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Speed_Demon said:
Council? I'll give you council!
I am a council tenant who just swapped premises earlier this year (from 2 bed ground floor maisonette to fair sized 3 bed). It was a mutual exchange meaning we must accept the house in the condition it was in decoratively, the council do however make sure that gas, electrics, water and the structure are all in good condition.
This was the state the house was in when we found it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rINIgJE9oAM
Highlights include:
I had to provide the van to move our belongings into her house and hers into ours.
Getting the van stuck on the verge outside our former property (OK, this one is my bad).
When we turned up with the van to start moving her things, WE, as they couldn't be bothered to do it in the weeks prior as we asked, in fact had to take various rubbish that was left all over the property (bin bags of general refuse, clothes, printers, multiple bikes, broken furniture etc) to the tip. I had to fingertip sort it all when I got there too.
When we had finished the above and wanted to move, it turned out that half her things had not been packed, "Oh, well I was going to wait for you to move in here and then use your boxes to move out"(?!?!?!).
Blood over the floor where the dog hadn't been neutered and bled all over the floor and walls.
Smell of cat urine everywhere.
Scraping excrement off the toilets with a screwdriver.
Holes in the internal doors (and now I think of it, panel missing on the external door to the walkway attached to the house) and some missing entirely.
Nicotine staining on all the windows and sealant on them brittle and in pieces.
Broken freeview and sky dish on bay window roof.
... and so much more!
Virtually all sorted, hopefully will be a completely different house when we buy it next year.
"My bad". Now that's council, right there! I am a council tenant who just swapped premises earlier this year (from 2 bed ground floor maisonette to fair sized 3 bed). It was a mutual exchange meaning we must accept the house in the condition it was in decoratively, the council do however make sure that gas, electrics, water and the structure are all in good condition.
This was the state the house was in when we found it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rINIgJE9oAM
Highlights include:
I had to provide the van to move our belongings into her house and hers into ours.
Getting the van stuck on the verge outside our former property (OK, this one is my bad).
When we turned up with the van to start moving her things, WE, as they couldn't be bothered to do it in the weeks prior as we asked, in fact had to take various rubbish that was left all over the property (bin bags of general refuse, clothes, printers, multiple bikes, broken furniture etc) to the tip. I had to fingertip sort it all when I got there too.
When we had finished the above and wanted to move, it turned out that half her things had not been packed, "Oh, well I was going to wait for you to move in here and then use your boxes to move out"(?!?!?!).
Blood over the floor where the dog hadn't been neutered and bled all over the floor and walls.
Smell of cat urine everywhere.
Scraping excrement off the toilets with a screwdriver.
Holes in the internal doors (and now I think of it, panel missing on the external door to the walkway attached to the house) and some missing entirely.
Nicotine staining on all the windows and sealant on them brittle and in pieces.
Broken freeview and sky dish on bay window roof.
... and so much more!
Virtually all sorted, hopefully will be a completely different house when we buy it next year.
Edited by Speed_Demon on Saturday 6th February 16:29
Jimmy Recard said:
Stickyfinger said:
Are you offended ? 
My last purchase was a Victorian leather arm chair....cost me £80 plus a £200 upholstery fee with £40 extra for horse hair rather than "synthetic" padding....how much was your one from World of Leather ?
Does that really make me superior to you or just someone who would rather have a well made chair that lasts more than 3 years, rather than one which has been made with a staple gun and plastic in a Chinese sweat shop ?
I worked in furniture manufacturing for quite a few years and I'm not sure you know much at all about this.My last purchase was a Victorian leather arm chair....cost me £80 plus a £200 upholstery fee with £40 extra for horse hair rather than "synthetic" padding....how much was your one from World of Leather ?
Does that really make me superior to you or just someone who would rather have a well made chair that lasts more than 3 years, rather than one which has been made with a staple gun and plastic in a Chinese sweat shop ?
Edited by Stickyfinger on Tuesday 2nd February 13:19
tty life he leads.berlintaxi said:
I wouldn't argue with Sickyfinger,he is completely clueless but likes to play the Rowley Birkin character on here, it obviously helps him get over the stty life he leads.
