PB – 3 bed semi re-wire from start to finish in 6 days – this is my personal best time wise.
PW – This is the least money I have made for re-wiring a 3 bed semi since going self employed in 10 years as I did it on a daily rate.
Having said that, I’ve not lost anything and still did very well from it. The customer planned it all out, provided the materials, worked along side me, cleaned up, and I got paid on time – thank you!
Nice to get stuck into a bit of 3 phase from time to time – An indsudtrial / commercial building in Milnsbridge to test and inspect, then repair.
Carpenter’s workshop in a local mill. 3 x tornado IP65 LED twin 6ft. It’s so bright in here now you need sunglasses! Not only are they waterproof and dust proof – they use half the power of a fluorescent, twice as bright and last over 10 years and they only cost £5 more. If your’e thinking about new lighting in a warehouse / workshop / garage / barns – whatever, these are the way forward.
8 Is just about there – contracts have been exchanged and it will complete next week. The only thing holding it up is the 6 month rule (again) as I’ve owned the property for less than 6 months.
Meanwhile I’ve managed to buy (STC) another one
http://www.wmsykes.co.uk/property/111-Lower-Townend-Road-Wooldale/10006412
For those of you who aren’t familiar with underdwellings – here’s an exert from wikipedia about Hebden Bridge. The same applies to the rest of Calderdale and the Colne + Holme Valleys.
Hebden Bridge is a popular place to live. However, space is limited due to the steep valleys and lack of flat land. In the past, this led to “upstairs-downstairs” houses known as over and under dwellings. These were houses built in terraces with 4–5 storeys. The upper storeys face uphill while the lower ones face downhill with their back wall against the hillside. The bottom 2 storeys would be one house while the upper 2–3 storeys would be another. This also led to unusual legal arrangements such as the “flying freehold“, where the shared floor/ceiling is wholly owned by the underdwelling.
As you can guess – they come with their problems – and underdwellings are worse for it than overdwellings – mainly with damp and problems from the property above such as leaks and noise. There are very few banks that will lend on this kind of property and taking out insurance can be high.
Aside from all this they are historical buildings that come with their own charm and character that can only be found in West Yorkshire and in recent times refurbished one’s can be very desirable homes – even more so with the low supply and high demand for the local area and not everyone can afford houses for 150k+
9 doesn’t look all that bad on the photos (do they ever?) they all look pretty bad once the wallpaper comes off!
Been up at the Sovereign this aft wiring up the temporary office for Lee at Holmfirth Cars.
It’s a TT earthing system – which stands for Tera Tera – not tea time
Nice little cottage in Savile Park – Halifax
For more info go to my property blog
http://2bedroomterraced.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/house-number-8-finished.html
This was my main intake fuse carrier – It was being replaced in order to have a new meter fitted. I was almost going to cut the seals and pull the fuse myself at one point – after the original SSE engineer looked at it and was quite well suited with himself that he could not touch it because it contained asbestos, He didnt even notice the burn marks as he was in too much of a hurry to get back in his van and eat his pie – you can see where it’s all blackened – probably went with a flash and a bang when it did.
The kitchen’s in, central heating’s in, re- wired, plastered and much more. All that’s really left to do now is even more cleaning up, decorating and a spell of good weather to finish off outside – pray to the sun gods!
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