Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Oh sweetie! You are totally hilarious.


No, in the end we found Court Lane Gardens rather claustrophobic - it is actually a simple terrace and there is no privacy for the essentials of modern family living. It was becoming so unfair on the poppets.


Max is far too tall now for his teeny loft bedroom suite with games room/cinema, wet room, music room, laundry shoot, extensive collection of authentic rugby memorabilia and nanny accommodation - he is getting quite tall, and when he comes home from Winchester at half term, we have no privacy at all (dabs tear from eye). Where was the space for the simple things? Clearly we require an acre for an organic veg plot, a coop for hens, the odd wind turbine? Not to mention a walk in shoe closet for the two guest suites... or a private spot to accommodate a hot tub? An outdoor arena and loose boxes (dabs tear from eye) for Freya's pony were totally out of the question. Genuinely now, there wasnt anywhere for me to practice my Pilates outdoors, out of sight if the neighbours. The lack of privacy became such a grind. We bought a country house but it simply wasn't Dulwich out there. In the end, it was actually the children that were suffering the most.


So with heavy hearts, we have been buying up homes in College Gardens for the last 18 months, with the intention of eventually razing that development to the ground and building a super little Huf Hauslet! It's only a hop and a skip from Gail's!


13,000 square metres of German engineered, sustainable, organic, Eco luxury - acres of glass and a roof choc full of solar panels, a permanent yurt (for the poppets), an outdoor wood burning pizza oven (hand built by Jamie Oliver himself) a gas BBQ, spa (that is a ground level hot tub sweetie), a 20 metre swimming pool, an artificial ski slope and snow machine, a cable car and zip wire - outdoor entertaining is very now! Obviously we will have an underground garage for a dozen vehicles, a heliport and a panic room the size of Peter Jones in Sloane Square.


Gosh but it is all taking an age. It's incredibly stressful you know. I am struggling to eat. Some of the pesky owners in the development don't want to sell up! James has arranged for the construction of an Olympic sized pigeon loft in he back garden of one of our new properties, another he has let out to some drum playing, marijuana smoking arts students and he is having noisy cellar excavations next to the remaining malingerers. With all of the noise, pigeon poo and dust, within a matter of months the remaining owners should sell up and college Gardens will be mine, all mine!


Er... I mean "ours", clearly!


Onwards and upwards...

McAuley Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> This is a buyout.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Anna


Seriously, that is a shockingly poor payment. I paid about ?500 per actor for a performance and buyout about 6 years ago - for internal, company use. This is for a TV commercial for a phone company?

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Latest Discussions

    • Well that is good news… alternative would have been homeless or private.
    • I was lucky that I received a student grant from 1990-1995 first 3 years for degree and 2 years post graduate bursary. Both were based on my income and I did not have to pay back. Eldest daughter got student loan and after 20 years managed to pay it off, Youngest daughter still paying hers 18 years later. Granddaughter - still paying after 6 years. Grandson decided against FE and secured an apprentenship. I am glad that I am an old codger and not young anymore !
    • Thanks Jen22 for the very kind review!  Paul and I have been Oddbodding furiously and haven't had a chance to post an updated list of jobs we've been working on until now. So here it is 🙂 Demolition of 2 sheds, removal of large patio and levelling of total area to get it ready for garden room installation Internal decoration of above garden room External sash window decoration, including fixing of rotten joints (multiple) External decorative stone porch decoration Fix of broken metal front gate Shed base installation and build of garden shed Internal plastering fixes and significant water damage fixes, including tricky corners and hard to reach areas (multiple) Rotten window sills fixed and decorated Countless shelves, curtain rails and pictures hung Baths, sinks and showers resealed (too many to count) Dimmer switches (single, 2 and 3 way) replaced in multiple rooms  Toilet seats replaced (multiple) including sourcing correct fitting seats (not as easy as you'd think) Lots of kitchen cupboard doors re hung with new hinges if necessary Ikea units built and fitted (wall mounted or otherwise) Tricky fixes to loose door handles Repairing broken visible floorboards  Mounting of multiple flatscreen TV's  Intallation of super strong (kid proof) coat hooks on walls and other useful areas (eg outsides of cupboards) Innovative conversion of open shelf spaces to sleek enclosed cupboard spaces (even when doors purchased by client don't quite fit)  Servicing of kitchen cupboard doors and units Removal of hardwearing paint flooring in photography studio, ready for reinstallation of new floor including epoxy (coming soon) Carpet removal and disposal Wooden garden gate installation including sourcing bespoken gatepost to match existing Sourcing and installation of new double glazed window pane Fence panel installation, including sourcing bespoke size and tricky fix without encroaching on neighbours land New door and window locks installed  We pride ourselves on helping our clients find the best solutions to problems and we also offer a design consultsancy service. Please reach out to Iain on +447956877533 (WhatsApp best) if you would like some ideas about home improvements or to get a quote for any jobs. You can also check our insta https://www.instagram.com/oddbods_handy_services/ No job too big or small. Oddbods do it all!   Iain Oddbod   
    • It is not only Southwark - our grandson, partner and 7 year old had a one bed council flat for years in Harlow Essex and all the properties offered were in poor condition. They eventually took a property as if they refused another one they would drop to the bottom of the Housing List. It was damp and in need of a level of renovation. Having lived in these conditions for a while they were offered better council accommodation recently, but further away from child's school. They had to pay 2 lots of rent for a few weeks as council had to undertake work in the new premises before they could move in,
Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...