Thinking of taking on a lodger
06-10-2008, 10:53 PM
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there used to be a big scene around here
We had turbosystems, castle performance and collins so there used to be loads of cossies and rs turbos knocking about.
dont think tony is doing alot of business and castle performance shut down so alot of people are moving on from fords now, with evos and jap cars becoming cheap you cant blame them
But with them seem to being going quiet its all died off
I remember when i was about 16 walking down the festival park to watch the racing, expected to see prob 5 saphs and 3-4 3doors at least every sunday night.
but now with the speed bumps etc etc noone ever sees anything like that anymore
i know frogger has got a 500bhp rs500 in caverswall, 400bhp black 3 door rep in blurton
theres a lad on here with a 520bhp silver escort cos but cant remember his user name.
See the old rs turbo but pretty rare now
We had turbosystems, castle performance and collins so there used to be loads of cossies and rs turbos knocking about.
dont think tony is doing alot of business and castle performance shut down so alot of people are moving on from fords now, with evos and jap cars becoming cheap you cant blame them
But with them seem to being going quiet its all died off
I remember when i was about 16 walking down the festival park to watch the racing, expected to see prob 5 saphs and 3-4 3doors at least every sunday night.
but now with the speed bumps etc etc noone ever sees anything like that anymore
i know frogger has got a 500bhp rs500 in caverswall, 400bhp black 3 door rep in blurton
theres a lad on here with a 520bhp silver escort cos but cant remember his user name.
See the old rs turbo but pretty rare now
theres quite a lot of cossies and turbos round here i know off but not really a scene as such
06-10-2008, 11:03 PM
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07-10-2008, 12:47 AM
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take it tweedes if you local.gt motorsport ask for mark.i think he only there a few days now.think he does a couple of days at collins.4kn good bloke.my mates16cvh s2 did 150mph 10yrs ago.honest too.hope tony dosnt read this.fez,i raced that in the making,you used to be able come past mds and jump on the roundabout at about 80 in my mk3 3i.ACE
. frogger or haynesy as he used to be called,i think coz he was a bit of a know it all.he in weston coyney.would the black rep be "BARTS".a thought he had lost that
. frogger or haynesy as he used to be called,i think coz he was a bit of a know it all.he in weston coyney.would the black rep be "BARTS".a thought he had lost that
07-10-2008, 07:35 AM
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ask around as to what the taxman will say
if you are unemployed and getting benifits etc and then you start taking on dhss lodgers you are going to be a bit fucked
then again, if it's totaly off the record and they pay you cash money, if they fuck shit up, remember you are going to be in trouble
my advise from when we had lodgers:
offer the bigger of the 2 rooms, it will give you more scope to play with the money side of things, no one wants to live in a shoe box and pay mansion prices
don't let them share the kitchen, get a small fridge so they can use it in their room for their own shit and get them some cheap 19p cutlery from ikea if they complain
don't include bills in the orignial price but do explain that if there is a noticable increase in the cost of stuff they wil be expected to fork out
don't forget that council tax for single residents is at a discounted rate so if they find ot there is more than one person living there they may do you without lube
write up some sort of agreement that they need to keep the place clean and tidy and also about when the bathrooms need to be free for you to clean up and stuff if you start working
factor in door locks for every room but DON'T put a bolt on the inside of their door FFS
how many locks do you have on the front and rear doors? when the lodgers move, they need to be changed
laundry, how will they be getting their stuff to the laundomatt to get cleaned?
you can share cooking stuff with them and washing up dishes and shit bcaeuse the worst that'll happen is that they have to clean the cooker and sink, and possibly microwave, but if they start using the washing mahine and it fucks up, how much will that cost to put right?
treat them with a bit of respect, but don't allow them to take the piss, at all, never ever (this is where i recount the tale of my old man, quite literally, busting the door down, gripping up the fella and his mrs, and dragging them down the stairs and out the front door, while all their possesions were launched through the open windows after the fella gave me a slap for standing in the stairs when i came home from school, i was about 6 or 7 at the time, those were the days when no one would fuck with the old man as he was a bit of a nutter ) so be prepared to get to the point before they start to feel like they can get away with any sort of shit
if you are unemployed and getting benifits etc and then you start taking on dhss lodgers you are going to be a bit fucked
then again, if it's totaly off the record and they pay you cash money, if they fuck shit up, remember you are going to be in trouble
my advise from when we had lodgers:
offer the bigger of the 2 rooms, it will give you more scope to play with the money side of things, no one wants to live in a shoe box and pay mansion prices
don't let them share the kitchen, get a small fridge so they can use it in their room for their own shit and get them some cheap 19p cutlery from ikea if they complain
don't include bills in the orignial price but do explain that if there is a noticable increase in the cost of stuff they wil be expected to fork out
don't forget that council tax for single residents is at a discounted rate so if they find ot there is more than one person living there they may do you without lube
write up some sort of agreement that they need to keep the place clean and tidy and also about when the bathrooms need to be free for you to clean up and stuff if you start working
factor in door locks for every room but DON'T put a bolt on the inside of their door FFS
how many locks do you have on the front and rear doors? when the lodgers move, they need to be changed
laundry, how will they be getting their stuff to the laundomatt to get cleaned?
