House Fun

Blimey - the landlord of the place we looked at that could be compared to a Pig Sty isn't accepting any offers and yet out in the market there are plenty of places far nicer than the example we had presented to us.  In many ways it is a surprise because the amount we offered  would mean he would get tenants almost straight away.  I doubt anyone will touch the place until it is cleaned, warm and brought up to standard.  That could take a month or two and by then he'd have lost two months revenue.

I never quite understand people who say they are entrepreneurs or businessmen / women who don't grasp the basic concepts of money.  We were paying up front and in advance allowing the landlord to invest that money - it's certainly worth more than paying it in bits.  It's like you see people fannying (that's a technical term) around with the odd penny here and there.  By the time you've done all that messing around it's cost you more than you are likely to gain.  We had simple rules to turn our cash around 13 times a year (every 4 weeks) and I recall having one of the biggest rows of my life when I was summoned to Manchester - 5 hours away and when I arrived got a dressing down from some little Clerk Oiik over a 50 pence anomaly on £30,000 pounds worth of invoices.  I threw the 50 p at him hitting him extremely hard told him there was his F*****g change and stormed out.  My MD and I had an interesting conversation the next day :-)  I kept my job and got admonished with a few words - then a smile and a "Don't do it again".

It is one of my major failings I'm afraid, I do not have any time for amateurs, people who act like children, people who are unprofessional or obstructive and jumped up clerks - well they are my favourite as many people will testify.  Want to be humiliated in public and made to show just how stupid you are.  Pick on me.  It really isn't nice when I cut loose as the lady in the Orthodontists who ignored me for 5 minutes whilst talking to her friend on the phone, that meant that arriving on time for our appointment we were then late.  I could go on but the row that erupted after we had seen the specialist was spectacular and left the woman reeling and those in the waiting room I hope were amused as I tore into this woman's rudeness and how I was checking if she was on work placement or on probationary period.  Best of all the specialist had to come out and tell her that I was only conveying his wishes and to carry them out.  My daugher however was not amused and I never accompanied her there again.

Anyway - it's a shame that the house isn't going to be the one we will live in, I can't see him shifting it in that state, not unless someone is absolutely desperate to live there.  I think I'd be warmer and cleaner camping.  Not to worry either as we are seeing three properties this week.