The Day the Surveyors Came.........
Dec 13th 2005, 12:16 pm
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The Day the Surveyors Came.........
(well not actually came....if you know what I mean)
For anyone not in the know about them, heres what they checked:
The whole chabang! Bloody everything from my tiles, the grouting, the skirting board, electrical fittings to my kitchen cupboard units!
they had lots of little gadgets (I was quite impressed) and gosh they knew how to use them!
they even lifted my boards up and checked my cracks! No stone left unturned.
Just as I thought I'd pulled the wool over their eyes about the mould (he told me I didn't have any), he opened the kitchen cupboard and there was my Polyfill Mould Remover!!!! I was horrified! Just wait till Mark's back from work, cos he was the one who put it in there!!!
Anyway, as I type this they're STILL here (now 3 and a half hours) going through all me nooks and crannies (some of which haven't seen daylight in years)!
Moral of the story, cover the mould but throw away the damn container when you've finished! Oh and be prepared for them to go through EVERYTHING!
For anyone not in the know about them, heres what they checked:
The whole chabang! Bloody everything from my tiles, the grouting, the skirting board, electrical fittings to my kitchen cupboard units!
they had lots of little gadgets (I was quite impressed) and gosh they knew how to use them!
they even lifted my boards up and checked my cracks! No stone left unturned.
Just as I thought I'd pulled the wool over their eyes about the mould (he told me I didn't have any), he opened the kitchen cupboard and there was my Polyfill Mould Remover!!!! I was horrified! Just wait till Mark's back from work, cos he was the one who put it in there!!!
Anyway, as I type this they're STILL here (now 3 and a half hours) going through all me nooks and crannies (some of which haven't seen daylight in years)!
Moral of the story, cover the mould but throw away the damn container when you've finished! Oh and be prepared for them to go through EVERYTHING!
Dec 13th 2005, 12:20 pm
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Re: The Day the Surveyors Came.........
Originally Posted by glittababe
(well not actually came....if you know what I mean)
For anyone not in the know about them, heres what they checked:
The whole chabang! Bloody everything from my tiles, the grouting, the skirting board, electrical fittings to my kitchen cupboard units!
they had lots of little gadgets (I was quite impressed) and gosh they knew how to use them!
they even lifted my boards up and checked my cracks! No stone left unturned.
Just as I thought I'd pulled the wool over their eyes about the mould (he told me I didn't have any), he opened the kitchen cupboard and there was my Polyfill Mould Remover!!!! I was horrified! Just wait till Mark's back from work, cos he was the one who put it in there!!!
Anyway, as I type this they're STILL here (now 3 and a half hours) going through all me nooks and crannies (some of which haven't seen daylight in years)!
Moral of the story, cover the mould but throw away the damn container when you've finished! Oh and be prepared for them to go through EVERYTHING!
For anyone not in the know about them, heres what they checked:
The whole chabang! Bloody everything from my tiles, the grouting, the skirting board, electrical fittings to my kitchen cupboard units!
they had lots of little gadgets (I was quite impressed) and gosh they knew how to use them!
they even lifted my boards up and checked my cracks! No stone left unturned.
Just as I thought I'd pulled the wool over their eyes about the mould (he told me I didn't have any), he opened the kitchen cupboard and there was my Polyfill Mould Remover!!!! I was horrified! Just wait till Mark's back from work, cos he was the one who put it in there!!!
Anyway, as I type this they're STILL here (now 3 and a half hours) going through all me nooks and crannies (some of which haven't seen daylight in years)!
Moral of the story, cover the mould but throw away the damn container when you've finished! Oh and be prepared for them to go through EVERYTHING!
OMG I'd be horrified.
Get hubby to ring you and then tell them you've urgently got to go out or failing that tell em to bu**er off
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Dec 13th 2005, 12:22 pm
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Re: The Day the Surveyors Came.........
Originally Posted by WendyC
OMG I'd be horrified.
Get hubby to ring you and then tell them you've urgently got to go out or failing that tell em to bu**er off
Wendy
Get hubby to ring you and then tell them you've urgently got to go out or failing that tell em to bu**er off
Wendy
Dec 13th 2005, 12:24 pm
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Re: The Day the Surveyors Came.........
Originally Posted by glittababe
have tried to call hubby stacks of times, he's conveniently not answering his phone!
Dec 13th 2005, 12:35 pm
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Re: The Day the Surveyors Came.........
Originally Posted by WendyC
Typical!!
Have just got hold of Mark and informed of the mould remover incident and he laughed!!!
Dec 13th 2005, 12:40 pm
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Re: The Day the Surveyors Came.........
Originally Posted by glittababe
they mentioned my poor shanty dwelling and Buckingham Palace in the same sentence!!! (something to do with the Queens bannisters)!
Have just got hold of Mark and informed of the mould remover incident and he laughed!!!
Have just got hold of Mark and informed of the mould remover incident and he laughed!!!
Oh and the students were quite sweet. One of them kept apologising for having to 'test' the doors (open and closing them constantly)!
I can get myself off to bed now as I'm on a night! Feel relieved its all over! I really think this website/forum should be sponsored by Kalms!
Dec 13th 2005, 12:43 pm
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Re: The Day the Surveyors Came.........
Originally Posted by glittababe
Final verdict (3 and a half hours later), good solid structure, chimney needs repointing and capping, damp caused by condensation in the attic only. There were other bits and pieces but on the whole nothing to worry about! Well thats it then, will the buyers buy?????
Oh and the students were quite sweet. One of them kept apologising for having to 'test' the doors (open and closing them constantly)!
I can get myself off to bed now as I'm on a night! Feel relieved its all over! I really think this website/forum should be sponsored by Kalms!
