the drive in a 40 ton lorry watching snow fall as we wait for that magic mortgage transaction (FFS?) and waiting for heat and water (FFS). Anyway, I'm decommisioning stuff now so bye. I bet we never meet again. I'm not even sure I like the new place either ..... {quirky face thing} And all the memories of this place ... if I had a penny for every time me and the missus had gotten down and naughty I would have about 12.5 pence. Christenings, NY parties, summer BBQs, how many times have I cut that grass?, hot summer days, winters blocked in by snow, the day we brought the new born home, the day we got the puppy, that weekend decorating when we spent more time drinking wine than painting, and it shows, ...... oh aye and reconnecting the TV to the DVD to the digibox to the aerial ... I never did get that right. And broadband, and a basic telephone, BT, FFS ....
On the plus side Them funny colours on your computer video thingies don't seem so bad now do they? Hope it goes better than you're anticipating.
Luxury! We used to 'ave ter lick t'rooad clean wi' us tongues, etc etc..</p> Sorry to hear all that, mate. When we bought this pile - "Have you ever suffered from flooding" we asked. "no, never" came the reply. Well thanks for that - I'll think of you every time I'm up to my waist in water in the Barsteward cellar! Only happens every time it rains. We were stuck outside until teatime when we moved in. Did sixteen Barsteward laps of Keighley waiting for the idle sods to gerrart. Deffo the most stressful time of my life.</p>
I guess the survey wouldn't have picked it up but makes you wonder what you pay the solicitor for doesn't it?
Shirley in a just world you'll get some recompense for all that. Hope the rest goes swimmingly anyway fella.
Excellent, I feel better now but there you go again - no comeback, so what is the point exactly? "Can you fill out this 40 page document please?" "Why?" "So we can charge you £500 then ignore it, silly." "Oh right, you got a pen?" FFS ....
I read all your dilemmas I just don't know how to rectify them. All I'm capable of is a wise crack, but people don't really want that when they're asking for help. I could write 'sorry mate, can't help' in future...
RE: I read all your dilemmas "All I'm capable of is a wise crack, but people don't really want that when they're asking for help" Wait till Windy gets on, he'll be asking me what colour my Media Player is.
Airtyke Towers eh ? Or is it Dunsuppin? Towers it is then. Good luck Ace - it's not stressful at all.... oh no!
When I moved into this place it was the friday teatime before the christmas holidays 1996, it was very cold...we played the blunts away the next day and I had a ticket for the match. House was brand new and when we got in after the builder had fecked off we found that the gas was capped off... Got a couple of calor gas heaters in sat morning. I thoughtfully buggered off to the match and left the other half to try and get the builder to organise a gas fitter out to sort the heating. Builder (harlow and milner (*******)) said he could not find a gas fitter to sort it b4 new year! other half managed to organise someone to sort it out monday morning..christmas eve...I've never heard the back of that particular display of my neglect in the name of BFC. Anyway..I'll be moving in January, hopefully just before I go skiing so looking forward to the challenges that are forced to crop up. Chin up, hire in the calor gas !
