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    Got the Council Tax man coming tomorrow.....

    Coming to check up on me I think!

    Claiming a 50% reduction because the house I've bought is not furnished, I am not living in it and it is undergoing major refubishment!

    Luckily I pulled an interior wall down two days ago and there's a skip on the front lawn.........so that should impress him!
    My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
    to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

    Diversify & prosper


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    Don't offer him a mug of tea either
    Location....East Midlands.

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    • #3
      No, offer him half a cup of tea, outside, unheated, in a dirty mug.
      I'm sure he would get the message...and then just to be nice you can produce a nice hot thermos.
      There's no point reading history if you don't use the lessons it teaches.

      Head-hunted member of the Nutter's Club - can I get my cranium back please ?

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      • #4
        A Thermos would be good because you don't want him to think you've got any comforts in your house yet.
        Location....East Midlands.

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        • #5
          when the council man came round mine he was really nice, and he kept being really nice....no, I didn't offer him anything either, not even a cup of thermos tea

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          • #6
            RESULT!!! .....One year FREE of Council Tax and 50% charge after that.........Whoopee!!!!!
            My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
            to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

            Diversify & prosper


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            • #7
              Woop woop ...way to go Snadge
              S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
              a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

              You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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              • #8
                Excellent news - Im finding my council helpers aren't jobs worths either and have all tried to be as helpful as possible. Long may it continue.

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                • #9
                  What did you put in that thermos ? !! I want the recipe....
                  There's no point reading history if you don't use the lessons it teaches.

                  Head-hunted member of the Nutter's Club - can I get my cranium back please ?

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                  • #10
                    nice one

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                    • #11
                      I think it all boiled down to the way the house was built in the thirties. There are no stud walls and every wall is brick. I intend bracing and knocking out four of these which entails a lot of dust,noise and crossed fingers.
                      Apparently if these had been stud partition walls they may have deemed the house could still be done whilst living in it.
                      All the bricks I am taking out will be cleaned and reused in an extension, garden wall and if there's any left, in paths!
                      Last edited by Snadger; 28-08-2010, 04:17 PM.
                      My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                      to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                      Diversify & prosper


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                      • #12
                        You DID get Building Regulations approval of course?
                        Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.

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                        • #13
                          Blimey Snadger I'd have thought you had to take the roof off to get free council tax!
                          Good luck with the renovations.
                          Into every life a little rain must fall.

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                          • #14
                            Nice one Snadge, result indeed.
                            Bob Leponge
                            Life's disappointments are so much harder to take if you don't know any swear words.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by SueA View Post
                              Blimey Snadger I'd have thought you had to take the roof off to get free council tax!
                              Good luck with the renovations.
                              Could yet happen if these wall demolitions go wrong!
                              My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                              to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                              Diversify & prosper


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