Oh and the students were quite sweet. One of them kept apologising for having to 'test' the doors (open and closing them constantly)!
I can get myself off to bed now as I'm on a night! Feel relieved its all over! I really think this website/forum should be sponsored by Kalms!
Dec 13th 2005, 12:45 pm
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Re: The Day the Surveyors Came.........
Originally Posted by fraser
Good luck k sent
Dec 13th 2005, 12:54 pm
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Re: The Day the Surveyors Came.........
Originally Posted by glittababe
Final verdict (3 and a half hours later), good solid structure, chimney needs repointing and capping, damp caused by condensation in the attic only. There were other bits and pieces but on the whole nothing to worry about! Well thats it then, will the buyers buy?????
Oh and the students were quite sweet. One of them kept apologising for having to 'test' the doors (open and closing them constantly)!
I can get myself off to bed now as I'm on a night! Feel relieved its all over! I really think this website/forum should be sponsored by Kalms!
Oh and the students were quite sweet. One of them kept apologising for having to 'test' the doors (open and closing them constantly)!
I can get myself off to bed now as I'm on a night! Feel relieved its all over! I really think this website/forum should be sponsored by Kalms!
Dec 13th 2005, 5:46 pm
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Re: The Day the Surveyors Came.........
Originally Posted by glittababe
(well not actually came....if you know what I mean)
For anyone not in the know about them, heres what they checked:
The whole chabang! Bloody everything from my tiles, the grouting, the skirting board, electrical fittings to my kitchen cupboard units!
they had lots of little gadgets (I was quite impressed) and gosh they knew how to use them!
they even lifted my boards up and checked my cracks! No stone left unturned.
Just as I thought I'd pulled the wool over their eyes about the mould (he told me I didn't have any), he opened the kitchen cupboard and there was my Polyfill Mould Remover!!!! I was horrified! Just wait till Mark's back from work, cos he was the one who put it in there!!!
Anyway, as I type this they're STILL here (now 3 and a half hours) going through all me nooks and crannies (some of which haven't seen daylight in years)!
Moral of the story, cover the mould but throw away the damn container when you've finished! Oh and be prepared for them to go through EVERYTHING!
For anyone not in the know about them, heres what they checked:
The whole chabang! Bloody everything from my tiles, the grouting, the skirting board, electrical fittings to my kitchen cupboard units!
they had lots of little gadgets (I was quite impressed) and gosh they knew how to use them!
they even lifted my boards up and checked my cracks! No stone left unturned.
Just as I thought I'd pulled the wool over their eyes about the mould (he told me I didn't have any), he opened the kitchen cupboard and there was my Polyfill Mould Remover!!!! I was horrified! Just wait till Mark's back from work, cos he was the one who put it in there!!!
Anyway, as I type this they're STILL here (now 3 and a half hours) going through all me nooks and crannies (some of which haven't seen daylight in years)!
Moral of the story, cover the mould but throw away the damn container when you've finished! Oh and be prepared for them to go through EVERYTHING!
Filthy cow!!!!
Dec 13th 2005, 5:48 pm
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Re: The Day the Surveyors Came.........
Originally Posted by ROBnCAZ
Filthy cow!!!!
Dec 13th 2005, 5:53 pm
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Re: The Day the Surveyors Came.........
Originally Posted by glittababe
whatever gave you that impression?
Dec 13th 2005, 5:57 pm
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Re: The Day the Surveyors Came.........
Originally Posted by ROBnCAZ
Oh nothing..........
Glad I did it that way, as they're all nicely self sufficient (I recommend a good dose of neglect - it always makes your kids fend for themselves )
Dec 13th 2005, 6:02 pm
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Re: The Day the Surveyors Came.........
Originally Posted by glittababe
anyway I'm NOT that old!!!! I just started having children young (I was still at uni when i had my first whose in middle school)! Glad I did it that way, as they're all nicely self sufficient (I recommend a good dose of neglect - it always makes your kids fend for themselves )
Glad I did it that way, as they're all nicely self sufficient (I recommend a good dose of neglect - it always makes your kids fend for themselves ) Obviously, you love em more than life and give them all the love and attention they need etc.............but! It never did me any harm (had to fend for myself due to folks that couldnt give a.......made me a better person, if only to prove them I was better than they thought) Thats the prob with some of these little chav scumbags nowadays, been molly coddled!!!!
Dont even start me on that one!!!
Dec 13th 2005, 6:13 pm
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Originally Posted by ROBnCAZ
I couldn't agree with you more on that GB!!! (there's a first)
Obviously, you love em more than life and give them all the love and attention they need etc.............but! It never did me any harm (had to fend for myself due to folks that couldnt give a.......made me a better person, if only to prove them I was better than they thought) Thats the prob with some of these little chav scumbags nowadays, been molly coddled!!!!
Dont even start me on that one!!!
Obviously, you love em more than life and give them all the love and attention they need etc.............but! It never did me any harm (had to fend for myself due to folks that couldnt give a.......made me a better person, if only to prove them I was better than they thought) Thats the prob with some of these little chav scumbags nowadays, been molly coddled!!!!
Dont even start me on that one!!!
We still do all the normal things like going out on family trips, bike rides, family meals, but the boys have to make a lot of decisions for themselves. Mark being ex military, tends to do a lot of the survival stuff with them (he does it without thinking) and all of them have a good dose of common sense and are grounded.
I say that, until with get to Ollie our youngest!!! He needs help (well he's only 6) and we try and encourage him to do more. he's so lazy tho, he's clicked that as the youngest, the older boys will do whatever he wants! Little bugger!
So do you really think chavs are chavs because they've been molly coddled?