you can share cooking stuff with them and washing up dishes and shit bcaeuse the worst that'll happen is that they have to clean the cooker and sink, and possibly microwave, but if they start using the washing mahine and it fucks up, how much will that cost to put right?
treat them with a bit of respect, but don't allow them to take the piss, at all, never ever (this is where i recount the tale of my old man, quite literally, busting the door down, gripping up the fella and his mrs, and dragging them down the stairs and out the front door, while all their possesions were launched through the open windows after the fella gave me a slap for standing in the stairs when i came home from school, i was about 6 or 7 at the time, those were the days when no one would fuck with the old man as he was a bit of a nutter
) so be prepared to get to the point before they start to feel like they can get away with any sort of shit
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take it tweedes if you local.gt motorsport ask for mark.i think he only there a few days now.think he does a couple of days at collins.4kn good bloke.my mates16cvh s2 did 150mph 10yrs ago.honest too.hope tony dosnt read this.fez,i raced that in the making,you used to be able come past mds and jump on the roundabout at about 80 in my mk3 3i.ACE. frogger or haynesy as he used to be called,i think coz he was a bit of a know it all.he in weston coyney.would the black rep be "BARTS".a thought he had lost that
. frogger or haynesy as he used to be called,i think coz he was a bit of a know it all.he in weston coyney.would the black rep be "BARTS".a thought he had lost thathe put a fiesta rs turbo engine in a friend of mines brothers burgundy xr2, mustve been around 1993/94.was the bollox back then first turbo converted xr2 i ever saw,it had tsw three spokes on also :P
07-10-2008, 10:02 AM
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we had a lodger in our box room, he worked as a hgv driver delivering fuel mostly working nights so hardly ever see him, very nice, friendly bloke no trouble at all clean sheets and take his money weekly. he even took his washing home with him at weekends for his mrs to wash.
07-10-2008, 06:25 PM
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i knocked about with rich millwards brother craige when he had it too
can remember him putting the flourescent bumper inserts on it lol
was cool back then though i spose
sorry warren this going a bit off topic
07-10-2008, 08:37 PM
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take it tweedes if you local.gt motorsport ask for mark.i think he only there a few days now.think he does a couple of days at collins.4kn good bloke.my mates16cvh s2 did 150mph 10yrs ago.honest too.hope tony dosnt read this.fez,i raced that in the making,you used to be able come past mds and jump on the roundabout at about 80 in my mk3 3i.ACE. frogger or haynesy as he used to be called,i think coz he was a bit of a know it all.he in weston coyney.would the black rep be "BARTS".a thought he had lost that
. frogger or haynesy as he used to be called,i think coz he was a bit of a know it all.he in weston coyney.would the black rep be "BARTS".a thought he had lost thatSaw bart in jumpin jaks actually about a month ago, we were moving in other directions so didnt get to ask him about the rep.
I used to come off odeon roundabout in second, light the front wheels up, into third, spin again, change into 4th just before maccies(about 90mph) bottom out and keep my foot in past pc world and come to break and morrisons roundabout doing 110mph on standard brakes, do that lap after lap......god knows why im not dead now! My car is the 'renault 5 vs rs turbo' thread, see if you recognise it
07-10-2008, 09:43 PM
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ask around as to what the taxman will say
if you are unemployed and getting benifits etc and then you start taking on dhss lodgers you are going to be a bit fucked
then again, if it's totaly off the record and they pay you cash money, if they fuck shit up, remember you are going to be in trouble
if you are unemployed and getting benifits etc and then you start taking on dhss lodgers you are going to be a bit fucked
then again, if it's totaly off the record and they pay you cash money, if they fuck shit up, remember you are going to be in trouble
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