exiges Posted June 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 (edited) Was wondering, if they go to sell it and the buyers have a survey, it'll still set alarm bells ringing surely? OK so it doesn't appear to be falling down now, but I'd still run a mile The huge gap in the roof hadn't gone, they had just put up a brace to stop it spreading further. The wall still had ties in it. Etc. Guess theyll have to wait for another corpulent myopic woman without her bloke in tow that 'just has to have it', no doubt this time wooed by the stark cold kitchen that'll go out of date quicker than a ham sandwich.. But itll be ok, he used to play with Lego as a child, so he'll be up to repairing anything, just like the current owner. Edited June 10, 2011 by exiges Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bradbury Robinson Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 But itll be ok, he used to play with Lego as a child, so he'll be up to repairing anything, just like the current owner. I didn't see the start of the program so didn't catch how much work the guy had done. Was the extension down to him or was that already there? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Freeholder Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 Sorry, another question! What's the logic behind a flat roof, either in the UK or at all? Considering there are so many issues with them why are the used? Is it a cost saving thing? Why not just have a slight pitch for the water to run off? Flat foofs are cheaper. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
winkie Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 ...one minute it was the condemned....the next it was the best thing since sliced bread all for £10k..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cock-eyed octopus Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 ............One question as well. When they were securing the floor joists to the bowing wall they used massive 'screws' which were drilled in from the outside to effectively secure the wall to the joist. How do you know where to drill to hit the centre of the joist? There was no indication, just Beany and a massive drill going straight at it! Deliberately miss low by, say, 6". Find your ceiling joists (shouldn't be difficult), you will then have an accurate internal reference hole - unless your initial estimate is way off. Which has never happened to me, of course ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NuBrit Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 Incredible how some people can spend 270k on a house (a period house no less!) without even bothering to spend a measely few hundred on a proper survey. Felt sorry for the poor husband, all the shots showed him slogging it out by himself. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
@contradevian Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 ...one minute it was the condemned....the next it was the best thing since sliced bread all for £10k..... I think the "reward" for a ritual on screen humiliation, is a total makeover at C4's expense. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
exiges Posted June 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 I didn't see the start of the program so didn't catch how much work the guy had done. Was the extension down to him or was that already there? Already there by all accounts, but at the start of the show the sweaty Betty said "My bloke is a shop fitter, so I thought he'd be able to fix anything wrong with the house". : belm : Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Surf's Up Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 The rear extension was there when they bought it. I didn't get the timescale - had all that mold developed literally over the course of one winter? It appeared they could smell it when entering the room. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
winkie Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 I think the "reward" for a ritual on screen humiliation, is a total makeover at C4's expense. ...sounds about right.......has got to be better a better deal/reward than Changing Rooms where they changed an alright room into a ruined room. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erranta Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 <br />"Would you do it all again ? " - asked Beany<br /><br />"Certainly not" replied the orange-u-tan..<br /><br />She didn't bloody lift a finger the lazy mare.<br /><br />Interestingly Beany only said if they were to sell they "should get their money back",  a far cry from Property Ladders of old where just by sitting on the property for 6 months they'd have "made" £20k<br /> 'Orange' >>> anagrams Gar One An Ogre A Goner Quote Link to post Share on other sites
200p Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 Pics http://www.channel4.com/4homes/on-tv/help-my-house-is-falling-down/narborough-gallery/display/subpage/1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
200p Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 Rewatch http://www.channel4.com/programmes/help-my-house-is-falling-down/episode-guide/series-2/episode-1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tired of Waiting Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 Maybe they stopped any remedial scrubbing and let it get extra mouldy in preparation for the camera visits at the director's request - the moulds make better telly that way. (Children's lungs be damned.) Durch, as an "old timer", what do you think about my concern (previous post), that this insane "bubble culture" could take years to fade away, or even worse, thinking about the war generation, still economising on everything, to this days, could this bubble generation keep behaving in the same stupid way till death?!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gigantic Purple Slug Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 Good interview with the delicious Sarah in the Daily Mail today. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2001011/Help-My-life-falling-apart-With-young-boys-websites-TV-frustrated-husband-things-fraught-Sarah-Beeny.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
@contradevian Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 (edited) You know, when I read your post it struck a chill note of inevitability down my spine. I could just see all those spoilt old codgers littering their McDonalds boxes as they zimmer their way down the road. But it will matter, only if humanity carries on. Personally, I have an unusual view of the future. I don't have any faith that human problems (racism, war, theft, deceit, prostitution, slavery, poverty, sexism, etc.) will ever be sorted out. I think instead, within a few decades, there will be a technological singularity, and in effect humans will be usurped (hopefully not violently), and whatever exists then will have its own different set of problems - but not the same ones. (A lot of our problems are biological hangovers. Racism or sexism won't make any sense to a machine intelligence or even to something posthuman that can nanotechnologically alter its own sex or colour in a trice.) Edited June 11, 2011 by Sir John Steed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tired of Waiting Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 You know, when I read your post it struck a chill note of inevitability down my spine. I could just see all those spoilt old codgers littering their McDonalds boxes as they zimmer their way down the road. But it will matter, only if humanity carries on. Personally, I have an unusual view of the future. I don't have any faith that human problems (racism, war, theft, deceit, prostitution, slavery, poverty, sexism, etc.) will ever be sorted out. I think instead, within a few decades, there will be a technological singularity, and in effect humans will be usurped (hopefully not violently), and whatever exists then will have its own different set of problems - but not the same ones. (A lot of our problems are biological hangovers. Racism or sexism won't make any sense to a machine intelligence or even to something posthuman that can nanotechnologically alter its own sex or colour in a trice.) You do have a good point there. Not sure if it will be just in "a few" (2 or 3?) decades, it may take a few more, bit I think you are thinking in the right direction. Thanks. On an optimistic note, I don't think machines will necessarily "take over". I think (or hope?) some merging is more likely. And not necessarily with some cold, metal machine, but more probably with some form of artificial biological enhancement. Some carbon based, "fleshier" kind of machine, like a new heart, or lungs and liver! And I'll be able to start smoking again!, and forget this annoying 4 units/day! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tired of Waiting Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 With mature nanotechnology constantly scavenging and repairing all our cells, we can live on pizza, gin and fags, but look like a well-rested supermodel. The pinnacle of human achievement. Exactly! God I love the future. Perhaps we'll even have our flying cars! Finally! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SarahBell Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 Just to get us back on topic - Beeny could be restored to her heyday: Pregnant? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tired of Waiting Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 Just to get us back on topic - Beeny could be restored to her heyday: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
exiges Posted June 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 Just to get us back on topic - Beeny could be restored to her heyday: Structural survey ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NuBrit Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Did anyone see today's episode? Once again, fools decide to cut corners and not get a proper survey done on the house. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tonkers Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Did anyone see today's episode? Once again, fools decide to cut corners and not get a proper survey done on the house. It made me wonder just how basic that survey was? Not picking up on the floor and ceilings? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
@contradevian Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Did anyone see today's episode? Once again, fools decide to cut corners and not get a proper survey done on the house. More show off's that can't be bothered to do a structural survey. Did they not spot the dodgy floor's and ceiling on viewings, or were they besotted with "living the dream?" I missed the orang-u tan in this weeks episode. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NuBrit Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 It made me wonder just how basic that survey was? Not picking up on the floor and ceilings? The bank requires a survey before they can issue a mortgage. It's not really a proper survey, it's more of a valuation. They pretty much just want to verify that a house exists and that tenure exists on the land. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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