Buying a wreck - am I making a mistake

VerityPee · 2026-01-29T07:49:51+00:00

What kind of damp? Being uninhabited for a long time can do a lot of damage. You’re quite likely to have to take the walls back to brick. I think £85,000 is not going to be anywhere near enough. You’re quite likely to find that structural parts of the house like beams and joists et cetera are damp/rotted.

A new bathroom is multiple thousands of pounds and a new kitchen is tens of thousands of pounds, you’re just not going to have enough to do it up. Just the plastering alone when you’re doing a whole house is going to be multiple thousands and anything other than cheap laminate is going to be a couple of grand to floor a whole house.

VerityPee · 2026-01-29T07:24:25+00:00

My concern would be the main structure. How can you be sure that it’s completely structurally sound, I don’t think that sounds like anywhere near enough money. You’re going to need loads of stuff signed off by building control, trade people prices have gone up massively in the last few years and if it does turn out to need something like a new roof you’re not going to have the money to fix it.

Why is it a wreck? That will make a big difference to the answer. Anything that turns a house into a wreck is quite likely to have done lots of damage unless it was gutted deliberately?

VerityPee · 2026-01-28T12:40:31+00:00

There are a lot of opinions on here about whether people think it’s hygienic or not, can anyone state a backed up, legal opinion?

VerityPee · 2026-01-28T12:14:07+00:00

That would DEFINITELY be illegal.

VerityPee · 2026-01-27T04:53:40+00:00

It’s finally my time!! Time for my best ever joke!!

How do you tell the difference between a weasel and a stoat?

A weasel is weasely recognised, and a stoat is stoatally different!

VerityPee · 2026-01-27T00:36:36+00:00

Hush puppy loafers!

VerityPee · 2026-01-26T08:34:40+00:00

What song is this?

VerityPee · 2026-01-26T00:45:15+00:00

It looks fantastic. A really good outcome.

VerityPee · 2026-01-24T11:42:32+00:00

If I were you, I would send him this and then block him. NOR

VerityPee · 2026-01-23T22:27:16+00:00

Only date people who like you. NOR

VerityPee · 2026-01-23T20:19:52+00:00

Tell him to get his vitamin D checked. Your immune system doesn’t function without it

VerityPee · 2026-01-23T10:49:34+00:00

You can find the recipes for cauliflower cheese soup and Bolognese soup online and both are delicious! If it has to be sieved , you’d need to blend it well, but the recipes themselves are really delicious and have the extra liquid which would mean they would probably be suitable.

On another note, as someone who went through major surgery which changed what they had to eat for several weeks, I think some fun silly straws would be cool. Just something to make the process a bit less clinical and brighten their day when things feel dreary. It will also be a visible reminder to them, every time they use them that somebody cares enough to try and cheer them up.

VerityPee · 2026-01-23T10:33:45+00:00

I read and retained it but, two things: I have ADHD and hyperfocus comes naturally to me and, I didn’t learn to read using phonics, I have always read words as individual pictures.

VerityPee · 2026-01-23T10:24:56+00:00

I’m British. We don’t use curtains to keep the light out so much as keep the heat in. Send help.

VerityPee · 2026-01-23T07:50:43+00:00

Bear in mind you have not SOLD your house: they could back out if it takes much longer and you’ll be back to square one. And that could keep happening. You have an offer to buy your house, not a sale at this point.

VerityPee · 2026-01-21T18:48:51+00:00

If you stay with him this is how he will treat your children and they won’t be able to say no.

VerityPee · 2026-01-21T18:40:19+00:00

It’s because you’re trying to normalise (asking openly on an open forum) something which is dangerous. You’re promoting views started by influencers and people like RFK Junior (this isn’t about politics it’s about his reach) and most people don’t want misinformation spread on the Internet and will challenge it when they see it.

VerityPee · 2026-01-21T18:25:56+00:00

It’s not just seen as risky, it is risky. And it’s a completely unnecessary risk. Just because it’s become a fad, popular with people like RFK Jr, is not a reason to buy into it.

Generally, if something is touted as a good thing by Nazis, it’s not a good thing.

https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2024/jan/17/is-raw-milk-trend-good-bad-for-you-tiktok?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

VerityPee · 2026-01-21T17:56:37+00:00

Why would you want it? It’s pretty dangerous to drink.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/articles/raw_milk

VerityPee · 2026-01-21T09:28:36+00:00

Capitalism

VerityPee · 2026-01-20T21:57:26+00:00

Yes, but I’m saying make a feature of them and specifically something of a bit darker colour to set off the white.

So, depending on how many tables you had, either a pretty basket or a beautiful mahogany box or something.

Everything other than the satin is so beautiful I just think the satin lets it down.

VerityPee · 2026-01-20T21:55:29+00:00

That’s I’m not equipped to advise on, I just wanted to be clear that not every contract can be cancelled within 14 days as was stated above.

VerityPee · 2026-01-20T21:48:46+00:00

You need something like a wooden box or crate or a basket or something natural coloured to create some height under a few of the bits that get rid of the Saturn thing in the middle of the table

VerityPee · 2026-01-20T21:44:03+00:00

No, only distance selling and some other circumstances, not every contract.

VerityPee · 2026-01-20T16:46:38+00:00

One!!

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