Now's the time -

[Moo]

Well, it's happened! We exchanged contracts on Thursday afternoon, and celebrated with our house's new caretaker over a glass or two of bubbly. And then we went next door to introduce her to her new neighbours and sample some of James's rather splendid wine. A very jolly time was had by all.

We spent yesterday exploring our London house and doing even more measuring and hatching of plots. It was a lovely sunny day, and even John began to get a bit excited at the prospect of a Project (the cellar looks as though it's going to be interesting....).

Only two weeks to go now, and we're still sorting out those darned books. Apparently our auction house has monthly book auctions, so we're ploughing through the piles destined to be jettisoned, roughly sorting them into topics, and tying them up with string. It's surprisingly exhausting. To give you some idea of what's involved - John did some rough measuring and calculations this morning and worked out that we're getting rid of just over a thousand books. Which means that we're going to have to construct shelving in our new house for about two thousand.

I think I need another cup of tea.

 

[FamilyWiggs]

Great news Moo.... congratulations. And lovely your making the new custodian so welcome.... I'm sure she'll be on here soon asking her own questions??!!

 

[jocelyn plummer]

Sounds as though we could soon be hopping onto the train from Flitwick to give you a hand Moo. Put the kettle on!

Seriously though, you have made your re location sound very well organised and thought through. Best of Luck with the next bit!
xxx

 

[LadyArowana]

Very best of luck for the move, and of course don't forget that we will want some pictures!

 

[Lime]

Sometimes the house purchaser will be interested in buying the furniture.

I have lived through a time in my early years when any old furniture was worthless.
Right through the 60s nearly all Victorian and older furniture was burnt as a means of providing space in the home.
Virtually nothing is left today except a few neat and tidy examples.... the Victorians produced some really hideous furniture particularly in the latter part of the reign.

I recall asking for a valuation (for sale) from several valuers on an Edwardian long case clock in 1973.
The clock was immaculate and very impressive.
The highest valuation was £80.
5 years later I sold it for £1500.

 

[middi]

Well, it's happened! We exchanged contracts on Thursday afternoon, and celebrated with our house's new caretaker over a glass or two of bubbly. And then we went next door to introduce her to her new neighbours and sample some of James's rather splendid wine. A very jolly time was had by all.

We spent yesterday exploring our London house and doing even more measuring and hatching of plots. It was a lovely sunny day, and even John began to get a bit excited at the prospect of a Project (the cellar looks as though it's going to be interesting....).

Only two weeks to go now, and we're still sorting out those darned books. Apparently our auction house has monthly book auctions, so we're ploughing through the piles destined to be jettisoned, roughly sorting them into topics, and tying them up with string. It's surprisingly exhausting. To give you some idea of what's involved - John did some rough measuring and calculations this morning and worked out that we're getting rid of just over a thousand books. Which means that we're going to have to construct shelving in our new house for about two thousand.

I think I need another cup of tea.

Moo, my 13 year old grandaughter tells me there is a thing called " kindle !!!..????". Apparently it does not need book shelves

Middi

 

[Moo]

Lime - With our luck the market for brown goods will pick up no end once we've got rid of ours! And unfortunately my purchaser lives in a large Georgian house already, so she's also faced with the problem of downsizing.

And, Middi - I do so agree with you about kindle, but try convincing my old man; we bought him a posh iPod a year ago so that he could download his immense collection of CDs, but not only has he found the process far too laborious but he was appalled at the idea of getting rid of the CDs once he'd finished with them. And I got him an iPad (+the kindle app) for his Christmas present, but he's failed to download any books so far.

However, they do say that books furnish a room....

I took lots and lots of really gruesome photos on Sunday. Once I've worked out how to use that Flikr thing I'll post them here for general entertainment.

 

[middi]

Yes please Moo, we love pictures

Middi

 

[Moo]

Righto - here goes:

http://flic.kr/p/cgXiSo

 

[Moo]

Hmm. I thought the picture would appear here, but the link seems to work. So I'll have to give each one a caption.

Anyway, just to whet the collective appetite, this demonstrates an imaginative way to dispose of rainwater.
What you do is attach a downpipe to the guttering and direct it into a water butt. When the butt gets full it overflows on to the concrete path, which has been angled to drain towards the narrow flowerbed that runs beside the house. To make it more efficient the flowerbed has been mulched with pea shingle.

 

[jocelyn plummer]

The link asked me to sign in, do I use my normal Yahoo sign in?

 

[MdB]

Go to your picture on flickr, click on the share button above it and then copy paste the code directly into this site. You need the BBcode button selected.

Your picture is currently set to private but I believe the above code will enable it to be seen by anybody. Give it a a go and see what happens. PM me if you want.

 

[Moo]

Thanks for the tip.
Mind you, I'm still holding my breath to see if it works!

http://flickr.com/gp/79738168@N02/1A266B

 

[MdB]

1) Go to flickr picture
2) Click on the Share button above pic
3) Click on Grab the HTML/BBCode.
4) Click on BBCode button at bottom if not highlighted.
5) Copy paste code to here.

(I missed out 3 in the previous instructions.)

The code for your second picture looks like this:

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79738168@N02/7308571334/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8161/7308571334_6d379f0a78_b.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79738168@N02/7308571334/]IMG_0395[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/79738168@N02/]Threeshedsmo[/url], on Flickr

and when you paste it here it comes out like this:

IMG_0395 by Threeshedsmo, on Flickr

The first picture has been set to private but your previous link included a guest pass so we can see it by clicking. Its better though if you post the images here though using the above I guess. You may have to make the picture public first though.

 

[Moo]

Right. I shall try again and with your patient help I'll eventually get the hang of it.
I do wish there was some simple way of getting the pictures straight from my iPhoto store!

By the way - since you were so kind as to post that fish-tank picture, does anyone want a fully-equipped tropical tank including a pair of rather hysterical fish? Free. Buyer collects.

 

[Moo]

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/7...ickr.com/7075/7400464260_94f1326381.jpg[/img]
IMG_0456 by Threeshedsmo, on Flickr[/url]

By George, I think I've done it!!!

 

[MdB]

For bonus points, don't hit the url button before you post. That is why the formatting wasn't quite right. Just copy paste from flickr and don't add any extra code. Well done though.

 

[jocelyn plummer]

Having found my way back to PPUK--- Moo, you are one brave Lady--- it is going to make a lovely house when you have stitched it back together. I love the mouldings, the sunny garden is the perfect size. Interesting cellar,wonder how that turns out in the end!

 

[MdB]

I love the mouldings,

If they can be saved...


IMG_0456 by Threeshedsmo, on Flickr

It looks a lot of work but I'm sure you will do a fantastic job.

 

[jocelyn plummer]

If anyone can save the mouldings, it will be Moo!! ( if she wants to of course)!!