Nina Kalinina on Nostr: Buying a period house has taught me so many things in so little time. You get no more ...
Buying a period house has taught me so many things in so little time.
You get no more than what you pay for. If the house costs half of a similar house across the road, there is a reason for that.
You don't always get what you pay for. A £17,000 for a new roof might not give you a better roof than £8,500. Some people just charge more because they can.
True ownership means seeing each fault and behind each fault, and being responsible for rectifying those. Incidentally, that means that moving into an old house is an instant renovation project.
Expect the unexpected. You think the floorboard is moving because it's rotten, but really it is moving because the builders cut it in half and left the ends floating.
Reality is stranger than fiction. Turns out, it can rain through your fume hood.
You get no more than what you pay for. If the house costs half of a similar house across the road, there is a reason for that.
You don't always get what you pay for. A £17,000 for a new roof might not give you a better roof than £8,500. Some people just charge more because they can.
True ownership means seeing each fault and behind each fault, and being responsible for rectifying those. Incidentally, that means that moving into an old house is an instant renovation project.
Expect the unexpected. You think the floorboard is moving because it's rotten, but really it is moving because the builders cut it in half and left the ends floating.
Reality is stranger than fiction. Turns out, it can rain through your fume hood.