Need to research original skirting as I'm guessing these aren't. May as well sort that as I'm having it plastered.
That's like a scene from a horror movie! If something pops out behind you, don't go back and check! Those walls don't look that bad at all.......patch them and smooth it all out........it will look fine after, and when painted won't look too shabby. It's an old house anyway.....you don't want it looking new!
Bugger. Screws rusted and heads chewing up. Also, the electrics keep phasing out. I think it may have something to do with this which was hiding under recently soggied wallpaper
^^^nice! May be redundant if it's just been hacked off like that.....don't lick them to find out though. Tell you what you may find useful....one of these:http://direct.asda.com/Draper-Combined-Metal,-Voltage-and-Stud-Detector-13818/001240586,default,pd.html&cmpid=ppc-_-ad-pla-_-ggle-pla-_-Home-_-001240586&cm_mmc=ad-ppc-_-ggle-pla-_-Home-_-001240586&istCompanyId=71f4ae42-94c5-4821-aa58-05eff6da2486&istItemId=axxxiltw&istBid=t Cheap and cheerful but may save you some surprises....
Have so far resisted the urge to lick them! Tho I'm bogging starving! Will a dehumidifier get rid of the cabbage smell?
Time to pack up and ***** off. Am tired and hungry and have leeds taxi drivers to negotiate before I can have a shower and eat. More tomorrow and I'll remember to eat before I come.
not necessarily....depends if the house is damp.....and if the smell is associated with damp......does ir smell stronger in the basement/ground floor, or upstairs/loft? damp horsehair/jute smells a bit p*ssy.....damp mineral wool (loft) smells more cabbagey.... maybe the PO just liked cabbage....or used to kill local children and wall them up.... I'm not helping, am I....
stronger downstairs but then i've removed all the carpet from upstairs... no loft insulation AT ALL (must get around to that), and no evidence of small children.... yet. the full story of my new house (hell house) is that someone responded to the flyer i put through the door. she called me and said they would be selling and "did i see the hearse?" clearly thinking that i was some opportunist hearse chasing property buyer ( i put flyers in all the houses!). the lady who called me was the chaps niece and executor. after seeing the house and meeting the family (all beneficiaries had to agree to sell it to me to make probate smoother) we waited for the solicitors.... and waited.... during this time i thought i'd google the late 'uncle keith' as i'd been told there were over 300 people at his funeral and wondered about his standing in the community. of course, the first thing that came up was his obituary .... "died peacefully AT HOME". shiiiiiiit! of course the bradford Argus is going to say that, they're not going to say he died writhing and screaming in agony, alone and was found 3 weeks later in his own bodily fluids ARE THEY!? ... this *may* have something to do with why i haven't yet stayed in the house.
OMG so what you are saying is it's the house of horrors in all senses of the word Never-mind a dehumidifier how about an exorcist?
i have it on good authority that "he's no longer there" - which gives me equal amounts of creeps. i've always had old houses, i know that people die in them, i've prob worn second hand clothes someone has died in, but combined with the smell and the crazy electrics, plastering etc i just don't feel i could spend the night there. yet.
There's no such thing as ghosts Ermintrude, regardless of what you may believe...it's all in your head. All this paranormal stuff is crap, pure and simple, and anyone who believes in it is deluded. Uncle Keith is dead...get on with your renovation....it's going to be gorgeous
How do you mean 'creepy'? I'm not being pedantic, but if you can put your finger on why, it usually goes away.... I used to get freaked out walking past the garden shed at night when I was younger...mentioned it to a mate and he said "What are the chances of someone being there?" When I thought about it...practically zero....
