Owning your own home

Agreed. If you buy a 100 odd year old house then you expect it to be a bit wonky.

Saying that, I do find it annoying that my TV is level but looks wonky due to the crooked fireplace below it.

Anyway, the plasterer left site in a huff. He says we can't do it. That these are the worst wall he's ever seen, etc

Wants me to take it all back to brick and then dot and dab the entire house with plasterboard. Creating voids behind every wall and making it impossible to hang anything.

Not sure how to proceed

Most plasterers these days only want to do a skim coat as it's quick and easy with a fast turnaround. I know a couple of really good spreads who enjoy doing traditional plastering but not sure if they venture outside west London. I can ask them if they'll do it if you like.

My old landlord is a plasterer, want his number?

Skirting and coving are a nightmare though. At least they were for me.

That sucks. If you have no joy we can ask our bathroom/kitchen guy. He will know people and he's doing a small install for us on Friday.

UK borrowing will increase and the buyers will be overseas SUPRAS and Treasuries who'll hold on for the eventual appreciation of the Sterling and/or for forex exposure purposes.

FUN FACT: sovereign debt (the irony...) is usually subscribed by those who are dependent on the issuer I.e. T-Bills - by China, Japan AND believe it or not, the UK! Yes, the UK!

Back to the subject matter, printing money is not a bad thing, tempus, for as long as it's used for the right purpose.

Japan for example borrowed heavily post WW2 BUT they're still one of the leading economies. It was invested in the right manner.

As for inflation and the depreciating pound, intra fines, it's a good thing for the economy (not so much for you, Karen who's yearning for a holiday in Marbella and I), that's a story for another day.

We had most of our walls back to brick.

The builders screwed steel mesh over the brick, slapped bonding coat over that, left that to dry and then plastered over it. It was a quite a lengthy and expensive process.

Did you have walls that were out of true due to the house shifting over time?

Here's the one wall they did do before walking off site. Not sure what their problem is, looks alright to me.

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Yeah, none are straight or flat.

^ looks fine.

Here's some of ours:

Finally:

None is f our walls were straight or flat. Just get a more confident plasterer. I could recommend the guy who did ours.

Yes please.

Amazing that they sell them on Amazon Prime now!

We have the toilet roll holder and towel holder in the WC. The basic issue with the design is that you want to screw them in as tight as possible but this may result in them being upside down or at least not straight.

Ours can turn a bit, it doesn't bother us but if you wanted to make sure they stay straight just put some JB Weld or No More Nails on the inside of the round piece of wood before you screw them in and adjust them to perfectly straight.

Who wants a white bog anyway?

Not @chrisbmx116 [trollface.jpg]

The temptation;

https://www.propertypal.com/144-portaferry-road-newtownards/640685

Why is the window so low?

More insightful than google translate, ta. Probably just going with a solid monstrosity that matches the taps 😞

Just the way it is. All the houses in the street have it at that height.

Ah, I see. Which floor is it on?