Recommend me a DIY shed

Recommend me a DIY shed

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kiethton

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181 months

Wednesday 10th February 2016
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Should hopefully be completing on a house purchase within the next 4 weeks and in true PH style am open to a shed to save me the costs of multiple skips and to ensure I'm not having family members wait for my deliveries all day.

I'm totally easy on what to get, age and everything on the condition that its got MOT to the summer, can fit ~10 sheets of plasterboard/wood etc in the back (happy to remove seats) and can be added to my parents insurance for me to drive DOC (my insurance costs are prohibitive). It cant be a van as my parents have car policies and the council don't allow them at the tip.

Budget ideally <£500 but the cheaper the better...

I saw this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/renault-master-disabled-... - the lift and space would be a bonus but I can't see it being allowed in the tip or being allowed onto a car insurance policy as an extra vehicle for a few months.

Well i said no conditions, I wouldn't be seen dead in a hearse and my standards are slightly higher than Toaster Pilot's so it can't have an interior like that panda he's just acquired or worse this:



kiethton

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Wednesday 10th February 2016
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Thanks but am not 100% which of the estate/MPV's boots were wide enough to accommodate sheets, ideally flat

kiethton

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Wednesday 10th February 2016
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mx5ian said:
We used a Volvo 940 estate when we did our house. Everything fitted in it or on it roof with a roof rack and flies under the radar at the tip

Something like this (it even has a roof rack)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1994-VOLVO-940-SE-AUTO-B...

Thanks for this - looks ideal, dad had one as a child and all so have a soft spot...

I appreciate the comments re. deliveries, my issue is that I just wont be around to accept them, needing to do the majority of the work myself alongside a 13 hour working day is a big limiting factor.

kiethton

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Thursday 11th February 2016
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As tempted as I am by the hearse I don't want to ps off the new neighbours too much (flat) so a sheddy ugly hearse is out (plus the GF would kill me!)

Just looked up the MOT history for that volvo (can't link it to keep) - very rusted suspension (inc. mounting points) as an advisory, reckon it'll be ok come next MOT?

Even then <£400 it'd save me cash regardless....Decisions, decisions!