All those years looking over council estate car parks, coming home in my 2nd hand Audi, sitting on my shop sourced corner sofa, the (fat) wife shouting "take the Fing Staffie for a stty life he leads.t will ya you arse" and having to sign on every week have hardened me to insults Are you saying a shop purchased Corner sofa made with foam are NOT council ?....if so, add yourself to the thread
Edited by Stickyfinger on Sunday 7th February 07:51
Stickyfinger said:
Are you saying a shop purchased Corner sofa made with foam are NOT council ?....if so, add yourself to the thread
I think most people here would say that.Edited by Stickyfinger on Sunday 7th February 07:51
Most of the nation buy furniture from shops. Most of that furniture has foam in, I'd imagine. Corner sofas - not my thing, but popular still.
Seems like a bizarre thing to so strongly claim as council.
Council would be buying a 3-piece suite from Brighthouse.
Sump said:
Driving around outside your house looking for a parking spot.
I'm lucky that I've pretty much got my own spot in a London side street (helps that my road has a dead end) but I've got a friend in a house that must be worth easily double mine and he has to park in a garage two streets away! I asked the council years ago for a dropped kerb and was denied, which I thought was a daft decision, but there you go.Stickyfinger said:
Oh stop being offended about your quality furniture and foam choice. Did you get many council purchasing it ?
No, we didn't due to the intended applications. It's a bit of an odd one though and quite different to other industries - flat pack stuff is often made in the far east but most of the ready built furniture you see is western or eastern European due to the fact it's a pain in the arse to ship. Eastern Europe is a particularly good part of the world to build decent furniture due to reasonable labour rates and good quality wood in the area. A lot of the furniture built to a decent standard in the UK is either frames from Poland/Bulgaria/Romania which are finished in the UK or using wood imported from Lithuania. The forests there were bred well for the application.
Jimmy Recard said:
No, we didn't due to the intended applications. It's a bit of an odd one though and quite different to other industries - flat pack stuff is often made in the far east but most of the ready built furniture you see is western or eastern European due to the fact it's a pain in the arse to ship.
Eastern Europe is a particularly good part of the world to build decent furniture due to reasonable labour rates and good quality wood in the area. A lot of the furniture built to a decent standard in the UK is either frames from Poland/Bulgaria/Romania which are finished in the UK or using wood imported from Lithuania. The forests there were bred well for the application.
My mum is Lithuanian and very particular about furnishings Eastern Europe is a particularly good part of the world to build decent furniture due to reasonable labour rates and good quality wood in the area. A lot of the furniture built to a decent standard in the UK is either frames from Poland/Bulgaria/Romania which are finished in the UK or using wood imported from Lithuania. The forests there were bred well for the application.
BrabusMog said:
Sump said:
Driving around outside your house looking for a parking spot.
I'm lucky that I've pretty much got my own spot in a London side street (helps that my road has a dead end) but I've got a friend in a house that must be worth easily double mine and he has to park in a garage two streets away! I asked the council years ago for a dropped kerb and was denied, which I thought was a daft decision, but there you go.
They both look like men in drag; this is one of those WTF do they see in the mirror that the rest of the population of the world don't see, moments. I haven't read the article but I bet that both of them say that they always get stared at in public and they see it as a positive thing as opposed to everyone actually staring and say wtf do they look like?!
I really struggle to understand women that do that sort of thing to themselves.
I really struggle to understand women that do that sort of thing to themselves.
The Spruce goose said:
Shame, Rugby isnt a bad place really! But if that is 'Living the dream' they need to eat less cheese before bed. Sump said:
Driving around outside your house looking for a parking spot.
Oh come on. I'm from the council North East but even I know that there a many, many very un-council places in London where parking on the road where you live, let alone outside your door is very hard to do.I believe council houses often come with drives. if not, you just make a drive with twin tracks of broken concrete slabs wide enough for the track of your blue Zafira or grey import Shogun with a wolf on the spare wheel. I have learn the above from this thread not by personal experience. Honest.
The Spruce goose said:
Why do some women seem to believe that looking as though Ian Botham (in his prime of course) had just hit them in the mouth with a cricket bat?I get that the Angelina Jolie look is popular, but she like a few other women, were born that way, which I agree can be very attractive.
What these two, and their idol Jordan, have done looks nothing like that.
It's just plain gruesome.
Condi said:
The Spruce goose said:
Shame, Rugby isnt a bad place really! But if that is 'Living the dream' they need to eat less cheese before bed. One of my work colleagues has recently undergone transgender surgery, he wasn't much to look at before going under the knife but he looks a damned sight more feminine than these two...
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