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Post by speedysteve on Oct 5, 2016 19:58:36 GMT
I'll do my best. I did keep the speaker boxes, will have to perform a sliding manoeuvre to get them in on their sides, all 160kg each! Yes go easy. The stress etc and then unusual physical exertion. Can be the time for a back attack.
Hehe, at least you won't have to cut any of your gear in half and sledge drag it up a loft staircase  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2016 20:09:36 GMT
How people can buy, renovate, sell and move on every two years just to make some money is beyond me. Life is too short - REALLY too short! Beyond me too: Why wait 2 years when you can do it in 1 or less  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2016 9:38:51 GMT
Have you planned your hifi and listening room layout yet, Martin? I've often been surprised and disappointed when I've come to put the hifi where I'd expected it to look and sound best. Its rare that I've achieved both these aims, so it's good to have more than one option in a room. One consistent factor I've found is that sitting the gear between the speakers has always sounded worst to me. I've tried many times because it makes wiring easier. Sadly it's always been a dud but YMMV.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2016 10:27:14 GMT
I cannot think of anything worse than Moving House.Done it twice now & never again, The next time i move is if i come up on the lottery. Everything in this place will go into half a dozen skips & i shall be moving out with some clothes & records.
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Post by MartinT on Oct 6, 2016 12:19:32 GMT
Have you planned your hifi and listening room layout yet, Martin? I've started to; see here for the ongoing blog. I'm going to throw across the width of the room as that has always worked out better, with the kit in the middle (sorry but it's always been ok for me and my cables will not permit any other location). Removing the TV and AV stuff will simplify the rack layout but I'll still be short of one space so I will have to use a spare Torlyte stand or Roksan amp stand for (probably) the regenerator. I'll get Visio out and start knocking up a layout diagram for you guys to ponder over soon |
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Post by MartinT on Oct 14, 2016 14:45:21 GMT
7 months from offer to completion. It seems excessive (a lifetime) to me, but perhaps house purchasing is becoming ever more complex?
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Post by MikeMusic on Oct 14, 2016 15:08:20 GMT
Can't remember clearly how long the last one took.
Maybe longer than normal, perhaps by 50%.
If only the 'professionals' in the chain would get professional
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2016 22:35:53 GMT
7 months from offer to completion. It seems excessive (a lifetime) to me, but perhaps house purchasing is becoming ever more complex? That is a lot longer than our current home, but not the overall experience. We started looking to move into the area and placed an offer on one property but eventually pulled out after 9 months of waiting for very little to happen, which is when we stumbled upon this house, which took just over a month from offer through to completion, funny old world. |
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Post by MartinT on Oct 17, 2016 20:59:33 GMT
What is the appropriate response when you acquire a new house and the heating control cupboard looks like this (there's an RF receiver for the remote thermostats to the left, but I've spared you that)...  |
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Post by MikeMusic on Oct 18, 2016 20:50:27 GMT
I think
"Strewth !"
would do it
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2016 21:14:23 GMT
Think I'd go with WTF! 😉
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Post by ChrisB on Oct 18, 2016 22:36:04 GMT
Looks just like the bridge of a pre-war submarine.
"Down periscope....dive, dive, dive!"
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Post by MartinT on Oct 19, 2016 5:19:26 GMT
I was certainly 'drowning' for a while but have managed to get to grips with it.
There was an odd doobrie branded 'Watchman' with an aerial and single digit display, just plugged into a socket, that had me scratching my head for days. It turns out its the remote receiver indicator of the oil level in the central heating oil tank outside. Cool!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2016 9:09:13 GMT
doobrie, what a fantastic word - I just love it! |
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Post by pre65 on Oct 19, 2016 10:12:27 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2016 11:12:49 GMT
Yes I like thingy too |
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Post by MartinT on Oct 19, 2016 11:12:52 GMT
I like how they spell it both ways in the one definition!!
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Post by ChrisB on Oct 19, 2016 13:26:31 GMT
I like to think that the correct spelling is 'dubris' like 'debris'
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Post by MartinT on Oct 19, 2016 13:59:31 GMT
I'm just off to Lester Skwair.
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Post by MartinT on Oct 24, 2016 20:23:23 GMT
Not that it would normally affect your choice of new home, but be at least aware of what impact poor internet access will make on your life, especially if you partly need it for your work, too.
In my case, I went into our house purchase knowing that the internet speed would be shit. It turns out that it is shit. I've gone from near-perfect 70Mbps FTTC Infinity to 5Mbps ADSL. This is going to make things difficult, especially remote access to my servers at work. I can't even fall back to 3G as that is only two bars at best.
Roll on Infinity, although BT can't even say when it might arrive.
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