Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
They usually come with any necessary tools. Usually just a Allen key.
Show us yer house and house-related meddlings
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miss direct
misfungled
Painter is back in today, doing the hallways. Internet modem has arrived too, so I may be able to work from there tomorrow. Can't sleep there yet, as haven't put the bed together, and have no curtains. And the carpet smells. Supposed to be going to look at carpets later today.
shakespearegirl
just worked out taglines
Can you pull the carpet up and bin it. I could never get rid of the smell of previous tenants cats until I did this no matter how well I cleaned them. Very cathartic!
miss direct
misfungled
Carpets all gone and hopefully smell with them. Carpet fitter coming tomorrow. No idea if I got a good price because yet again its the first time I'm doing something so I have nothing to compare it with.
Old carpets are in shed thing for now..will probably end up staying there for years as won't fit in bin and have no way of getting them to the tip.
Old carpets are in shed thing for now..will probably end up staying there for years as won't fit in bin and have no way of getting them to the tip.
danski
"vibey"
If you could be bothered, you could cut into small pieces and get rid of bits at a time.
Elpenor
a clown’s heart and a mandolin
Ask a mate with a car and a tip permit to help.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Drag it into the middle of the road and set it on fire.
Puddy_Tat
santa paws, do you ever come to the ghetto?
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
The carpets. It'll give the fire brigade some exercise.the shed or the carpets?
miss direct
misfungled
I only have one local friend with a car and need to save the favours.. Ill do the carpet in stages. Nothing else to go in shed for now as it hasn't got a lock.
Internet on tomorrow too! All I need is a curtain rod and I can actually live here soon.
Internet on tomorrow too! All I need is a curtain rod and I can actually live here soon.
bimble
floofy
A shed is wonderful thing to have miss direct , If not for storage then for Doing Stuff in.
If i were you i'd find out the cost of disposing of the carpet. Or your local council will probably have a bulky waste collection service you can book.
If i were you i'd find out the cost of disposing of the carpet. Or your local council will probably have a bulky waste collection service you can book.
cybershot
Well-Known Member
I’m still utterly perplexed that they ripped up carpets and even took curtain poles from the looks of it. At least they actually left you with a light.
you still have the battens to attach new curtain poles too. Phew.
liking the blue by the way. Was that a wilko paint? The wilko Pearl grey I used in my bedroom last week looks really good. Am toying with a light blue in the lounge. Well half the walls light blue and the other half probably a boring neutral.
I drove past my old house last week and they still have the curtains and nets up that I left so they haven’t changed those. Probably the light shades too.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Either. both.the shed or the carpets?
Puddy_Tat
santa paws, do you ever come to the ghetto?
When I've bought / sold a place, I've either been given (from seller) or (as seller) had to do a list saying just what is included in the sale, things like curtains, curtain rails and so on.
Depending on what was in the documentation you had from them, you may have a valid argument if they removed stuff that should have been included.
It may or may not be worth the effort to pursue that though...
miss direct
misfungled
It's strange, because they left the curtains downstairs, and I rather like them (long yellow ones in the living room, new white cotton ones in the kitchen), and a red blind in the bathroom. As well as all the lampshades, lights, a chest of drawers, two wooden radiator covers, and some garden stuff. And the two smelly carpets. But took up the carpets from the rest of the place, the curtains and the rods from upstairs. Very strange. Trying to locate someone with an electric drill - I already have some curtain rods from freecycle and some blackout curtains, so it's just a case of getting the rods up.
I negotiated a discount...partially based on the carpet removal. So I don't really mind paying for new ones. I'm getting soft ones with underlay - I like to sit on the carpet so should be nice. And will help the place look a lot better than it currently does. I've cleaned up as best as I can today.
I negotiated a discount...partially based on the carpet removal. So I don't really mind paying for new ones. I'm getting soft ones with underlay - I like to sit on the carpet so should be nice. And will help the place look a lot better than it currently does. I've cleaned up as best as I can today.
Puddy_Tat
santa paws, do you ever come to the ghetto?
miss direct
misfungled
Calling it a shed is a bit optimistic. More like an outbuilding that could just about fit three bikes in. Not in my garden and only just about visible from my window (bit strange why they didn't put them opposite the corresponding home). At some point I'll get a new lock put on, so I can use it for something other than smelly old carpet storage.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Stripping back an old oak table that's seen better days.
I've no idea what I'll finish it with yet but the wood is lovely so I'll probably just put a clear varnish on it... If I ever get it finished.
I've no idea what I'll finish it with yet but the wood is lovely so I'll probably just put a clear varnish on it... If I ever get it finished.
Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
you really don't need them - the war is over...
Blackout curtains are a must if you ever work nights - that war is far from done
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
They're also great for those days when you CBA getting up.
Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
AD 60 burnt layer?
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
I don't think it's quite that old
Puddy_Tat
santa paws, do you ever come to the ghetto?
i wasn't being entirely serious
mum-tat has got something (i can't quite remember what - may be a home made apron) that's made out of a bit of 1939-45 blackout curtain
although personally, i tended to have less difficulty sleeping after very late / night shifts than i do sleeping at the 'right' time...
miss direct
misfungled
I cant sleep past 5am in the summer without blackout curtains.
Carpet fitters are in. Im parked in the kitchen surrounded by the furniture. Annoyingly the Internet hasn't come on so I can't do any work.
Carpet fitters are in. Im parked in the kitchen surrounded by the furniture. Annoyingly the Internet hasn't come on so I can't do any work.
cybershot
Well-Known Member
Turn the router off and on every hour, it may only look to request an address every 24 hours or some crap!
miss direct
misfungled
Still no Internet 
But I do have carpets and a bed. It's very comfortable. Putting it together was a long winded process and involved three people in total.
But I do have carpets and a bed. It's very comfortable. Putting it together was a long winded process and involved three people in total.
Elpenor
a clown’s heart and a mandolin
Looks great! What happened with the gripper rods?Still no Internet
But I do have carpets and a bed. It's very comfortable. Putting it together was a long winded process and involved three people in total.
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miss direct
misfungled
I'm not sure! I think they just stayed there. There were three men and one was topless 
... I gave them some water and chocolate biscuits and stayed out of their way.
... I gave them some water and chocolate biscuits and stayed out of their way.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Looks great miss direct
